A poll commissioned by Gesher and Ynet reveals the majority of Israelis favor compulsory military service for chareidim, reporting 72% favor such a move as opposed to today�s reality in which many chareidim are permitted obtain a deferment from military service. 72% of the adult Jewish public favors compulsory chareidi service in IDF. 51% favor […]
The Detroit Tigers placed outfielder Delmon Young on the restricted list Saturday and said he would be evaluated under baseball�s employee assistance program following his arrest on a hate crime harassment charge for an encounter at his hotel during which police say he yelled anti-Semitic epithets. Young was arraigned Friday and posted a $5,000 bond […]
Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai has expressed his deep-rooted fear of the chareidim in Eretz Yisrael becoming a majority and turning Israel into another Saudi Arabia. The mayor, a pro-secularist
While US President Barak Obama continues to call for sanctions and diplomacy to resolve the crisis with Iran, the US has ordered a number of advanced F22 fighter planes to
Yitzchak Meir Kozolovsky is a chareidi resident of Ashdod. On Friday night after seudas Shabbos, he and his wife and other family members left a relative�s home in the Rova Chet neighborhood and headed home. As they were walking they were attacked by a group of thugs who they described as �Russian�. He explained the […]
It is a long standing tradition that the main Lag B�Omer fire is lit atop of Kever Rashbi by a descendent of Beis Rizhin, in this case the Boyaner Rebbe Shlita. This year, Rishon L�Tzion HaGaon HaRav Shlomo Moshe Amar Shlita announced he plans to light on the same location, but at 02:00, hours after […]
It was painful sight in Geneva on erev Shabbos when shul members arrived at the building and saw the Nazi graffiti. Israel�s Channel 2 News reported that the anti-Semitic attack involved the shul as well as a local Holocaust memorial. Geneva Chief Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Dayan was quoted as condemning the attack, citing it came […]
Former Shin Bet director Yuval Diskin told a central Israel conference that regarding Iran, he does not trust Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu or Defense Minister Ehud Barak regarding the Iranian nuclear threat. He told participants in the conference the two most senior ministers are presenting the public at large with a �mirage� and he warns […]
The man known as the �Teimani Cop� in Bnei Brak, Marya Yechiel [ben Yona] was seriously injured in a motor vehicle accident Sunday morning, 7 Iyar 5772 on Kibbutz Galiot Street. The policeman was traveling on his scooter when the accident occurred at about 09:30. He was found face down in a pool of blood […]
Jerusalem Administrative Court Justice Sharon Lari Bavli on Sunday morning, 7 Iyar 5772 ruled to freeze the demolition order against a portion of the Toldos Avraham Yitzchak Beis Medrash in Meah Shearim. As reported last week by YWN-ISRAEL, the demolition was set for this week. The court awaits City Hall�s response while Toldos Avraham Yitzchak […]
The one-year anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death has police in New York City on high alert. And while there is no specific threat to city, there is always the
In what would be a significant concession, Obama administration officials say they could support allowing Iran to maintain a crucial element of its disputed nuclear program if Tehran took other
A Newark Airport terminal was shut down for part of the afternoon after a security breach at a checkpoint, officials said Friday. The cause of the breach wasn’t immediately clear.
Flatbush – A total of four banks have been robbed in the confines of the 61 Precinct this week, the latest one being the Chase Bank on Kings Highway and East 16th Street. FlatbushScoop.com�reports that the suspect entered the bank around 5:00PM on Friday afternoon, and handed the teller a note demanding cash. The NYPD […]
An inferno ripped through a private home on West Central Avenue, Friday afternoon. The fierce blaze�destroyed the home, and according to initial report by investigators, it may have been started by a 4-year-old child left home alone. Ramapo Detective Sgt. John Lynch says the fire may have been started when the child was playing with […]
At an event in South Los Angeles rallying for the family of Trayvon Martin, Rev. Al Sharpton, host on MSNBC, was interviewed in the parking lot by Breitbart News reporter Christian Hartsock. Here�s the transcript: HARTSOCK: Excuse me, Reverend � Given your role in inciting the Crown Heights riots � SHARPTON: I wasn�t in the […]
[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] The Enterprise has landed. Enterprise, the prototype for the space shuttles, flew over the New York City area, riding atop a specially equipped 747 jet, before
The NY Post reports: Hot-tempered Detroit Tigers slugger Delmon Young was arrested early this morning after he allegedly went on an anti-Semitic tirade and attacked a man in front of a Midtown hotel, police sources told The Post. A panhandler wearing a yamulke approached a group of people to ask for some change � and […]
The Yemeni wife of slain al Qaeda chief Usama bin Laden and other members of his family arrived in Saudi Arabia on Friday after they were expelled from Pakistan, a
Ormstown, Quebec – Propped up by a shovel that acts as his cane, Vladimir Katriuk putters about his wooded lot in rural Quebec, lovingly caring for his bees and appearing to have few worries other than this season�s honey yield. But a prominent Jewish human-rights organization insists there�s much more to the cordial 91-year-old beekeeper […]
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