[THERE WILL BE A LIVE VIDEO STREAM HERE ON YWN AT 1:00PM EST FROM THE EVENT] If one child’s pure prayer is a heaven-piercing arrow, then a minyan of children’s
[ALL UPDATES BELOW] The Israel Airports Authority (IAA) employees union declared a general strike at Israel’s Ben-Gurion International Airport on Monday. Flights already in progress were to be allowed to
A dedicated and active Boro Park Hatzolah Paramedic suddenly suffered a seizure on the first day of Rosh Hashanah, and was rushed to the hospital. Extensive tests revealed that he
Jewish leaders are split on which of the five candidates for Attorney General to vote for in Tuesday’s primary election. This past week in Boro Park signs went up proclaiming
During 2009, violent crime declined for the third year in a row, with an estimated 5.3 percent drop from 2008 figures. Property crime continued to fall as well–for a seventh
The KYIV Post reports: Authorities have deported to Israel ten Hasidic pilgrims, who attempted to disrupt public order in Uman, and who were suspected of causing bodily harm to local
NYPD motorcades for dignitaries at the upcoming UN General Assembly won’t include motorcycle cops, sources said yesterday. This follows last month’s accident in Queens in which two motorcycle cops suffered
The Homeland Security Department plans to test futuristic iris scan technology that stores digital images of people’s eyes in a database and is considered a quicker alternative to fingerprints. The
The Brooklyn parents whose daughter died of an asthma attack when a police officer failed to perform CPR are now mobilizing a movement to require officers to take action, and
Long Island Railroad commuters, and especially those going to and from Brooklyn, can expect massive service cuts beginning Monday. LIRR passengers can expect changes to the Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn,
A founding member of an organization run by Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the driving force behind the planned mosque near Ground Zero, claims that the 9/11 attacks were an “inside
YWN regrets to inform you of the passing of Rebbitzen Sarah Kulefsky A”H, wife of HaRav Yaakov Moshe Kulefsky, ZATZAL, Rosh Yeshiva of Ner Yisroel in Baltimore. The Levaya will
A man convicted of killing a Jewish man during the infamous 1991 Crown Heights race riot was stabbed in the head with an ice pick this morning, in what cops
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to tour south Lebanon, just a few kilometers from the border with Israel, Iranian sources told the al-Khaleej newspaper on Sunday. According to the
Waterbury CT – At 1:00am on Thursday night, the second night of Yom Tov, a member of the Jewish Community was awoken by a carbon monoxide alarm ringing. He quickly
[To Mr. Hershel Lieber, President Bais Yaakov of Boro Park] Dear Mr. Lieber, In a public letter published in the Rosh Hashanah edition of Mishpacha family magazine, you described the
The numbers range anywhere from 25,000 to 50,000, but tens of thousands of people once again traveled to Uman this year, choosing to spend Rosh Hashanah away from their families,
Postville, Ia. – Sholom Rubashkin’s legal team argued Wednesday that they still don’t know how involved his trial judge was in the raid at his former Iowa slaughterhouse. Defense lawyers
San Bruno, CA – Specially trained dogs combing of a gas line explosion in San Bruno found three more victims Saturday, bringing the total deaths from the incident to seven.
New York – A stunning new poll out today shows controversial mega-millionaire Buffalo builder Carl Paladino has caught up with former Long Island U.S. Rep. Rick Lazio and could beat
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