On motzai shabbas, Lakewood Shomrim held its annual Shabbos In Halacha Training led by Rabbi Moshe Rotberg focusing on ensuring halachically compliant emergency response on shabbos. Amid Lakewood’s growing population,
At this mornings COJO of Flatbush’s 44th annual community legislative breakfast. It was held at the Kol Yaakov hall on McDonald Avenue. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
Thousands will be gathering Sunday evening in Lakewood and Flatbush, at two kinus hisorerus and tehillim gatherings, for the refuah shelemia of HaRav Shmuel Kamenetzky shlit”a. Rav Shmuel suffered a
The Israeli government on Sunday approved the first phase of a national plan for energy storage in the urban area: the construction of an electricity storage facility in Bnei Brak.
What’s the best way to protest the tragic death of a man infamous for harassing and inconveniencing subway riders? Harassing and inconveniencing more subway riders, of course. Protesters gathered Saturday
A jury is to resume deliberations Monday with only 11 members in the trial of a former Philadelphia police officer seen on video lowering the face covering of at least
A fire early Sunday morning tore through multiple bungalows at Tolaas Yaakov Bungalow Colony in Swan Lake the Catskills – across the street from Apple’s Bungalow Colony Fire crews responding
Hundreds of terrified shoppers fled in panic after a gunman stepped out of a silver sedan and opened fire at a Dallas-area outlet mall, killing eight and wounding seven before
Iran executed an Iranian-Swedish dual national Saturday accused of masterminding a 2018 attack on a military parade that killed at least 25 people, one of several enemies of Tehran seized abroad in recent years amid tensions with the West. Farajollah Cha’ab, also known as Habib Asyoud, had been a leader of the Arab Struggle Movement […]
A large number of American yeshivah bochurim gathered at the Kosel on Friday to daven for the refuah sheleimah of HaGaon HaRav Shmuel Kamenetsky. HaRav Kamentsky, 98, suffered a stroke
Israel’s Shin Bet on Sunday released Jordanian parliament member Imad Adwan to Jordanian authorities following heavy diplomatic pressure from Jordan and a promise that he will face justice at home.
Dear Supporter, This is your opportunity to partner with Rosh Hayeshiva Rav Gamliel Rabinowitz shlit”a and the true mekubalim of Yerushalayim! In MIRON.!!! Support those saintly people of Yeshiva Shaar
Dear Supporter, This is your opportunity to partner with Rosh Hayeshiva Rav Gamliel Rabinowitz shlit”a and the true mekubalim of Yerushalayim! In MIRON.!!! Support those saintly people of Yeshiva Shaar
California’s reparations task force is set to wrap up its first-in-the-nation work Saturday, voting on recommendations for a formal apology for the state’s role in perpetuating a legacy of slavery and discrimination that has thwarted Black residents from living freely for decades. The nine-member committee, which first convened nearly two years ago, is expected to […]
Millions of Americans who qualified for free tax services — but were instead deceived into paying TurboTax for their returns — will soon get settlement checks in the mail. In a settlement last year, TurboTax’s owner Intuit Inc. was ordered to pay $141 million to some 4.4 million people across the country. Those impacted were […]
The World Health Organization downgraded its assessment of the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, saying it no longer qualifies as a global emergency. The action reverses a declaration that was first
A three-year-old boy was airlifted to the hospital Friday afternoon after he was pulled from a condo pool in Bay Harbor Islands. Hatzalah South Florida responded to the scene, and
Is ancestry history? The U.S. Census Bureau is contemplating getting rid of a question about a person’s ancestry on its most comprehensive survey, saying it may duplicate a newly-revised race question that allows respondents to write from where they or their antecedents came. The Census Bureau is conducting research to determine if they get fewer […]
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, submitted her resignation Friday, saying the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic was a good time to make a transition. Walensky’s last day will be June 30, CDC officials said, and an interim director wasn’t immediately named. She sent a resignation letter to […]
Recent turmoil in the banking industry may have you worried about your money. Shares of PacWest, a small regional bank based in Los Angeles, plunged almost 40% Thursday after the
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