As Maran HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita was heading home following cataract surgery at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Yerushalayim, his driver was pulled over by a traffic policeman after the vehicle crossed HaNevi’im Street. After a brief discussion with the driver the traffic policeman understood who the passenger was and he immediately bid […]

All attending the upcoming exclusive fundraiser event this coming Sunday, will be receiving a ‘Gebenched’ bottle of wine from Hagaon Rav Chaim Kanievsky, TLS reports. In addition to the raffle of a personally inscribed Siddur from Hagaon Rav Aharon Leib Shteinman, each attendee will be receiving their own gift to take home, a small bottle […]

Israel’s peace partner, the PA (Palestinian Authority), is showing its true colors. With the impending unilateral declaration of statehood on the agenda, PA officials are beginning to tell it as it is. In the past, this was only done in Arabic, while the messages to the media in Hebrew and English were frequently whitewashed to […]

The Transportation Department is proposing the ban in a rule being published today in the Federal Register, the first step in government regulation. Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, don’t burn tobacco.

Under the threat of a million man protest march against Israel in Amman, the Foreign Ministry has given the order, evacuating Israel’s embassy in Jordan Wednesday night. While the staff frequently returns home to Israel for weekends, they were ordered home early after the painful experience in the Israeli Embassy in Cairo. In that incident, […]

Thieves on Tuesday (Sept. 13) afternoon broke into the Bnei Brak home of chareidi entertainment production personality Yisrael Rubinstein, making off with a significant quantity of equipment. Rubinstein was hired

Israel’s dati leumi politicians are backing an initiative being supported by Minister (Likud) Silvan Shalom, calling for a long weekend in Israel, Shabbos and Sunday. The vice premier promoted the plan in an address to a Po’el Mizrachi forum attended by prominent personalities in the dati leumi camp. Shalom is confident that accepting the plan […]

For the second time in a week, a vandalism attack was perpetrated against a shul in Jerusalem’s Beis Yisrael community.  The latest incident occurred on Tuesday night, involving juvenile youths. Once again, the walls of the shul were spray painted with derogatory epithets including “Nazi dogs”. The Mir building was also targeted in the latest […]

Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger is visiting in Albania towards addressing the needs of the remaining 100s of Jews in that country. During his meetings with leaders, he will also ask

Jewish civil rights group Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center has sent a warning letter to Columbia University President Lee Bollinger advising him that Columbia’s plan to host a banquet for visiting Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad violates U.S. anti-terror laws and will subject the university and its officials to both criminal prosecution and civil liability […]

Israel’s Port Authority and officials at Ben-Gurion International Airport are getting ready for the pre-Rosh Hashanah flights from Tel Aviv to Uman, to the Kever Rabbi Nachman of Breslov ZY”A. Officials report that at present, over 22,000 people are booked to fly to Uman in the four days before Rosh Hashanah, beginning on Sunday, first […]

The wheels are officially in motion for New York City’s bike share program. Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan announced Wednesday that starting next summer there will be 10,000 bikes available at 600 stations in Midtown Manhattan and northwest Brooklyn. “Over the next several months and weeks we’ll be holding workshops, meetings and public forums,” […]

The man accused of attempting to blow up a Detroit-bound aircraft in 2009 shouted “Osama’s alive” and “I’m forced to wear prison clothes” Wednesday as he arrived for jury selection,

Longtime friend and supporter of the PA (Palestinian Authority), former US President Jimmy Carter has come out to express his support for a declaration of Palestinian independence. He feels that

Democrats went into overdrive Wednesday after the GOP captured a New York House seat the party had held for almost a century, attempting to neutralize the inevitable conclusions drawn about

Experts in Eretz Yisrael monitoring the status of shofarot (shofars) sold in the country are questioning the kashrus validity of shofarot purchased by the IDF, originating in Morocco. This refers

The Goldstein family held a private seuda to mark Yoel Zev’s release from Japanese prison, opting to cancel a gala event that was planned in Bnei Brak. During the event, more or less a forum of family and close friends, Yoel revealed that in the Japanese prison he was compelled to eat treif. Japanese officials […]

Preparations for Rosh Hashanah are well underway at the Kosel in anticipation of the hundreds of thousands of visitors during Tishrei. During the past week, engineers inspected the integrity of

It’s something of a tradition for YWN to proclaim the winners and losers the day after the election. So after a morning full of recommendations (and there were many) on