[PHOTO LINK BELOW] The tzibur is requested to be mispalel for Binyamin Ze’ev ben Hadassah who sustained moderate-to-serious injuries in a motzei shabbos vehicular accident on Route 446, between Hashmonaim and Kiryat Sefer. The victim works in Kiryat Sefer. Ichud Hatzolah (IH) responders report a total of 9 people were injured, including children. A woman […]
Police officers searching a two-story house opposite an elementary school in Brooklyn on Friday night discovered scores of guns, bullet-making materials and an odd array of weapons more appropriate to
A disturbing spike in murders and other serious crimes is leading city officials to believe the NYPD’s famed “blue line” is growing way too thin. “It is worrisome,”Mayor Bloomberg said on his radio show yesterday, noting that Police “Commissioner [Ray] Kelly and I talked at length about it.” “We have fewer police officers than we […]
As a result of a strike involving flight attendants on British Airways, two flights have been canceled. One flight, BA-165, was set to leave on Saturday from London to Tel Aviv and the second, BA-164, was set to depart from Ben-Gurion International Airport to London on Sunday afternoon. As of motzei shabbos, other flights between […]
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Reb Mordche Friedman Z”L after a long illness. Reb Mordche was a longtime Hatzolah member (known as KY-18 and B-318), who
An IDF officer and a soldier were killed on erev shabbos in an exchange of fire with terrorists who were planting explosives along the Gaza security fence near in southern
New York – The defense team for Sholom Rubashkin has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court the lower courts’ decision to deny bail for the Orthodox Hasidic Jewish businessman before
A state Supreme Court judge has ruled that the city can’t shut down 19 schools, according to published reports. Judge Joan Lobis’ ruling favored the teachers union and the NAACP
Jerusalem on erev shabbos paid its last respects to the woman who was affectionately known as “The Chicken Lady”, Mrs. Clara Hammer o”h, 99, who spent the last decades of her life with the organization she founded, feeding over 250 families a week. She was niftar on Thursday night. She also provided them with medical […]
It appears that US President Barak Obama plans to continue asserting the full weight of the White House on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu towards bringing a total cessation to construction in areas of Yerushalayim viewed as “Israeli occupied” by the American government. In his visit to the White House this week, the prime minister received […]
Have you ever stood in the supermarket and wondered if a certain fruit or vegetable was easy to check for insects, or should be avoided altogether? Were you at a
11:25AM EST: [UPDATE BELOW] A South Korean naval vessel with more than 100 aboard was sinking on Friday in waters near North Korea and Seoul was investigating whether it was
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid mistakenly called out “no” Thursday when asked for his vote on the health care reconciliation bill, setting the chamber howling with laughter. Reid voted the
Montreal, Canada – Jewish groups are denouncing a curiosity shop where a bar of soap allegedly made from Holocaust victims’ fat is for sale. The beige bar of soap, in
The political storm surrounding the position adopted by Deputy Health Minister R’ Yaakov Litzman regarding Barzilai Hospital seems to be gaining momentum as it appears more and more likely that the controversial graves on the site of the proposed fortified emergency room at those of non-Jews. Atra Kadisa officials have indicated they will issue a […]
“When parents make decisions about where they want their children to learn—and have a publicly funded voucher to support that decision—everyone wins. That’s why we congratulate the Illinois Senate for passing the tuition voucher bill that will help students enrolled in Chicago’s lowest-performing schools. Improving the increasingly failing public K–12 system means finding better ways […]
The Lakewood Township Committee last night approved a new three-year contract for the ambulance service that slashed salaries of 15 workers by 30 percent – a blow that many of those people affected say will drastically alter their lives. “It’s a total restructuring of my life,” said Mary Jane Delvalle, an EMS technician of 20 […]
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Rebbitzen Pesel Gross A”H (63), the wife of the Belzer Dayan of Boro Park, HaRav Shlomo Gross Shlita. The Levaya will
It is three days after the elections in Boro Park and people are still in shock. No one expected this. Not only has Mr. Greenfield pulled off a stunning upset,
Under fire to do more to stop the foreclosure crisis, the Obama administration will announce Friday new steps to help the unemployed and those who are “underwater” with a bigger
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