Do you like getting around New York City in an efficient and environmentally friendly way? There�s good news for you. The city is preparing to launch its bike sharing program. New York City plans to eventually have 10,000 rent-a-bikes and 600 bike docking stations on the streets and sidewalks, making it the largest bike sharing […]
Fourteen students of the nation�s public school system on Sunday, took part in the Pirkei Avos contest finals. Three of the finalists were awarded the first place slot. Education Minister Gideon Saar introduced the competition in the nation�s public schools in the hope of increasing the knowledge of students regarding their Yiddishkheit, doing so under […]
The Associated Press is reporting that the CIA has thwarted a plot by al-Qaida�s affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a bomb with a new design around the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden. U.S. officials say the plot involved an upgrade of the underwear bomb that failed to […]
Iran’s maverick President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been soundly defeated in the final round of parliamentary elections, a major setback in his high-profile power struggle with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
A 17-year-old Arab terrorist was taken into custody at the Tapuach Junction Checkpoint area in Shomron after he was found to be carrying three pipe bombs. Border policemen detected the
Labor Party leader Shelly Yacimovich has begun her campaign and announced that it should be obvious to all that the issue of religion & state is going to dominate the
[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] The man behind the wheel of a BMW involved in a deadly head-on crash in Brooklyn Saturday night has been arrested. Beka Skhirtladze, 26, is facing
YWN regrets to inform you of the sudden Petirah of Reb Akiva Eherenfeld ZATZAL, the youngest son of the Mattesdorfer Rav Shlita, who was R”L Niftar this morning at the
Rabbi Moti Koenig of Chabad in Modi�in Illit has grown accustomed to the fact that many residents would prefer if he and his Bet Chabad would vanish. Nevertheless, he remains determined in his mission, to bring Chabad chassidus to the predominately Litvish torah community. On Monday,�the Chabad library was targeted by an arsonist. He was […]
ISA (Israel Security Agency � Shin Bet) Director Yoram Cohen has recommended to Defense Minister Ehud Barak and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz to raze the homes of the convicted terrorists responsible for the massacre of the Fogel family in Itamar in March 2011. Rav Udi, 36, his wife Ruth, 35, and their […]
Rabbonim Shlita and askanim are busying themselves with plans for the upcoming siyum Shas that will be held worldwide IY�H in Av 5772. Last week, organizers visited the HaMoshava Stadium in Petach Tikvah, including members of the vaad organizing the event, Rabbi Shmelka Halpert and Rav Yisrael Moshe Friedman. They were escorted by correspondents from […]
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to come and join in the celebration of the memory of the Tanna Rebbe Shimon Bar Yochai. All Jews from all different walks
Deputy Prime Minister (Shas) Eli Yishai on Monday, visited the �Sucker�s Tent”�in Yerushalayim. The senior minister�s tone was not explanatory or apologetic, but rather quite the contrary as he called to remove �the masks of hypocrisy from the faces of elected officials�. Yishai explained how many chareidim have in the past and currently serve, and […]
The MTA is again taking aim at subway scammers who siphon millions of dollars from the system each year. In a secret pilot program, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority last month
Mayoral hopeful Bill Thompson is aggressively courting the Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn � and has been surprisingly successful. �Thompson�s definitely a favorite in the Jewish community, no question about it,� said Assemblyman Dov Hikind, a Brooklyn Democrat who supported Thompson when he narrowly lost to Mayor Bloomberg in 2009. Insiders have assumed that the […]
A 70-year-old U.S. citizen kidnapped in Pakistan last year has made an emotional plea to President Barack Obama to meet al Qaeda’s demands in order to save his life, according
Jerusalem city officials continue efforts to find a solution that will permit Meah Shearim�s residents to throw out trash while removing the trash bins used by the sikrikim, who set them ablaze in the middle of streets any time they feel a need to protest. It appears City Hall and sanitation officials have found a […]
Last week, Channel 2 reported�that former Shas leader Rav Aryeh Deri was offered the third slot on the party lineup, an offer that he refused. The announced political offer earned a prominent slot in the mainstream and chareidi press alike, now being chalked up to a political trial balloon, to test the political waters so […]
Baruch Hashem�such errors are extremely rare, but the agmas nefesh caused to the mourning family in this case was significant as the Sephardic Chevra Kadisha was supposed to bury Tel Aviv resident Shifra Dafna, 80 in Yerushalayim. A woman was buried but not the nifteres in question. According to Betty Lahat quoted by Ynet, her […]
There is a great deal of competition between private bus companies seeking to attract Lag B�Omer travelers to Meron to visit Kever Rashbi. According to a Chadrei Chareidim report, the Bnei Brak beis din of HaGaon HaRav Nissim Karelitz Shlita ruled on a case involving fares for two private companies transporting the chareidi tzibur to […]
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