[THIS IS A PAID ADVERTISEMENT] After over seven years of successfully managing Jerusalem properties for investors and homeowners living in America, England, and Europe, London born Shia Getter, CEO of

Rosh Ha’ayin police, during a heavy rainstorm stopped a 9 passenger vehicle traveling in the area because it appeared full well beyond capacity, on Sunday morning. Police quickly realized their suspicions were well founded, as the vehicle was carrying more than the permitted nine passengers. In actuality, police counted 22 children inside, ages 3-5. The […]

As the Metropolitan Transportation Authority worked to repair historic damage to the subway system after Hurricane Sandy, the question of whether holders of unlimited MetroCards would get any credit for

The Ministry of Religious Services has committed to refurbish two Jerusalem cemeteries, one in the Sheikh Bhadar area and the other the old Shaare Zedek complex as they are in extremely poor condition, the result of years of neglect. According to the HaMevaser report, Jerusalem askan R’ Chaim Miller has been writing to pertinent government […]

Work has begun to exhume the body of Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat ahead of an investigation of his 2004 death. This comes after French authorities opened a murder

A class action lawsuit is set to be filed against the Long Island Power Authority and its partner National Grid on Tuesday as thousands of Long Island residents are still

Based on the Central Bureau of Statistics data released on Monday, 391,000 visitors arrived in Israel in October 2012, an increase of 13% on last year. Of these, 298,000 were

At Bellevue Hospital on Manhattan’s East Side, hundreds of patients had to evacuated when Sandy hit. The facility essentially shuttered after floodwaters in the basement disabled the hospital’s backup generators. Now, two weeks after the storm, both Bellevue and Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn are still not fully back up and running, and will not […]

The rainfall that began on shabbos was badly needed and much appreciated, with Kinneret officials reporting on Tuesday morning 28 Cheshvan 5773 the level has increased 3 centimeters. The rainfall

Everyone who pays income tax — and some who don’t —will feel it. So will doctors who accept Medicare, people who get unemployment aid, defense contractors, air traffic controllers, national park rangers and companies that do research and development. The package of tax increases and spending cuts known as the “fiscal cliff” takes effect in […]

Three teenagers were arrested over the weekend for allegedly destroying more than 60 gravestones at Jewish cemeteries in Connecticut, causing approximately $20,000 worth of damage. Hartford Police began investigating the case in mid-October, and only recently received a tip that three teens living in the neighborhood were responsible for the crimes. “They basically attacked the […]

Iran unveiled new missile and artillery systems on Tuesday, Iranian media reported, on the second day of large-scale military exercises which officials said were aimed at sending a warning to

The news came late Monday night, that 6-year-old Binyamin Hirshfeld z”l of Beit Shemesh, who drowned in his bathtub two weeks ago, was R”L niftar. Binyamin drowned in the tub two weeks ago. He and his brother were in the bath together and when his brother saw he was not responding he called for their mother, […]

A woman caught on camera driving on a sidewalk to avoid a Cleveland school bus that was unloading children is expected to stand at an intersection with a sign warning

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General John Allen, is under investigation for alleged inappropriate communication with a woman at the center of the scandal involving former CIA Director David

According to a Ynet report, Deputy Minister of Health (Yahadut HaTorah) Yaakov Litzman opposes early cancer detection screening, responding when asked for his opinion, “I will say Tehillim instead”. The report continues that early detection ads by organizations seeking to increase cancer awareness are routinely rejected in chareidi publications in Eretz Yisrael since “rectum” is […]

Officials in Jerusalem City Hall allege that the Shas-controlled Ministry of Housing has created an unfavorable situation for secular and other non-chareidi Israelis seeking housing regarding a housing project in

President Obama is considering asking Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) to serve as his next defense secretary, part of an extensive rearrangement of his national security team that will include

Amid a global fright over Washington’s political brinkmanship, U.S. lawmakers return to the capital on Tuesday with a seven-week deadline to reach agreement on scheduled tax hikes and budget cuts

YWN-ISRAEL reported earlier that police and Internal Revenue Service officials raided the homes, on MOnday morning, of three individuals involved in an alleged fraud by which they funded a school by using fraudulent means. According to various reports, the three took an existing non-profit organization’s name, in this case the Meah Shearim based Bnos Yerushalayim, […]

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