Yitzchok Russek / Kuvien Images (Yehuda Boltshauser) presents YWN with a photo essay of Erev Pesach 5770 in Yerushalayim: http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/photos.php?albumid=5452644083988097073
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President Barack Obama arrived in Kabul on Sunday for an unannounced visit to Afghanistan, his first trip to the country since becoming president and commander-in-chief of the U.S.-led war effort.
[PHOTO LINK POSTED BELOW] Thursday morning hundreds of people gathered for an unveiling ceremony at Safra Square, where the world’s largest hand matzah was unveiled by Yerushalayim Mayor Nir Barkat.
President Shimon Peres believes the administration of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has violated the accepted status quo on building in the eastern capital by allowing construction for Jews in the
Defense Minister Barak announces a full closure of PA areas throughout Yehuda and Shomron beginning at midnight Monday (Sunday night to Monday morning), preventing PA (Palestinian Authority) residents from crossing
A crane that tilted and struck a 25-story building in Lower Manhattan is being taken apart. Crews righted the crane which fell over around 7 p.m. Saturday, striking the 23rd
We wish to reaffirm that the only laboratory authorized by the Rabbinate to check for shaatnez is the “KAJ Shaatnez Inspection Laboratory,” (K’hal Adath Jeshurun) led by Rabbi Kalman Strauss.
New York, NY – Jews might be dealing with an 11th plague this Pesach — the mumps. A special health advisory released cautions Hasidic Jews about spreading the disease over
Rav Chaim Ashkenazi, the rav of the Chabad community of Tel Aviv was niftar on motzei shabbos. He was also a maggid shiur and mashpia in the Chabad community in
Some 3,800 Big Apple motorists were nailed yesterday for using their cellphones while driving in an NYPD crackdown. The summonses were issued during the first part of a routine 24-hour
The news of the petira of HaRav HaGaon Nachum HaCohen Kook ZATZAL spread quickly after shabbos. Rav Kook was a prominent rav in Ramat Gan, a well-known askan who championed
At the opening of the weekly cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu distanced himself from anti-American remarks appearing in the Israeli media of late, stressing the ironclad relationship that exists
There can be no doubt that the current American administration is less sympathetic to Israeli intelligence reports that the republican administration that preceded it under the leadership of George W.
The recent increase in rocket attacks and fatal attacks along the Gaza border has resulted in many families canceling yomtov plans, including seder night and chol Hamoed trips. Residents of
[PHOTO LINK BELOW] The tzibur is requested to be mispalel for Binyamin Ze’ev ben Hadassah who sustained moderate-to-serious injuries in a motzei shabbos vehicular accident on Route 446, between Hashmonaim
Police officers searching a two-story house opposite an elementary school in Brooklyn on Friday night discovered scores of guns, bullet-making materials and an odd array of weapons more appropriate to
A disturbing spike in murders and other serious crimes is leading city officials to believe the NYPD’s famed “blue line” is growing way too thin. “It is worrisome,”Mayor Bloomberg said
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