Sources close to the state attorney general say that an investigation over whether Governor David Paterson tampered with a witness in a domestic abuse case against one of his top
Excerpts from a NY Daily News article: None of the nearly $1 million set aside to tackle abuse in New York’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities has been spent, even as another program set up to help scrambles for cash. The state has earmarked $950,000 since April 2009 to fund Assemblyman Dov Hikind’s plans to teach Hasidic Jews […]
Stamford Hill, London – A Stamford Hill couple were attacked and tied up by a gang of burglars who broke into their home in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Interior Minister Eli Yishai explained on Wednesday that the current administration never accepted a White House demand to halt construction throughout the capital and it appears there are a number
Upon consultation with its rabbinic leadership, Agudath Israel of America issued the following statement today: Hamodia reports that Rabbi Shmuel Goldin, First Vice-President of the Rabbinical Council of America, has clarified that the RCA “in no way endorses the title ‘maharat’ or the ‘maharat’ program under the direction of Rabbi Avi Weiss.” Rabbi Goldin further […]
Please be Mispallel for the Tosher Rebbe Shlita, who has been admitted to the ICU in a Florida Hospital. The Rebbe was hospitalized earlier this week, and has since been
Speaking with Israel Radio on Wednesday, former Mossad Intelligence Agency Director Ephraim Halevy explained that the radical change in the White House’s attitude to Israel is in part due to President Barak Obama’s agenda, one that seeks to rehabilitate Islam’s image, seeking to remove the tainted image of being responsible for world terrorism. Halevy explained […]
10:15AM EST: A magnitude 7.2 quake hit Chile during President Pinera’s inauguration ceremonies. The quake occurred approximately 30 minutes prior to this first YWN report. There is no word on injuries or damage as of this posting. The epicenter was about 71 miles from Valparaiso, Chile, where Pinera was to be inaugurated. CNN television footage showed […]
London, England – A British Airways employee appeared in court Thursday on charges of preparing to commit terrorism and funding it. Rajib Karim, 30, is charged with two counts of
The following is a translation from an article in the BaKehilla newspaper: As students in talmidei torah around Eretz Yisrael begin testing for entry to yeshiva ketana, HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita this week have a unique p’sak halacha to a rebbe who was sitting shiva for his brother. According to a BaKehilla report, R’ […]
Chareidi mosdos appear to have become the preferred target of local vandals in Haifa. On Wednesday night, a Vishnitz shul at 1 Michal Street was broken into as well as
With the White House and State Department constantly calling on Israel to exhibit good-will to PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), the Knesset has turned to the White House in
Earlier in the week, Jerusalem Kosher News reported the Eida Chareidis removed its supervision from two Jerusalem pizza shops, Pizza Lahit (44 Yirmiyahu Street) and Pizza Shai (1 Amos Street), both in the Geula area. Now for the explanation – About a year ago, the Eida learned the stores used the ‘call forwarding’ feature during […]
South Lanarkshire, UK – A group of stunned primary schoolchildren began crying when their teacher told them during a bizarre Holocaust game that they were to be taken away from
At least five firefighters were injured in a fire at a private residence in downtown Brooklyn. Fire officials say none of the injuries are life-threatening. Two of the firefighters were
Asra Kadisha and the Eida Chareidis will be holding a levaya in Yerushalayim on Thursday (25 Nissan) for the bones exhumed by archeologists in Tzipori. According to a HaMevaser report, after the archeologists destroyed the burial tomb on Sunday, the bones were exposed leading to a p’sak from Atra Kadisha leaders to oppose the ongoing […]
The national foreclosure rate fell 2% in February from a month earlier, according to an industry report released Thursday, the latest sign that the pace of foreclosures is slowing. In
Following a late-night Arab League meeting addressing Israel’s announced plans to continue building in Yerushalayim, league Secretary-General Amr Moussa announced that the PA (Palestinian Authority) will not agree to the mediated indirect talks with Israel as was the case prior to the announced construction. The PA has opted to maximize the situation, seeking to place […]
After much suffering, the bachur Yosef Banda, one of the three youths imprisoned in Japan for drug smuggling, landing in Eretz Yisrael close to midnight, meeting with his parents and
When US Vice President Joe Biden is guilty of an occasional faux pas the media is right there to achieve maximum benefit. As we know, when a politician blunders the
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