Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman met on Tuesday with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is what is described as a 40-minute meeting “down to business” meeting. The deputy minister informed the prime minister that his party is opposed to any change in the government’s position regarding the decision for a change of venue for the new […]
The Gatorade Company, a division of PepsiCo (PEP), is strengthening its category-leading portfolio of sports performance beverages in 2010 by announcing the kosher-certification of Gatorade Thirst Quencher and G2. In partnership with the Orthodox Union (OU), Gatorade completed the kosher-certification process and certified kosher Gatorade Thirst Quencher and G2. Kosher product, which will bear the OU symbol, […]
MyFoxNY reports: Unseasonably warm temperatures have spread across the eastern seaboard and extended into areas all the way to the Mississippi River. The temperatures are typical of early July rather
Dear YWN, When I was in school, we never got off the bus for a trip without the speech – make a kiddush HaShem, not a chillul HaShem. Apparently many adults no longer remember this. I in no way mean to include everyone in what I am about to say. However, there were enough offenders […]
Terrorist Ziad Najib, 46, who has been in an Israeli prison for 14 years, was released earlier this week. He permitted Hamas terrorists to use his Bir Naballah home to hold IDF soldier Sgt. Nachshon Wachsman HY”D hostage in 1994. Upon his arrival at home he received a hero’s welcome. He was then taken to […]
As work began for Belz-affiliated Beis Malka Seminary, planning to add classrooms near Yeshivas Beis Shmaya in Bnei Brak, officials of the latter immediately called for a cessation of work,
The NY Daily News reports: Special elections are truly special: they draw tiny turnouts, but cost city taxpayers a bundle. The three special elections held so far this year cost
Many residents of Modi’in Illit who were not at home over Pesach were shocked to return to their homes and find they were targeted by burglars. In one case documented by the daily HaMevaser, an avreich lost much of his valuables, including a credit card, which he learned was used in a restaurant at nearby […]
While making the trip back to New York & Lakewood from Toronto following Pesach, three Frum families were all hospitalized after being involved in a serious collision. Sources tell YWN that a dump-truck overturned on Interstate 90 Eastbound near exit 43 at approximately 5:00AM. At least 2 private vehicles were involved in the serious collision. (One vehicle was carrying […]
Israel Police and the Moreshet Kotel Authority are pleased with the results of Pesach and the yomtov season, reporting over 600,000 visitors to the holy site during Nissan. This number
Six people are in custody, members of an alleged organ trafficking ring in Eretz Yisrael, a ring that netted the suspects millions. Among the suspects in custody is an IDF
Speaking to Israel Radio on Tuesday morning, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman stated there will not be a cessation of building in either eastern or western Yerushalayim, vowing to continue building in the nation’s capital. “I do not know of any nation in the world that would agree to halt construction in its capital. It is […]
This story occurred on Tuesday, at Bnei Dror Junction in the Sharon region, involving a Jewish woman who police report was dressed in “Arab garb”. Police became suspect of the woman, requesting that she stop for inspection. This seems to have prompted her to try to escape the officers, perhaps out of fear, leading to […]
Jordan’s King Abdullah II is setting the stage for a warm White House welcome ahead of his upcoming trip to Washington, attacking Israel and the policies of the current administration. As he plans to attend the nuclear conference together with US President Barak Obama, the Jordanian monarch realizes joining the international stage attacking Israel will […]
Hundreds of members of Hatzolah, Shomrim, and ordinary civilians joined forces on Monday evening to assist in a search for a missing autistic child. The call came into Hatzolah &
Addressing reports of an imminent Israeli strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities, Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei released a statement that if Tehran is attacked, it will fire missiles into the heart of Tel Aviv, rejecting criticism by Iran’s opponents, explaining the world appear unable to come to terms with the progress in Iran’s nuclear program. Despite […]
Spirit Airlines announced Tuesday that it will charge its customers $20 to $45 for items they place in the overhead bins. The cost depends on whether passengers are members of
Beit Shemesh Mayor Rav Moshe Abutbul stated the persons responsible for the violent yomtov attack in his city are not local residents, but people who came to the area for Pesach. The mayor added that they apparently came to spend seder with family – stressing in the Yifei Nof neighborhood of the community, significant resources […]
Addressing the position of Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman, who insists the venue of the new fortified emergency room of Barzilai Hospital must be moved, President Shimon Peres on Sunday, erev yomtov, questioned why such a “scandal” had to be created around the project. The president’s comments coincided with a pre-yomtov visit to Chief Rabbi […]
Carl P. Paladino, a blunt multimillionaire developer with Tea Party political leanings, announced his campaign for governor on Monday, becoming the third Republican to enter a race that is quickly
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