Last week, the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee held a hearing on Human Rights Concerns in Bolivia: The Case of American Jacob Ostreicher. A number of U.S. lawmakers have joined Ostreicher�s family in saying that the U.S. State Department has not provided an adequate response to Ostreicher�s incarceration. Jacob Ostreicher is a 53 year old […]
Graffiti including �Death to Arabs�, �Regarding from Ulpana� and �Regards from Gilad Farm� was left on vehicles and the N�vei Shalom (Wahat al-Salam) School. The tires of a number of vehicles were slashed as well in the erev Shabbos vandalism attack in the mixed community where Jews and Arabs reside. The community situated near Latrun […]
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petirah of Rebbetzin Sarah Kreiswirth A”H, who was Niftar this morning in Lakewood. Rebbetzin Kreiswirth A”H, is the wife of Hagaon Reb Chaim
Forbes Israel addresses the rabbinical dynasties in Eretz Yisrael; an enterprise which it states �turns billions of NIS annually�. Leading the list is the Abuchatzera family. HaRav Pinchas Abuchatzera, 36, the great-grandson of Baba Sali has an estimated worth of 1.3 billion NIS, most coming from the inheritance from his father Rav Elazar who was […]
[AUDIO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Brooklyn � Mayor Ed Koch, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Assemblyman Dov Hikind, Councilman David G. Greenfield, Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein, Councilman Michael Nelson, Councilman Brad Lander and other elected officials and community leaders will hold a press conference on Monday, June 11 at 9:00 a.m. at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Manhattan […]
A number of gemachim have been informed they will no longer receive a ????? ???? ????, a permit to operate from the Registrar of Non-Profits of the Ministry of the
The Wal-Mart store in the Town of Thompson has failed its fifth consecutive state Department of Agriculture and Markets inspection. As a result, there will be a state hearing in Albany next Wednesday to determine if the store�s food processing license will be revoked. The latest inspection in which the store�s food processing failed its […]
The Plesner Committee working to formulate the new law pertaining to IDF conscription is moving ahead to complete its work in time to permit passing the law by August 1,
According to a report quoting Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu with Bild.de, Mrs. Sara Netanyahu, the prime minister�s wife, persuaded him to support the release of 1,000 terrorists in exchange of Gilad Shalit, who was held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza. In the interview with the prime minister, he is quoted as saying �She told me […]
Regarding a YWN-ISRAEL report from last week�Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef�s Shlita chair was stolen from the Yazdim Shul, Baruch Hashem the gabbai learned the chair was loaned out without his permission, leading to his panic when he realized it was not it its usual place. The chair was loaned to a prominent rav in […]
Three protestors were arrested during a stormy shabbos in the Meah Shearim area as secularist got into a confrontation with chareidim on HaNevi�im Street. According to reports, about 200 protestors were on hand to decry chilul shabbos in the capital; specifically referring to the city�s operating the Karta parking lot. The protest is a weekly […]
Two U.S. attorneys are taking over separate FBI investigations into leaks of national security information that critics have accused the White House of orchestrating to improve President Barack Obama’s re-election
“I am deeply troubled by reports this morning that a Hasidic police cadet was fired for refusing to trim his beard. While the NYPD can exercise control over the personal
A stunning reversal by federal health regulators will affect tens of thousands of people who got cancer after living and working near Ground Zero. Their treatment could soon be covered
Mitt Romney won a valuable seal of approval Thursday night when Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul endorsed him for president – even though Paul’s father, Ron Paul, has not formally withdrawn
The following is from the NY Daily News: A Hasidic recruit at the Police Academy had his dream of becoming a city cop dashed Friday � by the fuzz. Fishel Litzman, who was just a month away from receiving his shield, got the boot after he refused to trim his scraggly beard, insisting it would […]
President Barack Obama on Friday strongly rejected Republican accusations that his administration deliberately leaked classified information about a U.S cyberattack on Iran’s nuclear centrifuge program. “The notion that my White
NYS Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced a settlement with Milrose Consultants, an architectural and engineering consulting firm with offices in three states, including two in New York State, for failing to reasonably accommodate the religious observance requirements of a prospective employee. After an investigation into Milrose�s practices, the Attorney General determined that the […]
There is currently a warning out to drivers: the number of red-light cameras on Long Island is about to double. But some are wondering if the cameras are there to
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