Two state lawmakers kicked off a legislative attack on the NYPD’s controversial stop-and-frisk policy on Sunday and compared it to Arizona’s new immigration law. Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries and state Sen.
9:43PM EST: Rego Park, Queens – The FDNY is battling a massive 4-alarm fire at 66th Road and 99th Street. Heavy flames are blowing through the roof of the structure,
According to a report released by The Guardian, documents amassed in S. Africa reveal that in 1975, Israel was approached to sell nuclear warheads to the Apartheid regime. This is
As Israel waits impatiently for the diplomatic row with the UK to wane, Australia took a step that echoes the UK, ousting a diplomat. It appears an Australian investigation of
Andrew Cuomo’s war on Albany turned personal Sunday when he snubbed one of the state’s most powerful Democrats: Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. Cuomo kicked off his first full day of
MK (Ichud HaLeumi) Dr. Michael Ben-Ari is asking a simple question, why the Ministry of Tourism flipped the bill for Rahm Emanuel and his family, to pay for their seafood meal in Eilats Boston Restaurant when the senior US administration official is on a private family visit, not an official state visit. As was reported […]
In light of the harsh allegations announced against Modiin Illit Mayor R Yaakov Gutterman, on Thursday, the mayor paid a visit to the home of HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita, Kikar Shabbat reports. The report adds that Gutterman was seeking a bracha from R Kanievsky in light of the reports surrounding alleged criminal activity. Gutterman […]
The NY Post reports: NYPD officials are frustrated with the Department of Homeland Securitys delay in releasing funds that the Finest badly need for the prevention of a dirty bomb attack. The Police Department said it has been trying since last fall to obtain an $8 million federal grant for a radiation detection system, which […]
It appears that Chinuch Atzmais Rabbi Tzvi Baumel a number of weeks ago sent a letter to parents involved in the Emanuel Beis Yaakov case, indicating that the courts solution of combing the classes is acceptable, and the organization would act in compliance with the court. This letter reportedly enjoys the support of Gedolei Yisrael […]
The SUV transporting former U.S. President Bill Clinton was involved in a traffic accident in New Haven, Connecticut on Sunday, local media reported. The accident happened on the Merritt Parkway
Agudath Israel of America commended Governor Sonny Perdue and the Georgia General Assembly upon the signing into law of the Georgia Kosher Food Consumer Protection Act on Thursday. The bill had garnered unanimous support in both the House and Senate last month, a testament, says Agudath Israel Ohio Regional Director Rabbi A. D. Motzen, to […]
11:30PM IL: Reports are coming in of an overturned bus on Route 90, (Beit Ha’Arava, near Yam Halemech & Yerico). Ichud Hatzalah has dozens of volunteers responding from multiple areas. MDA has numerousambulances dispatched, and the fire department is being requested as well. UPDATE 11:37PM IL: According to preliminary reports from the scene of an […]
Following a report on YWN regarding the rise of Mumps in the Los Angeles Jewish community, the Bikur Cholim organization releazsed the following statement to YWN: Bikur Cholim has been
Fifth Avenue is a sea of blue and white for the Salute to Israel Parade. The parade celebrates the 62nd anniversary of Israel’s independence. Several elected officials are marching in
The Levayah for the “Barzilai Bones” in the streets of Yerushalayim. Click HERE for photos. All credits: Refael Ovadia / Kuvien Images for YWN.
A five-day strike by thousands of British Airways cabin crew is set to go ahead from midnight after a leader of the Unite union said there had been a “catastrophic”
Convicted nuclear spy Mordechai Vanunu has been found guilty of contacting foreign agents, a violation of his parole, and has been sentenced to three months imprisonment. Vanunu already served 18 years in an Israeli prison after he divulged classified information regarding Israels nuclear program to British journalists. In his latest case, he told the court […]
Click HERE for photos of the Levaya. All Credits: Refael & Yoni Ovadia / Kuvien Images. Shiva times in the home of Maran HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita each day from 11:30am-1:30pm and 6:00pm-8:30pm. In the home of HaGaon HaRav Azriel Aurbach Shlita (53 HaPisga Street, Bayit Vegan) 10:00am-1:15pm and 5:00pm-11:00pm. On Sunday […]
[Click on image to enlarge] A boycott effort against the Electra Company, which manufactures air conditioners and other appliances, is underway due to the firms connection to chilul kevarim in the Jaffa area of Tel Aviv. The flyers and notices circulating in chareidi areas state the Electra Real Estate firm operating at the Jaffa excavation […]
While the removal of the bones at the Barzilai Hospital site has been completed, the matter is not forgotten, not to mention ongoing excavations in the Jaffa area of Tel
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