Canada used its United Nations speaking slot Monday to lambaste opponents of Israel as no better than the appeasers who allowed fascism and communism to flourish before the Second World

Seeking to obtain a firsthand look at readiness at Ben-Gurion International Airport, Agudas Yisrael Executive Director Meir Porush visited this week, given a tour and an explanation as to what

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Heading underground no longer means losing cell phone service at six Manhattan subway stations. Riders with AT&T or T-Mobile service can now talk or text while on the platforms. The

[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Benny Gantz extended his warm wishes for Rosh Hashanah to the Jewish people. Taking great pride in the IDF�s technological advancements, Lt. Gen. Gantz applauded the Iron Dome anti-rocket system. �We will continue to stand strong against those who seek our devise,� said the lieutenant […]

[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] For the first time ever seven wounded Israeli soldiers came to spend a week visiting Brazil, through a joint venture of chabad victim�s terror project and Noach Adventures in Brazil.� � Menashe who took two bullets while protecting meorot Hamachpaila in Chevron, became paralyzed from his chest down, and will live […]

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s security detail got into a violent brawl on Friday with U.N. security guards outside the General Assembly hall, leaving at least two U.N. personnel

Preparations are in full swing at the Kosel for the anticipated 1.5 million visits that will take place from Rosh Hashanah through Sukkos. Tourism officials report that 300,000 visitors are

Israel�s Central Bureau of Statistics reports that at the end of 2010, the chareidi tzibur comprised 8% of the country amounting to 615,000 people. The religious community represents 12% of the population and the traditional community is 38%. Among Jews over 20-years-old (790,000 people), 21% consider themselves more religious than in the past while 14% […]

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told CNN earlier this week that diplomatic ties between his country and Israel may never be normalized. �For the time being, I can clearly and frankly state that the relations between Israel and Turkey have been broken on the basis of an issue that is being raised by Israel, […]

In a story posted yesterday at the New York Times, the writer points out that six of the sixty four petition issues at the White House �We the People page” is focused on legalizing Pot and that a total of 77,000 signed for this issue between all six petitions. Nothing wrong if Pot was the […]

The MTA has rejected a proposed bus and subway ad calling Israel�s enemies �savages.� Anti-Muslim firebrand Pamela Geller earlier this month submitted the poster in response to ads in 18 stations urging the US end military support to Israel. Geller�s proposed advertisement states: �In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the […]

To my loyal YWN readers, Although this space is normally used for my weekly columns on health, fitness, and weight loss, I will allow myself the liberty once a year

The NYPD is attacking a spike in subway crime with extra weekend patrols by police officers drawn from above-ground precincts and the housing bureau, police said. Cops are rolling out

[VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Thousands of people flock to the departure lounge of Ben Gurion International Airport as they make their way to Uman for Rosh Hashanah this

The Obama administration chose not to ask the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to re-hear a pivotal health reform case Monday, signaling that it�s going to ask the Supreme Court to decide whether President Barack Obama�s health reform law is constitutional. The move puts the Supreme Court in the difficult position of having to decide […]

The Turkish media has advertised a list of IDF officers and soldiers which it intends to bring to justice for their role in the Mavi Marmara commando operation. There are

Ben Smith, who runs a very popular, and powerful political blog on Politico, just published the following article, where he blasts the Bloomberg Administration and NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly: It’s

The National Park Service says it has no time frame for reopening the Washington Monument, which has been closed to the public since cracks appeared after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck

President Shimon Peres received the Israeli Democracy Index 2011 from Dr. Arye Carmon , President of the Israeli Democracy Institute. The Democracy Index is published annually by the Guttman Center

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