President Barack Obama’s nomination of Chuck Hagel as the next U.S. secretary of defense is causing jitters in Israel, where some circles view the former Nebraska senator as unsympathetic or
It is now being reported that the agreement between the Likud and Yisrael Beitenu parties is going to be terminated immediately following elections on 11 Shevat 5773. The two parties
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to review a challenge to federal regulators’ method for determining which political groups need to register as political action committees and reveal their
New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and City Council Member Daniel R. Garodnick today unveiled newly designed and simplified parking regulation
After the audio tape of the visit to HaGaon HaRav Aaron Leib Shteinman Shlita by Rav Shalom Cohen made the rounds in the chareidi media, Rav Amnon Yitzchak announced “I
City Councilman David G. Greenfield will join City Council colleagues, advocacy groups, educational leaders and others on Wednesday at 10:15 a.m. on the steps of City Hall to call on
The Supreme Court has turned away a challenge from former House Majority Leader Dick Armey and other Social Security recipients who say they have the right to reject Medicare in
As the chassidic community marked the 200th yahrzeit of the Bal HaTanya ZY”A on 24 Teves, the Sefer was just released in Arabic in a ceremony held this week in
A ceiling collapsed in Ponevezh Yeshiva dormitory during morning seder on Monday 25 Teves 5773 as a result of the winter storm. The strong wind gusts seem to have resulted
The Obama administration spent more money on immigration enforcement in the last fiscal year than all other federal law enforcement agencies combined, according to a report on the government’s enforcement
A Pakistani man accused of taking part in an international al Qaeda plot to attack targets in the United States and Europe is expected to make his first U.S. court
The major election asifa set to take place in the Jerusalem Convention Center this week with the participation of Gedolei Hador Shlita is being postponed due to the inclement weather.
Health officials say this flu season is shaping up to be one of the more severe in recent years. Earlier reports indicated that this could be a bad flu season,
parked Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner aircraft with no passengers on board caught fire at Boston’s Logan International Airport while parked at a gate on Monday morning, an airport spokesman said.
Iran welcomed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s television address, saying he had rejected violence and offered a “comprehensive political process” to end his country’s conflict, Iranian media reported on Monday. Assad’s
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Rav Yaakov Leshinsky Z”L, one of the last Talmidim of Hagon HaRav Elchonon Wasserman HY”D in Baranovitch, an “Alter Mirrer” –
[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] There is a storm alert for most of Israel on Monday, 25 Teves 5773 as thundershowers are being blown in with wind gusts expected to reach
Rabbonim of the Badatz Eida Chareidis are planning a large tefilla rally and tikun chatzos on next Friday night, Parshas Vaeirah. The main gathering is expected to be at Kikar
Bank of America on Monday announced roughly $11.6 billion of settlements with mortgage finance company Fannie Mae and a $1.8 billion sale of collection rights on home loans, in a
The State Department says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will return to work Monday, a little over a week after she was hospitalized with a blood clot in her
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