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
A rocket was fired from Hamas-controlled Gaza into the Eshkol Regional Council area less than an hour ago. There were no reports of injuries or damage. Yesterday, Monday 25 Adar
The Republican Jewish Coalition is calling on President Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod to apologize for “his offensive language.” This stems from comments Axelrod made via twitter Monday morning about
Passengers could be allowed to use iPads and Amazon Kindles during takeoff and landing after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it was taking a “fresh look” at the use
A three-judge panel in Brooklyn federal court has approved a map for New York’s new congressional districts that a federal magistrate proposed earlier this month. Due to population changes around
Please be Mispallel for Hagon HaRav Chaim Pinchos Scheinberg Shlita, who is in extremely critical condition. As was first reported by YWN Israel, Rav Scheinberg has been hospitalized at Shaarei
The New York Times reports on a classified Pentagon war game simulating an Israeli attack on Iran: The results of the war game were particularly troubling to Gen. James N.
Following the massacre at the entrance to a Jewish school in Toulouse, France, in which four Jews were murdered, including Rabbi Jonathan Sandler and two of his children, the Chair
Mitt Romney leads the GOP field nationally, but Rick Santorum is once again closing in, according to Gallup’s latest five-day rolling average. Romney took 35 percent support from likely GOP
Tragedy struck in Eretz Yisroel on Monday afternoon, with the tragic Petira of of 18-year-old Avrohom Tzvi Galinsky A”H. Avrohom Tzvi, who is a talmid of Yeshiva Kol Torah and
[EXCLUSIVE LETTERS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] On the heels of David Storobin’s latest negative attack on Councilman Lew Fidler it appears that several rabbonim are sending a message: enough. YWN has
That fella you bump into on the street with his eyes glued to his smartphone may just as likely be reading a news story as sending a text message. A
Three Democrats have announced plans to run for the House seat left open by Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.), who announced on Thursday that he plans to retire. New York state
The NYPD is adding extra security patrols in front of Jewish schools and community centers after a gunman overseas targeted children entering a religious school. NYPD officials said there is
[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday declared a shooting that left four dead outside a Jewish school to be a “national tragedy” and vowed to find
A French police official says the same gun was used to kill four people at a Jewish school and three paratroopers last week. The official said the gunman who shot
New Jersey residents will now be able to receive critical information from the New Jersey State Police (NJSP) and the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management (NJOEM) on their cell
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