Members of Yahadut Hatorah in Jerusalem City Hall have requested that when city officials in the coming weeks distribute the annual arnona property tax bill to city residents, to refrain from including the pamphlet containing adverts to homes in chareidi areas. The city councilmen explain the pamphlet’s photos and content is simply not fitting for […]
President Obama will nominate Sen. John Kerry to be Secretary of State, a democrat who spoke to the senator says. His replacement as head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will be Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey, according to the Sun-Times. A formal announcement could come next week, a source told CNN. Susan Rice, the […]
4,000 Israeli citizens stationed in the 96 diplomatic missions abroad will vote in the general elections on Thursday, 28 Teves 5773, ten days ahead of the 11 Shevat general elections.
President Barack Obama will attend a memorial service Sunday in Newtown, Conn., the site of Friday’s deadly elementary school shooting. Twenty-six people, including 20 children, were killed when a man
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Addressing a stunned nation, President Barack Obama on Saturday grieved for the children and teachers massacred in Newtown, Conn., declaring that “every parent in America has a heart heavy with hurt.” Obama, addressing the tragedy for the second time since the violence erupted Friday, sympathized with the families of the dead […]
He was an honors student who lived in a prosperous neighborhood with his mother, a well-liked woman who enjoyed hosting dice games and decorating the house for the holidays. Now
Elementary school library clerk Mary Ann Jacob heard gunshots and shouted “Lockdown!” to a class of fourth graders. Then she discovered the classroom door wouldn’t lock. Quickly, quietly she and
Investigators assembled “some very good evidence” to explain what drove a 20-year-old gunman to slaughter 20 children and six adults at an elementary school, police said on Saturday, a day after one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history shattered a small Connecticut town. The attacker, identified by law enforcement sources as Adam Lanza, […]
The question surfaces each time a mass murder unfolds: Will this one change the political calculus in Washington against tougher gun control? The answer, after the Virginia Tech killings, the
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who canceled an overseas trip last weekend because of illness, suffered a concussion after fainting due to dehydration, prompting the postponement of her scheduled congressional
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Text of President Barack Obama’s address to the nation after Friday’s mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary schools: “This afternoon, I spoke with Governor Malloy and FBI Director Mueller. I offered Gov. Malloy my condolences on behalf of the nation and made it clear he will have every single resource that […]
A heavily armed gunman opened fire on school children and staff at a Connecticut elementary school on Friday, killing at least 26 people, including 18 children, in the latest in
The official Palestinian Authority daily published a picture of the official logo chosen by Fatah for celebrations marking the movement’s 48th anniversary. The logo features various symbols, including a map
According to senior IDF Medical Corps officer Lt.-Colonel Alon Glassberg, eye injuries in the IDF are about 20 times higher than in other western militaries. As a result, the IDF
The homes belonging to two Frum families were destroyed by fires Thursday night – one in Lakewood, and one in Monsey. The Lakewood fire broke out around 6:30PM in a home on Glen Avenue. It took firefighters more than two hours to bring the fire under control. Unfortunately, the home was completely destroyed. Boruch Hashem, the family […]
This Friday morning, tens of thousands of residents will wake up to find the 11th print edition of Yeshiva World News, available at hundreds of locations all throughout Flatbush & Boro Park. This free newspaper, delivered each Thursday afternoon, has many features which are not available on our website including breaking news, in depth feature […]
Church leaders from South Africa, returning from a trip to territories ruled by the Palestinian Authority, recently announced they will continue to support the boycott Israel movement. Leaders included heads
The white BMW 7 Series 735 sedan that has served Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita is being traded in as Shas embarks on its election campaign. The vehicle, which
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced Friday that he has decided to step down following the decision to indict him, in a move that could have repercussions on the upcoming general
New York City’s teacher pension fund said on Thursday it will make $1 billion of new investments in infrastructure throughout the city and state as the region repairs the devastation
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