The Prime Ministers Office on Sunday, released a message denying the accuracy of a Haaretz report filed by Barak Ravid. According to the Haaretz report, when US National Security Adviser Tom Donilon visited two weeks ago Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was given a firsthand look at Americas plan for an offensive against Irans nuclear program […]
Officials in Israel have lifted a gag order on the arrest and indictment of a Druse resident who is believed to have been spying against Israel for Syria. The suspect,
A 3-year-old chareidi boy fell from a second story balcony in Yerushalayims Beis Yisrael neighborhood during the night, 11 Menachem Av 5772. The incident occurred on Yosef Karo Street. The child was rushed toHadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, and was listed in critical condition. Doctors attempted to save his life, but were unfortunately unsuccessful. He was […]
A routine dispute between a landlord and tenants resulted in a police response in Jerusalems Beis Yisrael neighborhood. According to a Kikar Shabbat report, the incident occurred between Sunday night and Monday morning, the eve of 11 Menachem Av 5772 between yeshiva students, American renting in the area. The landlord reportedly claimed the tenants owed […]
Mayor Mike Bloomberg is famous for curbing the citys smoking, soda, and greasy food habits with legislation, but New Yorkers are now wondering whether Bloomberg has set his next target on a different vice: alcohol. A 50-question survey focusing on New Yorkers drinking habits is being formulated by the Department of Health, and will be […]
[VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] As Tisha B’av comes to a close, YWN Israel would like to present divrei hisorerus and chizuk that were delivered Sunday morning at Ohel
The American embassy in Israel, currently in Tel Aviv, should move to Jerusalem, presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney said in an interview Sunday. A nation has the capacity to choose its own capital city, and Jerusalem is Israels capital, Romney told CNNs Wolf Blitzer in an interview set to air Monday. I think its long […]
Maggie Haberman Reports: White House chief-of-staff Jack Lew, an Orthodox Jew whos the highest-profile Jew in the Obama administration, is set to address the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York tomorrow morning, sources confirmed to POLITICO. The meetings, which will include a range of Jewish leaders from across the religious spectrum, has been in […]
President Barack Obama is coming to the city Monday for another fundraiser. The president will attend a dinner and deliver remarks at the NoMad Hotel near the Flatiron District. The
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Tisha BAv is a time to mourn the destruction of the Beis Hamikdosh, but it is also a time to focus on rebuilding it. For the fifth year in a row, over 50,000 people in frum communities across North America and around the world will come together this Tisha BAv to […]
Readers should be aware that aNorth Carolina farm is recalling 580 cases of cantaloupes that were sent to New York because they could be contaminated with listeria, which hasthe potential to cause serious illness. A readerinformsCatskillScoop.com that the cantaloupes were sold in the Liberty & Monticello Shop-Rites this past week. (Attached image was taken from […]
Justice Antonin Scalia, one of the Supreme Court’s most vocal and conservative justices, said on Sunday that the Second Amendment leaves room for U.S. legislatures to regulate guns, including menacing
Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Sen. John McCains selection of Sarah Palin as his 2008 running mate was a mistake and cautioned presumptive nominee Mitt Romney to select someone capable of being president. In an interview with ABC News aired Sunday, Cheney said McCains decision to pick former Alaska Gov. Palin was not well […]
Hyundai is recalling more than 220,000 Santa Fe SUVs and Sonata sedans because of potential problems with their air bags. The recall affects almost 200,000 SUVs from the 2007-2009 model
We stopped eating, took off our shoes, and sat on the ground. In shul everything was bare. There weren’t any tablecloths on the tables, and there was barely enough light.
A kidnapped man was found bound and gagged in a police detectives garage in Queens, leading to the detectives suspension and the arrest of four other men, the authorities said on Saturday. The detective, identified by the police as Ondre Johnson, a 17-year veteran of the New York Police Department and a member of a […]
[FROM YWN ARCHIVES] Hundreds of people converge at Ohel Wosk on Moshav Matityahu every year on Tisha B’Av to hear HaRav Zev Leff Shlita, Rosh HaYeshiva of Yeshiva Gedolah Matisyahu
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] PM Netanyahu: Governor Romney, Mitt, it’s a pleasure to welcome you here. I have to say that I heard some of your remarks a few days ago you said that the greatest danger facing the world is of the Ayatollah regime possessing nuclear weapons capability. Mitt, I couldn’t agree with […]
Presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney, joined by his wife Ann, made a previously unannounced stop at the Kosel on Sunday while in Jerusalem meeting with Israeli leaders. The Romneys were
The White House is coming under intensifying pressure, on Capitol Hill and the campaign trail, to get to the bottom of recent security leaks that top officials now say “have
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