A Nachal Chareidi soldier who refuses to remove his “??? ?????? ????? ????? ??? ?????” yarmulke will now find himself in judgment before a superior officer for violating the military’s regulations governing yarmulkes. YWN-ISRAEL reported last summer that the IDF would not permit “yechi” yarmulkes. The new regulation announced then, which was approved by IDF […]
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Anthony Weiner got grilled last night in Staten Island by two long shot mayoral candidates. Former councilman Sal Albanese repeatedly criticized Mr. Weiner for his congressional vote authorizing “the invasion of Iraq,” during a Staten Island candidates’ forum hosted by the Pleasant Plains, Prince’s Bay and Richmond Valley Civic Association, while […]
The Obama administration is weighing whether to charge a government contractor with leaking classified government secrets while it defends a much-criticized National Security Agency surveillance program as an indispensable tool
[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] As the summer season continues to draw near, members of law enforcement joined with community leaders for a pair of meetings to discuss the annual influx
The next step in the not-so-sweet battle over New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s war against obesity moves to a state appellate court Tuesday. The city’s Department of Health heads
Rabbonim in the Ramot neighborhood of Yerushalayim last month released a kol korei placing the Kenyon Ramot Shopping Center off limits to the frum tzibur, as was reported by YWN-ISRAEL.
HaGaon HaRav Yehoshua Yeshaya Neuwirth ZT”L was niftar this morning, 3 Tammuz 5773, in Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Yerushalayim at 6:30am. The niftar, who was born in Germany, was 85 at the time of his petira. The niftar, a known Torah scholar and rosh yeshiva, was best known for his sefer Shmiras Shabbos Kehilchasa, […]
Knesset legal advisor Eyal Yinon has joined those voicing their opposition to the so-called Amar Bill, the bill which would permit a chief rabbi to serve a second term. Yinon
A bill sponsored by MKs Tamar Zandberg (Meretz) and Aryeh Deri (Shas) seeks to compel meat restaurants in the workplace and in public buildings to offer at least one vegetarian
A poll commissioned by the Knesset Channel conducted by ‘Panels Politics’ shows if elections were held today, Likud/Beitenu would earn 26 seats, Labor (21), Yesh Atid (17) Bayit Yehudi (13), Shas (10), Meretz (9), Yahadut Hatorah (5), The Movement (4) Hadash (4) and Kadima (2) At present, in the 19th Knesset, the parties are as […]
The Obama administration faced fresh anger Monday at home and abroad over U.S. spy programs that track phone and Internet messages around the world in the hope of thwarting terrorist
New York City lawmakers hope to vote as soon as this month on creating an inspector general for police and making it easier to sue over the technique known as stop and frisk. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s office outlined plans Monday for rarely used steps to bring them to the floor, though she opposes […]
The pressure is on. With another visit planned to the region by US Secretary of State John Kerry, the Prime Minister’s Office is beginning to make goodwill gestures to PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen). This is the norm as Israel wishes to show the United States that it is the PA (Palestinian Authority) and […]
A contractor at the National Security Agency who leaked details of top-secret U.S. surveillance programs dropped out of sight in Hong Kong on Monday, ahead of a likely push by
Kach activist turned attorney Itamar Ben-Givir is in the news again, this time for teaching the prosecution a thing or two about courtroom proceedings. The case in point deals with charges of assault and battery against his client, a youth identified with the “hilltop youth”. The defendant faced charges of assault against an Arab in […]
The High Court of Justice on Monday afternoon, 2 Tammuz 5773 expressed deep sympathy for the position seeking women’s representation among the voters for the new Chief Rabbis of Israel. The state is expected to respond within a week to explain what is taking place in the matter. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu supports the move […]
Speaking with the dati leumi Srugim website, Tzfas Sephardi Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu tells of his meeting on Sunday in Bnei Brak with HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita. Rabbi Eliyahu
With questions still swirling about the emergency response to a car accident that killed a little girl last week, the City Council will hold hearings into the city’s new 911 dispatch system. Council Speaker and mayoral candidate Christine Quinn says the hearing will be held next Monday. The new system has run into a number of […]
Bolivian prosecutors say two members of an alleged extortion ring that targeted American businessman Jacob Ostreicher have pleaded guilty and are cooperating in hopes of serving less jail time. The
Newark’s Democratic Mayor Cory Booker holds a substantial early lead in the race to fill the state’s open seat in the U.S. Senate, according to the first statewide polls on the race since Senator Frank Lautenberg’s death last week. Booker, one of the state’s best-known Democrats, was one of the first to enter the race, […]
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