According to the Turkish media, government officials succeeded in amassing the list of 174 names of officers and soldiers involved in the Mavi Marmara by planting intelligence agents inside Israel.
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of the Ungvar Rebbe, Hagon Rav Menashe Klein ZATZAL, just a short while ago in Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center. As YWN had reported earlier in the week, the Rebbe ZATZAL underwent a cardiac catheterization procedure, and had remained in serious condition. His condition continued to deteriorate, […]
While it certainly is not the first time that the NYC Medical Examiner’s office extended itself to accommodate the Jewish community, there is no doubt that it went beyond the call of duty last night. Misaskim would like to publicly thank Dr. Stephen James DeRoux, Acting Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, and Mr. Errington Bailey for […]
As reported here at YWN today, former NYC Mayor Ed Koch, a Democrat, is fully supporting President Obama’s re-election effort. Koch wrote, “The President should be praised for intervening with the Egyptian army to save the Israeli diplomatic personnel from physical assault, and providing the Israeli military with bunker buster bombs, advanced military technology and […]
The Jerusalem District Planning Committee has approved an additional 1,100 housing units for Jerusalem’s southern neighborhood of Gilo. The plan does not just include housing units, but public buildings, a new school and industrial zone. The Gilo neighborhood is home to over 40,000 residents of the capital, constructed on an area liberated during the June […]
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is officially not running for president, despite repeated wooing from Republican elites and major donors who remain unhappy with the GOP presidential field and have refused for months to take no for an answer. Christie’s emphatic no was reported by Fox News, as well as the Newark Star-Ledger, which quoted […]
The following is meant as a convenient review of Halachos pertaining to Rosh Hashana. The Piskei Din for the most part are based purely on the Sugyos, Shulchan Aruch and
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE]] Hello, everybody. Shana Tova. The days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are a time for repentance and reflection. An opportunity to reaffirm our friendships, renew our commitments, and reflect on the values we cherish. As the High Holidays begin, we look back on all the moments during the past year […]
Former Mayor Edward I. Koch, who recently used the forum of a special Congressional election to broadcast his criticism of President Obama’s Israel policy, announced in an e-mail on Tuesday that Mr. Obama’s United Nations speech opposing the Palestinians’ bid for statehood had satisfied all his concerns, and that he was now prepared to support […]
There has been a deterioration in the condition of the Vizhnitzer Rebbe Shlita over recent days. Gabbaim report this has been the case since Shabbos. Officials report the Rebbe is running a fever and doctors are working to rule out a systemic infection. The Rebbe is receiving intravenous therapy. About a month ago, the Rebbe’s […]
The Honenu organization released additional information regarding Friday’s fatal rock-throwing attack in the Hebron district that claimed the lives of Asher (25) Pamer and his infant son Yonatan HY”D. It appears that after the murders of the two, a Kiryat Arba couple close to the niftar headed to Yerushalayim, where Asher’s wife Puah was waiting, […]
Former Shas Party leader R’ Aryeh Deri issued a call to his successor, Interior Minister Eli Yishai, to act to bring an end to the housing crisis. Deri on Tuesday morning (28 Elul) visited the remains of the tent protest city in the Jesse Cohen area of Holon, meeting with protest leaders, expressing his support […]
Canada used its United Nations speaking slot Monday to lambaste opponents of Israel as no better than the appeasers who allowed fascism and communism to flourish before the Second World
Seeking to obtain a firsthand look at readiness at Ben-Gurion International Airport, Agudas Yisrael Executive Director Meir Porush visited this week, given a tour and an explanation as to what
The following is an NBC News report: A most-wanted murderer who has been on the run since he escaped a New Jersey prison and hijacked a plane from Detroit in
Heading underground no longer means losing cell phone service at six Manhattan subway stations. Riders with AT&T or T-Mobile service can now talk or text while on the platforms. The
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Benny Gantz extended his warm wishes for Rosh Hashanah to the Jewish people. Taking great pride in the IDF’s technological advancements, Lt. Gen. Gantz applauded the Iron Dome anti-rocket system. “We will continue to stand strong against those who seek our devise,” said the lieutenant […]
[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] For the first time ever seven wounded Israeli soldiers came to spend a week visiting Brazil, through a joint venture of chabad victim’s terror project and Noach Adventures in Brazil. Menashe who took two bullets while protecting meorot Hamachpaila in Chevron, became paralyzed from his chest down, and will live […]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s security detail got into a violent brawl on Friday with U.N. security guards outside the General Assembly hall, leaving at least two U.N. personnel
Preparations are in full swing at the Kosel for the anticipated 1.5 million visits that will take place from Rosh Hashanah through Sukkos. Tourism officials report that 300,000 visitors are
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