As a result of diminished kidney function in Maran Posek HaDor HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita, tomorrow, Monday, 18 Adar5772, doctors will attempt a “significant medical procedure” which only

A reader informs YWN that they received a plate (shown in the attached photos) as part of Mishloach Manos, this past Purim. It was apparently given out by a Tzedaka

National Security Advisor Yaakov Amidror will be traveling to India where he will be briefed on the terror attack against the Israeli diplomatic mission in New Delhi. The news of

Minister of Transportation Yisrael Katz on Sunday morning, 17 Adar 5772 told Israel Radio “Israel must disengage from Gaza totally,” explaining there must be a gateway in Gaza to Egypt

Many residents of the southern areas under rocket fire from Gaza have turned to HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita to inquire if they should return home after Shabbos or if

Volunteers in Los Angeles are looking for a missing person. His name is Akiva Estersohn, and he is 48-years-old. He is approximately 6 feet tall, and has blond hair. He

Attention, MetroCard swipers: the cost of a ride will definitely go up in 2013, MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota told NBC New York in an exclusive interview Friday. “How sure is

YWN was shocked to discover an article written by New York State Senate candidate David Storobi preaching apikorsus. As background, Storobin is running for State Senate in a heavily Orthodox

The last time I renewed my driver’s license, the clerk at the DMV asked if she should check me off as an organ donor. I said no. She looked at

There were two volleys of katyusha rockets fired from Gaza towards Beersheva. In the first attack, it appears one rocket was intercepted and the second crashed down on a street

An American soldier left his base in Afghanistan and went from house to house in two villages, killing 16 people in their homes, a provincial official told CNN Sunday. NATO’s

14:55 IL: A katyusha rocket fired from Gaza slammed into a vehicle in the Nachal Ashron neighborhood of the city. The Iron Dome system fired at two incoming rockets but

Following are Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s remarks at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting today, Sunday, 17 Adar 5772. “Good morning. Last Friday, an arch-terrorist who organized many attacks

A total of 11 rockets were fired from Gaza at southern Israel during the morning hours. The Iron Dome system intercepted most of the incoming rockets. The IAF a few

Negev District Police Chief Peretz Amar warns residents “not to become careless and rely on the efficiency of the Iron Dome system”. The senior police commander told Channel 2 News

Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Sunday morning, 17 Adar 5772, praised the performance of the Iron Dome system which continues to intercept katyusha rockets fired from Gaza at major southern

All agree that the frequency in rocket fire into southern Israeli communities has increased significantly since erev Shabbos, having surpassed 120 mortar shells, Kassam rockets and Grad katyusha rockets but

Tefilos are requested for the Vishnitzer Rebbe Shlita, Rav Yehoshua Moshe ben Margalis, whose condition appears to have taken a turn for the worse after Shabbos. The rebbe’s children met

Well over 120 rockets have been fired at Israel since erev Shabbos and Baruch Hashem there has not been any loss of life or serious injuries. Many rockets are landing