Some of the world’s biggest banks were downgraded Thursday by rating agency Moody’s, which cited concerns about the stability of the global financial system. Moody’s cut the ratings of 15
Some commuters proudly boast that after the introduction of the Jerusalem light rail service they managed to learn the new bus lines as well as the changes made in old lines to accommodate the citys new public transportation realities. Well, much of the information that works today will be outdated in a few days as […]
In a push to punish those responsible for hate crimes, including the latest epidemic of anti-Semitic crimes plaguing our community, Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz, a member of the Assemblys Codes Committee, has called on the Citys District Attorneys to immediately seek the maximum penalty for defendants accused of hate crimes and asked Judges to impose the […]
Yossi Gestetner, who just last week was hired by the New York Republican Party to be the Director of Jewish Outreach (as was reported here on YWN), took to twitter
After hearing the concerns of IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz regarding a decision by the Knesset Economic Affairs Committee to eliminated restrictions on cellular telephone imports, Defense Minister Ehud Barak is requesting the committee reconsider. So whats the connection to the IDF command and a Knesset move to lower the price of mobile […]
NYC Councilman David G. Greenfield (D-Brooklyn) is working around the clock to make sure the Fiscal Year 2013 New York City budget, currently being negotiated in the City Council, includes
As was the case following the fatal terror attack near Eilat in August 2011,the IDF has once again announced the closure of Route 12 following the rocket attacks during recent days. The roadway is only being used for security vehicles at this time. In actuality, security officials became concerned over the weekend, when Grad katyusha […]
Security personnel at the Kosel Plaza became suspicious when the woman clad in a burqa waited to pass security to enter on her way to tefilla on Wednesday morning, 30
The chosson is from Chevron Yeshiva Givat Mordechai and the kallah from Seminary Meir in Bnei Brak. Last night, Wednesday, the eve of 1 Tammuz 5772 was their sixth meeting,
An estimated 1,400 mispallalim visited Kever Yosef during the night, the eve of 1 Tammuz 5772 to be mispallel at the tziyun on the yahrzeit of the tzaddik ZYA. The event was organized with approval of the IDF, and a large force was on hand to escort buses and the tziyun as mispallalim were coming […]
According to the family of the deceased, six sisters were prohibited from walking alongside the body of their father at the levaya as the chevra kadisha told them it is
Police have informed Rabbi Yisrael Ariel, who heads the Machon HaMikdash, that he is banned from visiting Har HaBayis. On Rosh Chodesh Tammuz a group led by the ravs machon visited Har HaBayis but when they got to the gate, the police sentries informed him they are not permitted to let him pass. They did […]
An Egged driver conducting a routine search for suspicious packages on his bus at the end of his line discovered a bag which contained 39,000 NIS in cash. The money
A woman who put on a talis at the Kosel Plaza was arrested on Thursday morning, 1 Tammuz 5772 as she tried making her way to the ezras noshim a
The following is from the Politicker NY: Former KKK Grand Wizard and member of the Louisiana Legislature David Duke released a video yesterday endorsing Charles Barron in his race for Brooklyns 8th Congressional district against Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries. Mr. Barron, a member of the City Council and former member of the Black Panther Party who, […]
Last week, the Simon Rockower Awards for Jewish Journalism, presented by the American Jewish Press Association (AJPA), were announced. One of the winning articles in the investigative reporting category was Hella Winstons article for the Jewish Week entitled Tragedy in Borough Park Puts Shomrim Under Scrutiny, which was published last year while the Jewish world […]
The ghost vessel discovered on Fort Lauderdale beach appeared intact and seaworthy to a Sea Tow captain who motored through four-foot waves toward it in the predawn darkness on Wednesday.
The Hatzalah dispatcher received a call for an unconscious male on Eshel Street in Bnei Brak at about 22:00 Wednesday night. The victim was a driver who was targeted in
Syrian air force authorities said on Thursday they had lost contact with a warplane on a training mission in the south of the country and some news reports said the
The next hearing for Pedro Hernandez, the former SoHo bodega clerk arrested last month for allegedly luring 6-year-old Etan Patz into a basement and strangling him, has been postponed, the
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