An official for the city of Vienna says the Austrian capital has handed over nearly 6,000 valuable objects looted by the Nazis to their rightful owners or their heirs since
President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America’s controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are
The father of a Chechen immigrant killed during questioning over his links with one of the Boston Marathon bombings suspects said on Thursday he plans to travel to the United
Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service official who this week asserted her right not to answer questions about the controversy over extra scrutiny for conservative groups, took administrative leave on
For New York City mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner, the road to City Hall leads through Pittsburgh. Weiner, the candidate who infamously resigned from the U.S. Congress two years ago in
Showing its gratitude for the immediate and ongoing support and assistance offered by Jewish groups and individuals from around the country, the Oklahoma House of Representatives gave a standing ovation
The official PA daily reported on a visit by the PA Minister of Health, Hani Abdeen, to Israel’s Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. The daily noted that 30% of the child
The Rockland County Department of Health has identified a case of measles in Rockland County. During the Health Department’s investigation, it was discovered that the individual with measles was at the Hatzlacha Grocery Store, located at 126 Maple Avenue in Spring Valley, on Wednesday, May 22nd. Individuals who may have been at this location between […]
New York State officials auditing the town of Ramapo, New York, which is now the subject of a federal investigation, had contact with federal law enforcement during a state audit
More than 25 years after the pajama-clad body of a 15-year-old Yeshiva student was found in his dorm room at Mesivta of Long Beach, Nassau County police said they are
Two Muslim hardliners say the man seen wielding a bloody butcher’s knife after the killing of a British soldier is a Muslim convert who took part in demonstrations with the
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says it would be a “shame” if Anthony Weiner was elected mayor of New York City. Speaking to editors at the Syracuse Post-Standard newspaper Thursday, the governor, who also leads the state Democratic Party, weighed in on a Weiner candidacy for the first time. Weiner is back on the political […]
It’s been said that all it takes to bring together a Satmar Chassid and a YU graduate is a flat tire on a Friday afternoon. It has been proven that all it takes to bring a diverse community, like ours, together are acts of Chesed. Achiezer, the only one-stop resource organization serving the Five Towns/Far […]
A frum IDF soldier in a unique move filed a police complaint alleging incitement against the HaPeles newspaper, affiliated with the Yerushalmi faction of Degel. According to the report, the
High-tech businesses from other states and abroad that move onto or next to college campuses in New York would operate free of all business, property and personal income taxes for
MK (The Movement) Elazar Stern is pushing a bill that failed to make it to the plenum for a vote in the 18th Knesset. The bill addresses recalcitrant husbands and the need to assist agunos, seeking to empower a Chief Rabbinate Beis Din to use the ‘????? ???????’ to prevent women from becoming agunos. Stern’s […]
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Following are the remarks made to the media by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday, 14 Sivan 5773.
A Chechen immigrant shot to death in Florida after an altercation with an FBI agent implicated himself in a triple slaying that officials believe may have been connected to Boston
The all new “It’s All Politics” blog launched yesterday on YWN is taking off faster than expected. Apparently, even NYS Assemblyman Dov Hikind has his eyes glued to the blog. The blog is being run by Jacob Kornbluh who has has joined our team of acclaimed reporters at the Yeshiva World News. Kornbluh brings on his 5 […]
MK (Yahadut Hatorah) Menachem Eliezer Moses in Knesset on Wednesday, 13 Sivan 5773 accused Finance Minister Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) of singling out the chareidim. Moses stated Lapid uses “slogans that blind the public”, explaining he simply uses clichés that paint the entire tzibur in a negative light. Moses quoted data from the Central Bureau […]
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