A major water main break in Ashdod on Shabbos seems to be what initiated Shabbos violence between frum and secular residents. Employees of the Tagid Water Company arrived on the

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is expected to give keynote remarks at a fundraiser for an Orthodox Jewish day school. The White House says in a release that the annual

Hundreds were on hand for the erev Shabbos levaya of Rabbi Dan Martzbach Z”L, who was killed earlier in the day, 14 Cheshvan, by an IDF soldier who though the

Highly credible sources tell YWN that the assault in�Williamsburg this past Shabbos was not a bias attack. Although the NYPD has yet to release any information regarding this incident, our sources tell us that this is not a case of anti-semitism at all. The victim was assaulted by his attacker on Ross Street and Bedford […]

Friday�s anti-Semitic, racist acts that occurred on Ocean Parkway in the Midwood Section of Brooklyn and the attempt by the Daily News to link Occupy Wall Street (OWS) to these heinous acts have compelled us to release this statement. When an act of violence and bigotry occurs in our community, we, as a group, need […]

Maran Hagon Rav Aron Leib Shteinman Shlita, may soon be coming to America, published reports state. The Gadol Hador travelled from Bnei Brak to Yerushalayim on Motzei Shabbos, to be

A 70-year-old woman was�seriously burned on Friday night R”L, an incident involving Shabbos candles. The victim sustained burns over 75% of her body. She was treated by Paramedics from Kiryas Yoel Hatzolah, and transported to the Westchester Medical Center by chopper. A non-Jewish home assistant who was present was also injured, albeit lightly. The tzibur […]

An urgent town hall meeting was held by the Herzliya PTA, attended by Mayor Yael German, permitting participants to express their concerns surrounding the alarming trend, an increasing number of the city�s teens are returning to the fold, beginning to observe Torah and Mitzvos. Also present was the deputy mayor, Tova Rafael. The event was […]

An Occupy Wall Street protester was busted last night after he slugged a police officer during a march on the Federal Reserve. About 100 demonstrators had left Zuccotti Park at

The IRS is having problems securing personal taxpayer data and is not doing enough to prevent “unauthorized users” from accessing that information, according to a new report. The Government Accountability

�HaKadosh Baruch Hu� is closing cheshbonos� stated HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita in regard to the difficult events that have taken place of late, Kikar Shabbat reports. A number of askanim met with the Rav on Thursday afternoon (13 Cheshvan) in his home, including Rabbi Chananya Chulik of Ezer Mizion. Rabbi Chulik mentioned the recent […]

Only a few days following the High Court of Justice ruling rejecting an appeal from former President Moshe Katsav, Shas MKs are calling for a pardon. Katsav was convicted of violent crimes, and sentenced to seven years imprisonment. MK David Azoulay is quoted as telling Kikar Shabbat �I believe that this man, Moshe Katsav, was […]

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is trying to smooth over relations with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu after he was caught in an �open-mic� incident referring to Netanyahu as a �liar� as was reported by YWN-ISRAEL. Sarkozy made his remarks in what he believed was a closed meeting with US President Barak Obama at the G20 summit. […]

The females dressed modestly were assaulted by Sikrikim on Beis Yisrael Street in Yerushalayim. According to the Kikar Shabbat report, the females were dressed and acting appropriately, and the attack

Yediot Achronot correspondent Akiva Novik recorded a conversation with Meir Baranes, who was informed the conversation was recorded and consented. He told Novik that in 45 days, on 19 Kislev,

A Frum man was R”L severely beaten and left unconscious with multiple fractures on Ross Street in Williamsburg, Friday morning. He was taken to the hospital by Williamsburg Hatzolah. This

Councilman David Greenfield, who was the first to announce a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction for those responsible for the anti-Semitic arson on Friday morning, just

Mayor Bloomberg figures it�ll take about 15 years to donate his billions to charity. In a filing yesterday with the IRS, the mayor�s philanthropic foundation reported it had assets of $2.7 billion at the end of 2010 and would go out of business on Dec. 21, 2026, or five years after the death of the […]

Herman Cain, whose campaign could use some redemption in the wake of a harassment scandal, told a crowd of young Republicans on Saturday that God convinced him to run for

There are new clues in a startling anti-Semitic attack in a Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn. People living in Midwood woke up Friday to cars set on fire and swastikas spray