Even before the levaya for the Mir rosh yeshiva, HaGaon HaRav Nosson Tzvi Finkel ZT”L got underway at the Mir, two babies had their bris and received the name Nosson
Rick Perry’s presidential campaign is furiously working to control the damage following an embarrassing gaffe in Wednesday’s presidential debate. Perry made appearances on three morning talk shows Thursday to fess
According to a report in the British Daily Mail, Israel is likely to launch a military attack against Iran within two months in an effort to destroy or cripple Iran’s
The number of foreclosures climbed in October, as mortgage lenders started to work through the paperwork problems that had delayed new filings for much of the last year. Foreclosure filings
Upon hearing of the petira of Mir rosh yeshiva, HaGaon HaRav Nosson Tzvi Finkel ZT”L, Maran HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv stated the loss is a great one for the
Parking scofflaws are about to lose a precious perk. The city Department of Finance is axing a program that offers reduced parking-ticket fines for motorists who agree not to fight
There is a new vaad in Yerushalayim, established this past week, to address tznius issues for yeshiva bochrim living in apartments. The vaad will be keeping an eye on the
Breslov Rosh Yeshiva (Shuvu banim), HaRav Eliezer Berlind Shlita released a statement addressing growing concerns regarding Iran. According to a Kikar Shabbat report quoting the rav, the rosh yeshiva stated
YWN regrtes to inform you of the Petirah of Reb Refoel Yitzchok Dovid Shechter Z’L, who was Niftar this morning following a lengthy illness. Reb Refoel Z’L, a son in
Officials have confirmed that the Continental Airlines flight that turned around following takeoff from Ben-Gurion International Airport on Wednesday, November 9th, was indeed flight 085 from Tel Aviv to Newark,
The city has reportedly wasted millions of dollars on global positioning systems for its fire and sanitation trucks, according to two new audits by City Comptroller John Liu. Liu says
For many, Jerusalem offers an attractive real estate investment which also doubles as a wonderful yomtov apartment and vacation getaway. While a growing number of North Americans and Europeans have
After Minister of Religious Services Yaakov Margi announced this week that rabbonim affiliated with the dati leumi Tzohar organization will no longer be permitted to conduct a chupah, Tzohar officials
The chief rabbis of Tzfas and the chareidi community have published a kol korei decrying the chilul Shabbos in the city by Bar Ilan University and the State of Israel.
It took less than 48 hours following the petira of Mir Rosh Yeshiva HaGaon HaRav Nosson Tzvi Finkel ZT”L before the matter of Mir’s staggering debt surfaced. There are conflicting
The Jerusalem District Court today, Thursday, November 10, 2011, approved the extradition of Yitzchak Shochet to the United States, where he is wanted for an attack that occurred in 2008,
Last May, the Obama administration submitted to Congress its vision for addressing one of the biggest challenges to our homeland, national and economic security: safeguarding the cybernetworks and systems we
Israel’s High Court of Justice on Thursday morning, 13 Cheshvan, sentenced former President Moshe Katsav to seven years imprisonment, rejecting his appeal of a district court ruling. The case addresses
Jerusalem police on Tuesday, 11 Cheshvan, apprehended a 21-year-old male from the Jerusalem area who they say admitted to a number of so-called ‘price tag’ attacks against left-wing and Arab
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