Not content with shutting down popular stores, bedbugs have checked into a city hospital. A triage room at the Kings County Hospital in the East Flatbush area of Brooklyn was shut down Monday morning because of a bedbug outbreak. A spokeswoman at the city’s Health and Hospitals Corporation said that, “last night a patient was […]
Gov. Chris Christie said today he will try this fall to scale back pensions and health benefits for current employees, which would go a step further than changes put in
More than thirty rabbonim from eight cities across the nation’s Midwest converged on Detroit on July 4 for what turned out to be an intensive two-day airing and discussion of important issues pertinent to the rabbinate. The conference, which was sponsored by the Midwest regional office of Agudas Yisroel of America’s Council of Synagogue Rabbonim […]
On June 15th YWN alerted the public in an article about missionary literature that was being mailed to Jewish homes in the NY/NJ area. The literature has continued to arrive
Thousands of people protested the digging of bones in Yafo. Many askanim and rabbonim were present at the rallies. Click HERE for photos. All Credits: B.W. Posen / Kuvien Images
StreetSmart Segway has donated two units to Camp Simcha this summer, enabling the medics to zip around the camp and respond quickly when called. The following is a press release from Segway: There is a place nestled in the beautiful hills of rural New York, where children and teens come to experience the wonders […]
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef has written a letter to President Hosni Mubarak, in which he wished him health, following the Egyptian president’s recent medical treatment in Germany and reports about his deteriorating health. “We pray to the creator of the universe to send you full and speedy recovery,” he wrote. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hand […]
A teenage Melbourne Victory fan is fighting for his life in a Singapore hospital after a diving accident. Reagan Milstein and his father Kevin were scuba diving in Malaysia on
Con Edison says it has once again lowered voltage in parts of Brooklyn due to power problems. Power is high in demand, but the voltage is lower after Con Ed
The following is from the AP: A grueling heat wave shut down the air conditioning in three high-tech trains in Germany, leaving dozens of passengers near collapse trapped in temperatures
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday that Iran was moving closer to having the potential to create nuclear weapons. “Iran is moving closer to possessing the potential which in
An Air France jet flying on a route which claimed hundreds of lives last summer was forced into an emerged landing today following a bomb scare. The jumbo jet had
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro will make his first major public appearance in years Monday when he discusses the Middle East on a government TV program, the state-run Granma newspaper
Anat Hoffman, leader of the Women of the Wall prayer group, was arrested at the Kosel on Monday for holding a Sefer Torah. She is suspected of violating a High
President Obama’s top spokesman admitted Sunday there’s “no doubt” Democrats could lose their grip over the House of Representatives in this fall’s elections. “I think there is no doubt there are enough seats in play – that could cause Republicans to gain control. There’s no doubt about that,” White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told […]
“This is a humanitarian move necessary for anyone who saves a Jewish life,” Yishai said Sunday. The citizenship process began with an appeal by the Holtzbergs to the Interior Ministry. The extended family of Gavriel Holtzberg, who was murdered along with wife Rivka in the attack on the Chabad center in which they worked, asked […]
US oil giant ExxonMobil has asked Washington for permission to explore a possible acquisition of its troubled British competitor BP Plc, the British weekly Sunday Times reported, quoting sources within the oil industry. “There have been talks at a high level, and Exxon has expressed a serious interest,” one insider said. “It is too early […]
A young child was struck by a bus in Kiryas Yoel on Sunday afternoon on Riminev Court, and is in serious condition. The accident occurred at approximately 5:00PM, and Kiryas
The power problems that impacted thousands of ConEd customers in Brooklyn were finally over Sunday. Late Friday night the utility reduced voltage by 8-percent in the central and southwest parts
Fallsburg, NY - An early morning car crash left one Frum teenager in critical condition, YWN has learned. The accident occurred at approximately 4:00AM, on Route 42 just near the 4 Corners Bakery & bagel store. Arriving Catskills Hatzolah units reported a vehicle overturned with 6 teens injured, with one of them ejected from the vehicle and […]
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