As a result of mounting threats from Arab neighbors, a Jewish family in Tzfat was compelled to leave the city, to relocate to another area. The threats were the result
By Debbie Maimon – from this weeks Yated: A hard-hitting article in the prestigious National Law Journal calls the Rubashkin case “tragic and frightening,” citing chilling details of the federal
Legislation (A10722a/Weinstein) passed today, drafted and sponsored by Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein will ease the burden on parents with special needs by addressing three elements of the placement process that usually
The US State Department on Tuesday, 19 June 2012, issued its 2012 Trafficking in Persons Report. For the first time, the State of Israel ranked in the First Tier of
Some of the world’s biggest banks were downgraded Thursday by rating agency Moody’s, which cited concerns about the stability of the global financial system. Moody’s cut the ratings of 15
Some commuters proudly boast that after the introduction of the Jerusalem light rail service they managed to learn the new bus lines as well as the changes made in old
In a push to punish those responsible for hate crimes, including the latest epidemic of anti-Semitic crimes plaguing our community, Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz, a member of the Assembly’s Codes Committee,
Yossi Gestetner, who just last week was hired by the New York Republican Party to be the Director of Jewish Outreach (as was reported here on YWN), took to twitter
After hearing the concerns of IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz regarding a decision by the Knesset Economic Affairs Committee to eliminated restrictions on cellular telephone imports, Defense Minister
NYC Councilman David G. Greenfield (D-Brooklyn) is working around the clock to make sure the Fiscal Year 2013 New York City budget, currently being negotiated in the City Council, includes
As was the case following the fatal terror attack near Eilat in August 2011, the IDF has once again announced the closure of Route 12 following the rocket attacks during
Security personnel at the Kosel Plaza became suspicious when the woman clad in a burqa waited to pass security to enter on her way to tefilla on Wednesday morning, 30
The chosson is from Chevron Yeshiva Givat Mordechai and the kallah from Seminary Meir in Bnei Brak. Last night, Wednesday, the eve of 1 Tammuz 5772 was their sixth meeting,
An estimated 1,400 mispallalim visited Kever Yosef during the night, the eve of 1 Tammuz 5772 to be mispallel at the tziyun on the yahrzeit of the tzaddik ZY”A. The
According to the family of the deceased, six sisters were prohibited from walking alongside the body of their father at the levaya as the chevra kadisha told them it is
Police have informed Rabbi Yisrael Ariel, who heads the Machon HaMikdash, that he is banned from visiting Har HaBayis. On Rosh Chodesh Tammuz a group led by the rav’s machon
An Egged driver conducting a routine search for suspicious packages on his bus at the end of his line discovered a bag which contained 39,000 NIS in cash. The money
A woman who put on a talis at the Kosel Plaza was arrested on Thursday morning, 1 Tammuz 5772 as she tried making her way to the ezras noshim a
The following is from the Politicker NY: Former KKK Grand Wizard and member of the Louisiana Legislature David Duke released a video yesterday endorsing Charles Barron in his race for
Last week, the Simon Rockower Awards for Jewish Journalism, presented by the American Jewish Press Association (AJPA), were announced. One of the winning articles in the investigative reporting category was
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