John Brennan, President Barack Obama’s nominee for CIA director, said on Thursday he did not try to stop waterboarding, an interrogation technique that some consider torture, as he faced tough
According to Israel’s Ministry of the Interior, at the current growth rate Jerusalem’s population will pass the one million mark in about two years. A worrisome statistic states that 40% of the residents of the capital are not Jews. According to Councilman Dr. Meir Margalit in a Maariv interview, “We will soon see a Palestinian […]
According to data released by the Central Bureau of Statistics pertaining to 2011, 520,000 families, representative of 28% of the population, are being assisted in some way by social services.
The U.S. Federal Reserve said on Thursday it was still working to determine the extent its computer systems had been breached by hackers, adding that the incident was the subject
The Israeli Prison Service parole board decided that Ofir Gamliel, a member of the “Bat Ayin Underground” who has been serving a 15 year prison sentence since 2002, will be released after his prison sentence was reduced by a third for good behavior. The decision to release him comes despite ardent objections from the ISA […]
The U.S. tax collection agency has stepped up its crackdown on identify theft in a nationwide sweep of people filing false tax returns that bilk the government of billions of
For the first time in Israel, an antitrust organization has filed a 613 million NIS lawsuit against El Al Israel Airlines Ltd., British Airways plc, Lufthansa AG, and Swiss International
Republican U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions on Thursday warned that President Barack Obama’s nominee for Treasury secretary could face a tough time winning confirmation if the White House did not clear
Shas leader Eli Yishai told Israel Radio’s Reshet Bet on Thursday morning 27 Shevat 5773 that coalition talks were carrying on in a regular fashion and the seemingly limitless statements to the media is part of the game. Regarding a coalition including Yesh Atid, Yishai explained “bringing Yair Lapid on board is more expensive than […]
Looming across-the-board budget cuts present the U.S. military with the most significant readiness crisis in more than a decade and quick action is needed to avoid the spending reductions, Defense
To better serve our NYC readership, YWN has recently launched a NYC section, updated constantly with news only from the Five Boros of New York City. Since going live one month ago, thousands upon thousands of readers have been checking it daily. News breaks very fast in NYC, and for those looking to keep their finger […]
A powerful coastal storm is threatening to thrash the tri-state with powerful winds and more than a foot of snow in some areas Friday into Saturday, making travel treacherous and
[AUDIO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Yesh Atid MK Rabbi Shai Piron spoke out expressing his bewilderment regarding the actions of his own rabbonim. Piron questioned how prominent dati leumi rabbonim, rabbonim
A special tefilla l’rabim was held in Yerushalayim on Thursday, 27 Shevat 5773 to mark the end of yimei Shovavim. The event will be held in the Yeshivas Mekubalim Mishkan Binyamin at 1 Sonnenfeld Street at noon. Slichos were recited and a pidyon for the fast days of the Shovavim, Yom Kippur Koton, kriyas HaTorah, […]
Yisrael Beitenu leader Avigdor Lieberman wants the chareidim in the coalition, not Yesh Atid, the Shas affiliated Yom L’Yom newspaper reports. The newspaper explains that despite reports in the media to the contrary, Lieberman prefers the chareidi parties with their 18 seats to Yair Lapid’s party with 19 seats. Shas leader Eli Yishai is continuing […]
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More than three months after Superstorm Sandy forced Manhattan’s Bellevue Hospital Center to evacuate 500 patients and shut down one of the busiest emergency rooms in the city, the hospital
A Bangladeshi man pleaded guilty Thursday to attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction in what authorities called a plot to blow up the New York Federal Reserve Bank.
The following report was published in Eretz Yisrael by the Hiddush organization affiliated with the Reform Movement. The report directed against chareidim is self explanatory. More than 1 billion NIS
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says his country cannot hold meaningful talks with the U.S. on Tehran’s disputed nuclear program if Washington is threatening his country. His comments at a news
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