YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of HaRav Meir Belsky ZATZAL who was Niftar today in Yerushalayim. Rav Belsky was one of the original Talmidim of Hagaon HaRav
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The Jerusalem District Court on Tuesday filed an indictment including a plea-bargain agreement filed against Yosef Tzvi Barkan, whose negligence led to the death of Avigail and Yael Gross, 4
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Donald Trump has singled out a number of companies individually before and after winning the U.S. presidential election. Here’s a quick rundown of the businesses he’s targeted and what he
The questioning of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that was to have taken place in the Prime Minister’s home on Monday morning 4 Teves was postponed until the evening hours. Mr.
What was supposed to be a one-day local government strike came to an early abrupt end as the courts ordered strikers to work. However, the court then learned that the
[COMMUNICATED CONTENT] It may be confusing to the ordinary man when he sees what may seem like inconsistencies in rabbonim’s piskei halacha. In a fascinating shiur, HaRav Osher Weiss, shlit”a,
A 29-year-old woman was struck and killed by a vehicle in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, Tuesday morning. The NYPD tells YWN that at approximately 6:45AM, 911 received calls reporting
Ford is canceling plans to build a new $1.6 billion factory in Mexico and will invest $700 million in a Michigan plant to build new electric and autonomous vehicles. Ford,
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Two border police officers were injured in what appears to be terrorist vehicular ramming attack involving motocrycles at the Jalame Checkpoint in the Afula/Gilboa regions. A female officer was said
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