A conference attended by some 100 participants was hosted in a sports auditorium in the Kiryat Sharret neighborhood of Cholon on Shabbos, an event hosting representatives of J. Witnesses. Protestors
Police are on the scene in Times Square this morning where authorities say they discovered and are in the process of dismantling a bomb inside an SUV. The device, made
7:00AM IL: According to Israel Police officials in Meron on Sunday morning, since motzei shabbos, 280,000 have arrived in the area for Lag BOmer festivities, expressing satisfaction with arrangements and the flow of traffic during the night. Police report that the buses continue running without incident, and some 4,000 police troops remain deployed to ensure […]
A member of Frances Jewish community was brutally attacked on Friday night, local media agencies report. The man, in his 40s, was attacked with metallic rods and stabbed, sustaining serious injuries. The attackers were taken into custody, with authorities indicating they are mentally ill. According to an eyewitness report, the victim, who was wearing a […]
Deputy Minister of Health Yaakov Litzman, who maintains administrative authority, reports the cabinet during the Sunday morning weekly meeting will discuss his bill aimed at providing Israeli children with free
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Hagon Rav Abba Gorelick ZATZAL, the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva South Fallsburg (Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Moshe). The Levaya is scheduled for
Sunday’s TD Bank Five Boro Bike Tour, which organizers expect to draw 32,000 cyclists, may cause significant delays for motorists in the city. The 42-mile tour, now in its 33rd
Over a thousand people gathered in the vicinity of Merkaz Kesem in Modi’in Illit on motzei shabbos for the lighting of the central Kiryat Sefer medura. Organized by the Darchei
McNeil Consumer Healthcare on Friday recalled more than 40 of its liquid cold and allergy products for children because some of the medications may not meet federal quality standards. The
Hebrew Universitys Dr. Avi Simchon has been appointed at the new advisor to Finance Minister Dr. Yuval Shteinitz. Speaking with the media this week following his appointment he commented on the situation in Israel today, confirming that Israeli banks have indeed survived the crisis rather well, explaining in banks in the United States charged fees […]
A spokesperson for the Brooklyn district attorneys office says State Senator Kevin Parker will be tried this summer for allegedly attacking a New York Post photographer. Prosecutors say William Lopez had his finger broken when Parker grabbed his camera last May. Felony charges were recently restored after a judge initially dismissed them for a lack […]
New York City is forecast to break a 9-year-old record high temperature tomorrow as a blast of unseasonably warm air arrives to start the new month, according to the National Weather Service. The temperature in New Yorks Central Park is expected to reach 89 Fahrenheit, which would break the 2001 record for the day of […]
Citing an increase in noise complaints from helicopters, the city’s Economic Development Corporation announced plans Friday to eliminate short sightseeing tours entirely. There will also be no more tours over
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Hagon Rav Elazar Dovid Follman ZATZAL, a Magid Shiur for many years in Yeshiva Torah Temimah in Flatbush. The Levaya is
Addressing the Knesset plenum, discussing the closure of the Old City to vehicular traffic, Shas MK Rabbi Chaim Amsellem stated the Kosel is the holiest site to the Jewish People
Two New York men have been arrested and charged with trying to help Al Qaeda terrorists, NBCNewYork has exclusivly learned. An official announcement on these latest terror arrests in New
The New York City Fire Departments new fireboat, the Three Forty Three, will arrive in New York Harbor on Friday April 30, at approximately 4 p.m.There will be a water display by other vessels in the FDNY Marine Division in the vicinity of the Verrazanno Bridge and then near the Statue of Liberty to welcome […]
Three Councilmembers representing large swaths of New York Citys Orthodox Jewish community announced today that they have joined forces to combat the citys proposed cuts to the Priority 7 voucher program. Priority 7 vouchers are used by more than 1,000 families throughout New York City to pay for after-school programs for their children. Councilmembers David […]
As children put their final touches on Lag BaOmer “medurot” in Modi’in Illit and Moshav Matityahu, thousands of people make their way from Yerushalayim to Meron in preparation of the
The plane had blown an engine over the northern Arabian Sea, and the lead pilot, Lt. Miroslav “Steven” Zilberman Z”L, had to make lightning-quick decisions. The E-2C Hawkeye, returning from
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