The following is via Yated, and appears in this weeks newspaper: The Yated has for years documented and exposed the invalid claims of the Open Orthodox movement to be Orthodox. Open Orthodoxy’s innovations of giving women semicha, celebrating to’eivah marriage, having women lead parts of davening (referred to as “partnership minyanim”), and espousing hashkafos that […]

The Knesset this week extended the national biometric database plan that has been running as an experimental program to date. The extension is until 28 February 2017 at which time

Secretary of State John F. Kerry delivered frank remarks on the Middle East peace process at the State Department on Wednesday. Here are excerpts from his speech: On “trends on

Official from the Ministry of Energy operating in Beit Shemesh found one poorly placed menorah. The person was using gas meters as the base for his menorah, which could easily

On Wednesday morning, December 21, the Viznitzer Rebbe from Eretz Yisroel, HaRav Menachem Mendel Hager Shlita visited the temporary facilities of the Amud Aish Memorial Museum (Amud Aish) and Kleinman

The administration is playing defense, offering contradictory justifications for its abstention at the U.N. Security Council on a resolution declaring everything — including all of East Jerusalem — to be

Arab MK Basel Ghattas has been released from jail, however he is not free, but sent to house arrest. He was also compelled to pay NIS 50,000 bail. Ghattas was

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer released the following statement to YWN moments ago: “While Secretary Kerry mentioned Gaza in his speech, he seems to have forgotten the history of the settlements in Gaza, where the Israeli government forced settlers to withdraw from all settlements and the Palestinians responded by sending rockets from Gaza into Israel. […]

Secretary of State John Kerry tore into Israel on Wednesday for settlement-building, accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of dragging Israel away from democracy and forcefully rejecting the notion that America

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A stormy session of the Knesset Lobby on Religion & State addressed two very controversial issues; accepting giyur from abroad as well as the egalitarian prayer area at the Kosel.

France’s foreign minister is hailing Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech on Middle East peace. Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault called Kerry’s speech “clear, courageous and committed” and said France shares

As 2016 comes to an end, the Shin Bet reports B’chasdei Hashem it prevent “over 400 significant terror attacks”. This was made known in the presence of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who was attending the awards ceremony for the Prime Minister’s Prize for Intelligence-Operational Achievements on Tuesday evening the eve of 28 Kislev at Shin […]

The attached images were submitted to YWN by a reader following the publishing of two previous alerts regarding melting ready to use oil-filled cups. In the first incident, the company