The White House is defending the FBI’s performance in its 2011 inquiry into Tamerlan Tsarnaev (tsahr-NEYE’-ehv) one of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings. White House spokesman Jay Carney
According to allegations, Arabs in Rupin College ripped mezuzos from doorposts and threw them in toilets. In a letter signed by student named Dovev Waltzman he writes “I am a student in Rupin. I wish to make certain events known, something that occurred on campus grounds. A number of days ago I learned of a […]
Troopers will be stepping up patrols on the New York Thruway to nab motorists using cellphones while driving. State Police Troop T says “Operation Hang Up” will kick in Monday
YWN regrets to inform you of the sudden Petira of Dr.Yehoshua Ben-Tzvi, he was 54 years old. Dr. Ben Tzvi was a well-known Gastroenterologist at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt and Beth Israel
Police on Monday, 12 Iyar 5773 arrested seven chareidim who they say interfered with construction at the Schneller construction site in the Geula area of the city. The former IDF
If there was any doubt until now regarding Finance Minister Yair Lapid’s disdain for chareidi Jewry, it should be clear today, Monday, 12 Iyar 5773 following the senior minister’s remarks. The Knesset on Monday afternoon opened its summer session Monday And in keeping with their promise, chareidi opposition MKs were not silent or passive, exchanging verbal blows […]
Authorities are investigating whether the Boston Marathon bombing suspect who died after a shootout with police had any connection to an unsolved triple homicide in suburban Boston in 2011, a spokeswoman for prosecutors said on Monday. The 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, identified by the FBI as one of two brothers suspected in last Monday’s blasts, was […]
Today, the RCMP arrested two individuals and charged them with conspiring to carry out a terrorist attack against a VIA passenger train. The accused have been charged under sections 248,
Canadian police said on Monday they had arrested and charged two men with plotting to derail a Toronto-area passenger train in an operation they say was backed by al Qaeda
Many individuals are unaware of the benefits in forming an irrevocable life insurance trust (“ILIT”). Although the proceeds of your life insurance policy are not subject to income taxation, they are generally included in your taxable estate. However, with an irrevocable life insurance trust, the trust is the owner of the insurance policy, which keeps […]
While there is mounting pressure from dati leumi rabbonim including Rabbi Chaim Druckman, it appears the Bayit HaYehudi party prefers to refrain from officially endorsing any candidate at this time.
A Republican senator says the name of Tamerlan Tsarnaev — the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing who died in a firefight with police — was misspelled on his 2011 trip to Russia. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said Tsarnaev’s correct name never went into “the system,” and this thwarted the FBI in discovering […]
It was a tough start to the week for many air travelers as federal budget cuts led to cascading delays along the East Coast Monday morning. Some flights out of
Federal prosecutors charged badly wounded Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in his hospital bed on Monday with using a weapon of mass destruction, a charge that could result in
Treasury and airline labor officials have released an announcement that the strike impacting El Al, Arkia and Israir has ended, about 12 hours before Ben-Gurion International Airport was to be
According to a report appearing in the French Le Figaro, following the recent visit to Israel by US President Barak Obama, Jordan’s King Abdullah II has decided to permit Israel to operate in its airspace to continue surveillance on the unfolding events taking place in Syria. Israel and other countries in the region, including Jordan, […]
On his first visit to Israel as secretary of defense, Chuck Hagel released a statement backing Israel’s right to make a decision to launch an attack against Iran’s nuclear program. As reported earlier by YWN-ISRAEL, Hagel is bringing a major arms assistance package with him which will provide Israel with additional US weaponry towards permitting […]
Israel Police is recommending a criminal investigation against Haifa’s chief rabbi, Rabbi Shlomo Shalush. The rav also serves as av beis din for the rabbinical courts in the northern district. Following the police investigation, police are of the opinion that there is sufficient evidence to charge the rav with bribery, breach of trust and related […]
Following the disqualification of the Tal Law last summer by the Israel Supreme Court, the IDF has been preparing to induct bnei yeshivos and this will begin in larger numbers this summer, in Av. While there is much discussion and emotion surrounding the various plans for drafting chareidim, it appears the military’s Personnel Branch is […]
The following was submitted to YWN by EL AL In view of the government’s decision to approve the Open Skies Policy with the European Union, which directly affects EL AL and the other Israeli airlines, it is important to provide some background information which has resulted in a strike called by the Histadrut (General Federation […]
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