Gov. Andrew Cuomo has released his bill for the tax-free job creation program he promoted last week during a statewide tour. The bill detailing the program Monday for the first
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad continues to warn Israel that if the IDF strikes at targets in his country again, the response will be a significant one. “You made a grave error in judgment” Walla News quotes him as saying, adding “from now one, any Israeli assault will demand a strategic response from us, not a […]
Yesterday, YWN reported that HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky shlita came out against the anti-draft rally organized by Satmar, saying that it would not be beneficial. According to a letter containing the rabbi’s views written by his sons, the “main thing is to increase Torah learning, the fear of heaven and prayer” as methods of opposing […]
Apple is throwing out most of the real-world graphical cues from its iPhone and iPad software, like the casino-green “felt” of its Game Center app, in what it calls the
U.S. safety regulators have added about 320,000 older model Honda Odyssey minivans to a widening probe of faulty air bags that affects at least three automakers and more than 2
Please be Mispallel for Evelyn Kozak, the world’s oldest living Jewish person, and the seventh-oldest living person in the world. She is an American supercentenarian who resides in Brooklyn, and
The daily Yated Ne’eman addresses Sunday’s, 2 Rosh Chodesh Tammuz 5773 event at the Kosel. Police provided maximum security for a group of Women of the Wall (WoW) so they could hold their rosh chodesh prayer event without being disrupted. The report cites that as we mark 46 years since the liberation of the Kosel […]
Health officials say diabetes-related deaths in New York City have hit a record high, though the death rate is below the national average. The city Health Department said Monday that
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] During a meeting with community leaders in Borough park, Sunday afternoon, Congressman Nadler announced new Bill he’s going to introduce on the floor of the House
A vital new guide, entitled Keep Your School Safe (KYSS), is currently en route to all Jewish schools. Parents and community members can read and print the free KYSS guide
The group of Republicans who are eager to convince NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly to join the race for mayor, in order to ensure a GOP victory in November, are left
The American intelligence contractor who disclosed U.S. government surveillance programs fled to Hong Kong because he believed he wouldn’t get a fair trial in his home country, the journalist who
Givatayim Chief Rabbi Yosef Glicksberg, 80, is waging a battle to remain in his post. Officials decided to inform the rav that he is too old to continue serving as the city’s chief rabbi, instructing him to pack up his office and retire in line with the law. The rav however does not agree, and […]
Following the Rosh Chodesh Tammuz 5773 Women of the Wall event at the Kosel, during which police blocked chareidim from entering the area, Yahadut Hatorah MKs Uri Maklev and Meir Porush filed an urgent query with Minister of Public Security (Yisrael Beitenu) Yitzchak Aharonovich. The MKs are seeking an acceptable explanation for preventing “thousands of […]
AT&T Inc. on Monday said it’s adding a walkie-talkie-like application to the iPhone for its corporate customers, replicating a hallmark feature of the Nextel network, which is being shut down this summer. A push-to-talk feature is available on some non-Nextel phones from Sprint, Verizon and AT&T, but this is the first time it’s available on […]
[VIDEO & AUDIO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] In an audio obtained by YWN, The Satmar Rebbe (KJ) told his followers last week that out of respect for the various communities who are to participate at the anti-draft protest Sunday, Satmar has agreed to compromise in muting anti-Zionist rhetoric at the protest. “I want to ask all of our […]
A meeting took place in Bnei Brak on Sunday, 2 Rosh Chodesh Tammuz 5773 that surprised many. Tzfas Chief Sephardi Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu met with HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita.
[COMMUNICATED CONTENT] EL AL Israel Airlines is offering unbeatable savings for travel this winter on nonstop flights from the USA to Israel. Passengers have the opportunity to purchase extremely low round trip fares to Israel for $869 from New York (JFK/Newark) and $1,069 from Los Angeles. (Taxes and fuel surcharges are included in these special fares.) […]
Satmar spokesman Rabbi Yitzchok Weis spoke to Channel 2 TV News about Sunday’s anti-Israel protest in Manhattan on Sunday, 2 Rosh Chodesh Tammuz 5773. Rav Weiss explained Satmar’s position vis-à-vis the State of Israel and IDF service, adding efforts to prevent bnei Torah from continuing their limud only exacerbates the situation from their perspective. When […]
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] In a brazen act of public Chilul Hashem, and Bizayon Hatorah, one Satmar Chosid who attended Sunday’s Satmar-organized anti-Israel protest in Manhattan’s Federal Plaza, took the
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