Two days after Hurricane Matthew rampaged across Haiti’s remote southwestern peninsula, authorities and aid workers still lack a clear picture of what they fear is the country’s biggest disaster in

[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] The accompanying video shows a major Chilul Hashem that occurred on an El Al flight to Uman before Rosh Hashanah, the unacceptable actions of some of

A German court says the trial of a former SS medic who served at the Auschwitz death camp has to be restarted because more time is needed to respond to

Gov. Nathan Deal has ordered mandatory evacuations along the entire Georgia coast as Hurricane Matthew approaches. Deal said Thursday that everyone east of Interstate 95 should flee Georgia’s six coastal counties — Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, McIntosh, Glynn and Camden. Those counties have a combined population of more than 522,000 people. The governor had asked coastal […]

Cleared for Publication: As a result of a joint operation between the Shin Bet, IDF and Israel Police, residents of the Galil Arab community of Ajar were taken into custody

The IDF on Thursday afternoon 4 Tishrei directed artillery fire to central Gaza following the latest rocket attack into southern Israel. B’chasdei Hashem, there were no fatalities or injuries in the attack, the second in as many days. According to Arab media sources, the artillery fire was directed east of el-Bourej in Gaza, the area […]

Hurricane Matthew marched toward Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas and nearly 2 million people along the coast were urged to evacuate their homes, a mass exodus ahead of a major

[COMMUNICATED CONTENT] By Rabbi Yaakov Yisroel Privalsky Not in a delivery room, not in a cemetery, and not walking away from a car accident. I study in a Kollel in Eretz YIsrael, where aside from the regular sedarim, we engage in extracurricular activities, to help us develop a wide range of Rabbinic skills. Towards this end, […]

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times A young woman had some extra heart tissue which caused an irregular heartbeat due to the extra electric activity. She

PA (Palestinian Authority) leader Mahmoud Abbas was taken to a Ramallah hospital on Thursday morning 4 Tishrei after complaining of not feeling well. A Palestinian doctor says Abbas has undergone

Forecasters say Hurricane Matthew is now pounding portions of the Central Bahamas and is expected to strengthen as it approaches Florida. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Matthew

Donald Trump once called data “overrated” in politics. But with Election Day swiftly approaching, the Republican presidential nominee is spending millions of dollars on data and digital services in an

If one child’s pure prayer is a heaven-piercing arrow, then a minyan of children’s tefillos is an invincible army. How much more so, then, is the awesome power of tens of thousands of tefillos emanating from the innocent mouths of tinokos shel bais raban and ascending heavenward! For the past twenty two years, Klal Yisroel […]

2:25PM IL: Sirens are sounding in the Gaza perimeter in the Eshkol Council region. More to follow. 2:32PM IL: ZAKA reports a mortar rocket has landed in an open area near Re’im. There are no immediate reports of casualties or damage. (YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)

[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] The following Israel Religion & State index was released to coincide with Rosh Hashanah by the Hiddush organization. While YWN does not in any way endorse

The Foreign Investment and Industrial Cooperation Authority at the Israeli Ministry of Economy and Industry presented its vision for renewed activity at its conference in Tel Aviv last week. The

Israel Air Force Major Ohad Cohen Nov Z”L, 34, was the pilot killed while trying to land his F-16a after returning from a mission from Gaza. It was reported that he and his navigator had to eject from the plane and while the navigator is okay, Major Ohad was killed. IAF Commander Amir Eshel has […]