Councilman David G. Greenfield is urging parents to prepare now for the possibility of a strike in the coming days by school bus drivers over a dispute with New York

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security reiterated advice for computer users to disable Oracle Corp’s widely used Java software for surfing the Web, saying it still poses risks to users

A federal judge on Monday rejected suggestions by lawyers for Abu Hamza al-Masri, the radical Islamic cleric awaiting trial on U.S. terrorism charges, to push back the trial date five

Mekubal HaRav David Batzri Shlita has not signed on a declaration against Rav Amnon Yitzchak and his Koach L’Hashpiah Party. Rav Batzri, was approached to sign but according to a Ladaat report, the rav declined, explaining he does not involve himself in politics. It is important to understand the rav did not make any statements […]

Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush was released from a Houston hospital on Monday after more than seven weeks of treatment for bronchitis and related ailments, according to a statement

The fight to aid victims of Superstorm Sandy has spread beyond the states directly impacted by the disaster, with a bipartisan group representing all governors demanding “swift federal assistance” in

Signaling an all-of-the-above approach to reducing gun violence, President Barack Obama said Monday he is reviewing a range of proposals, including executive actions that would bypass Congress, and will present

A California judge found Monday that a boy was responsible for the second-degree murder of his white supremacist father when the defendant was just 10. Prosecutors had argued at trial that the boy, now 12, knew what he was doing when he shot 32-year-old Jeff Hall — a regional leader of the National Socialist Movement […]

President Barack Obama demanded on Monday that lawmakers raise the nation’s $16.4 trillion federal debt limit quickly, warning that “Social Security benefits and veterans’ checks will be delayed” if they

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a legal challenge by the Republican National Committee to dissolve a 1982 decree designed to stop the improper suppression of voting

After Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita suffered a very light stroke this past Shabbos morning, Rosh Chodesh Shevat 5773, some rabbonim told the media that the accusations against Shas made in the media by Rav Amnon Yitzchak may have been responsible in part for the rav’s illness. According to a Kikar Shabbat report, R’ […]

There was much anger among Satmar Chassidim as Rav Zalman Leib Teitlebaum Shlita, the Satmar Rebbe of Williamsburg, was compelled to partially disrobe at a US airport. Security officials explained

Speaking to Israel Radio on Monday morning 3 Shevat 5773, Yisrael Beitenu leader Avigdor Lieberman expressed his outrage over the Shas election infomercial in which Lieberman’s party is accused of promoting fast track conversions. Lieberman explained that Aryeh Deri has just to look at the Yisrael Beitenu draft proposal to amend the giyur laws and […]

[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] 5:19PM IL: HaMasger Street in Netanya remains closed as the evening rush hour gets underway in Israel, the result of the fire that erupted in a

By now, it is hard to find a single business industry or North American Jewish community that doesn’t have an active presence in the “Nationwide Parnassah Expo and Networking Event.” The expo will be held at the Meadowlands Exposition Center on February 12th and boasts a reach never before seen in our community, living up […]

Iran could produce enough weapon-grade uranium for one or more nuclear bombs by mid-2014, and the United States and its allies should intensify sanctions on Tehran before that point is

Speaking to Channel 2’s Meet the Press program on motzei Shabbos the eve of 2 Shevat 5773, Shas co-leader Aryeh Deri explained Shas understands Yisrael Beitenu has an agenda, and that agenda includes “fictitious weddings from a Halachic perspective”. Regarding the criticism against Shas for its election infomercial showing a fast-track convert marrying a Jewish […]

MK Dr. Michael Ben-Ari, who holds the second slot on the Otzma Yisrael list, explains his platform, responding to a number of questions including why he and his colleagues did not join with HaBayit HaYehudi. The following responses were sent to YWN-ISRAEL by Dr. Ben-Ari. Why doesn’t Otzma Yisrael and Bayit HaYehudi join together? Bayit […]