The city is set to close dozens of Brooklyn after-school programs, angering working parents who say there�s nowhere else for their kids to go. Brooklyn is slated to lose 77 of its 154 Out of School Time programs in the fall, the most programs axed in any borough. Many parents say they will have to […]

Google Inc Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt challenged college graduates on Sunday to take the radical step — at least for their generation — of tearing their eyes away from their

A special erev rosh chodesh tefilla will take place today, 29 Iyar 5772 in the Yeshuos Yaakov Shul in Yerushalayim�s Meah Shearim neighborhood at 15:50. All of Sefer Tehillim will be recited along with the tefilla of the Shela HaKadosh. Mincha will get underway at 18:15 with recitation of Yom Kippur Koton. (YWN � Israel […]

There was slight concern among doctors, members of the medical team treating Maran Posek HaDor HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita as his condition deteriorated somewhat last night, the eve of 29 Iyar 5772. As a result of a fluctuation in the rav�s condition doctors in Shaare Zedek Medical Center ordered to halt the dialysis […]

This effort is labeled Operation Yonatan, taking place today, erev Rosh Chodesh Sivan 5772. Much has been said regarding the terrible injustice that has been done to Yonatan. Now we

Upon hearing that representatives of the Mifal HaShas were preparing to complete another siyum on Shas, their third, HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita on erev Shabbos contacted Mifal HaShas officials,

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The $1 million pilot program funded by a grant from State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos will purchase about 150 security cameras, to be placed in the Borough Park and Flatbush neighborhoods of Brooklyn. The initiative is named after Leiby Kletzky, the eight-year-old boy who disappeared and then was found murdered last summer. �If we […]

Yes, there are problems in the chareidi community but not anything like the violence and all that accompanies the secular lifestyle of many Israeli public schools. As the left-wing and anti-religious in Eretz Yisrael remain committed to compelling the chareidi schools to comply with their educational agenda, the reality in the nation�s public schools becomes […]

After the sharp increase in violent attacks and crimes perpetrated by illegal aliens from African nations over recent weeks, the issue of the growing number of illegals crossing into Israel

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today traveled to Jerusalem where she met with Israeli President Shimon Peres and other Israeli officials to discuss security-related issues, and signed a Joint Statement on the implementation of the Global Entry trusted traveler program for Israeli citizens with Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. �This agreement is part of the […]

19:34 IL: Magen David Adom has declared a mass causality incident and ordered a major ambulance response following reports of a blaze in an apartment building in Meah Shearim. According

It is now permitted to report that in March 2012, a terror cell was actively working to abduct Israelis in Shomron. ISA (Israel Security Agency � Shin Bet) agents working with the IDF and Israel Police arrested the cell members operating in the Ramallah area after terrorists made numerous attempts to abduct Israelis. They were […]

As 60,000 Jews get ready to pack both CitiField and Arthur Ashe Stadiums in Queens, Misaskim is urging people to please keep in mind the following important items. There are

Russia’s back-in-office President Vladimir Putin can be sure that he has a steadfast supporter in Rabbi Berel Lazar, the country’s Chief Rabbi and Head Shliach. With continued criticism against the

The Central Bureau of Statistics released some interesting date pertaining to Yerushalayim ahead of Yom Yerushalayim, which is observed today, 28 Iyar 5772. Yerushalayim is the largest city in Israel,

Tens of thousands are expected to gather at CitiField this evening to attend the internet Asifa organized by Ichud Hakahillos. While those gathered explore the negative impact technology may have

After speaking with HaRav Matisyahu Solomon Shlita, HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita has released a letter ahead of Sunday night�s asifa at CitiField, which will address the position of rabbonim shlita against unfiltered internet and other electronic devices which are viewed as a threat to the Jewish home. Below is the text of the rav�s […]