US regulators directed five of the country’s biggest banks, including Bank of America Corp and Goldman Sachs Group Inc, to develop plans for staving off collapse if they faced serious
[VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Two hundred Bike4Chai cyclists rode triumphantly through the gates of Camp Simcha Special this afternoon amid the roars and cheers of 300 chronically ill and disabled campers and staff. The group had many reasons to celebrate. They had just finished a challenging ride by anyone’s standards – 170 miles […]
It isn’t as if there is a chance they will win. Courts as high as the U.S. Supreme Court have ruled that states and the federal prison system are required to provide kosher food to prisoners who request them for religious reasons. Yet, a Michigan inmate has filed a federal lawsuit over the prison’s lack […]
More than 1 million GE and Hotpoint dishwashers are being recalled after a series of fires. The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the voluntary recall Thursday of machines sold from
Following the story first reported by YWN on Wednesday night, when two Hatzolah members were illegally ticketed while responding to a life-threatening emergency, the local media has jumped on the story – which has the community up in arms demanding a public apology. The following article is via MidHudsonNews, a well-read, and respectable news outlet serving the Catskills. Two […]
Today, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations — the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, representing close to 1,000 congregations — commended Congressional leadership for spearheading a letter to Germany urging the government to protect religious freedom by not outlawing circumcision. Yesterday, Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA), Representative Nita Lowey (D-NY), and Representative Howard Berman (D-CA) […]
Mitt Romney has reached the halfway mark in filling his $800 million campaign war chest, a leading fundraiser for the campaign said on Thursday. Woody Johnson, the owner of the New York Jets, said the campaign’s joint committee had raised nearly $400 million, which was about half of its goal. “We’re about half-way through our […]
In what was truly a historic event, a Siyum HaShas was held in Kever Rachel in PA (Palestinian Authority) occupied Beis Lechem. A seuda followed in the Ateres Shalom Hall
The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office, in conjunction with the Ocean County Association of Chiefs of Police, announced today a simple yet effective way to drive home the message to drivers of automobiles who text while driving endanger other persons using the roads as well as expose themselves to serious criminal consequences. Noting that New Jersey […]
The drought that’s drying up the Heartland isn’t just an American problem. It’s causing food prices to surge worldwide. Food prices jumped 6% in July, after three months of declines,
Unwilling to accept the appointment of Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu as the head of Magen David Adom’s Vaad Rabbonim, Israel’s Reform Movement is challenging the appointment. Seeking to influence the major contributors that the appointment of the Chief Sephardi Rabbi of Tzfas is not appropriate, the Reform leaders sent a letter to ARMDI (American Friends of […]
The Knesset Health Committee approved a bill seeking to reduce the price charged for calling an ambulance if the patient is not transported to hospital. The new arrangement will set
A federal review cites poor judgment by a security guard who found a bag outside a government building in Detroit last year and stashed it under a desk where it
Everything in the world is from G-d. Everything that happens is His will. We all have challenges, but G-d gives us the strength to overcome these challenges. My wife Esther,
Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes today announced the guilty plea of Levi Aron, 36, to Murder in the Second Degree and Kidnapping in the Second degree. He will receive a sentence of 40 years to life in prison when he is sentenced on August 29, 2012. “With this guilty plea, I hope the […]
The following are Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s remarks as delivered at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Queens this morning, following the shooting of an NYPD Officer: “I’m here tonight with Police Commissioner Kelly, District Attorney Richard Brown, Chief of Internal Affairs Charles Campisi, Chief James Secreto is the CO of Queens South, Deputy Chief of […]
The following story is circulating in the chareidi media throughout Eretz Yisrael. A well-known Yerushalayim talmid chacham bought a pair of tefillin 18 years ago. After 12 years, after one
The following is an official statement given to YWN by El Al: EL AL Israel Airlines is announcing that the tickets which were purchased on a variety of travel internet
The following was written by Phil Stilton in the Jackson Family Magazine. In his article he rips the media for their inaccurate reporting when Mitt Romney visited Lakewood, Wednesday evening. A few strange things happened at Mitt Romney’s visit to Lakewood Township today, where guests dropped $1,000 each to see the candidate. The motorcade did come crashing […]
In an interview with Israel’s Reshet Bet Radio Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Thursday, denied reports that Israel received a warning message from the United States, with the latter receiving the warning from Saudi Arabia. The reports stated Israeli fighter planes entering its airspace would be shot down if Israel tries to launch a military […]
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