Wrapped in Israeli flags, the coffins of six Israel Defense Forces soldiers killed in a helicopter crash in Romania on Monday were carried off a Boeing airplane Friday morning. Chief Military Rabb Brigadier General Rafi Peretz – a helicopter pilot himself – participated in the ceremony that took place on the landing strip at the […]
A bill that would provide health care coverage for thousands of September 11th first responders was defeated Thursday by members of the House. The $7.4 billion James Zadroga 9/11 Health
At a briefing today to discuss the administration’s efforts to rescue the auto industry, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs took on conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh—and every other critic “sitting in the cheap seats” –for criticizing the rescue of General Motors and Chrysler as a “government takeover” that smacks of socialism. Told by a […]
CNN’s Talya Minsberg filed this report: Most religious dietary guidelines allow individuals to maintain a sense of holiness in their daily lives. For many Jews, that sense was shattered in
China has overtaken Japan to become the world’s second-largest economy, the fruit of three decades of rapid growth that has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Depending
Police are hunting a con-man who pretends to be a cop while stealing from at least seven businesses in four boroughs, cops said. Bension Mamedov, 36, sports an imitation police
Rabbis are set to ban the burka for a small group of radical Jewish women who have taken to wearing it. Two years ago, it emerged that around 100 women
On Thursday IDF forces have begun to return home to Israel from Romania. Some IAF Yasur helicopters are on their way back home to Israel. The return of all troops will be completed in a gradual manner over the next few days. An IAF Boeing aircraft took off a short time ago from Israel to the […]
The Obama administration is seeking to make it easier for the FBI to compel companies to turn over records of an individual’s Internet activity without a court order if agents
The wife of Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon, together with well-known evangelical preachers, is actively promoting a massive Christian educational campus to be built on the shores of the Kinneret.
The sacred rule at Agudas Achim temple near Washington, DC, is, don’t talk to Rahm Emanuel. President Obama’s chief of staff is a longtime member of the congregation, where Rabbi Jack Moline keeps Emanuel close to the vest. The whisper is that he doesn’t want to be bothered about politics. “People there understand that he’s […]
New York Congressman Charles Rangel has reportedly cut a deal to admit to ethical wrongdoing and avoid a potentially humiliating public trial. Harlem friends of Rangel tell CBS 2 they
Neo-Nazis have hacked into Germany’s Buchenwald concentration camp website, defacing it and redirecting visitors to a revisionist site, the camp’s memorial foundation director said Wednesday. The Internet vandals hijacked the
The personal details of 100 million Facebook users have been collected and published online in a downloadable file, meaning they will now be unable to make their publicly available information
If you haven’t been well-trained in CPR and you see someone having what appears to be a heart attack, just doing chest compressions to help keep the blood flowing can
Asra Kadisha on Wednesday pushed to halt renovation work on Ben Gurion International Airport runways after the Israel Antiquities Authority discovered ancient Kevarim at the site. “Disorder in the area
The Arab American National Museum in Dearborn has launched a fund-raising drive to pay for a statue of legendary journalist Helen Thomas that concerns some in the Jewish community. Thomas,
Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday it was recalling more than 400,000 older-model vehicles sold in the United States, citing potential steering-related problems in both. The Japanese automaker said the recall
The Throgs Neck Bridge was closed to all traffic for much of the morning commute due to a suspicious vehicle parked underneath it. Police closed the bridge at about 6
6:50PM EST: A Hatzolah Paramedic responding to an emergency in Manhattan, was detained and searched by the US Secret Service, YWN has learned. The Hatzolah volunteer, who is a member of the Queens Division of Hatzolah, was in Manhattan when members requested Paramedics to the scene of a call. He was dispatched, and started proceeding with […]
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