It’s slow-going on New Jersey’s highways as rain has turned to snow across the state, leading to a reduction in speed limits and more than 100 accidents reported. The speed
Emergency personnel were called to the of a shooting incident which occurred in the Petach Tikvah shuk on Baron Hirsh Street on Thursday afternoon. It was reported that at least
[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Residents were shocked to find these swastikas drawn onto multiple vehicle parked on 43 Street between 13 and 14 Avenues on Thursday morning.
Republicans are ready to overpower Democrats and push another of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees through the Senate, the man who will help lead the GOP drive to erase and
President Donald Trump’s extended criticism of the judiciary prompted a rebuke Wednesday from his nominee for the Supreme Court, who told a senator that the president’s comments were “demoralizing and
President Donald Trump criticized Nordstrom, the latest company to be the focus of his Twitter attention, saying Wednesday that the department store chain that decided to stop selling his daughter’s
Authorities say nearly 1,700 flights have been canceled at New York City’s three major airports because of the powerful winter storm hitting the region. The Port Authority of New York
A powerful, fast-moving storm swept through the northeastern U.S. early Thursday, making for a slippery morning commute and leaving some residents bracing for blizzard conditions and more than a foot of snow. Commuters in the densely populated region awoke to windblown snow less than 24 hours after enjoying spring-like temperatures and faced slick […]
Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) applauded the NYS Department of Education for finally issuing an apology after this years Global Studies Regents examination featured a prejudiced political cartoon portraying Jewish soldiers in a disgusting and demeaning fashion. After a week and half, the NYS Department of Education finally apologized for this heinous political cartoon. Better late […]
Israel Police representatives taking part in Safe Internet Week are concentrating efforts in Jerusalem in Arab areas of the city. One of our goals during Safe Internet Week is to reach schools in the eastern Jerusalem neighborhoods and to explain to children and youths of the importance of this in their language a police official […]
It appears statements by Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman to cancel the draft agreement with yeshivos and cut funding as well has not intimidated the Peleg Yerushalmi of the litvish community as protests are scheduled to resume on Thursday afternoon, 13 Shevat. The protests began earlier in the week following the arrest of a talmid who […]
The expectation of upwards of a foot of snow is bringing out the city’s heavy equipment. The Department of Sanitation expects 2,400 workers and 1,600 plows working 12-hour shifts across
Worried about the nearly 20 million people who buy their own health insurance policies, the Trump administration and congressional Republicans are weighing how to stabilize a wobbly market, government and
A century after the UK declared its support for the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Israel, Jewish leaders from around the world and some 700
A man was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday on charges that he provided support to the Islamic State group by helping two followers carry through on an attempted
Two Portuguese teenagers who wrote their names on a gate of the former Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau were fined and handed one-year suspended prison terms by a Polish court
A JNF photographer captured this marvelous site on Wednesday morning in the Hula Valley, 45,400 cranes and 11 famingos visiting the area. (YWN Israel Desk, Jerusalem/Photo Credit: Inbar Rubin)
Minister of Defense Avigdor Lieberman announced on Thursday that he has begun working on cancelling the draft deferment agreement with the Grodna Yeshiva (Ashdod) and Yeshiva Ma’alos HaTorah (Yerushalayim) following
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