A hachnasas sefer Torah in memory of Ilan Mor HY”D was held in the chiloni community of Kibbutz Ein Gev. A number of rabbonim took part in the event, including Rabbi Shlomo Didi, Rav of the Emek HaYarden Regional Council area. Also present was Shas MK Yitzchak Vaknin and regional and local officials and family […]
The new Bnei Brak administration is taking an active role in enforcing the law compelling the closure of restaurants, cafes and kiosks by 23:00. The law was passed 11 years
While Naftali Bennett is working to change his anti-chareidi image, MK (Yahadut Hatorah) Meir Porush is quoted telling Kikar Shabbat that he wants to know exactly what understandings were reached
An Arab couple enjoying the Kinneret shore told police they were targeted in a hate crime on earlier in the week. They explain they were approached by a number of Jews who shouted “Arabs get out of here! You took the Kinneret from us.” They describe the attack, stating the group began shoving them and […]
Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez will be embalmed and put on display “for eternity” at a military museum after a state funeral and an extended period of lying in state, acting President
Twenty members of the unarmed United Nations peacekeeping force patrolling the border between Israel and Syria were abducted at gunpoint on Wednesday 24 Adar 5773. Israeli intelligence officials are carefully
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday warned state and local health officials about potential infections from a deadly virus previously unseen in humans that has
The suspect arrested in Pennsylvania in connection with the Brooklyn hit-and-run crash that killed a pregnant woman and her husband on their way to a hospital over the weekend has
Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Tzfas and a son of HaGaon HaRav Mordechai Eliyahu ZT”L explains the Bayit Yehudi party is not against chareidim as alleged. Rabbi Eliyahu, a prominent rav in the dati leumi community explains in the Shabbos ???? ??? weekly that “we are not against the chareidim. We are against […]
Following the tragic hit-and-run fatalities that occurred in Williamsburg this past Sunday, New York City Councilmember Stephen Levin has sent a letter requesting the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) immediately take steps to prevent future tragedies along Kent Avenue, where the tragic crash occurred. Councilmember Levin said, “I am deeply saddened by the […]
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] As Yesh Atid and Bayit Yehudi may be the senior partners in a new coalition, it appears they are bothered somewhat with the anti-chareidi image they
On Wednesday, the Orthodox Union’s Teach NYS Initiative, along with the UJA-Federation of New York, led a coalition of schools on an advocacy mission to Albany to urge State legislators and the Governor’s office to increase aid to Jewish day schools and private schools throughout New York State. More than 40 people participated, representing schools […]
According to a report filed with Australian officials by Israel, Ben Zygier, AKA “Prisoner X” was facing 20 years imprisonment for his serious crimes but he did not face a death sentence. The report informs Australian officials that the prisoner was treated fairly, and was imprisoned under acceptable conditions, including family visits. It explains family […]
President Barack Obama hosted leaders of major American Jewish organizations at the White House on Thursday as he sought to smooth the way for his first presidential visit to Israel later this month. The meeting was a chance for Obama to preview his agenda for the trip, including the Iran nuclear standoff, Syria’s civil war […]
On Wednesday 24 Adar 5773, YWN-ISRAEL reported that hundreds of draft notices have already been sent to bnei yeshivos, those who failed to complete the draft registration process in an
U.S. lawmakers have picked up the baton from the White House in the effort to make it legal for cellphone users to switch their devices to any mobile carrier. At
It would appear that Shas co-leader Aryeh Deri is counting down the days in which he is willing to continue operating as one of three party leaders. He feels the
John Brennan won Senate confirmation Thursday to head the CIA after a late struggle that had more to do with presidential power to order drone strikes than with the nominee’s
The following letter was sent to the editors of DNA Info after they published an article headlined “Rabbi Grills Ray Kelly Over Williamsburg Hit-and-Run at Passover Briefing”. I just read
The White House says the U.S. is fully capable of defending itself after a North Korean ballistic missile attack. White House spokesman Jay Carney was responding to the North’s vow to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the U.S. That threat came in retaliation for tough new U.N. sanctions against Pyongyang for its recent nuclear […]
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