A large crowd gathered in the Ramot neighborhood of Yerushalayim for the Levayah of the Ungvar Rebbe, HaRav Menashe Klein ZT”L on Erev Rosh Hashanah. The Gerrer Rebbe and the Stropkover were among the admorim and rabbonim who attended the levayah. As YWN had reported earlier in the week, the Rebbe ZATZAL underwent a cardiac catheterization […]
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Five months after killing Osama Bin Laden, the Obama administration is doggedly fighting to keep coveted videos and photos of the archterrorist’s corpse classified. Citing national security concerns, U.S. Justice
More than 1.7 million toy workshop and tool sets from toy-maker Little Tikes are being recalled because of choking concerns. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says the play tool sets
Al Qaeda wants Iran’s bombastic leader to stop saying the U.S. was behind 9/11. That’s because the terror group wants sole responsibility for the horrific attacks. In the latest issue
AAA has filed a lawsuit against the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey over the recent bridge and toll hikes. The law requires interstate tolls to be set at just and reasonable levels. AAA says last week’s 50 percent toll hikes at Hudson River crossings violate federal law. Crossings that now cost $12 […]
The massive chilul hashem that I warned about last week here on YWN, has come to pass. Sadly, despite outrage by rank and file Hatzolah members and a very clear
Last week Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke at the UN. He insisted that Israel wants to carve itself up and create another Arab state called Palestine in its biblical
Unable to get the apology he so badly seeks from Israel, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues efforts to isolate Israel in the international community. In his latest move,
MK Uri Ariel on Tuesday (28 Elul) visited the home of the Pamer family in Kiryat Arba to make a shiva visit. He spoke with family members of Asher and Yonatan HY”D, victims of the erev Shabbos rock-throwing attack in the area. The aveilim spoke of the deteriorating security situation, the increase in rock-throwing attacks […]
Once again convicted Rabin assassin Yigal Amir is singled out — not given the same rights as any other prisoner, including the most heinous Arab terrorist incarcerated in Israel. He
Israel’s security establishment is monitoring the activities of a Turkish organization that appears to be organizing another ‘humanitarian’ flotilla to Gaza. Once again, it appears a Turkish vessel will attempt to penetrate Israel’s blockade of Hamas-controlled Gaza. Officials indicate that a Hamas health official met with organizers of the flotilla, which will reportedly be bringing […]
Maryland health officials proposed Tuesday a ban on the sale of crib bumpers, which have been linked to the asphyxiation of at least two dozen infants across the country — a move that would make it the first state to prohibit the bumpers. The pads have little safety benefit and pose a small, but potentially […]
Tzvi Bogomilsky, 36, a resident of Florida, is the man behind what some would call the largest hachnasas orchim operation in the world, playing a major role in Uman’s Rosh Hashanah event hosted by Breslov. The project began modestly about a decade ago, involving a kiddush for the visitors, then numbering a few thousands. Bogomilsky […]
Israel Prison Authority rav, Rabbi Yehuda Wisner is working in earnest to prepare for Rosh Hashanah. The rav decided to launch a ‘hisorarus’ in the prisons, instructing prison rabbonim to spread the message, under the banner ”?? ??? ????? ??????? ?????, ????? ??????? ????” (If you believe that one can spoil, believe that one can repair). […]
According to recent polls, the future for the Kadima opposition party is a bleak one, showing that newly-elected Labor Party leader Shelly Yacimovich will take 22 seats in an election, mostly from Kadima, leaving the party launched by Ariel Sharon far behind. Adding to the party’s concerns is the infighting, which is beginning to leak […]
[VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Rosh Hashanah 5772 is just hours away, and the streets of Yerushalayim are mobbed with people running to do their Yom Tov preparations. Be
Samer Farik Muhammad Allawi, born in 1966, from Sebastia, who resides in Pakistan and serves as Al Jazeera’s Afghanistan bureau chief, was arrested on August 9, 2011 at the Allenby Crossing, on suspicion of involvement in Hamas activities. During his investigation by the ISA (Israel Security Agency – Shin Bet), Allawi admitted that was recruited […]
On Monday (Sept. 26), Professor Manuel Trachtenberg submitted his committee’s report addressing the need for social-economic reforms in Israel to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Upon receiving the comprehensive report, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu stated: “The goal that we set for ourselves was to lower the cost of living. We understood that the reality in which […]
In a tremendous display of unity, children from both secular and religious schools all over Rechovot sang and danced this week around the Sefer Torah that they had written. Marking the end of Rechovot’s 120 year celebrations, the idea was the inspiration of the town’s Chief Rabbi, HaRav Simcha HaCohen Kook. “I suggested to the […]
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