In Chevron, preparations are underway to accommodate the thousands expected to spend Yom Kippur in the Holy City. In an effort to accommodate more mispallalim, the community will be expanding
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman approved the return of four members of Israel’s diplomatic corps to the Israeli Embassy in Cairo on Monday. The move came ten days after an Egyptian commando team extricated diplomats and members of the security entourage from a blood-thirsty mob that penetrated the compound. Israel Foreign Ministry officials report the four […]
Hurricane Irene last month cost New York City at least $55 million for overtime, evacuation expenses and damage to public infrastructure, said Chris Gilbride, a spokesman for the Office of
The Chief Rabbinate of Israel has decided to authorize all rabbonim affiliated with the Rabbanei Tzohar to perform weddings. To date, permission to conduct a chupah was in the hands of a local rabbinate, and some have objected to permitting rabbis affiliated with Tzohar to do so. The Chief Rabbinate’s decision supersedes the local rabbinate, […]
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Thank you. Let me begin by thanking Dr. Solomon Frager and Aron Hirtz for helping us organize this press conference today. I am joined today by
Over 3.6 million tourists visited Israel in 5771. Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov stated that “Despite geopolitical realities, the Ministry of Tourism has met its goals, namely an increase in the number of tourists and expansion of the tourism industry towards bringing NIS billions into the local economy. According to Misezhnikov, over 300,000 tourists are expected […]
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said Tuesday that his committee plans to investigate government loan programs to private corporations in light of allegations of improper dealings between the White House and failed energy company Solyndra and wireless start-up LightSquared. “I want to see when the president and his cronies are picking winners and losers… it wasn’t […]
Plans for members of a Columbia University student organization to nosh with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were scuttled Wednesday by “the controversy surrounding the event,” The Columbia Spectator reported. Fifteen members of
The U.S. and other allies are scrambling for a path to push Palestinians back into direct peace negotiations with Israel, but prospects appear to be grim. Diplomatic efforts by Western member states aimed to head off a UN resolution on Palestinian statehood have achieved little or no progress thus far. In a weekend interview, an […]
On Wednesday, September 7, at 8 p.m. EST, STAR-K made history by hosting the world’s first Eruv-inar. The inaugural long distance interactive presentation allowed participants from around the globe to experience a live workshop highlighting eruv shaylos through the use of pictures of eruvim, which were submitted. STAR-K’s Rabbinic Administrator, Rabbi Moshe Heinemann, shlit”a, has […]
US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro was a guest speaker in an event hosted by Lander Institute in Jerusalem. The ambassador addressed the forum in Hebrew. Following are a number
Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry accused President Obama of fostering a policy of “appeasement” in the Middle East, blaming him for the standoff at the United Nations over the Palestinian
Seventeen people were injured when a building scaffold collapsed onto a city bus at West 125th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Harlem around 9:25 a.m. Tuesday, the Fire Department
The recent ‘price tag’ attack presumably carried out by Jews against an IDF command base near Beit El has resulted in widespread condemnation from settlement leaders and rabbonim affiliated with the dati leumi community. Joining that list is HaGaon HaRav Aaron Lichtenstein Shlita and Rabbi Yaakov Medan, a rosh yeshiva in Yeshivat Har Etzion in […]
Hours after a large police force moved into Meah Shearim on Tuesday morning making a number of arrests, corporate officials at Electra told the press that company attorneys are contemplating a NIS multimillion lawsuit against those responsible for the ban on Electra products in the community, including Yolish Krauss. Police announced that among the items recovered […]
Saudi Arabia may not take part in the media splash surrounding the expected declaration of Palestinian independence, but Riydah is using its wealth to quietly fund the move, pledging $200
MK (Yahadut HaTorah) Yisrael Eichler is questioning why there are no audible condemnations following an arson attack against a Jerusalem shul. “We cannot accept those who incite against the chareidi tzibur, words that lead to such acts” added Eichler, questioning the silence of the tzibur, elected officials and the media alike. Eichler pointed a finger […]
The following is a statement given to YWN by newly elected Congressman Bob Turner, on the upcoming UN vote pressed by the Palestinian Authority: “The Palestinian Authority has not acted
Ten people, a family that resides in Jerusalem’s Old City and a guest were walking home from the Kosel on Friday night when attackers whose faces were covered by kafias (Arab head dress) attacked them with cinderblocks. The attack took place near Shar HaPrachim (Herod’s Gate). The five masked attackers “appeared from nowhere” explain the […]
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is shrugging off a report that the squeegee men have returned to the streets of New York. Most folks consider them a nuisance. They come ambling up to your car and start wiping down your windshield, whether you want them to or not. Then they demand money for the “service,” which frequently […]
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