The Hugh Carey Tunnel, formerly known as the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, will reopen Monday morning, Gov Cuomo says. Cuomo announced Friday both tubes of the Hugh Carey Tunnel, formerly known

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[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Friday 12:50PM EST: Defense Minister Ehud Barak sought government approval on Friday to mobilize up to 75,000 reserve troops for Israel’s Gaza campaign, political sources said,

The exiled leader of Hamas told Sudan on Friday his Palestinian terror group would take revenge on Israel for the deadly bombing of an arms factory in Khartoum, state news

Palestinian militants fired a rocket aimed at Jerusalem on Friday, setting off air raid sirens throughout the city and opening a new front in three days of fierce fighting between

Air raid sirens sounded in Jerusalem on Friday and Israeli Army Radio said the alert was intended for Israeli towns near the holy city. The siren lasted for less than

Ex-CIA Director David Petraeus told lawmakers during private hearings Friday that he believed all along that the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya was a terrorist strike,

Fifty years after the petirah of Maran Hagaon Rav Aharon Kotler, ZTL, Klal Yisroel will take pause to appreciate the tremendous legacy of Torah that he bequeathed to all of us. His yeshiva, Bais Medrsah Govoah, produced a generation of talmidei chachomim, who, while warmed by his aish hatorah were ready to live a life […]

On the 19th of Cheshvon, Yeshvia Aharon Yaakov Ohr Eliyahu had the unique opportunity to host Jews from all backgrounds at its spacious La Brea campus. The tree-lined courtyard was

David Petraeus was sneaked into the Capitol, away from photographers and television cameras, on Friday for the disgraced former CIA director’s first, closed-door congressional testimony since resigning in disgrace last

After sirens sounded in the Greater Gush Dan area on Thursday Rosh Chodesh Kislev 5773 many residents of that area became concerned as how to act and what to do if the rocket fire increases chas vsholom. Along these lines, Bnei Brak Mayor Yaakov Asher met with IDF Homefront Command officials and a number of […]

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan decried Israeli’s air strikes on Gaza on Friday as a pre-election stunt and said he would discuss the crisis with Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi in

[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Rishon LTzion HaRav Shlomo Moshe Amar Shlita on Rosh Chodesh Kislev 5773 visited Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita in his Har Nof home to discuss the situation regarding the war in Israel. Rav Ovadia decided to call for a Tehillim rally at the Kosel on Sunday, 4 Kislev, at 4:00PM. […]

Israel Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is explicit when asked to comment on PA (Palestinian Authority) plans to file for non-member nation observer status in the United Nations. Lieberman stated Abu Mazen has lost control and he is fighting to survive. The foreign minister told reporters that the planned application to the United Nations is another […]

A delegation of Muslims from France visiting Israel has made a stop at the Har Menuchos Beis HaChaim to visit the kevarim of the victims of the Toulouse terror attack.

The Jewish Agency for Israel and Israel Scouts on Wednesday sent 15 young scouts to assist victims of Hurricane Sandy in hard hit areas. Most of the group are Russian

After the dismissal of Israels Chief Pathologist Dr. Yehuda Hiss, the Ministry of Health published a tender to accept candidates for the post. Zakas Yehuda Meshi-Zahav did not waste time, announcing he wishes enter the post and feels he can run the center in line with halacha. His appointment however seems quite unlikely. Health Ministry […]

UPDATE 3:35PM IL: YWN-ISRAEL signs off for shabbos. UPDATE 3:26PM IL: Israel Soccer Association cancels all matches scheduled to take place on shabbos in southern Israel. UPDATE 3:25PM IL: At least 150 rockets were fired at Israel today. UPDATE 3:21PM IL: Rockets fired at Ashdod were intercepted by the Iron Dome. UPDATE 3:19PM IL: Channel […]

Thousands of protesters chanted the Arab Spring slogan “the people want the downfall of the regime” in Jordan’s capital on Friday, as demonstrations against rising prices gather force in a

[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Marking the 50th yartzheit of HaRav Aharon Kotler ZT”L, the bachurim, avreichim, and hanhala of Lakewood East made their way to the kever by har hamenuchos

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