[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] This incredible video of Hagon Rav Koppelman ZATZAL and Hagon Rav Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz ZATZAL, was taken just one year ago, when Rav Koppelman visited Eretz Yisroel. The video was taken in Bnei Brak, at the home of� Rav Dovid Meyer Teller, one of the leaders of the Satmar Kehilla in […]
A cluster of whooping cough is growing on Long Island, with dozens of people infected by the virus. As CBS 2�s Hazel Sanchez reports, a warning was sent out as children begin to head to summer camp � a certain breeding ground for the illness. Parents in Smithtown are on high alert, as the highly […]
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] A man in a crowd yanked French President Nicolas Sarkozy by the shoulder Thursday and nearly knocked him to the ground before being tackled by security
Meah Shearim – A four-legged chicken born in a Jerusalem slaughter house has started a religious debate regarding its kosher label, which can only be determined once it is slaughtered, according to local media. The twelve-toed chicken awaited its fate in a cage on the floor of Yoel Kroish family�s slaughter house, waiting for local […]
President Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) are set to do battle Thursday when both visit the southeast Pennsylvania area. Romney will hold a press conference Thursday afternoon
A 57-year-old grandfather was whacked with a wooden shelf in a bloody battle over a parking space in Brooklyn, police said. Rabbi Mordechai Stern said he was backing his Toyota
Arutz 7 Reports: A border patrol vehicle was stationed this morning (Thursday) under the residence of Rabbi Ya�acov Yosef, in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Shmuel HaNavi. The vehicle startled hundreds of local yeshiva students, who rushed to the rabbi�s home, despite his absence at the time. Sources close to the rabbi were concerned that security […]
People are getting a jump on the July Fourth holiday weekend in New Jersey. The New Jersey Turnpike Authority predicts 1.6 million vehicles will travel the Garden State Parkway Thursday
3:00PM EST: [UPDATES BELOW] YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Hagon Rav Chaim Stein ZATZAL, the Rosh Yeshiva of Telshe Cleveland, who was Niftar just moments ago.
The Jerusalem Municipality, headed Mayor Nir Barkat, has issued a �Stop Order� on construction of a mosque a mere ten feet from the gravesite of former Prime Minister Menachem Begin on Har Hazeitim. The order, made public this afternoon, called for all those involved in the construction to �cease all building activity� at the site. […]
Three men convicted of plotting to blow up New York synagogues and to fire heat-seeking missiles at U.S. military planes were sentenced to 25 years in prison. U.S. District Judge
The ScoopNetwork, an affiliate of YWN has just launched www.CatskillScoop.com, a website which is guaranteed to bring you the latest news and information from the Catskill Mountains! Besides for news,
Two men who held up a Brooklyn liquor store this afternoon remained holed up inside the shop in a standoff with cops, authorities said. The robbers walked into Arrow Wine
A federal appeals court in Cincinnati has upheld President Obama’s health care overhaul. The ruling is the first by a federal appeals court on the overhaul. The three-judge 6th U.S.
The wildfire that surrounds the nuclear lab in Los Alamos, New Mexico, has grown to at least 61,000 acres amid mounting concerns about what might be in the smoke that’s
Ben Smith has a fascinating front page piece in Politico titled �Jewish Dems Losing Faith in Obama.� The kicker line is this: �Based on the conversations with POLITICO, it�s hard to resist the conclusion that some kind of tipping point has been reached� regarding Jewish support for Obama. The piece has a number of to-be-expected […]
Rep. Dennis Kucinich showed up in Syria this week and held a press conference in which he appeared to praise embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad � who is ruthlessly crushing opposition to his government � as �highly loved and appreciated by the Syrians.� But the Ohio Democrat released a statement Tuesday saying he was misquoted […]
Travelers were delayed at John F. Kennedy Airport Wednesday morning after about 100 turtles ambled onto a runway and blocked air traffic from moving. JetBlue first tweeted news of the
Residents downwind of a wildfire that is threatening the nation’s premier nuclear-weapons laboratory are worried about the potential of a radioactive smoke plume if the flames reach thousands of barrels
Brooklyn � Yesterday was the busiest day of the year for the New York City Council. It was the day that the Council would vote on the city’s $65 billion budget. Despite that, Council Speaker Christine Quinn took out the time to join her colleagues Council Finance Chairman Domenic M. Recchia, Jr., Assistant Majority Leader […]
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