Sixty girls are attending the new ???? ??? High School (seminary) in Yerushalayim, opened this year by the so-called new chareidim, situated in a Jerusalem office building. The school will provide an education that permits graduates to obtain a matriculation diploma. The school is the result of efforts of the “Tov” party which is seeking […]
Congress’ official scorekeeper said Wednesday that roughly two million more Americans will pay penalties under President Obama’s health care law for lacking insurance than had previously been estimated. Under the
Crime in the city rose between 2011 and 2012, according to a report from City Hall that tracks its performance in key areas. The Mayor’s Management Report, which compares statistics
In the wake of recent news in New York City regarding Metzitzah B’peh, Rockland County officials are debating if this is a law that is necessary in their region as well. Rabbi Moshe Tendler, voiced his opinion and publicly opposes this ritual – in comments he made to the Journal News. He claims that in […]
The New York City Police Department is planning to expand a program for videotaping interrogations to all 76 precincts in the city. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says the department wants
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] “Unjustified” is a feature length documentary about the case of Sholom Rubashkin, who is currently serving a 27 year jail sentence. The documentary is scheduled to
A controversial anti-jihad ad is set to appear in New York City subway stations next week, over the objection of the city’s transit authority and on a federal judge’s order,
Deputy Minister of Education (Yahadut HaTorah) Menachem Eliezer Moses has a child that with political aspirations. If you ask Heidi Moses if she plans to run for a seat in the next Knesset, she will tell you “yes”. Speaking with Yediot Achronot, Heidi explained “I want a seat in Knesset next to abba”. Apparently, she […]
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] US Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney exhibits a thorough understanding of the PA (Palestinian Authority), an understanding that has ruffled many feathers, especially in Ramallah. Since
The well-known Kippa Man store located on Jerusalem’s Ben-Yehuda Pedestrian Mall is having hard times. Owner Avi Binyamin is being sued by Marvel Comics to the tune of 100,000 NIS for using the Spiderman logo on his kipot with license. According to the daily Maariv, a representative of Marvel visited the store on July 30th […]
The President of the European Jewish Congress, Dr. Moshe Kantor, says that there needs to be a clear distinction between incitement to hatred and violence and material deemed offensive to
Behind the scenes during each election there is another race – for power, privilege and bragging rights by politicians and community leaders who do their best to influence votes in their respective communities for their favored candidates. It’s become something of a tradition for YWN’s political columnist to declare the winners and losers of this […]
By Rav Aryeh Z. Ginzberg Chofetz Chaim Torah Center While the “Neilah” experience for most people is an important one, climaxing the entire Yom Kippur Avodah,; for Rabbonim it’s that much more. For most people, though uplifted and inspired by Neilah, I don’t believe that much thought goes into it, until it actually happens. However […]
Thousands of chassidim waited on line Rosh Hashanah night to wish the rebbe a ‘gut yohr’. The atmosphere was electric as many chassidim from outside Eretz Yisrael and from areas outside of Bnei Brak arrived to spend yomtov with the rebbe. During a tisch on Tuesday, the second day of Rosh Hashanah 5773, the rebbe […]
A world-wide registry of Sukkahs has been set up, and is listed online at www.localsukkah.org. The directory has been designed for Jews to locate a Sukkah near to them, so
Former US Ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk was interviewed on CBS’ Face the Nation, addressing the Iranian threat against Israel. Indyk stated that he believes the United States will go to war against Iran next year. He feels that there is no much time remaining before Iran has a nuclear weapon, adding “Israel is very […]
AIPAC (The American Israel Public Affairs Committee) on erev Rosh Hashanah sent a special pre yomtov message to President Barak Obama, thanking him for his “steadfast” support of Israel. Sadly, for AIPAC it has always been what’s good for its agenda as it continues walking the tight rope, never endangering being perceived as loyal Americans […]
In an extremely rare event, Hizbullah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah on Monday night came out of his bunker surrounded by armed body guards to address a rally of tens of
A French supermarket in Paris that carries kosher items was targeted in a firebomb attack on Wednesday afternoon Israel time. Two men clad in black hurled the firebombs, injuring one
A 1-year-old Monsey boy R”L drowned to death in a toilet on the second night of Rosh Hashanah, while spending Yom Tov in Boro Park. Mendi Altman, who was just 14-months-old, was found face down in the toilet by his 13-year-old cousin at about 11 p.m. inside his aunt’s home on 11th Avenue in Borough […]
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