A police motorcyclist in President Barack Obama’s motorcade died Sunday in Florida following a serious highway accident, police and the top White House spokesman said. The officer from the Jupiter,
Security forces responded to Jerusalem’s Ramat Shlomo neighborhood on shabbos for a second consecutive week as residents reportedly hurled rocks at Arabs living on the border of the chareidi community. Border police responded after receiving reports that chareidi youth were throwing rocks over the border at nearby Arabs. Three teens were arrested, ages 19, 18 […]
“I would like to commend Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper for taking a step that showed leadership and daring and which sends a clear message to Iran and the entire
The FBI has officially started rolling out a state-of-the-art face recognition project that will assist in their effort to accumulate and archive information about each and every American at a
Needless to say the possibility of an Israeli strike against Iran was discussed during last week’s visit to Israel by US Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral James Winnefeld. During the senior military commander’s 48-hour visit, Winnefeld met with Defense Minister Ehud Barak, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz, the deputy […]
Graffiti including swastikas was painted on six tombstones in a Jewish cemetery in Rostock Germany, located in the northeastern area of the country. Graffiti also included vulgarity and “Sieg Heil”. The attack was discovered early last week. This attack is added to the growing number of anti-Semitic attacks and incidents in Germany, signaling cause for […]
President Obama poked fun at conspiracy theories which question whether he was born in the United States during a campaign stop in Orlando, Fla. on Saturday. The president made a
Tuesday marks 11 years since the September 11th terrorist attacks, but it does not appear that the National September 11th Museum in Lower Manhattan will be completed anytime soon. The
According to the latest information released by Hebrew University demographics expert Professor Sergio Della Pergola, there are 13.75 million Jews in the world today, an increase of 88,300 from last Rosh Hashanah. The increase is negligible when one realizes the world’s population increased by 1.26% last year, placing the growth of Jews somewhere around 0.65%. […]
When a Bnei Brak rov asked HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita about reciting the bracha ???? ???? ?????? ?????? today following the petira of HaGaon HaRav Elyashiv ZT”L, he was instructed to recite the bracha for Rav Shteinman, with ?? ??????. It was known that Rav Kanievsky recited the bracha for Rav Elyashiv, his late […]
Nassim Abu Ramuz, 21, told police that he was assaulted by drunken Jews simply because he is Arab. The resident of the Ras el-Amud (Maale Zeitim) area of the eastern
The ezras noshim of the Kosel was closed for about a quarter of an hour on Friday night due to a suspicious object. A number of the mispallalos saw a
The Vishnitzer gabbai HaRav HaChossid R’ Hershel Katz has won the chassidus’ raffle and he will by flying to the USA, accompanying the rebbe shlita. The former rebbe zt”l, the Yeshuos Moshe announced a special fundraising event over 30 years ago, calling upon chassidim to donate $1,000 annually to assist avreichim in need and their […]
10:01 IL: A driver from a PA (Palestinian Authority) autonomous area on Sunday morning 22 Elul 5772 struck and Israeli man on Route 5 in Shomron between the communities of Oranit and Elkana. The person, who is described as “a senior area security official” was critically injured. Resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful and the victim was […]
Rocket fire from southern Gaza resumed on motzei shabbos. Two Grad katyusha rockets were fired, with one making a direct hit on a Netivot home. The second was fired towards Beersheva. The point of impact/detonation remains unclear. B’chasdei Hashem there were no injuries in the rocket attack in Netivot. While the rocket did damage the […]
[VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Jews of all colors gathered by the Kosel in the early hours of Sunday morning for the start of Selichos in the week preceding
The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado touched down in Canarsie, Brooklyn and a tornado touched down in Breezy Point, Queens Saturday morning. The National Weather Service categorized
This Friday morning, tens of thousands of residents in Midwood & Boro Park woke up to find the first ever print edition of Yeshiva World News on their doorsteps. This
With the release of new council lines this week that add Orthodox Jews to Mike Nelson’s council seat, the race to replace the term-limited Nelson is already under way. Insiders
Canada has suspended diplomatic relations with Iran and is expelling Iranian diplomats from Canada, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird announced in a statement today. Speaking to reporters in Russia, where
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