A bus carrying 13 passengers crashed Monday, sending eight to an area hospital. At approximately 4:34 p.m. Monday, the bus, which was traveling from Camp Govoah in Durham, was on
Monticello, NY – The Town of Thompson became the fourth municipality on Tuesday to reject the proposed “Sullivan County Police Commission”. The five member board, consisting of three democrats and two republicans voted unanimously. Thompson’s resolution follows the towns of Bethel and Mamakating, along with the Village of Liberty who have also rejected the plan. […]
Jeff Zeleny previews the coming push by the Republican Coalition to make headway for Mitt Romney among Jewish voters: The group, the Republican Jewish Coalition, plans to begin a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign in the coming weeks called “My Buyer’s Remorse,” targeting voters in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, aides said. The campaign uses testimonials from people […]
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat sent a condolence letter to the family of Maran Rav Elyashiv ZTV”KL as they got up from shiva. In his letter sent via Avraham Kroizer, the mayor tells Rabbi Yosef Efrati that he too mourns along with the nation over the great loss felt resulting from the petira of the rav […]
The Belzer Rebbe Shlita on Wednesday afternoon, received an invitation to attend the Siyum HaShas being headed in Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita in Jerusalem’s Teddy Stadium. Shas leader Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of the Interior Eli Yishai arrived at the rebbe’s vacation location in Telshe Stone to personally deliver the invitation from Chacham Ovadia, […]
Deputy Minister (Likud) for Senior Citizens Dr. Lea Nass was on hand to praise the new initiative in Betar, a program intended to provide major discounts for services aimed at the city’s senior citizen community. The new government reform is aimed at permitting local municipalities to address the needs of the growing senior citizen population, […]
As Klal Yisrael is counting down the final days until the 12th Siyum HaShas, Meoros HaShas is boasting unprecedented success in sales since advertising its new “special” edition which includes the 1,500 mishnayos of Seder Zeraim and Taharos that are not in Shas Bavli – part of the plan is to include the mishnayos in […]
President Obama senior campaign adviser David Axelrod on Wednesday insisted the president did not authorize anyone at the White House to leak the classified national-security information that has led to congressional anger and a Justice Department probe. “I can tell you that the president of the United States did not leak classified information, as Mitt […]
B’chasdei Hashem there are no injuries reported in a bomb attack directed against an IDF patrol operating along the southern Gaza border fence in the area of Kerem Shalom. The attack occurred on Wednesday morning 6 Menachem Av 5772. An IDF patrol in an armored vehicle was patrolling the fence, a patrol that seeks to […]
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg yesterday rebuffed rabbis’ threats of legal action if the city goes through with a proposal to restrict a controversial Orthodox Jewish circumcision procedure. “We have an obligation to keep people alive and safe and the courts have held that up repeatedly,” Bloomberg said yesterday at a press conference. “There are certain […]
Wednesday morning, 6 Menachem Av 5772 marked the end of the shiva for Maran HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv ZT”L. As such, the aveilim went to the kever in Har Menuchos. Maran HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita, the niftar’s son-in-law arrived in the early morning to be menachem aveil to his brothers-in-law. Following the visit […]
One indicator of increasing concerns among residents of Israel regarding the increased warfare in Syria may be the fact there is a significant increase in the number of residents seeking
The man being held for the Yad Vashem graffiti attack a number of weeks ago, Elchanan Ostrowitz was released to house arrest. His attorney appealed his incarceration and presented the
Activists of the Im Tirtzu (?? ????) organization pasted pashkavilim on poster boards in Meah Shearim calling upon residents to serve in the IDF. This occurred on Tuesday night, with
The left-wing camp, more aligned with the socialist philosophy is accusing the government of harming the weaker economic class with a planned increase in value added tax of 1% in
Romney accused President Obama of putting the nation at risk through politically motivated intelligence leaks and defense cuts. Mitt Romney on Tuesday accused President Obama of putting the nation at risk through politically motivated intelligence leaks and defense cuts and called for a special counsel to investigate the national-security disclosures. Romney’s speech to the Veterans […]
CBS 2 Report on the Siyum Hashas Massive Crowd Dangerously Swarms Around Chacham Ovadia At Teddy Stadium Siyum HaShas PHOTOS: Siyum HaShas In Antwerp PHOTOS: Siyum HaShas at Zichron Moshe (Chaim Schvarcz – Kuvien Images) PHOTOS: Siyum HaShas In Manchester Misaskim Coordinating Massive Security Detail For Siyum Hashas At ‘MetLife Stadium’ PHOTOS: Siyum HaShas In […]
While some Kadima members are trying to move over to the right to Likud, others are more aligned with the left-wing, loyalists to former party leader Tzipi Livni. According to
Tzachi Hanegbi is viewed by most as being among the Likud elite, like Ministers Dan Meridor and Binyamin Begin, for he shares the yichus the ministers enjoy for Hanegbi’s mother Geula Cohen, was a major member in the Lechi underground during the pre-state days. Therefore, like Meridor who left and returned and whose political hashkafa […]
Monsey Hatzolah has advised YWN that their emergency lines are back in operation. Please use the regular number if you have a medical emergency. Do not try to see if
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