A Jaffa Street apartment in Jerusalem was set ablaze during the night, Sunday night to Monday morning, 14 Sivan 5772, a home rented by foreigners from Eritrea. Graffiti �get out of our neighborhood� was found at the fire scene by police, painted on the wall in black paint. Firefighters arrived in a timely fashion and […]
Dozens of body parts and specimens were buried in a mass grave by officials of Abu Kabir Forensic Institute without consulting with family members or obtaining permission for the move. YWN-ISRAEL reported a number of months ago�that over 8,000 body parts and specimens were found in the forensic institute, samples that were kept by Chief […]
Rabbonim affiliated with the Eida Chareidis seem to feel that Jerusalem police is taking a tougher policy against shabbos protestors who come out weekly to protest the city�s operating Karta parking lot on shabbos. These protests have been held almost weekly for the past three years, since Jerusalem City Hall decided to offer the parking […]
Twitter Inc. expects to generate at least $1 billion in sales in 2014, two people with knowledge of the matter said, indicating that the blogging service will grow about twice
A phone threat was received by Rav Chaim Ozer Sternbuch, son of Eida Chareidis Ravaad HaGaon HaRav Moshe Sternbuch Shlita. �Be careful. Next time it will be your father�, sending a clear warning and threat against the posek, apparently surrounding chilul kevarim and the operation of his organization. �Why are you acting against Asra Kadisha? […]
The call came in on Saturday morning: “There’s a fire at One World Trade Center.” And just like on 9/11, firefighters bravely ascended the high-rise with one mission in mind.
On Sunday, 13 Sivan 5772, YWN-ISRAEL reported a security guard in the Ramat Aviv Mall barred a chareidi male from entering in compliance with a directive he received from �higher ups�. The original story mentioned the mall�s policy, barring chareidim since management fears their presence is deemed �offensive� to some of the shoppers and those […]
Three Jewish youths wearing yarmulkes, ages 18-20, were targeted in Villeurbanne France in an anti-Semitic attack. According to local police, a gang of ten attacked the youths with hammers and
[THE LARGEST PHOTO ALBUM ON THE INTERNET BELOW] Thousands of Israel boosters waved blue and white flags as they marched up Fifth Avenue on Sunday for the annual Celebrate Israel parade. In keeping with this year�s theme of �Israel Branches Out� � celebrating growth and creativity � some marchers carried banners festooned with flowers and […]
It is becoming increasingly evident that families living in Beit El�s Ulpana neighborhood will be evicted by the government as efforts to circumvent the High Court decision to date seem to be failing. The final challenge comes on Wednesday, 16 Sivan 5772, when Knesset will vote on a bill that legalizes the homes in question. […]
New York State Gov. Cuomo plans to ask lawmakers Monday to decriminalize possession of small amounts of pot in a move to reduce stop-and-frisk arrests, it was reported Sunday night. �This proposal will bring long overdue consistency and fairness to New York State�s Penal Law and save thousands of New Yorkers, particularly minority youth, from […]
Beekeeping has spiked in popularity since it became legalized in New York City in 2010, and it’s brought a spate of unwelcome swarms along with it. This spring alone, police
For some, there are things far more important that belonging to a professional organization, in this case, the organization representing members of the press in Israel. The relatively new organization
The prototype space shuttle that arrived in New York City by air earlier this spring was on the move again, this time by sea. “It brings a tear to your
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] It was a routine Friday in Jerusalem�s Old City five years ago. As was his custom, Kfar Manda resident Ahmed Hatib arrived for prayer services on Har HaBayis. The 28-year-old factory worker was employed in Beit Shean and was active in his village chapter of the Islamic Movement. However, on that […]
MK (Ichud HaLeumi) Prof. Aryeh Eldad visited Israel�s southern border on Sunday, along with other members of the Knesset Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee. The committee members were shown the ongoing work; the construction of the physical barrier which is hoped will stop or at the very least significantly curtail infiltrations into Israel. Eldad told […]
The Tel Aviv Magistrate�s Court ruled that the study of torah cannot be used an excuse not to pay one�s debts. Justice Oded Maor ruled in the case of a lawsuit brought against an avreich by the International Bank for his failure to pay his debt. The court stated that the fact that he learns […]
The bill that will legalize the controversial homes in Beit El�s Ulpana neighborhood and protect homeowners in future cases is scheduled for a vote in Knesset on Wednesday. While Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu stated he will support legislation to legalize the Ulpana neighborhood and others to prevent their destruction, it now appears less enthusiastic regarding […]
The following is from the NY Post: Something isn�t kosher about a CUNY scheme to single out Jews, angry professors charge. Touting a move to make its faculty more diverse, CUNY administrators have broken out Jews into a separate minority group: �White/Jewish.� CUNY insists �some faculty� want the label, instead of being lumped in as […]
The medical miracle, the recovery of the Shomrei Emunim Rebbe Shlita has attracted much attention. Yisrael Weingarten, the first MDA EMT to arrive on the scene tells about the call, how he found the rebbe in cardiac arrest and began CPR. He spoke of how the rebbe�s spontaneous pulse returned about 30 minutes into CPR […]
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