Highly credible sources have confirmed to YWN that the Brooklyn man accused of murdering Leiby Kletzky Z”L will be pleading guilty in the next week. Levi Aron, a 35-year-old hardware supply store clerk, has reportedly made a deal of “40 years to life”, in return for the guilty plea. At the time of his indictment on July […]
Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Wednesday morning met in his Tel Aviv office with US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. The following statement was released to the media by Mr. Barak’s staff following the meeting: “It is always a pleasure to host Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta here in Israel, and we are pleased as […]
An IDF tank patrolling along the Egyptian border was targeted in an anti-rocket attack on Wednesday morning. The tank’s ‘Wind Breaker’ anti-rocket system neutralized the incoming projectile and B’chasdei Hashem, there were no injuries. The Sinai area has become the focus of concerns for the defense and intelligence communities fearing the area has become a […]
The following is via the Toronto Star: Almost every evening without fail, Rabbi Henry Hoschander sits down to participate in a dialogue than spans millennia and countries. His commitment may
The following is via the Beverly Hills Courier: As traditional Jews around the world gather to mark the conclusion of a grueling seven and a half year study cycle of
The following is from the “Jersey Journal”: More than 90,000 Orthodox Jews are expected to celebrate their completion of the Talmud after 7 years of “page-a-day” studying with a huge gathering tonight at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford. The gathering is expected to be so big that the state Department of Transportation is advising commuters […]
Want to study the Talmud with thousands of other Orthodox Jews? There’s an app for that. Twenty-first century Internet technology makes it easier than ever for thousands of people worldwide to participate in Daf Yomi, a 7.5-year program to study the Torah’s rabbinical commentary. Wednesday (Aug. 1) marks Siyum HaShas, the end of the 12th […]
Here’s the schedule of the 12th Siyum Hashas taking place on Wednesday, August 1st at Metlife stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The program is set to start with Mincha.
Tonight’s crowd at the Meadowlands will be bigger than that of any Giants or Jets game. MetLife Stadium will be host to over 90,000 Jewish faithful. The celebration is the 12th Siyum HaShas, the completion of the study of the Talmud. “Explanation and the commentary on the bible,” said logistical director Rabbi Yosef Golding. That’s […]
The FBI is so opposed to the NYPD’s so-called Muslim spying program that top brass have barred agents from dealing with cops from the department’s intelligence division, according to explosive claims in a new book. The feds think the surveillance program is “a waste of money” and an affront to constitutional rights. The anonymous claims […]
Without last-minute help from Congress, the U.S. Postal Service is likely to default on a big bill due Wednesday to the federal government — $5.5 billion to prepay health care
A Jerusalem yeshiva bachur dehydrated during a hike in Nachal Amud in northern Israel on Tuesday. Ichud Hatzalah received the call during the afternoon hours explaining the victim “was not feeling well” after walking for about an hour. The EMTs found the young man, who apparently dehydrated, and they carried him about an hour to […]
On Tuesday, the President’s Residence released a statement to the media that Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi responded to a letter sent to him by President Shimon Peres following his elected, as was reported by YWN-ISRAEL. A copy of a typed letter was displayed in the media. Not too long after the reports circulated in the […]
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Israel Police commanders have announced that they have learned the lessons of the Shas Siyum HaShas in Teddy Stadium earlier this week after the blunder that left Chacham Ovadia stuck in his vehicle. Police explain that from now on, they will have a better operational understanding of “chareidi events” and how […]
Today, Israel awakens to a new reality, one without a Tal Law and for the chareidi tzibur, this is significant even while most are truly unaware of the situation as avreichim are busy with their bein hazmanim realities. As of today, the IDF will begin sending draft notices to eligible inductees since there is no longer […]
Kedumim resident Chaim Horon, in his 40s, was injured by shrapnel during the night as a result of gunfire directed at his car near Yitzhar. The victim, who sustained light
U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), chairman of the House panel that oversees international human rights, will chair a congressional hearing Wednesday on the case of American Jacob Ostreicher, who has been held without formal charges in Bolivia since June 2011. A hearing will be held entitled “Seeking Freedom for American Trapped in Bolivian Prison.” Smith […]
After being elected as the new national leader, President Shimon Peres sent a congratulatory letter to Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. Peres stated that he was one of the person involved
Put down that smart phone and walk — that’s the advice from researchers who say distracted pedestrians are being injured and killed at an alarming rate. Almost all of us do it at some time or another — check that text message, spin through that music playlist, or fire off that e-mail, as we’re walking […]
Just hours ahead of the midnight expiration of the Tal Law on Tuesday night, pro-draft activists were in Bnei Brak handing out literature and flowers calling on chareidim to serve in the IDF. With the frum velt focused on syiumei hashas this week, the flyers were viewed as particularly offensive and it did not take long […]
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