O’Hare International Airport workers who voted to strike soon will announce when they plan to take action. Service Employees International Union Local 1 officials say they will announce the date
The Muezzin Bill has been approved by the Ministerial Law Committee but in its current language, it is unlikely to be passed in its first reading in Knesset. This is why the bill was pulled from last Wednesday’s Knesset agenda. The chareidi and Arab Bloc have partnered to object to the bill. For the chareidim, […]
President Barack Obama planned separate talks with the leaders of Australia and Canada before wrapping up the final foreign trip of his presidency. Both countries helped negotiate a multinational trade
The father of a California soldier recently killed in Afghanistan says he felt disrespected and hurt by passengers who booed him and his family when they were on a flight
Jerusalem Chief Sephardi Rabbi HaGaon HaRav Moshe Shlomo Amar’s remarks against the toeiva community last week have led to protests and demands to fire him from his civil service post. In his weekend interview with the Yisrael Hayom newspaper, Rav Amar referred to the toeiva lifestyle as “evil” and a “toeiva cult”. Members of the […]
Donald Trump says his wife, Melania, and their son, Barron, will move to the White House “right after he finishes school” next year. An aide to the president-elect had suggested
The following is via CTV Montreal: Outremont residents are set to vote on Sunday on a controversial bylaw that would restrict where houses of worship can open in the borough. The bylaw would ban the houses of worship, regardless of religion, on Bernard, a major commercial street that’s dotted by stores and restaurants. Outremont’s mayor […]
According to a Yediot Achronot report published on November 18, 2016, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has served 2,788 in office as the nation’s leader. The question remains is will he surpass the overall time served by the record-holder, David Ben-Gurion. On Sunday, November 20th (19 Cheshvan), Mr. Netanyahu breaks one of Mr. Ben-Gurion’s records as […]
It’s a new day in the world of Jewish music and you want to be part of it. Agudah Achas – One Heart by Beri Weber hit the market earlier this month. The release of this album expands the musical experience Beri has offered us thus far. In this latest release, the artist in Beri thoroughly shines […]
Vice President-elect Mike Pence says Mitt Romney is “under active consideration” by President-elect Donald Trump to be nominated as Trump’s secretary of state, “along with some other very distinguished Americans.” In an interview with “Fox News Sunday,” Pence says Romney’s recent meeting with Trump was a “warm and substantive” exchange. He said the team spent […]
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of the famed composer and singer, Reb Ben Zion Shenker Z”L. He was 92. Reb Ben Zion was Niftar suddenly as he
El Al pilots have decided to step up job actions as the union representing them is locked in talks with management. Pilots claim to be overworked and underpaid. Management reports
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Nearly every morning since their father’s stunning victory on Election Day, three of Donald Trump’s grown children walk through the Trump Tower lobby and board an elevator. But are Don
The Hiddush organization, which is aligned with the Reform Movement, issued a statement calling to boycott the Hamodia Economic Conference as the conference is for men only. Following is Hiddush’s statement to the media. Hiddush to “Hamodia” Economic Conference participants: Don’t legitimize the exclusion of women, stay away! PM Netanyahu, leading ministers and economic leaders […]
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Sunday Morning at the Agudah Convention #Who We Are Breakfast Symposium Analyzing Ramifications of the Recent Elections Chaskel Bennett Member, Board of Trustees, Agudath Israel of
President-elect Donald Trump, in the midst of choosing his Cabinet, took time out Sunday for a second day to criticize the cast of the Broadway musical “Hamilton” and demand an
9:01AM IL: Magen David Adom and United Hatzalah EMS units are responding to an accident in Tel Aviv on Derech Ben-Tzvi at the corner of Holon Interchange involving at least
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