Bill de Blasio’s campaign web site shows his policy book was downloaded 204 times in the first 12 hours since it was released, Azi Paybarah reports. In comparison, Christine Quinn’s 240-page memoir, “With Patience and Fortitude,” has sold only about 100 print copies in its first week on sale, according to Nielsen BookScan, which measures […]
The cost of taking a taxi in Israel will increase beginning on Wednesday, 11 Tammuz 5773 by 3.8%. The increase is the result of periodic rate adjustments to compensate for
The excavation of a rural field in suburban Detroit has failed to turn up the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, the FBI announced Wednesday, adding another unsuccessful
Stocks are falling after the Federal Reserve gave a slightly more optimistic outlook for the U.S. economy, which investors took as a hint that the bank was nearer to a
Responding to reports that Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Grossman may enter the race to become the next Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Israel, Tzohar leader Rabbi David Stav is quoted in the daily Yisrael Hayom saying “I like and respect Rav Grossman and I am familiar with his work. I bring to the Chief Rabbinate my connection […]
Today’s Hamodia newspaper attacks NYC Mayoral candidate Erick Salgado and me for sending out press releases claiming the endorsements of prominent Hasidic Rebbes. The editorial states that “…it is high time for those who serve as liaisons between candidates and our community to put an end to these shenanigans. If and when our spiritual leaders […]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, 10 Tammuz 5773, met with Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird and made the following remarks at the start of the meeting: “It is a real pleasure to welcome you again to Jerusalem. “Last month Canada imposed a total trade ban on Iran. Prime Minister Harper should be praised for […]
Issuing an appeal for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate
Bill de Blasio today released “One New York, Rising Together,” a comprehensive book of policy proposals that will reverse New York City’s growing economic divide through progressive reforms and renewed investments in education, small businesses, and affordable housing. The policy book will be available for download on iTunes, Kindle, Nook, and Google Play soon. “One […]
In a hearing held on 5 Tammuz 5773, the High Court of Justice criticized the poor provision of postal services in Arab areas of the capital, referring primarily to eastern areas of Yerushalayim. The court told authorities that the process of improving these services “needs to be accelerated.” The justices set another court hearing in […]
The following is the address given by President Shimon Peres at his 90th birthday celebration held in Yerushalayim on Tuesday night, the eve of 11 Tammuz 5773 in the Jerusalem
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders struck deals Tuesday night to authorize four upstate casinos and to allow separate votes on a women’s rights package including an abortion proposal that appeared to have been blocked in the Senate, according to a senior administration official. The official told The Associated Press there is also a deal […]
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] “This will be a turning point in our community’s history.” Reb Duvi Honig, founder and director of the Parnassah Network organization, minces no words when discussing next week’s Dinner Panorama and Business Networking Event at Lake Terrace Hall in Lakewood. “It will determine whether or not men and women in our […]
Two Jerusalem residents, men in their 20s, escaped with their lives in an attack in the Beit Orot area of the eastern capital on Wednesday morning, 11 Tammuz 5773. Their
Former investigators of the TWA Flight 800 crash off Long Island are calling on the National Transportation Safety Board to re-examine the case. The retired investigators claim that findings were “falsified.” A documentary on the subject is coming out in July. The 1996 crash of the Paris-bound flight killed 230 people. Initial speculation ranged from […]
Amid reports that Rishon L’Tzion HaGaon HaRav Moshe Shlomo Amar Shlita may run in the Jerusalem race for chief rabbis, Rav Amar put the rumors to rest. Rav Amar indicated that he agreed to the Amar Bill seeking to permit him to serve a second term due to the realization of the awesome responsibility of […]
Just one day before tens of thousands of Orthodox Jews head Upstate New York for the Summer 2013, YWN came across an article in a local newspaper, the Shawangunk Journal. The article itself is about some ongoing dispute over construction at a Chasidic camp in the Town of Wawarsing. But what followed the article was a […]
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of the Sulitza Rebbe ZATZAL, HaRav Shmuel Shmelka Rubin. The Rebbe established his Bais Medrash in Far Rockaway 60 years ago, where
After the polio virus was found in the Beersheva area sewage system, Health Ministry officials are urging parents to have all children under six vaccinated in line with the standard
Two young Jewish titans of the financial world are developing a revolutionary method of kickstarting Jewish entrepreneurship. Seth Fireman and Neil Rock of FireRock Capital speak in the latest issue
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