YWN regrets to inform you of the sudden Petira of Hagon HaRavDon Ungarisher ZATZAL, the Rosh Yeshiva of Bais Medrash Elyon in Monsey. Rav Ungarisher suffered a massive heart attack overnight, and was rushed by Hatzolah Paramedics to Good Samaritan Hospital. He was Niftar a few minutes before 8:00AM, Monday morning. Rav Ungarisher is the […]
Moammar Khadafy is dead — and his unlikely pen pal, a retired Jewish florist from Brooklyn, never got to say goodbye. Louis Schlamowitz, 81, had been writing to Khadafy since the late 60s and over the years amassed a pile of letters and autographed pictures from the Libyan dictator. He was a good pen pal, […]
The new Iron Dome rocket intercept system intended to provide protection for the Ashdod area simply failed over the weekend. Officials state that the technical malfunction was detected, calling it
MK Dr. Ahmed Tibi on Sunday, 2 Cheshvan, visited Fatah Tanzim faction leader Marwan Barghouti, who is serving five life sentences in Hadarim Prison. Following the visit, the member of Knesset explained that Barghouti remains unwilling to surrender to the Israeli occupation. It is reported that Barghouti called on Tibi to keep the issue of […]
A 17-year-old seminary student crossing Golda Meir Boulevard in Yerushalayim on Sunday, 2 Cheshvan, was hit by a bus, sustaining a serious head injury. Ichud Hatzalah and Magen David Adom
The PA (Palestinian Authority) was voted in as a member of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) in a 107-14 vote. The granting of full membership to the
Thousands of Rockland residents are expected to remain without power until the middle of the week after Saturday’s freakish nor’easter. An estimated 27,214 customers were without power as of 5
The pilot of a JetBlue plane stuck on the tarmac for seven hours full of increasingly angry and frustrated passengers pleaded for assistance from airport officials, telling them he “can’t
Yael Navon, a resident of Betar Illit, boldly granted Channel 2 News an interview to speak out against the bus gender segregation, unwilling to be subjected to it any longer.
Kent State Professor Julio Pino shouted out death to Israel during an event in the American university hosting Israeli diplomat Ishmael Khaldi, who is the first Bedouin serving as a member of the Israel Foreign Ministrys foreign service. Professor Pino asked Khaldi how Israel continues to give aid to countries when the money is blood […]
Former IDF soldier Anat Kamm was convicted of taking and passing classified documents from an IDF office by the Tel Aviv District Court in February. Today, Sunday, 2 Cheshvan, she
Despite the breakdown in diplomatic relations between Turkey and Israel, Turkey extended an invitation for Israeli participation in an international conference. An invitation was sent to MK Shaul Mofaz, who
MK Dr. Ahmed Tibi on Sunday, 2 Cheshvan, is visiting with Fatah Tanzim faction leader Marwan Barghouti and convicted Israeli Arab terrorist Karim Yunas, both serving life sentences for their
Minister of Science Rabbi Dr. Daniel Hershkowitz over recent days visited Amona, one of the communities slated for destruction by the Netanyahu administration. During his visit to the area, the minister met with Avi Roeh, who heads the Binyamin Regional Council, as well as a number of representatives of area communities. The minister told them […]
The worlds seven billionth person will be born somewhere on earth on Monday, United Nations forecasters say. The number reflects rapid population growth, especially in developing countries, that will strain the planets resources in coming years, experts say. It took until 1804 for world population to reach 1 billion, and until 1927 to double to […]
A chareidi bachur was attacked by four Arabs on Jerusalems light rail on motzei Shabbos shortly after 22:30. The train stopped at the Shimon HaTzaddik station and the youth tried to make a break for it, to run away, but he collapsed. The attackers used the opportunity to continue beating him. A passenger vehicle passing […]
MK (Yahadut HaTorah) R’ Yisrael Eichler spent Shabbos in Ashdod and was one of the tens of thousands of area residents who heard the air raid sirens around seudas shlishis
Shortly before candle lighting on Friday afternoon Betar Illit Mayor Meir Rubinstein was traveling on the Hussan Bypass Road near home when he was targeted by Arabs throwing rocks at
A Brooklyn teen is getting a new kidney this week – thanks to a New Jersey teacher who’s so thrilled to donate that she feels like she “won the lottery.”
The Kuwaiti media is reporting that another deal is in the works between Israel and Egypt, for the release of Israeli citizen Ouda Tarabin, who has been imprisoned in Egypt
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