Firefighters rushed to Midtown Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon after several underground explosions rattled passersby and workers in Times Square, CBS 2 has learned. Officials said a three-alarm fire broke out
Board members at Saint Vincent’s Hospital have voted to authorize the closure of the cash-strapped institution. The closure only affects inpatient services at the hospital’s Greenwich Village location. In a released statement, board chairman Alfred E. Smith IV cited the ongoing struggle to close a nearly $700 million debt. “The decision to close St. Vincent’s […]
A total of four people were injured, all lightly, in scuffled that erupted in shuls over yomtov. In southern Tel Aviv, two mispalalim were lightly injured in their heads during
An ad campaign sponsored by the Eretz Yisrael Movement on Egged buses has been canceled by the bus company, apparently due to mounting pressure against the campaign. The campaign was
While visiting Ohr Akiva Mimouna festivities on motzei yomtov, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told reporters that development in the north and south of the country would continue along with Yerushalayim.
According to officials there have not been any Jews living in Zvolen since the Holocaust but someone decided the Jewish cemetery is bothersome, breaking into the gates and spray painting remaining tombstones with hate graffiti. Most of the former Jewish community’s 700 residents, who perished during the Holocaust, are buried in the cemetery. Most of […]
President Shimon Peres on Sunday morning, erev Shvi’i Shel Pesach, visited the Har Nof home of Maran Rishon L’Tzion HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita, telling reporters for him, it was an honor to meet with the Rav on yomtov. The two discussed matters pertaining to current events including some of the threats facing Eretz Yisrael […]
Just three months into 2010 robberies, burglaries, grand larceny and car thefts are on the rise in much of the borough, especially in some traditionally safe neighborhoods, NYPD statistics show.
Three Meah Shearim residents arrested after being apprehended in the act of desecrating a Jerusalem terror memorial, for victims of an 18 bus suicide bombing attack in 1996, were released
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Mrs. Rivka Eagle A”H, the wife of R’ Shlomo Eagle, the founder of Yeled V’yalda in Boro Park, and a noted
According to a Ynet report, Deputy Minister of Health R’ Yaakov Litzman personally intervened to arrange a liver transplant for an 18-year-old chareidi teen abroad. According to the report, Italian health officials demanded that Israel commit to returning another liver in its place in the future, for an Italian resident. At the end, Litzman managed […]
According to foreign media reports, Israel is continuing to apply pressure on Beijing as Jerusalem hopes to win over China’s approval for crippling economic sanctions against Iran. According to a Times online report, this week’s upcoming visit by Chief of IDF Planning Branch Major-General Amir Eshel will include the senior official showing evidence gathered by […]
The Chasdei Ohel Bikur Cholim operating in Bnei Brak on Sunday morning issued a call for anyone with spare hand shmura matzos to step forward, explaining they were experiencing a
There is a meningitis scare in Ramat Beit Shemesh Bet on Sunday morning, erev yomtov. Health Ministry physicians announced at about 10:00am that a five-year-old resident of the community was
NYS Gov. David Paterson was one of more than 30 governors who received a letter from an extremist group demanding that they step down or be removed, a Paterson spokesman
Five hoodlums affiliated with Neturei Karta, including a minor, were arrested on Jaffa Street in Yerushalayim on motzei shabbos as they were detected destroyed a memorial plaque for victims of
According to a Channel 10 News motzei shabbos report quoting Damascus-based Hamas politburo official Khaled Meshal, the senior terrorist announced that “all options remain open” regarding Hamas’ ongoing struggle to regain rights stolen by Israel, including a military confrontation. The statement was reportedly made during a meeting of “various faction leaders”, translating to senior terrorist […]
Monsey, NY – Two Monsey teens are facing felony charges and another will be headed to Family Court after the trio were arrested in connection to a string of burglaries
Brooklyn State Senator Kevin Parker appeared in court Friday for a pre-trial hearing on assault charges. The judge found there is sufficient evidence to move the case forward. Parker is
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Reb Yosel Werner Z”L, the Gabbai of the last Kopyczynitzer Rebbe ZATZAL, and the Gabbai of the Kopyczynitzer Shul in Boro Park for over 40 years at the age of 95. The Levaya will take place on Sunday morning at 9:30AM, in the Kopyczynitzer Shul 1415 55th Street. […]
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