YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Hagon HaRav Chaim Pinchos Scheinberg ZATZAL, one of the Gedolei & Poskei HaDor, just moments ago, at the age of 101.
The Chair of the Knesset Immigration, Absorption & Diaspora Affairs Committee, MK Danny Danon (Likud), held an urgent debate on Tuesday, 26 Adar 5772 at the Knesset on the massacre
Back in 2009, in a clandestine operation, Israel returned 102 nuclear fuel rods to the United States from the Sorek nuclear facility, David Danieli, deputy director of the Israel’s Nuclear
According to French investigators, the shooting occurred at 7:46 local time, when the lone motorcycle terrorist dressed in black stopped and opened fire in every direction. The teacher, Rav Yonatan
European Union Foreign Minister Catherine Ashton came under a hail of fire for drawing an comparison between the Toulouse the terror attack and children in Gaza. It would appear that the amended Goldstone Report informing the international community of the truth vis-�-vis Gaza and Israel’s humanitarian aid and high moral standards are not significant for […]
A spokeswoman for First Lady Michele Obama said a racially tinged joke by actor Robert DeNiro at a campaign fundraiser Monday night was “inappropriate” after Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich
Police departments across the nation and around the world have beefed up security at synagogues following shootings at Jewish sites in France. Washington, D.C.; San Francisco and New York dispatched
A major 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck near Acapulco on Mexico’s Pacific coast, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Tuesday. The massive quake with an epicentre in Guerrero state has shaken
The bodies of the victims of the Otzar HaTorah School terror attack in Toulouse France are on their way to Eretz HaKodesh for Kvura. Earlier in the day, Bituach Leumi
Kol Chai Radio reports that while the condition of HaGaon HaRav Chaim Pinchos Sheinberg Shlita was “touch and go” during the earlier afternoon hours, there appears to be a slight
Shas leader Minister of the Interior Eli Yishai and Minister of Religious Services Ariel Atias made a shiva visit on Sunday evening, in the home of the Vishnitzer Rebbe ZT”L.
As they await an Illinois primary vote whose outcome is hardly assured, Mitt Romney is betting his message of economic proficiency will resonate with Republican voters more than Rick Santorum’s
The Knesset has for the first time approved legislation that sets a time limit on granting a get after which sanctions may follow. The sanctions can include cancelling ones drivers
Police on Monday, 25 Adar 5772 arrested three chareidi men suspected of operating a fictitious kollel that received government funding from the Ministry of Education. The suspects are between the
The personal family tragedy that struck the family, the drowning death of a grandchild z”l did not prevent the Maggid Meisharim HaGaon HaRav Yaakov Galinsky Shlita from making a shiva
A special election is being held Tuesday for the Brooklyn State Senate seat District 27 in the New York State Senate, formerly held by Carl Kruger. Democrat City Councilman Lew
A Ministry of Education decision to accept a chareidi matriculation exam as valid towards earning a matriculation high school diploma is big news for close to 5,000 Beis Yaakov and
Security is still tight at synagogues and Jewish organizations throughout New York City following a deadly attack in France. There has been outrage in the city’s Jewish community over the
After the appalling murders in Toulouse, the Israeli Embassy in Paris as well as the Israeli Consulate in Marseille, have contacted the bereaved families and learned of their desire to
The daily maariv reports a Jewish cemetery in Poland was targeted in an apparent hate attack. Swastikas were painted on tombstones and memorial boards, as well as graffiti on one
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