�Democracy in play� is the term some are using for the general election taking place in Egypt today and tomorrow. 51 million eligible voters will elect a new president. The democratic election is the nation�s first in decades, since the elections during the reign of President Hosni Mubarak were a far cry from a true […]
The final numbers are in, and here is how the OU Kosher Consumer Relations Department responded to thousands of questions in the month leading up to Passover: � More than 2,000 inquiries were submitted to OU Kosher�s Webbe Rebbe (for information related to OU policies and OU products) and Social Media �OU Kosher� on Facebook […]
Councilman David G. Greenfield is working with the New York Board of Rabbis to convince the city to require a higher level of kosher certification standard when seeking a new
Marking the shloshim for Rav Eliyahu Deri z�l, family and close friends of the niftar held a shloshim event in Har Nof� Toldot Yitzchak Shul. The main speaker was Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita, who told the family that Rav Aryeh Deri is not an �askan� as most believe he is, but a �talmid […]
An IDF officer and soldier were wounded by terrorist sniper fire from inside Gaza a short time ago. The incident occurred in the Kissufim area. The wounded were transported to Soroka Medical Center�s trauma unit in Beersheva. MDA reporting one injured moderately and the second light. YWN-ISRAEL will provide updated information as it is released. […]
Last minute preparations are underway for the Wednesday night, eve of 3 Sivan 5772 hachnasas sefer torah at the tziyun of Dovid HaMelech on Har Tzion. Many admorim and roshei
An annual New York City tradition begins Wednesday, as Fleet Week kicks off with the Parade of Ships along the Hudson River. It will be the largest Fleet Week since
One of the best kept secrets for travelers in and out of John F. Kennedy Airport in Queens is the Rockwood Beach Jewish Center, a full service Orthodox synagogue located just five minutes from the metropolitan area�s busiest airport. The Howard Beach synagogue is easily accessible by bus, train, bicycle and car at exit seventeen […]
Just weeks after Pentagon and Central Intelligence Agency officials warned publicly of the dangers posed by leaks about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, top officials at both agencies
New York State Governor Cuomo insisted Tuesday that passing a minimum wage hike this year would be tougher than getting gay marriage or pension reform through the Legislature. He�s come under fire from liberals for not pushing GOPers hard enough for a minimum wage hike after expending political capital on the other issues. But Cuomo […]
Mayor Bloomberg�s helicopter is taking flak from angry East Siders. He has repeatedly ignored a curfew at the East 34th Street Heliport, using it several times on nights and weekends when it�s supposed to be closed, according to neighbors and a television report. �I personally like Mayor Bloomberg. This is not a vendetta. I just […]
On the heels of a class-action lawsuit that accuses the NYPD of making unjustified arrests, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly issued new rules for how cops can patrol in privately owned apartment buildings, the Daily News has learned. The order, issued Monday, says officers need probable cause to arrest someone for trespassing � and that police […]
It was a shocking site this rosh chodosh morning when mispallalim of the Tehila L�David Shul in the chareidi community of Tel Tzion arrived for shachris. They saw the damage to the shul caused by a vandalism attack during the night. The Tzion is located adjacent to Kochav Yaakov in the Binyamin Regional Council district […]
Neighbors of the Atias family z�l of Moshav Bar-Yochai told Kol Berama Radio that Rav Rafael and his rebitzen were simply models of tznius and chessed. They explained that the children, even the little ones, were always dressed extremely modestly, even the little ones who would never leave home without socks. Rav Chaim Ben-Shimon, the […]
Police have arrested at least ten suspects following an investigation into an organ for profit operation. The ring is suspected of harvesting human organs from poor destitute people, persuading them
It was a somewhat unique scene in the Satmar beis medrash on Yoel Street in Meah Shearim on Tuesday morning, Rosh Chodesh Sivan 5772. A possibly mentally unstable male ran
As Yom Yerushalayim was observed on Sunday, Jerusalem City Hall released statistics pointing to what Mayor Nir Barkat calls �positive trends� in the capital 45 years following the liberation of the occupied areas of the holy city. For the first time in 15 years, the population of students in Jerusalem’s secular schooling system is increasing. […]
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz reported on Tuesday, Rosh Chodesh Sivan 5772 that since the Second Lebanon War, Hizbullah has increased its missile arsenal tenfold, now numbering 60,000
Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Tuesday, expressed skepticism regarding the value of the apparent agreement between the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and The Islamic Republic of Iran. He
The Ohr Yarok NGO, which addresses road safety issues in Eretz Yisrael, is questioning why the guardrail on the roadway in Tiveria did not hold the minivan, instead giving way
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