The Islamic State group on Monday claimed responsibility for the New Year’s attack at a popular Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 people and wounded scores of others. Turkish police meanwhile
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times [Please note: The halachos mentioned in this column are for discussion purposes. Please check with your own Rav or Posaik as to how to proceed exactly on a personal level.] There is a famous story cited in the book, “HaGaon HaChasid MiVilna” originally appearing on […]
Bad weather dashed the hopes of a New Mexico Jewish group that hoped to win a spot in the record books by creating the world’s only menorah made from hot air balloons on the last night of Chanukah. The event sponsored by Chabad of New Mexico went on anyway, just without the launch of nine […]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is being questioned in his home this morning, 4 Teves, ‘under warning’, hinting an indictment may be likely. Mr. Netanyahu is alleged to have illegally accepted gifts while serving as Prime Minister from persons in Israel and abroad. Many feel this is the result of the left-wing media’s agenda, pointing out […]
On Sunday night it was reported that there is a slight improvement in the condition of HaGaon HaRav Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman Shlita. HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita on Sunday
An indictment was handed down in the Beersheva District Court against Assad Daka who allegedly worked with Arab MK Basel Ghattas, smuggling mobile phones to terrorists locked up in Ketziot
The stakes confronting Republicans determined to dismantle President Barack Obama’s health care law were evident in one recent encounter between an Ohio congressman and a constituent. “He said, ‘Now you
The recent rainfall has brought a measure of relief for the Kinneret, the nation’s fresh potable water source. In December 2016 the Kinneret rose 23 centimeters (9 inches) and on Sunday morning January 1, 2017, measured minus 213.61. The Kinneret needs and additional 61 centimeters (24 inches) to reach the red line and 4.81 meters […]
Turkish police struggled Sunday to track down a gunman who attacked New Year’s Eve revelers at a popular Istanbul nightclub, killing at least 39 people, most of them foreigners. Close
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While many feel Israel should sit back and wait for the Trump administrative to enter office on 20 January 2017, the Bayit Yehudi party seems impatient, having already called to
A person is in custody following a fatal overnight motor vehicle collision involving a cab in Brooklyn. Authorities say 56-year-old Abraham Shmailov Z”L was seated in the rear of a
As Barack Obama began preparing to leave office, the first smartphone-toting U.S. president ordered his team to upgrade the White House’s aging technology for his successor. New computers were purchased
[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Hundreds of mispallalim spent Shabbos Chanukah in Uman, at the tziyun of Rav Nachman ZT”L. The Uman Express company was on hand to shuttle the arriving visitors to the tziyun for Shabbos from the airport. Visitors reportedly arrived from the United States and Europe. (YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem/Photos: News 24)
Officials say a teenager arrested for drunken driving tried to make a getaway — in a police cruiser. According to the Daily News of New York, Dekota Locklear of Lumberton, North Carolina was pulled over at about 2 a.m. Sunday on Manhattan’s Upper West Side after he rolled past a DWI checkpoint. The 18-year-old was […]
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sent a message to the international community, using the period before the beginning of the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, 3 Teves
A 17-year-old talmid yeshiva was detained by authorities after shouting “Chardak” at a frum soldier in Bnei Brak. The term is a derogatory one used against chareidim serving in the IDF. Police and municipal inspectors arrested the youth in question as the military is cracking down on verbal and physical attacks against chareidi soldiers by members […]
[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] New Yorkers’ long wait to take a subway under Manhattan’s far Upper East Side ended Sunday when three new stations on the Second Avenue line opened
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