In response to remarks made by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu regarding the resumption of negotiations between Israel and the PA (Palestinian Authority), Jordan’s King Abdullah says leaders are “Sticking their heads in the sand”. Speaking with the Wall Street Journal from New York City, the Jordanian monarch blames Israel for growing regional instability, citing Jerusalem’s […]
PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) has indeed learned the game. The master terrorist who arranged the funding for the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre is now a member of the
Israel police on Tuesday morning moved into Meah Shearim to make arrests, apparently to prevent a continued deterioration of the situation involving the Sikrikim (hoodlum youths), who have been terrorizing
Every year, on 21 Elul, Maran Posek HaDor HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita marked a special day, ‘Yom Hatzolah’, the day he underwent a complicated surgical procedure eight years ago, a procedure that was performed by Dr. Daniel Clair in Elul 5763. Since that incident, talmidim have marked the day with song and gratitude […]
The Eida Chareidis has published a message to the tzibur ahead of Rosh Hashanah stating loud and clear there are only two facilities with its hechsher in Uman this Rosh
Earlier this month, signs of life returned to what was once a gaping pit, frozen in sadness and rife with emotion, as part of the memorial at the World Trade Center opened on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. This week, another grand opening – this one steeped in controversy – is scheduled for […]
Commuters heading into the Holland Tunnel after 9 a.m. today reacted with surprise, disappointment and resignation to a lesser-known aspect of the toll hike that took effect Sunday: Peak periods
A car bomb exploded in the heart of Turkey’s capital late Tuesday morning, rocking the area in Ankara near Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s office. According to preliminary reports, there are two fatalities and many injured, with three listed in serious condition. No organization is claiming responsibility for the attack at this time. 12:26 IL: […]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is set to face angry protests during his visit to New York this week for the United Nations General Assembly. United Against Nuclear Iran, an advocacy
Brooklyn College faculty passed a resolution condemning the New York Police Department’s infiltration of Muslim student groups, complaining that it threatens intellectual freedom and the civil rights of both pupils
The grand jury that has been hearing evidence in the long-running police ticket-fixing investigation is expected to begin deciding on charges in the case as early as Tuesday, and people with knowledge of the matter said as many as 17 officers — among them a lieutenant and two sergeants —would most likely face charges. Prosecutors […]
Chicago’s FBI chief on Monday said that 10 years after the Sept. 11 terror attacks on America, al-Qaida is still “obsessed with airplanes.” FBI Special Agent-in-Charge Rob Grant disclosed for the first time that Chicago investigators are handling an international terror probe into who planted mail bombs on overseas flights bound for Chicago last year. […]
As the international community counts down the days to the opening of the UN General Assembly and senior Israeli diplomatic officials engage in last-minute efforts to thwart the PA (Palestinian Authority) unilateral declaration of statehood, relations between Israel and Turkey continue to decline. Israel has recalled its police attaché to Turkey, bringing an end to […]
Interior Minister (Shas) Eli Yishai will be traveling to Uman on Monday night to get a firsthand look at Rosh Hashanah arrangements as well as logistical arrangements for the arrival
Rabbonim of the Eida Chareidis seem to feel that as soon as this week, the state will hand over official control of Kever Rashbi to the state committee, a move
Patients and staff at New York City’s Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center are drinking bottled water after traces of the bacteria that causes Legionnaire’s disease were found in the tap water.
Defense Minister Ehud Barak met in NYC with PA Prime Minister Salim Fayyad ahead of the UN General Assembly later this week as Israel continue’s efforts to prevent the PA
New statistics on crime find New York to be the safest large state in the nation. Crime declined in the Empire State by 4.4 percent during the first half of
President Obama’s smooth path to the Democratic nomination may have gotten rockier Monday, after a group of liberal leaders, including former presidential candidate Ralph Nader, announced plans to challenge the incumbent in primaries next year. The group said the goal is to offer up a handful of candidates from various fields and areas where the […]
The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Unit has been sent to investigate a bias crime in the heart of Williamsburg’s Chasidic community, YWN has learned. Two swastikas were found by a residents late Sunday afternoon, at 111 Clymer Street. The swastikas were written on the walls of the building near the elevators. Williamsburg Shomrim (WSPU) had received a call […]
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