Not wishing to abandon the sholom bayis that prevailed during the weeks before elections, the Vishnitzer Rebbe Shlita is working to revitalize the Moetzas Gedolei Hatorah of Agudas Yisrael based
The U.S. economy unexpectedly shrank from October through December, the first quarterly drop since 2009 and a reminder of the economy’s vulnerability as automatic cuts in government spending loom. The
HaRav HaGaon Meir Stern, Chief Rabbi of Meron, collapsed on Tuesday 18 Shevat 5773 during a visit to Elad. According to unofficial reports, the rav may have suffered a light cerebral incident. His condition on the scene was described a “stable” by Ichud Hatzalah EMTs. The rav’s name for tefilos is Rv Meir Ze’ev ben […]
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Reb Moshe Yosef Nechemia (Yossi) Eisenstadt Z”L, well known to the Flatbush community as A Baal Chesed, a Baal Tzedakah, and
After lengthy delays, Research In Motion Ltd. unveiled its first two phones with the new BlackBerry 10 system. The Q10 will have a physical keyboard, while the Z10 has only a touch-screen keyboard. RIM also announced a company name change to BlackBerry to maintain a single brand. It will have the ticker symbol “BBRY” on […]
This morning ATU Local 1181 President Michael Cordiello was joined by ATU International President Larry Hanley, and other supporters in labor in announcing the Union’s latest attempt to bring City Hall to the table to end the two-week old strike. Earlier this week, Local 1181 met with Justice Milton Mollen and City’s bus companies and […]
Want to lose weight? Eating lunch earlier rather than later may help you out. Dieters who ate early lunches tended to lose more weight than those who had their midday
[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] On his current trip to Eretz Yisroel, the Satmar Rebbe from Williamsburg, Rav Zalman Leib Teitlebaum Shlita, met with dozens of Rabbonim, Admorim, Roshei Yeshiva, and
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Now that the general election is behind us, Beit Shemesh resident American-born Rabbi Dov Lipman, who will be entering the 19th Knesset on the Yesh Atid list, speaks with community residents. Rabbi Lipman’s popularity among many stems from the fact that in the eyes of the Israeli political scene he is […]
Israel’s Media Watch has filed a complaint with Israel Broadcasting Authority against Israel Radio host Aryeh Golan, who the organization feels acted inappropriately to put it mildly during an interview with Yahadut Hatorah’s Meir Porush. Media Watch feels Golan should be suspended for one week for his unacceptable unprofessional behavior. Media Watch feels that Golan’s […]
Lebanese officials are denying reports of an Israel Air Force attack in that country during the night, the state-run NNA News Agency reports. The French AFP Agency reports that the attack took place in Syria, not Lebanon, as reported earlier by YWN-ISRAEL. Israel’s Channel 2 News quoting “foreign sources” reports that the convoy was moving […]
While Neturei Karta affiliated Rabbi Aryeh Friedman succeeded in his bid to have an Antwerp court compel a frum girl’s school to accept his boys, the rabbis was less successful in his latest bid as he tried to have a boy’s school accept his daughters. Realizing the chareidi yeshivos receive government funding, Friedman managed to […]
According to a Walla TV News report moments ago, the IAF attack was carried out in Syria, not Lebanon, which is preferable to Israel. The report explains that Israel at this stage prefers to send “a stern message to Bashar al-Assad” and prefers that the attack was carried out in Syria towards achieving this goal. […]
Based on Lebanese media information, it is now being reported that the Israel Air Force acted in two waves, beginning on Tuesday afternoon at 16:30 and followed by a second sortie beginning at 21:30 Tuesday night, the eve of 19 Shevat 5773. Four fighter jets were involved in each operation, targeting a “weapons convoy that […]
While the local and international media reports on an Israeli attack against “a target” in Syrian territory on Tuesday night (eve of 19 Shevat 5773), there has been no official word from Jerusalem. The report is being published by Reuters, quoting “Western diplomatic and security sources”, citing information in line with reports emerging from Lebanon. […]
Amid reports from Walla News and other agencies that Shas may be turning its back on Yahadut Hatorah in coalition talks, it appears that Moshe Gafne, Yaakov Litzman and Aryeh
It began with the deployment of a Patriot battery in Haifa, followed by reports of an Israel Air Force air space violation over S. Lebanon, culminating with reports of an IDF attack along the Lebanese/Syrian border during the night. The Lebanese media is reporting that Israeli fighter planes were seen over southern Lebanon during the night […]
YWN-ISRAEL begins with a correction. Earlier this week it was reported that an Iron Dome missile defense system was placed in Haifa. In actuality, that should have read Patriot missile
While Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid is likely to be a senior cabinet minister in the new coalition he remains a rookie, having never served a day in Knesset. He
John Brennan, President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the CIA, had detailed, contemporaneous knowledge of the use of “enhanced interrogation techniques” on captured terrorism suspects during an earlier stint as
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