Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan is calling to wave the fee for citizens who phoned Israel’s Fire Service during the recent waves of fires that began last week. Erdan explained “The State of Israel is now facing a new front, not an easy one, fires and arson around the country. In the current budget I […]

Letters threatening that President-elect Donald Trump will do to Muslims what Adolf Hitler “did to the Jews” were sent to three California mosques last week, according to the Council on

The attached photo photos a fireman carrying one of the many Sifrei Torah, which Baruch Hashem were saved from the fires that caused heavy damage to many neighborhoods in Haifa. (YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem/Photo Credit: N. district fire spokesman Uri Chubatro)

Delta Air Lines is apologizing for not removing a passenger from a flight to Pennsylvania who rudely professed his support for President-elect Donald Trump and insulted those who didn’t. The

Former Chief Rabbi of Israel and current Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv Yisrael Meir Lau Shlita presented the late President of Cuba, Mr. Fidel Castro, a shofar decorated with 925 sterling silver. (YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)

Millions of Americans made their way back home Sunday after a long Thanksgiving weekend, facing minimal stress and strain as they traveled by air, rail or road. Federal Aviation Administration

Mrs. Miri Maoz Ovadia, a spokesperson for N’vei Tzuf (Chalamish) spoke with the media on Sunday morning, 26 Cheshvan. She describes the miracles that took place despite the enormous destruction resulting from the fire in their Shomron community on Friday night. Over a dozen homes were totally destroyed, homes in the veteran area of the […]

Kellyanne Conway, Donald Trump’s senior adviser and former campaign manager, publicly criticized the possibility of Mitt Romney becoming secretary of state on the morning political-show circuit Sunday. On ABC’s “This

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon, who is not often interviewed by the media, is maintaining a high media presence in light of the widespread damage from fire in Haifa and other

[By Charles B. Renfrew and James H. Reynolds] One of the Roman poet Juvenal’s best-known lines is quis custodiet ipsos custodes. Who will watch the watchers? Some 2,000 years later, this question is especially relevant for America’s criminal-justice system, given the power wielded by federal prosecutors. Too often their profound authority leads to significant abuse, […]

[WEBCAST IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] This year, for the twelfth year on YWN, tens of thousands of viewers from around the world will be able to view the International Kinus HaShluchim

While a frum home generally does not have internet, cable television and other devices, most homes in the Western world do and Haifa is no exception. Residents are complaining that

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says “there’s nothing wrong with” pursuing recounts to ensure the legitimacy of President-elect Donald Trump’s Nov. 8 victory. The former Democratic presidential candidate addressed the looming recount in Wisconsin — and the prospect of others in Michigan and Pennsylvania — Sunday morning on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Sanders says: “No […]

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times Rebbitzen Gita Cohen A”H was the great-granddaughter of the Alter of Slabodka. Her grandfather was the famed Tzaddik of yerushalayim,

[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Sunday, 26 Cheshvan visited the Shomron community of N’vei Tzuf, which suffered serious damage over Shabbos due to Arab arson terror. Over a dozen homes were totally destroyed and many others damaged, as well as infrastructure and public areas of the community. The senior minister stated […]