On May 8, 1972, Arab terrorists hijacked Belgian airline Sabena Flight 571 en route from Vienna to Tel Aviv. The four terrorists – two men and two women – were part of the Black September terror organization, the same group that, just four months later, would perpetrate the notorious Munich Olympics massacre. Motivation for the […]
City schools will reportedly now be required to conduct lockdown drills each year, in the wake of Hurricane Sandy and the Connecticut school shootings. The Daily News says Schools Chancellor
The government Share the Burden Committee headed by Minister of Science (Yesh Atid) Yaakov Peri appears to be heading to a strict interpretation of new draft laws aimed at the
A Tunisian man has been arrested in New York and accused of trying to stay in the U.S. illegally to build a terrorism cell. Authorities say Ahmed Abassi came to
It took a while, but the NYPD finally got its man. Nicolas Almonte, 27, had been wanted for questioning related to a series of carjackings and robberies, a violent spree
In line with the effort of the Women For the Wall organization, HaGaon HaRav Aaron Yehuda Leib Shteinman Shlita has instructed seminaries to release students from class to permit them
A 74-year-old former New York State lawmaker who secretly recorded other politicians in a bid for leniency for her role in a corruption scandal has been sentenced to a year
Chassidim of Rav Kook from Tiveria on Thursday, erev Rosh Chodesh Sivan 5773 distributed mezonos and beverage to thousands of visitors arriving to the kever of the Shelah HaKodosh located
U.S. federal telecommunications regulators are pushing ahead with efforts to bring faster Internet service to commercial and private airline flights. The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday started deliberations on a
Earlier in the week YWN-ISRAEL reported on the new group calling itself “Women for the Wall”, a new effort endorsed by Gedolei Yisrael Shlita in response to the actions of the “Women of the Wall” organization. The rabbonim shlita are calling on women to come to the Kosel and daven peacefully on Friday morning to […]
A gang of cyber-criminals operating in 26 countries stole $45 million by hacking their way into a database of prepaid debit cards, federal prosecutors in New York said Thursday. The U.S. attorney in Brooklyn, Loretta Lynch, called it “a massive 21st-century bank heist” and said the fraudsters had moved with astounding speed to loot financial […]
Egyptian diplomatic officials in Cairo have summed Israeli Ambassador to Egypt Yaakov Amitai to express Cairo’s displeasure over an incident in which three Egyptian diplomatic officials assigned to the embassy in Tel Aviv were ousted from an event in an eastern Jerusalem church on motzei Shabbos. Police on the scene ignored their diplomatic status and […]
MK (Yahadut Hatorah) Rabbi Yisrael Eichler presented a query to Minister of Industry & Trade (Bayit Yehudi) Naftali Bennett. He explained that Israel’s civil service does not recognize yeshiva study, and as a result, chareidim are barred from apply for many jobs. He explains they are told that since they lack a bagrut (matriculation) diploma […]
Motorists who travel the New York State Thruway are being advised to be alert for deer on the highway this spring. The Thruway Authority and state police Troop T have
Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz welcomed President Obama to Texas Thursday, where Obama is scheduled to begin his “Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour,” by highlighting Texas’ job record in comparison with the administration’s. “America is stuck with high unemployment and low GDP growth, so it’s encouraging to see the President coming to Austin to […]
Hezbollah chief Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah says Syria will supply his Lebanese terror organization with “game-changing weapons.” Nasrallah spoke Thursday, less than a week after Israeli officials said Israeli aircraft twice
MK (Bayit Yehudi) Ayelet Shaked earlier in the week announced a Bayit Yehudi ultimatum to Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita. She announced that if Maran and Shas do not
The Republican leader of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday added to the push for more information about last year’s deadly assault on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya,
HaGaon HaRav Yitzchok Yehuda Yuroslovsky Shlita, who serves as the secretary for Chabad batei din in Eretz Yisrael is instructing mosdos Chabad to join the battle against government efforts to dictate what subject matter will be taught in chareidi mosdos. Rav Yuroslovsky, who is also mora d’asra of the kehilla in Nachlas Har Chabad, granted […]
A newly established Flatbush Jewish Community Coalition is being widely hailed by a cross section of leading Roshei Yeshiva, Rabbonim, and community activists. The coalition was formed to coordinate efforts
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