Edison, NJ – Township police chaplain Rabbi Bernhard Rosenberg, who was terminated from the paid position Thursday, said he plans to hold a demonstration outside town hall to protest his
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Opposition leader Tzipi Livni, who of late has not hesitated to express her disdain for chareidi Jewry on Thursday, went on another self-righteous tirade. She slammed the ignorance of the
A number of prominent Bnei Brak rabbonim shlita came out against the violent protests that spread to the Torah city this week. Signing the kol korei condemning the violence were HaGaon HaRav Nissim Karelitz Shlita, HaGaon HaRav Moshe Yehuda Leib Landau Shlita, HaGaon HaRav Shimon Ba’adani Shlita, and HaGaon HaRav Shmuel Halevy Wosner Shlita. Their […]
Submitted to YWN by Rabbi Gershon Bess; Rov Congregation Kehilas Yaakov, Los Angeles with the permission of HoRav Elyashiv Shlit”a. As a Rov of a Kehillah, I generally refrain from disseminating a halachic issue, which should be discussed in the Bais Medrash with the sole purpose of Asukay Shmaatzah Alibah D’Hilchoso, on the internet. However, […]
[Op-Ed By Yossi Gestetner] Contrary to what some in the Orthodox Jewish/Hasidic communities have come to believe that “Republicans are out of touch with our daily needs,” the Republican and Conservative agenda on a host of issues, do indeed serve Jews very well on a daily basis. Here are some examples: 1) Private schooling, from […]
Expect to see even more people on the roads if you’re headed out of town this Memorial Day Weekend. AAA says about 28 million Americans will be driving more than
The following is a Wall Street Journal article: To dial up the best cellphone service in New York, try the Lincoln Tunnel. Seriously. It’s wired, and there are fewer dropped
The following is a Washington Post exclusive report: Senior White House advisers asked former President Bill Clinton to talk to Joe Sestak about whether he was serious about running for
The busy Memorial Day holiday is almost here. If you speed, drink and drive, or commit other offenses you better watch out. New Jersey state troopers will be out in
It appears the growing boycott by the chareidi community against the Electra Company may have succeeded in persuading the company to seek a solution surrounding the excavations in Jaffa. YWN-Israel
Quebec’s education ministry has obtained a court injunction to shut down a private Jewish school in Montreal for not maintaining scholastic standards. The Académie Yeshiva Toras Moshe has offered an extensive religious education to Jewish boys in Montreal’s tony Outremont neighbourhood for half a century. The yeshiva receives no provincial funding and does not hold […]
White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel’s Kosel visit on Thursday was a major media event in Israel, receiving prominent air time on the evening news. Accompanied by his son, Zach, who is celebrating his bar mitzvah, Emanuel was seen wiping away a tear at the Kosel. This even earned a headline in Haaretz, and […]
A hardhart fell to his death Thursday from the fifth story of a building under construction in Brooklyn, officials said. The death of construction foreman Luis Zaruma, 36, of Williamsburg
The Department of Homeland Security announced terror attacks against the United States are on the rise. According to reports, an unclassified intelligence memo claims, “the number and pace of attempted
The self proclaimed champions of human rights making their way to the Gaza shore, hoping to break the Israeli naval blockade on Hamas-controlled Gaza, continue to compare Israel and the
The Jewish community in Victoria, B.C., was stunned to learn that vandals had spray-painted anti-Semitic graffiti on the slides and climbing apparatus in Clawthorpe Park last week. Police estimated the
Jerusalem City Hall and the Ministry of Transportation announced on Thursday that beginning next Sunday; the Jaffa Gate of Jerusalem’s Old City will be closed to all vehicular traffic between 9:00am-6:00pm. Exceptions will be made for residents with parking stickers affixed to their vehicle, authorized deliveries, and drivers with valid handicapped permits. The closure is […]
Earlier today, the President took questions from the press at the White House on the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. During his opening remarks, the President updated the American people on the “top kill” procedure that was approved yesterday. This procedure attempts to plug the well with densely packed mud to reduce […]
The Israeli defense establishment will implement the Supreme Court’s decision to open Route 443 to Palestinian vehicles today, Friday May 28th, 2010 at 08:00 in the morning. The IDF Central
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