Meet Aviv Ezra, Israel in Chicago’s new Consul General – a basketball fan (of the Chicago Bulls, obviously), and a contributor to the deep Israel-USrelationship. (YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
Schools in New York state will be required to test their drinking water for lead contamination under a new measure signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. School districts
Some 300 IDF rescue workers are still operating on the scene of the collapsed underground parking lot construction site in the Ramat HaChaiyal area of Tel Aviv. Now in day
[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Archeologists from the Jerusalem-based Har Habayis Sifting Project are confident that they have successfully restored a unique architectural element of the Bayis Sheni. Namely, a series
Police late Monday night the eve of 3 Elul, were summoned to a shul in Har Shmuel, near the Ramot neighborhood of Jerusalem, informed an assault was taking place. A
The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday strongly condemned North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launches and threatened “further significant measures” if it refuses to stop its nuclear and missile tests. The
Police are already working with engineering consultants as an investigation into the collapse of the Nechoshet Street construction site in Tel Aviv continues. At least four people have died in
Hillary Clinton accused Donald Trump of insulting America’s veterans and pressing dangerous military plans around the globe on Tuesday, seeking to undercut his appeal to service families in Southern voting
HaGaon HaRav Meir Mazuz Shlita, Rosh Yeshivas Kisei Rachamim has spoken out in the strongest terms about the Ashkenazi minhag of a yichud room following a chupah, a minhag not
New York State Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D – Far Rockaway) and Queens Borough President Melinda Katz have enthusiastically endorsed Adrienne Adams as the clear choice to restore honesty and integrity
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] The IDF has destroyed Kiryat Arba’s Hill 18, Mitzpei Avichai, which was established anew following the murder of Kiryat Arba resident Hallel Ariel HY”D in her home. The outpost was slated for destruction and the bereaved parents, Mr. & Mrs. Amichai and Rina Ariel fought to prevent the destruction by authorities. […]
A caravan set into place in the Shilo area was detected by the IDF Civil Administration and ordered removed since it was placed without authorization. (YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
Black Lives Matter, which two years ago grew out of street protests and a social-media hashtag, has quietly established a legal partnership with a California charity in a sign of
In line with a request from the city’s rabbonim, Magen David Adom is providing a non-Jewish ambulance crew for Elad on Shabbosim. MDA Chief Eli Bin explains the EMS organization is complying with the request received from Elad’s Rabbi Grossman Shlita, a move that will minimize the chilul Shabbos involved in providing emergency medical service […]
The following is a translation of a portion of the explanation that accompanies this YouTube video. It is self-explanatory. “Shabbes Today shouts at vehicles driving on Friday night in the ghetto of the Ashdod chareidi cult. The video was filmed last Shabbos, on the day the chareidi cult that dominates the country, on Shabbos. There […]
Over the past decade, when the calendar turned to Tu B’Av, known as the Yom Tov of shidduchim, multiple articles have appeared (many by this author) on the painful and heartrending topic of older singles. Who can possibly forget the heartfelt hesped that the Telsher Rosh Yeshivah, Rav Chaim Stein ztz”l, gave at the levayah of his son, when he cried […]
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