On erev Shabbos, YWN-ISRAEL reported a kashrus alert released by Hasalat regarding a new insect infestation in rice in Eretz Yisrael. The alert was released by HaGaon HaRav Yoel Schwartz,
Kol Chai military correspondent Kobi Fink on Sunday afternoon, 23 Cheshvan, questions why when IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz addresses new inductees about to serve three years in
Sen. Charles Schumer says hell do everything he can stop a bill in the House of Representatives that would allow telemarketers to flood personal cell phones. Theres nothing more intrusive than telemarketers calling in the middle of dinner or when youre in the middle of a heavy conversation with somebody, Schumer says. Schumer is accusing […]
There is an avreich in Yerushalayim who remains in beis medrash until 11:30pm, every day. He explains that he is not such a masmid, but his wife has instructed him to remain outside the home until their daughter, 12 is asleep as part of his wifes new modesty standards, a member in good standing of […]
On erev Shabbos, as he stood in front of the Mir LTzeiirim building in Ramat Shlomo, Yerushalayim, HaRav HaTzaddik Yitzchok Nosson Kupershtock ztl collapsed. He was transported to Shaare Zedek Medical Center where he was pronounced dead a short time later, at the age of 90. Most who knew the niftar described him as a […]
While security around the home of Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita is always heavy, when there is a feeling that more needs to be done, those around the Gadol HaDor responsible for his security dont take chances as threats are not taken lightly. As such, security for the Rav has been stepped-up in and […]
The family of 18-year-old Matan Ben-Simon zl has released a statement denying that their late sons organs were used to save the life of an avreich or anyone else for that matter. Last week, YWN-ISRAEL quoted a Chadrei Chareidim report that stated the organs of the young man killed in an accident in Eilat while […]
During his campaign early last year, Councilman David G. Greenfield called on the Department of Transportation (DOT) to implement a common-sense solution to the problem of drivers not being able
Abdullah al-Senussi — Moammar Gadhafi’s brother-in-law and intelligence chief — was captured by Libyan revolutionary forces at his brother’s house, senior National Transitional Council member Mohammed Sayeh told reporters Sunday.
Israels outgoing ambassador to Egypt returned to Cairo on Sunday for a short visit, two months after he and other embassy staffers fled on military planes when a crowd attacked the building. An Egyptian foreign ministry official said Yitzhak Levanon briefly met with Foreign Minister Mohammed Amr. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because […]
The Australian government says it is investigating how a classified booklet detailing Barack Obama’s itinerary came to be lost in a gutter during the president’s visit last week. Journalist Dylan
A new park is under construction in lower Manhattan. In between a large abandoned building and a sketchy parking lot on Montgomery Street, community leaders have begun to plan what could be a major step in the ring around Manhattan. Right now, its parking. Its storage, state Sen. Daniel Squadron said. Whats possible here is […]
2:00pm IL: The Jewish kehila in Paris announced that the citys chief rabbi, HaGaon HaRav David Mashash ZTL was niftar within the last hour after battling a difficult illness. He was 70-years-old. The rav served as the chief rabbi of Paris for twenty years and was a son of HaRav HaGaon Shalom Mashash ZTL, a […]
Jack Abramoff wants his name back. But House Democrats own it and they are going to keep it. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee owns the rights to the Web domain name jackabramoff.com, having secured it in 2006. But Abramoff, the former GOP lobbyist at the center of one of of Washingtons biggest scandals in recent […]
Regional police, state and federal authorities in Germany will work more closely together to prevent future neo-Nazi terrorist acts, the interior minister announced Friday after a meeting with the justice
It appears the Thanksgiving school bus debate in Lakewood is calming as bus companies say theyre willing to send out drivers on morning routes and private school say they dont necessarily need buses on the holiday. About 18,000 students or three-fourths of the school-age kids in the central New Jersey town attend Orthodox […]
A New Jersey couple who gave their three children Nazi-inspired names — including “Adolf Hitler” — said the state has taken custody of their newborn. The Express-Times reported late Friday
The commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration on Friday revoked the approval of the drug Avastin as a treatment for breast cancer, ruling on an emotional issue that pitted
The school bus workers union has threatened to strike as early as next week in a move that would throw more than 152,000 public school students and their families into chaos, city officials warned today. The strike threat stems from the unions bid to secure from the city what amounts to lifetime job guarantees for […]
CBS 2 reports, that a bird strike forced a Continental Airlines jet bound for Newark Liberty International Airport to make an emergency landing shortly after takeoff from Panama City, Panama
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