Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on the occasion of National Student Day, met with student leaders from around the country in his Jerusalem office on Tuesday, 12 Sivan 5773. Among those
The United Nations is receiving increasing reports of the use of chemical weapons in Syria’s 2-year-old civil war as the violence escalates, a senior U.N. official said on Wednesday. The
As a result of MK Moshe Feiglin’s (Likud) commitment to visit Har Habayis as he has done monthly for many years prior to being elected to Knesset, he has been removed from the Knesset Education & Culture Committee. Feiglin announced he was suspending his parliamentary activity in an act of protest over his being banned […]
The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009 in Pakistan and Yemen. The disclosure to Congress comes
Former Sullivan County Sheriff Dan Hogue has passed away, YWN has learned. In 2005, after 44 years of law enforcement service, Sullivan County Sheriff Dan Hogue had retured. Hogue served
MK Dr. Aliza Lavie (Yesh Atid) feels the ezras noshim at the Kosel is too small and should be redefined so that the men and women have equal space. In her bill the MK explains that the division of the men and women’s section following the 1967 Six Day War was not equal, for at […]
ACRI (Association for Civil Rights in Israel) has turned to Justice Minister Tzipi Livni (The Movement) with a request to oust Tzfas Sephardi Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu Shlita from his post due to his “racist statements” in the past. In the request ACRI sites that even if the rabbi’s statements against Arabs are not a […]
Councilman David G. Greenfield (D-Brooklyn) is working hard in his roles as Council Member representing the 44th District, co-chair of the Council’s Brooklyn Delegation and a member of the Budget Negotiating Team to make sure vital programs and services that are important to local residents are included in the Fiscal Year 2014 New York City […]
The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary official estimate announced Wednesday. State authorities meanwhile said
President Shimon Peres on Tuesday morning, 12 Sivan 5773, at his Jerusalem residence, held a diplomatic working meeting with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevikius. The two discussed strengthening the relations
Iran is pressing ahead with the construction of a research reactor that Western experts say could offer it a second way of producing material for a nuclear bomb if it
Minister of Intelligence & Strategic Affairs Dr. Yuval Steinitz on Tuesday, 12 Sivan 5773, in Zichron Yaakov, addressed the First International C5I Conference, and discussed the Iranian threat. Minister Steinitz said (inter alia): “Events and the situation in Syria, Sinai and the Gaza Strip must not displace – even for a moment – the most […]
Two men attacked another man near a London military barracks Wednesday, in what British authorities were investigating as a possible terror act. One man is dead and two others were
[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] The Chasanah of the oldest grandson of the Belzer Rebbe was held last night in the Belzer Court in Yerushalayim. Tens of thousands were in attendance to partake in the simcha. The Chosson is R’ Sholom, who is the eldest grandson of the Belzer Rebbe Shlita, a son of HaRav Aaron […]
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz has been spending a bit of time visiting the Golan Heights, getting a firsthand look at the situation along
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for south central Delaware County and northwestern Sullivan county in central New York. The warning is in effect until 1:45 p.m.
We are delighted to announce that journalist Jacob Kornbluh has joined our team of acclaimed reporters at the Yeshiva World News. Jacob Kornbluh has been described by his fellow journalists
The Land of Israel Legal Forum has recently turned to the CEO of Google to stop harassing surfers in Gush Etzion. In line with Google’s recent decision to recognize Palestine, http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/article.php?p=166834 Google has begun incorporating its maps in its websites as it promotes Palestine Google. Residents of Gush Etzion communities report that this past week […]
After it became apparent that the Bayit Yehudi party would stand behind efforts to push through the bill to support the candidacies of Rabbi Shlomo Moshe Amar Shlita and Rabbi
When we last left off, there were 7 candidates running for 3 positions on the School Board. One of the seats was unopposed and the other two seats were being
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