A federal appeals court has denied white supremacist Dylann Roof’s request to replace his Jewish and Indian lawyers who are appealing his death sentence for a racist massacre in South
(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times) It is called Tonsuring and it is at the center of a great debate that has once again resurfaced. Tonsuring is when women cut off all of their hair in a temple for religious purposes. A few years ago, frum Jews across the world stopped […]
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s recommendation to shrink four sprawling national monuments in the U.S. West jeopardizes protections for ancient cliff dwellings, scenic canyons and habitat for endangered fish and threatened Mojave desert tortoises. The recommendations, revealed in a leaked memo submitted to the White House, would scale back two huge Utah monuments Bears Ears […]
(VIDEOS & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) As YWN has been reporting, there has been an ongoing saga whether Shuvu Banim community leader Rabbi Eliezer Berland will be granted parole from his house arrest in order to spend Rosh Hashana at R’ Nachman’s Kever in Uman, Ukraine. Israel’s Supreme Court finally approved the parole late Tuesday […]
Most of the states that first endorsed the Common Core academic standards are still using them in some form, despite continued debate over whether they are improving student performance in reading and math. Of the states that opted in after the standards were introduced in 2010 45 plus the District of Columbia only […]
Magen David Adom has finalized preparations for the arrival of tens of thousands of mispallalim traveling to Uman, to the kever of Rav Nachman ZTL for Rosh Hashanah in what is labeled Operation Rabbeinu. MDA is working in cooperation with Hatzoloh Ukraine, which enjoys the support of a number of Hatzoloh branches in Eretz Yisrael […]
Kohl’s, which is opening some in-store Amazon shops, will start accepting returns for the online retailer at some of its stores in Los Angeles and Chicago starting next month. Kohl’s
The Justice Ministry Police Investigations Unit filed an indictment with the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court against a policewoman for assault during a demonstration near Jerusalem’s Kikar Shabbos and for obstructing court
An abandoned proposal to develop a Trump Tower in Moscow during the 2016 presidential election was “solely a real estate deal and nothing more,” the personal lawyer for President Donald
(PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) United Hatzalah area signs that have become a familiar sight at the tziyun of the Rashbi on Lag BOmer are being deployed this Rosh Hashanah in Uman. These signs divide the area into sectors and one requiring medical service can tell the dispatcher what number area sign s/he sees. This significantly […]
Three people face charges after violent clashes with campus police at Georgia Tech following a vigil for a student fatally shot by officers, a university spokesman said Tuesday. Police shot
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocked central Mexico on Tuesday, killing at least 61 people as buildings collapsed in plumes of dust and thousands fled into the streets in panic. The
Billboards featuring Melania Trump and the slogan “just imagine how far you can go with a little bit of English” were removed Tuesday from the Croatian capital after her lawyer
By now, it is clear to all, that attending the toeiva wedding of a nephew months ago is what cost Yigal Guetta his Member of Knesset seat. It later became clear that Shas Moetzas Gedolei Hatorah was not consulted, and the person behind the decision to oust Guetta was Rabbi Yaakov Cohen, a son of […]
The drama surrounding Rabbi Berland continues, if he will in fact be granted permission to go to Uman this year. [UPDATE: Rabbi Berland Departs To Uman After Being Granted Parole]
Private Dinner for Anwar Sadat Congressional Gold Medal Commission Co-Chairs hosted by Egypts Ambassador to the United States Reda with former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld To kick off the Inaugural Luncheon of the Anwar Sadat Congressional Gold Medal events, the Ambassador of Egypt to the United States His Excellency Yasser Reda hosted an exclusive […]
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