[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Little 3-year-old Adele Biton is fighting for her life after being critically injured in a vehicular accident near Ariel in Shomron last week. The accident was
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Rebbitzen Ruchama Shain A”H, she was 98-years-old. Rebbitzen Shain was the author of a world famous book “All For The Boss”,
As the ink on the coalition agreements dries, it is too premature to know how this will play out but according to information released to the media, few chareidim will
Conservative activists picked Senator Rand Paul on Saturday as their preferred presidential nominee for 2016, in an early but often unreliable snapshot of the Republican Party’s base. The Kentucky lawmaker,
The Seret Vishnitz Rebbe Shlita, who was hospitalized last week with pneumonia was B”H released from the hospital before Shabbos. Gabbaim explain the rebbe’s condition was not serious and after a day in the hospital permitting doctors to run some tests and begin pharmacological intervention, the rebbe was released, albeit to a limited schedule. The […]
Health officials reported on motzei Shabbos 5 Nissan 5773 that 11 runners who collapsed during Friday’s Tel Aviv marathon remained in Ichilov Hospital. The extreme weather conditions, the sweltering 37C (98.6F) degree weather and sharav heat wave were simply too much for some. At least 50 runners were treated by Magen David Adom teams, including […]
A “very large” swarm of locusts crossed from Egypt into Israel on Shabbos afternoon 5 Nissan 5773. The locusts are in the Ramat Negev Regional Council area. As with the swarms that arrived in that past week or so, the locusts are being monitored and agricultural officials will act aggressively to wipe them out and […]
After getting his coalition agreements signed under the wire, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on motzei Shabbos made his way to the President’s Residence to present his cabinet as his 14-day extension mandate expired. The prime minister had to officially update the president as well as Knesset Speaker Binyamin Ben-Eliezer. After receiving the green light from […]
An Egyptian Islamic preacher with no hands who was extradited from Great Britain to face terrorism charges in a New York court has received new plastic prosthetics to replace the
At a gathering for conservatives to plot their future, there was a stark reminder of the past on Friday as failed presidential candidate Mitt Romney made his first public speech
Barack Obama’s vow to take his message straight to the public during his first presidential visit to Israel will be a tough sell with many Israelis who consider him naive, too soft on the nation’s enemies and cool to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Overcoming this perception will require a major charm offensive and an uncompromising […]
An Algerian immigrant to the United States convicted under a rarely invoked New York state terror statute of plotting to blow up synagogues and churches in Manhattan was sentenced on
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is the Republican best placed to compete against potential Democratic presidential candidates, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Friday that also underscored Democrat Hillary
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will announce at 3 p.m. on Friday a plan to bolster U.S. missile defenses in Alaska to counter the growing North Korean threat, a U.S. defense
U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew will press China to take “serious steps” to investigate and stop cyber-attacks on U.S. companies and other entities and urge the administration of new Chinese
New York utility regulators have approved new electricity and natural gas delivery rates for National Grid. The Public Service Commission says Thursday the company will be allowed to collect a
A man who pleaded guilty to rare state-level charges that he plotted to blow up New York City synagogues could get 10 years in prison. Ahmed Ferhani was one of
In a rebuke of U.S. government secrecy, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday that the CIA must give a fuller response to a lawsuit seeking the spy agency’s records
The Orthodox Union and its Institute for Public Affairs (IPA) have engaged with senior Obama Administration officials to secure new practices by the United States Department of Education that will
Today, Council Member Stephen Levin called on the Columbia Pictures production of “Spider-Man” to pass-over filming in Williamsburg during the upcoming Jewish holiday. “Filming of the “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” would be a plague on the streets of South Williamsburg during the sacred holiday, creating a parking struggle of biblical proportions,” Levin said. Columbia Pictures, […]
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