UPDATE 5:34PM EST: A woman was killed Tuesday when the chopper she and four others were riding in went out of control and crashed into the East River. It took
German mediator Gerhard Conrad has arrived in Cairo in the hope of moving ahead in clandestine talks towards facilitating the release of Gilad Shalit. Conrad, who arrived in Cairo on
The pilot who operated the helicopter involved in today’s deadly crash safely landed a Cessna 172 in Calvert Vaux Park near Coney Island in November 2006. On the morning of
With Yom Kippur rapidly approaching, Magen David Adom, Israel�s primary emergency medical service provider, is preparing for its busiest day of the year. MDA will respond to approximately 1,500 calls on Yom Kippur and the EMS organization will operate accordingly. Logistical preparations are underway to staff EMS outposts around the country will additional ambulances and […]
A Pennsylvania man narrowly survived a vicious attack by a black bear – in his own home. Rich Moyer let his dog out the back door of his house in
Tel Aviv City Hall has announced that this Yom Kippur, it will not permit bicycle rental businesses to operate. It is reported the decision came in response to a request
And the news about Apple�s long-awaited iPhone 5 is� There is no news about the iPhone 5! Instead, Apple announced the release of the iPhone 4S, touting it as a significant upgrade over the iPhone 4, which came on the market 16 months ago. The new smartphone will come with all-new hardware, including a dual-core […]
Dozens of troops from Israel Police�s Yassam commando unit arrived in Maale Shlomo, a neighborhood of Kochav HaShachar on Monday evening, 5 Tishrei, apparently to arrest a female resident of the community. Community residents came out to confront the force, seeking to prevent their entry. A number of residents of Kochav HaShachar also responded to […]
Speaking to reporters prior to leaving Turkey for South Africa, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan released a statement to Israel, calling on Jerusalem to wise up and heed the
Shai district police on Monday, 5 Tishrei, apprehended a vehicle at the Hizme Checkpoint bordering northern Jerusalem, and the occupants, residents of the predominately Arab Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Haninah
If one child�s pure prayer is a heaven-piercing arrow, then a minyan of children�s tefillos is an invincible army. How much more so, then, is the awesome power of tens of thousands of tefillos emanating from the innocent mouths of tinokos shel bais raban and ascending heavenward! For the past seventeen years, Klal Yisroel has […]
A source tells NBC New York that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will announce this afternoon he has decided, for real this time, that he is not running for the
Rabbi Chanan Porat, a founding member of Gush Emunim and the settlement movement was niftar on Monday (6 Tishrei) in his home in Gush Etzion. Porat, who was 67, succumbed
Jerusalem Magistrate�s Court Justice Gad Erenberg on Monday, 5 Tishrei, extended the remand of three Price Tag suspects arrested on erev Rosh Hashanah in the Gush Shilo area of Shomron, on the way to a mission according to police. As reported earlier by YWN, police found them to be carrying a flammable liquid, spray paint […]
As is his custom, the Satmar Rebbe, Rav Aron Teitelbaum�Shlita held an Aseres Yimei Tshuva drasha on Sunday, 4 Tishrei, in the large Satmar Beis Medrash in Williamsburg. After his halachic portion of his address, the Rebbe addressed inyanei dyoma, pointing a finger at the growing number of electronic gadgetry that has invaded our day-to-day […]
Israel Police stationed on Har HaBayis attempted to arrest Rabbi Nachum Rabinowitz Shlita, rosh yeshiva of the Maale Adumim Hesder Yeshiva as the rav led his talmidim on the Mount.
President Shimon Peres, Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger Shlita and Chief Rabbi Shlomo Moshe Amar Shlita on Monday visited Tuba el-Zangaria, the community in the Galil in which a mosque was
President Obama responded to New Jersey�s pugnacious Republican governor�s criticisms yesterday as Christie plans to reveal his decision on a White House campaign by tomorrow. �The guy�s thinking about running for president. He�s going to say a lot of stuff, and I think, in Republican primaries, saying nasty stuff about me is probably — polls […]
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] A police officer is recovering after being hit by a stray bullet while off duty. Sources say the 38-year-old female officer was hit in the arm
Earlier in the week, Israel TV news proudly showed David Gerbi, an exiled Libyan Jew who traveled back to Libya armed with a sledge hammer breaking the cinderblock wall that
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