Reports from Egypt indicate that three American nationals are among those arrested in today’s violence, Tuesday, November 22, 2011. Apparently they were throwing firebombs at a government building according to some reports, while other media sources state they were just filming local security forces, prompting their arrests. According to a CNN report, the American Embassy […]
The Women of the Wall have filed a formal protest with Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, the rav of the Kosel and holy sites, demanding some type of protection from the winter
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] President Obama was heckled on Tuesday during an appearance at a New Hampshire high school. Obama had traveled north to the Granite State, which holds the nation’s first presidential primary, to discuss the economy and his proposal to extend a current payroll tax cut. Just as the president started his speech, […]
The Skulener Rebbe Shlita has been hospitalized in New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital after complaining he was not feeling well. Tefilos are ongoing in the beis medrash in Boro Park since the morning hours. In the hospital, the rebbe’s son, HaRav Yaakov Portugal, Av Beis Din of Meor HaGeula in Montreal, is also in need […]
The number of deadly police-involved shootings in the city is on the decline. According to statistics released Tuesday by the New York City Police Department, there were 33 percent fewer
Former Israeli Ambassador to Egypt Eli Shaked on Tuesday afternoon, spoke with Kol Chai Radio’s afternoon news program, addressing the instability and violence taking place in Cairo over recent days. The former ambassador explained that events taking place today are indeed significant, detailing that Egypt is not just “another Arab neighbor or another Arab nation”, […]
A women dressed in the latest burka fashion sparked a terrorist alert in downtown Yerushalayim today, 25 Cheshvan. The incident occurred on King George Street, as security guards spotted the
Fifty Israelis have been arrested by Canadian authorities for illegally selling Dead Sea products in malls, the daily Yediot Achronot reports. The report indicates most of the detainees were released
Los Angeles – YWN regrets to inform you of the tragic Petira of R’ Dov Landau Z”L, who was struck and killed by a vehicle on Tuesday morning. R’ Landau,
NJ Assemblyman Gary Schaer on Tuesday announced he has introduced legislation that would require a private adoption agency, a court or the state to maintain a child’s religious upbringing when placing a child with a guardian, into foster care or into an adoptive home. “A child’s religious and cultural backgrounds are significant aspects of determining […]
A man seeking a shidduch visited HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita seeking advice and a bracha, one of the many persons who visit with the Gadol HaDor during the afternoon
While his campaign against chareidi performers was not too successful, Rav Amnon Yitzchak appears to now be directing his energy against televisions in people’s homes. Apparently the rav is planning a major event next much, during which 1,000 televisions will be thrown into a giant dumpster, Chadrei Chareidim reports. The event is planned to take […]
State Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein has announced he is instructing police to launch a criminal investigation against Tzfat’s Sephardi Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu for possibly violating laws prohibiting incitement. The attorney general accepted the position of the state prosecutor, who feels the rabbi crossed the permitted line in statements he made against the Arab community, statements […]
Newt Gingrich has rocketed to the top of a fourth national poll, surging past former frontrunner Mitt Romney, according to the Quinnipiac University poll of likely Republican voters released on
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is quoted in the Israeli today, Tuesday, as stating if the government removes any additional outposts or resumes the transfer of funds to the PA (Palestinian Authority), his party will break from the coalition. Lieberman spoke with Israel Radio’s Yaron Dekel, explaining the reports are simply ‘subjective’ interpretation of his remarks. […]
Earlier this month, YWN-ISRAEL reported that Yediot Achronot correspondent Akiva Novik interviewed Meir Baranes, who threatened to murder Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita on 19 Kislev. Yediot has released additional information based on additional conversations with Barnes, indicating he came to the Kosel this past Tisha B’Av, planning to murder the gadol hador at […]
HaRav Yisroel Hager, son of the Vishnitz Rebbe of Bnei Brak, was in Brachfeld on Monday night, taking part in a chanukas habayis of a new Vishnitz beis medrash in Modi’in Illit. During the rav’s address, he mentioned the prohibition of using an iPhone, which he said is being used by chassidim in the kehila, instructing them to […]
It is being reported that former Shas minister, Rabbi Shlomo Benizri, will not be released from prison before Iyar, while he believed he was going to be set free in Adar, to spend Purim at home with his family. Kikar Shabbat reports it has learned that due to the release of over 1,000 ‘prisoners’ in […]
New York’s latest accused terror plotter is not only dangerous — he’s clueless. José Pimentel, the suspected al Qaeda sympathizer allegedly caught building a bomb in a Harlem pad as part of a plot to kill US soldiers and their families, suggested cops give him just a slap on the wrist for the crime and […]
Media organizations want to meet with city officials to talk about their concerns over how police have handled journalists covering the Occupy Wall Street protests. They say New York City
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