Text of President Barack Obama’s speech at the Kennedy Center commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, as provided by the White House: The Bible tells us, “Weeping

During the motzei Shabbos levaya of HaRav Avraham Yitzchak Meir Weingarten zl, a chossid of the Rachmistroika community, which made its way from the Shamgar Funeral Chapel past the Rachmistroika Beis Medrash in the Gush 80 area of the capital, a most unpleasant situation developed. Persons opening the kever called as the hespeidim were ending […]

Police have recovered one of the three missing vans that raised security fears as the city marks the tenth anniversary of 9/11. A dark green Chevy van stolen from a

There was a minor scare in the air on this day that marks ten years since the 9/11 terror attacks. Fighter jets were scrambled to escort an American Airlines jet

President Obama read Psalm 46 at the New York ceremony Sunday marking the tenth anniversary of the 9-11 attacks. Principal deputy press secretary Josh Earnest explained why Obama selected that

[VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Applause and cheers greeted President George W. Bush Sunday as he took the podium to mark the moment the second plane hit the South

[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Former President George W. Bush outlines for the first time in a new documentary how events unfolded for him following the 9-11 attacks. In the National

[SEE UPDATE IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] It is exactly ten years ago when that moment in history changed the world for ever. Of course, when it happened, many of us knew wed never forget that day. Yet time dulls even the most painful memories. And this year, ten years after the attacks, the commemoration which takes […]

The events surrounding the attack against the Israeli Embassy in Cairo over the weekend are being released, and it is evident that the events were significantly more serious than they

As the American People exhibit concern against a possible terror attack to coincide with the decade anniversary of 9/11, Israels counter-terrorism bureau is working overtime as well, issuing travel advisors for Turkey, Sinai, Nigeria and Tunisia, as well as Israels cyber system, with the latter posing serious concerns. In todays computerized world a major attack […]

Jordan on Sunday significantly increased security for the Israeli Embassy in Amman as well as for the residences of senior diplomatic personnel. The move follows the storming of the Israeli

The following is from OU.org: When the terror attack occurred, Avremel was fifty-five; his friend Ed, a quadriplegic, was forty-two. Both worked at Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield as program analysts

Vandals on Friday night targeted the Beis Yisrael Steiblach with graffiti as well as throwing paint on walls. One local resident reports that there was a great deal of noise

The following Ynet report gives a behind the scenes look at what really went on during the attack on the Israeli Embassy in Egypt, and gives an insight on how

[LIVE FEED IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Just as Sept. 11 was unthinkable, Sunday was inevitable: the 10th anniversary of a day that stands alone. In history. In memory. Three-thousand six hundred fifty-three days have now passed. At 8:46 a.m. the time when the first plane slammed into 1 World Trade Center 87,672 hours will […]

The following are excerpts of a Wall Street Journal article, and re-posted from the YWN archives: FIVE FLOORS ABOVE, Shimmy Biegeleisen phoned his wife from his office at money-management firm Fiduciary Trust International Inc. Theres been an explosion next door, the 42-year-old vice president said. Dont worry. Im OK. After a few minutes, Mr. Biegeleisen […]

[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] It’s a heart-breaking bird’s eye view of New York’s darkest day. As we mark adecade after the 9/11 attacks, a powerful 17-minute video taken from an NYPD helicopter on that fateful day surfaced on the Web not long ago. Obtained by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the leaked footage […]

Despite an earlier report released last week by people close to Posek HaDor Maran HaRav HaGaon Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita that the Rav was not going to undergo surgery to

Al-Qaeda may have sent American terrorists or men carrying U.S. travel documents to launch an attack on Washington or New York to coincide with memorials marking the 10th anniversary of

As tomorrow’s anniversary of the September 11th attacks approaches, police officials say there is renewed interest in three vans that have been stolen in and around the city since the

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