While� only a number of days ago the media in Israel was obsessing over speculation of a possible IDF military assault against Iran, that has not taken a backseat to the rapidly erupting national health crisis. If the healthcare system strike shifted gears on Tuesday (18 Cheshvan) with the resignation of senior physicians around the […]

Gov. Andrew Cuomo endorsed the Tuesday morning crackdown at Zuccotti Park by the Bloomberg administration this afternoon, saying he offered his support to the mayor in order to clear the

A 21-year-old Idaho man suspected of firing a semi-automatic rifle at the White House was arrested today, authorities said. “On Wednesday afternoon at approximately 12:35 p.m. EST, based on information

IDF Chief Rabbi Brigadier-General Rafi Peretz is expected to visit with Jonathan Pollard during his upcoming visit to North America. Peretz will become the highest ranking IDF officer to visit

Rav Eli Sadan, who is known as the Father of Mechinot as well as serving as rosh yeshiva of Bnei David, the nation�s first post high school IDF prepatory yeshiva. Rav Sadan, who was a close talmid of Rav Tzvi Yehuda Kook ZT�L, rarely speaks to the media, preferring to focus on his learning and […]

The loss of their camp at Zuccotti Park doesn�t seem to be slowing down the Occupy Wall Street movement as protesters are calling for �a national day of direct action� on Thursday. According to their website, protesters are planning three major actions Thursday starting with a �shut down� of Wall Street. It all starts with […]

WASHINGTON – UPDATE: Authorities are investigating two bullets that hit the White House, one of them apparently cracking a window on the residential level where President Barack Obama and his

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton�s convoy was hit with red paint by anti-U.S. activists in the Philippines on Wednesday. A vehicle Clinton was traveling with was targeted by activists angry at U.S. involvement in the country, reports the BBC. About 50 activists employed a �paint ambush� to protest legislation that allows U.S. troops in […]

One must always question the timing factor, especially when one deals with the world�s superpower. America�s Air Force has just accepted delivery of its newest weapon, the 30,000 lbs super bomb, the �bunker buster� as it is known, but officially called the MOP (Massive Ordnance Penetrator).� The 20.5 foot long bomb carries over 5,300 lbs […]

The Housing Ministry and Israel Land Administration on Tuesday, 18 Cheshvan announced a wave of building projects that will result in over 5,000 new homes. In addition, 2,000 units which will be designated as rentals will be moving along in the near future. 991 new homes will be constructed in Modi�in and 1,557 in Yerushalayim, […]

Rambam Medical Center physician Dr. Chaim Toledano explains he and his colleagues simply wish to continue practicing medicine, but they are unwilling to permit the ailing national health system to

Many people busy themselves contemplating just how to make some extra money, and Yated Ne�eman�s Tuesday edition, 18 Cheshvan, hosted such an effort. The ad appeared in the free Tuesday weekly edition, with a family that is expecting a child offering to name it for someone in exchange for payment. �Interested in naming a baby […]

A Supreme Court judge likely will decide early next year whether the Town of Bethel violated a Satmar Hasidic bungalow colony�s rights and broke its own rules when it denied sewer service to a future residential development on 17B � a case Bethel�s supervisor previously said the town probably couldn�t win. Kollel Averichim Torah Veyirah […]

Following a meeting on Tuesday 18 Cheshvan, officials in Israel�s Chief Rabbinate announced a vaad is being established to address the recent controversy surrounding the certification of rabbonim authorized to perform chupah and kedushin, the result of the ongoing conflict with Tzohar. YWN-ISRAEL reported that the head of the Rabbinate�s unit dealing with marriages, Rabbi […]

Thanksgiving might be just another day on the road for school bus drivers in one New Jersey town. Lakewood is asking drivers to work in order to transport 18,000 Orthodox

There was a collective sigh of relief � and good riddance � from the residents and business owners surrounding Zuccotti Park yesterday. After two months of impenetrable barricades, aggressive panhandling, public urination and seemingly interminable drumming � locals were beaming over getting back their lives and livelihoods after cops cleared the park. �Its a glorious […]

New York – Senate Republicans appear to be serious about creating a long-rumored �Jewish district� in Brooklyn.. According to a well-connected Republican source who saw a copy of their draft redistricting maps. The idea, the source said, would be to put as many Orthodox Jewish voters as possible into indicted State Sen. Carl Kruger�s Senate […]

Addressing a Washington, DC audience, Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal warned an Israeli attack against Iranian nuclear facilities could have �catastrophic consequences� as well as making Tehran even more determined to build a nuclear weapon. Prince Turki was head of Saudi Arabian intelligence services, stepping down in 2006. According to reports from the FARS and Reuters […]

A rumor circulated earlier in the week that former president Moshe Katsav took his own life. The rumor made its way to forums and other electronic media, leading many to

This weekend marks the beginning of the Thanksgiving holiday travel surge. More than 23 million passengers are expected at the nation’s airports, and to make travel a little less hectic,