A woman claims that Levi Aron tried to kidnap her son two years ago, but high-ranking NYPD officials tell YWN that they highly doubt that the woman is credible. According

Airport body scanners that create unclothed images of passengers were improperly adopted by the U.S. as a primary screening tool, a federal appeals court ruled, while allowing their use to

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has won a federal ruling that will require a stronger review of potential “severe accident” scenarios at the Indian Point nuclear plant in New

Documents recovered from Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan show that al Qaeda spoke of attacking President Barack Obama and Gen. David Petraeus, a source familiar with the materials recovered

[By David Mandel] As we go into shabbos let us be thankful for the gift we have that we are unable to listen to news reports nor read any websites

[By Shlomo Katz] So it is Erev Shabbos and I don’t have time to write. But my heart is broken and my eyes have spilled with tears too many times

I don’t know a name for this article. How do you name an article about the devastation that has occurred in our community? What title can you give it? It

An explosion was heard on Friday evening on Pinkas street in Netanya’s industrial zone. According to initial reports, a two-story building partially collapsed in the blast. Rescue forces were dispatched

In their hour of grief, the family of Leiby Kletzky is thanking their community and their city for helping them through the tragedy of losing their 8-year-old son to a

President Obama on Friday kept up the pressure on Republicans to agree to revenue increases in a deal to raise the debt ceiling, claiming 80 percent of the public supports

The United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg (UJO) is urging NYS lawmakers to support and quickly adopt legislation to be introduced by Assemblyman Dov Hikind, Assemblyman Peter Abbate and State Senator

In his press conference announcing the capture of the murder Levi Aron, and the gruesome discovery of Leiby A”H’s body, Police Commissioner Kelly acknowledged publicly the Shomrim Patrol for providing

The Pentagon on Thursday revealed that in the spring it suffered one of its largest losses ever of sensitive data in a cyberattack by a foreign government. It’s a dramatic

[By Mendel Klein] We are all still in shock. Leiby Kletzky, a young boy from our community is not with us anymore. He was only 9 years old. He wanted

Yocheved Schachter, a 47-year-old nurse who lives in Borough Park, Brooklyn, acknowledges that she has a double standard of sorts: one for people who share her background, and one for

As we all suffer from the terrible tragedy that occurred with Leiby Kletzky A”H, Chai Lifeline is offering three symposia open to the whole community. These symposia will address the

The site of the Aron Kodesh, or Holy Ark of The Great Synagogue of Vilnius dating back to the end of the 16th century, was recently uncovered in the excavations

Credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s said on Thursday that there is a 50 percent chance it will downgrade the U.S. government’s credit rating within three months because of the

[By Rabbi Y. Eisenman ] All of us, – Jew and Gentile – have been traumatized by the events of this past week. Personally, I feel as if I have

[By Bracha Goetz] Our children all over the world were praying for Leiby to be protected. Instead Leiby is now able to help all these same children be more protected.

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