Among the many state officials that made a shiva visit to Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita following the petira of the Gadol Hador’s son Rav Yaakov Yosef ZT”L was Minister Dr. Yuval Steinitz. Rabbi Yosef spoke to Steinitz, who is a former finance minister and today serving as minister of intelligence and strategic affairs […]
No one under 21 would be able to buy cigarettes in New York City, under a new proposal that marks the latest in a decade of moves to crack down on smoking in the nation’s largest city. New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn planned to discuss details Monday of a proposed law that would […]
Mas Hachnasa, Israel’s Internal Revenue Service is using chareidi weddings to go after possible tax evaders, including florists, bands, photographers and others who earn a living working at chasenahs. According to a Kikar Shabbat report, the IRS over recent months has approached chareidi families that married off children asking them to report on the bands […]
Following is a statement released to the media by the Rabbinical Centre of Europe regarding a bris performed by Rabbi Yehuda Teicihtel in Berlin: In past few days, Rabbi Yehuda
On Monday afternoon, 12 Iyar 5773 at 16:00, the summer session of the new Knesset gets underway. The new Knesset accompanies harsh realities for the chareidi parties, who are now
PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) has expressed opposition to a planned visit to Gaza by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. That visit is set to take place at
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of of Rebbetzin Sasa Blumah Jurkanski A”H, the wife of Hagon HaRav Eliyahu Jurkanski ZATZAL, Rosh Yeshiva and Maggid Shiur in the
Monday, 12 Iyar 5773, marks the second day of the strike of Israeli airlines, including El Al, Arkia and Israir. The airlines walked out in protest over the Open Skies
The badly wounded Boston Marathon bombing suspect faced federal charges as early as Monday and the city of Boston planned tributes to the dead after a week of blasts, shootouts,
The FBI is disputing a claim by the mother of the suspected Boston bombers, who said the bureau had spoken to the older brother after the bombs exploded at last Monday’s marathon. At FBI headquarters in Washington, spokesman Michael Kortan says the bureau’s 2011 interview with Tamerlan Tsarnaev was the only FBI contact with him. […]
The 19-year-old suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, who was seriously wounded and unable to speak, is awake and responding in writing to questions from authorities, according to a Tweets
Events unfolded rapidly in Boston this week, from the bombing on Monday to release of photos of the suspects on Thursday to the citywide manhunt for one brother and the
Rabbonim affiliated with the Chief Rabbinate of Israel took part in a kenos addressing growing concerns surrounding the yichus of so many Israelis, primarily focusing on the over 1 million
The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline in the United States fell 11 cents over the past two weeks, driven by lower crude oil prices, and is down
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is scheduled to make an official state visit to China next month. The last official visit by a prime minister of Israel was Ehud Olmert, back
The FBI has given the all clear after a terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport was briefly evacuated Sunday afternoon because of a suspicious package. Officials said Terminal 4
U.S. Republican lawmakers questioned Sunday whether the FBI had fumbled the case of one of the two Boston Marathon bombing suspects, saying it was one of a series in which
Investigators probing the 1 Nissan 5773 fatal cobra chopper crash that claimed the lives of Lt.-Colonel Noam Ron z”l, 49, from Oranit, and Major Erez Flekser z”l, 31, from Haifa, is being blamed on a fracture in one of the tail rotor blades. The accident investigation team submitted its interim report to IAF Commander Major-General […]
The Meah Shearim, Geula, Bucharim Community Council is awaiting final approval from Jerusalem City Hall for funding for its Back to Tradition community tours, set to include the neighborhoods mentioned. The city’s Finance Committee is expected to approve the program during a meeting next week. Needless to say many residents of the chareidi communities are […]
The twin explosions that ripped through the crowd near the finish line of the Boston Marathon triggered a massive manhunt that paralyzed a city. Two bombs set off about ten seconds and 100 yards apart signaled the end of one race and the start of another — to identify and find those responsible. This is […]
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