One of the Yad Vashem graffiti vandals remanded on Wednesday, 7 Tammuz 5772, E.O. is not your regular variety chareidi. According to Chadrei Chareidim, in the past, EO, who hails
The Chicago Tribune reports: In an effort to forestall foreclosure on its downtown headquarters, the Lubavitch Chabad of the Loop, Gold Coast and Lincoln Park filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, buying additional time for a donor to bail the Orthodox Jewish organization out of financial straits. On Wednesday, the same day the brownstone on North Dearborn Avenue that […]
A chareidi soldier, a Chabadnik, who was returning home from his base boarded a 301 Egged bus traveling from Ashkelon to Tel Aviv when suddenly the bus driver launched an
News Corporation announced Thursday morning that it would spin off its publishing division from its entertainment unit and create two separate, publicly traded companies. Here is the memo Rupert Murdoch, News Corporation’s chairman and chief executive, sent to the company’s employees. Here is the memo Rupert Murdoch, News Corporation’s chairman and chief executive, sent to […]
Ed Koch has a bridge named after him, so why not David Dinkins? That’s the question City Councilman Fernando Cabrera will ask Thursday when he introduces a bill to rename the Willis Avenue Bridge after New York’s first and only African-American mayor. “David Dinkins was a political pioneer,” said Cabrera (D-Bronx). “Nobody knows who Willis […]
Officials did not find any stowaways after more than 24 hours of searching a ship at Port Newark where U.S. Coast Guard officials heard sounds coming from a cargo area
Officials report “a sharp increase” in the number of chareidim signing up for national service over recent days. It appears a growing number of chareidim feel there will be a military draft and joining a national service program now will eliminate this fear from their lives. In actuality, the numbers of chareidim signing up began […]
The tensions between Turkey and Syria continue to mount, with the situation somewhat exacerbated by Syria shooting down a Turkish fighter plane earlier in the week. According to reports from
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of HaRav Yitzchok Kleiman ZATZAL, the Rosh Kollel of Kollel Iyun Hatalmud of Lakewood, NJ. Rav Kleiman underwent serious brain surgery two
The United States Supreme Court is expected to hand down its ruling on the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s health care reform law. Chief Justice John Roberts is set to
Hamas reports that attackers entered the home of Kamil Ranaja (Nizar Abu Mujhad ) in Syria and murdered the senior official. A Hamas official speaking from Lebanon pointed a finger
To bolster their global relationships and bilateral academic exchange and cooperation, a US delegation of university presidents and chancellors will explore opportunities for academic and research collaboration, learn about state-of-the art research initiatives, and study the unique academia-industry ties that have turned Israel into the “Start Up Nation.” The delegation will be in Israel July […]
Rabbi Yosef Wineberg, once called Chabad-Lubavitch’s “globetrotting ambassador” and the first in the United States to have a regular class on Chabad philosophy broadcast over the radio waves, passed away Wednesday at the age of 94. A faculty member of the United Lubavitch Yeshiva school system, he was known not only for his scholarly knowledge, […]
The Shomrei Emunim Rebbe Shlita underwent a complicated medical procedure to stabilize his condition and he remains in Tel Hashomer Hospital in Tel Aviv. The procedure was conducted on Tuesday, 6 Tammuz 5772, and chassidim around the world were being mispallel as doctors worked to stabilize the rebbe’s condition. The procedure was hailed a success Baruch […]
Congressional candidate Charles Barron, a former black panther who nonetheless received the endorsement of a Ku Klux Klan leader and the retiring incumbent in his district, blamed the “white media” for his defeat yesterday and called for a recount. “Addressing his supporters, Barron called for a recount and said he would not be calling [opponent […]
Mitt Romney jabbed at the White House on Wednesday, suggesting President Obama and his top aides are having a sleepless night ahead of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision on the healthcare law. “My guess is they’re not sleeping real well at the White House tonight — that’s the way it ought to be,” Romney said […]
Eight TSA screeners at Newark Airport were fired Wednesday morning after they were caught on video sleeping on the job or failing to follow standard operating procedures for screening checked
Peter Madoff will plead guilty on Friday to conspiracy and falsifying records in connection with his older brother’s infamous Ponzi scheme, according to a court filing from Manhattan U.S. Attorney
100-degree days. 65 mile-an-hour winds. 0 inches of rain. In the end, Rabbi Moshe and Zelda Liberow and their children had just minutes to evacuate their neighborhood on the west side of Colorado Springs, Colo. “I never dreamed that this fire would be anywhere near my house,” Zelda Liberow, co-director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Colorado Springs […]
IDF Chief of Personnel Major-General Orna Barvibai told Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) that the IDF welcomes the arrival of chareidim, adding that while some question the value of drafting avreichim, “the alternative is a less welcome reality” she explained. She added that this is the best route for the Israeli people and that the IDF […]
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