The government says the number of violent crimes rose by 18 percent in the United States last year while property crimes went up by 11 percent. It was the first
Two alphas in the fight of their lives, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney sparred with passion and grit in a debate that previewed the closing arguments of a
The NYPD is investigating a fatal accident involving two tractor-trailers on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Police say a 50-year-old man, William Gardner Jr. of New Hope, Pa., was pronounced dead at
Councilman David G. Greenfield has announced that the first neighborhood assembly for the ongoing participatory budgeting initiative will be held this Thursday, October 18 in Boro Park. All neighborhood residents
Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan marked the beginning of the winter zman in yeshivos around the world, including in Eretz Yisrael. Tens of thousands of talmidim and avreichim returned to the benches
Yaakov Peri, who serves as the director of Mizrahi-Tefahot, a former head of the ISA (Israel Security Agency – Shin Bet) and former president of Cellcom has announced he is joining Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid Party. Peri made the official announcement at a press conference on Tuesday 30 Tishrei 5773. “I have had numerous offers […]
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petirah of Reb Shmuel Kunda Z”L, who was Niftar this evening following a lengthy illness. The unusually talented Reb Shmuel Z”L, educated tens of thousands of children worldwide through his popular children’s books and music CDs. He was approximately 65 years old. Reb Shmuel Z”L, who resided with […]
In his Tel Aviv press conference on Tuesday 30 Tishrei 5773, Rabbi Chaim Amsellem announced his ‘?? ???’ party will be running in the upcoming general election. The former Shas MK announced his platform, one that highlights the social economic reform as well as bringing back the “Jew of moderation that was seen in the […]
The testimony at a federal drug trafficking trial was chilling: Jurors heard how bribed baggage handlers at John F. Kennedy International Airport concealed cocaine on commercial jets inside sensitive wing
Proponents of First Amendment Rights received some good news today from the Honorable Naomi Reice Buchwald, a senior United States federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Judge Buchwald issued a Temporary Stay of Enforcement on New York City’s new requirement that Mohelim must tell parents contemplating […]
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that a likely postelection session in which the Legislature is expected to raise lawmakers’ pay must also increase the minimum wage. On the campaign trail,
A Haifa woman who developed diabetes during pregnancy was monitored carefully after her doctor realized the child she was carrying was significantly larger than usual. The decision was made to
While an official decision from Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita is only expected on Wednesday, 1 Cheshvan 5773, all media reports are signaling that the gadol hador will opt
With elections three months away the candidates are weighing options and it appears a split in Icud HaLeumi may be unavoidable as the ‘??? ????? ????’ faction may break away.
The election for the chief rabbis of Israel is to be held before the expiration of the current term on March 24, 2013. Following the decision to dissolve the Knesset
There has been an increase in the number of attacks against Jewish motorists traveling the roads of Yehuda and Shomron over recent days. Most of the attacks involved rock-throwing but
While Romney’s four-percentage-point advantage is not statistically significant, he has consistently edged ahead of Obama each of the past several days in Gallup’s seven-day rolling averages conducted entirely after the
The “Yated” and “HaPeles” litvish factions do not appear to be heading to sholom any time soon and the upcoming general elections may result in the establishment of a new party, to compete with Degel HaTorah, highlighting the lack of achdus between the factions. The motzei shabbos Asifa in Bnei Brak attended by thousands was […]
The Knesset on Tuesday, 30 Tishrei 5773 will convene in a special session to mark the 11th yahrzeit of Minister Rechavam Ze’evi HY”D, who was murdered by an Arab assassin in the Jerusalem Hyatt Hotel on Mount Scopus. Speakers will include Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin, and opposition leader MK Shaul Mofaz. […]
Prominent dati leumi posek Rabbi Shlomo Aviner Shlita was asked for a p’sak regarding smartphones; asked if one is compelled to use a kosher phone. The rav’s words were aired on Yeshivat Machon Meir’s internet shiurim broadcasts. The rav explained that SMS text messages and internet connectivity are helpful to many people. He feels there […]
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