The FDNY computer system that dispatches 911 calls to EMTs had to be resuscitated after it mysteriously crashed for several hours Friday — and again yesterday. Several sources said the
There are growing concerns surrounding the scheduled resignation of the nation’s medical residents serving in hospitals around the country. The residents rejected a recent settlement that ended a strike of the nation’s physicians, and have broken away from the Israel Medical Association, accusing the latter of selling them out, announcing they are going to strike […]
It was an emotional Rosh Hashanah for Chassidei Vishnitz as mispallalim in the main beis medrash in Bnei Brak were joined by the Rebbe Shlita for some of the tefilos.
Members of Congress are warning PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) that his determination to forge ahead with a unilateral bid for independence, bypassing the negotiating process with Israel, will
B’chasdei Hashem, an attack in the eastern Jerusalem office of the Ministry of Interior was averted on Sunday morning (4 Tishrei) as an Arab woman, a resident of Shuafat, was apprehended concealing a 12 inch knife. The woman in custody, in her 50s, was unable to come up with an acceptable explanation for the concealed […]
According to a New York Times article appearing on Saturday, US President Barak Obama was seriously considering pardoning Jonathan Pollard, but this will not occur as a result of the
Anwar al-Awlaki, the New Mexico-born cleric who became the public face of anti-US hatred, was killed in a stunning strike that President Obama said proved there is no place in
Chris Christie’s political advisers are working to determine whether they could move fast enough to set up effective political operations in Iowa and New Hampshire in the wake of a relentless courtship aimed at persuading Mr. Christie, the governor of New Jersey, to plunge into the race for the Republican presidential nomination, according to operatives […]
A Bronx grand jury probing a massive police ticket-fixing scandal has voted to indict five civilians in addition to 17 cops for a host of wide-ranging charges, according to sources
Baruch Hashem, Posek HaDor HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita was at maariv on the first night of Rosh Hashanah, as well as davening on the first day, Thursday. The
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro accompanied by Ms. Julie Fisher, his wife, visited Bnei Brak, meeting with Gedolei Torah Shlita. He met with HaGaon HaRav
Hamas leader Khaled Meshal addressed a Tehran rally, telling supporters that he and his colleagues remain committed to resistance until such time that the Zionists entity is defeated. His statement
The euphoria of yomtov was shattered in Uman on Rosh Hashanah as the news spread of the death of a 19-year-old bachur who drowned toveling in a local river. The
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] HaRav HaChossid R’ Velvel Eisenbach ZATZAL was niftar on Friday, the second day of Rosh Hashanah, at the age of 102. He was among the veteran members of the neitz minyan at the Kosel over the past decades, and regularly had hagba’a on Mondays and Thursdays. R’ Velvel was known for […]
In Eretz Yisrael, clocks move from daylight savings time to standard time on motzei Shabbos (Oct. 1st to Oct. 2nd). At 2:00am, clocks move one hour back to 1:00am. That means the time difference between the east coast of the United States and Jerusalem is six hours. (YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
The levaya of the famed mashgiach of Kol Torah, HaGaon HaRav Gedalia Eisman ZATZAL got underway on motzei Shabbos at 22:00, beginning at the yeshiva and continuing to Har Menuchos
Count Bank of America as the latest lender to slap customers with a fee for using their debit cards. Starting early next year, the nation’s largest bank will charge many
A 26-year-old Massachusetts man was arrested Wednesday and accused of plotting to blow up the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol using large remote-controlled aircraft laden with explosives, as well as attempting
Earlier in the week, YWN published remarks by Tel Aviv Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau Shlita in regarding to the ongoing process of Palestinian statehood. The following statement was released in response to Rabbi Lau’s remarks by the Rabbinical Congress for Peace-Pikuach Nefesh. The Rabbinical world in Israel is stunned in wake of an interview […]
[VIDEO & PHOTOS ARE IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Many gedolim visited the Kosel on Erev Rosh Hashanah, including Rav Chaim Pinchos Scheinberg, Rav Shmuel Aurbach, the Rachmanstrivka Rebbe, Lelover Rebbe, and many other Gedolim. The Gedolim davened together in a special Minyan on behalf of benefactors of the Va’ad Harabbanim tzeddakah. After reciting tefilos, people in the […]
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