In his remarks launching the second day of the 10th Jerusalem Conference, MK Yaakov Katz (Ketzaleh) did not surprise as he painted a most optimistic election outcome for the Bayit HaYehudi Party. He is confident the party will reach 20 seats in the 19th Knesset. For Katz it is simple, telling the conference participants “B’ezrat […]
A Bnei Brak talmid yeshiva was apprehended by customs agents at Ben-Gurion International Airport after he was found to be smuggling 30 iPhone 5s into Israel. The value of the
According to Ephraim Halevy, a former director of the Mossad Intelligence Agency, the ceasefire agreement with Hamas that brought an end to Operation Pillar of Defense is “shrouded in mystery”. In an address before a Technion University audience, Halevy stated there are certain things that we do know, including the fact that the permitted fishing […]
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Hagon HaRav Shlomo Brevda ZATZAL. Rav Brevda is known world-wide, as a famous Magid Shiur who has delivered thousands of drashos
The top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will testify on the deadly Sept. 11 assault in Libya on Jan. 22. That’s
According to a Walla News poll, the right-wing bloc continues to maintain its stronghold over the left despite ongoing efforts to unite centrist/left-wing parties. The right-wing shows 47 seats, 66
The U.S. government’s move to replace the FBI’s crumbling Washington headquarters, dismissed as “a dump” by one congresswoman, has sparked a fight between Virginia, Maryland and the capital for the
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] The ongoing winter storm, which began with heavy rains on Shabbos, has resulted in significant damage in many areas. In Modi’in, the city’s main commercial center was flooded during the morning hours as a result of the heavy rainfall on Monday morning 25 Teves 5773. Rescue workers were on the scene […]
Facing an end-of-the-month deadline, the Obama administration is calling gun owner groups, victims’ organizations and representatives from the video-game industry to the White House this week for discussions on potential
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Menachem Tucker of Kol Chai Radio telephoned Neturei Karta’s Moshe Aryeh Friedman, who on many opportunities met with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Tucker explained that Friedman has enrolled his children in a girl’s school in Antwerp affiliated with the Belz Chassidus. This includes his sons. All other schools in Vienna refused […]
The Eretz Yisrael Satmar community is a buzz in anticipation of the upcoming visit of the Satmar Rebbe of Williamsburg, Rav Zalman Leib Teitlebaum SHlita. This will be the rebbe’s first trip since taking over as rebbe, and he will be attending a chasanah of a grandchild. He will also be laying the cornerstone for […]
A fuel leak forced a Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner operated by Japan Airlines to cancel its takeoff and return to the gate at Boston’s Logan International Airport Tuesday, a fire
The Internal Revenue Service says late changes to federal tax laws should mean only a short delay for most taxpayers to file their 2012 returns. The agency said Tuesday that more than 120 million taxpayers — about 80 percent of all filers — should be able to start filing their federal returns on Jan. 30. […]
Addressing the 10th Annual Jerusalem Conference on Monday, 25 Teves 5773, Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat stated the next Chief Rabbi of Yerushalayim must be a “Zionist”, a person who has served in the IDF. Barkat called on leaders of the Zionist camp to unite towards supporting one candidate towards having such a person elected as […]
Two years after a hostage video and photographs of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson raised the possibility that the missing American was being held by terrorists, U.S. officials now see
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Superstorm Sandy swept through Bayswater, bringing devastating damage to the area. The Agudah of Bayswater was completely flooded, destroying everything inside. For the past five years, Yeshiva Zichron Aryeh has rented the Agudah for use as a beis medrash for the yeshiva’s seventy bochurim and thirty kollel yungeleit. The storm left […]
For those wondering how Gedolei Yisrael Shlita regard the “harsh gezeira”, referring to the planned induction into the IDF of thousands of Bnei Torah, it is reported that Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita does not sleep due to his concern over the new reality. Rav Ovadia is quoted as telling a number of rabbonim […]
A federal judge has ordered the New York City Police Department to stop making trespass stops outside certain privately owned Bronx buildings without reasonable suspicion. Manhattan Judge Shira Scheindlin made
American International Group Inc, the insurer rescued by the U.S. government in 2008 with a bailout that ultimately totaled $182 billion, may now join a lawsuit against the government alleging
Hundreds of travelers including many Chabad and Breslov Chassidim are stranded in Kiev since Sunday, 24 Teves 5773, after they headed to the tziyun of the Bal HaTanya ZY”A on his 200th yahrzeit. The local airline appears to have shut down, bankruptcy, leaving them stranded, including many people that already paid for the tickets. HaMevaser […]
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