[Click HERE for photos] Following all the confusion and contradictory reports, the death toll from the Thursday bus crash on Route 85, the Akko-Carmiel Road is five, including two chareidim, from Haifa and Tzfas. The victims have been identified as Captain Aviv El-Dan, 25, an IAF officer from Carmiel; Major Saleh Abdullah, 42, an Israel Prison Authority officer […]
YWN was contacted by the Kashrus office of Rabbi Yechiel Babad, of Tartikov Bais Din in Boro Park with an “urgent Kashrus alert”. He requested that we alert our readers
Former Shas leader R’ Aryeh Deri in a Thursday radio interview addressed the recent anti-chareidi wave in Israel, seeking to give his advice on dealing with the alarming reality. He begins with addressing the reality, that the anti-chareidi community is using high caliber people to launch its attacks, personalities like Tel Aviv Mayor Huldai and […]
Manalapan, NJ - Officials are advising motorists to seek alternate routes this weekend, when a portion of Route 9 will be reduced to one lane in each direction. From 8 p.m. tonight until 6 a.m. Monday, only one lane of the highway will be open near the intersection of Gordons Corner Road in Manalapan, while work […]
Lakewood, NJ – The Township Committee approved a resolution Thursday night, already supported by the Board of Education, to slash the school district budget by $7.63 million. The cuts bring the tax-rate increase down to zero, meaning the tax levy will be the same as last year’s at $71.6 million. The school board is expected […]
An estimated 35 activists committed to Asra Kadisha’s battle to prevent the transfer of bones from the proposed building site of Barzilai Hospital have made their way to Ashkelon for shabbos, planning to begin a protest on motzei shabbos. Asra Kadisha has vowed to do its best to prevent the transfer of the bones on […]
Thursday May 13th was an historic day in the battle for School Choice in New Jersey. Over 1,500 people, including more than 800 Yeshiva girls and residents from Lakewood, gathered
Yosef Banda, one of the bochrim who was arrested in Japan for drug smuggling has been granted a leave from prison for Shavuos. In accordance with Israel Prison Authority regulations,
For the first time in 40 years, Heinz ketchup is changing its famous recipe — by lowering the salt content in an effort to appeal to more health-conscious consumers, the
New York City police sounded an all-clear early Friday after a brief scare involving a suspicious car in lower Manhattan, a few weeks after a foiled bomb attempt in Times
The so-called Meah Shearim mom has signed the plea bargain agreement that compelled her to admit to being guilty of abusing and endangering her children, but at the same time,
By all accounts, the chareidi community is in the midst of a tenacious attack, one targeting the very essence of the community’s existence, from education to lifestyle. Using the actions of the few, the zealots who are not representative of the community, the lack of respect on Memorial Day, flag burning on Independence Day, and […]
[By Naftali Salomon] Until today I didn’t cry. Until today my eyes did not water nor shed a tear. Until today my heart did not skip a single beat. Until today I did not lose a moment’s sleep. I am not a friend or relative of the Rubashkin family and I’ve never met Sholom Rubashkin. […]
If he succeeds, Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) could become a major political force in the years to come, whether he likes it or not. As the United States watches a
A petition is being filed by the High Court of Justice on Sunday seeking to compel chareidi mosdos to include ‘core subjects’ in their educational curriculum. The petition will target all chareidi schools, those classified as recognized and even those not in the system, talmidei torah and yeshiva ketanos. Filing the petition are Professors Uriel […]
President Barack Obama visited One Police Plaza in Downtown Manhattan today to thank the law enforcement agents who responded to the attempted Times Square car bombing. Joining Mayor Michael Bloomberg,
Albany, NY – Legislation that would have permitted authorities to presume consent for the harvesting of organs from deceased New Yorkers will not be pressed by its sponsor, New York Assemblyman Richard Brodsky. Agudath Israel of America vigorously opposes the bill. While the Orthodox Jewish organization acknowledges the shortage of organs for transplant, it notes that […]
The plan to affix a mezuzah in the Meva’ot I’ron School near Kibbutz Ein Shemmer should be cause for celebration, but instead, it has resulted in a bitter conflict, with some students and parents yelling “religious coercion”. What started the conflict was an innocent request from a number of students, who simply believed it would […]
Police are preparing for protests outside Barzilai Hospital as the dispute surrounding the kevarim at the site of the planned fortified emergency room. It appears that after the government announced
The FBI raided a home in Watertown Thursday morning in connection with the Times Square bomb plot investigation. FBI spokesperson Gail Marcinkiewicz told CBS station WBZ-TV in Boston the raid
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