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Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) has joined forces with the pro-Israel, international education organization “Stand With Us” to protest the appearance of IHH terrorist Ahmet Faruk Unsal; Viva Palestina organizer Kevin
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The FBI is fanning out across New York City to arrest dozens of people linked to mortgage fraud scams. Numerous mortgage brokers, real estate agents and lawyers are believed to
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Lawmakers on Thursday will get their first chance to grill BP CEO Tony Hayward, the man fighting to save his and his company’s reputation as BP fights to stop the
On the face of it, the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the growing threat of a disabling cyber attack would seem to have little in common.
HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Dovid Grossman Shlita and Deputy Minister of Education Meir Porush met on Thursday morning with President Shimon Peres in a last ditch effort to reach some kind
As the chareidi tzibur prepares to bring out hundreds of thousands of supporters for the Bnei Brak and Yerushalayim prison marches, beginning at 1:00pm and 2:00pm respectively, the High Court
Final preparations are underway in both Yerushalayim and Bnei Brak and police and chareidim are preparing for the prison march to escort the Emanuel Beis Yaakov parents to prison. Gedolei
Lakewood, NJ – YWN regrets to inform you of the Petirah of Rav Lipa Solomon ZATZAL, one of the last remaining Talmidim of the Chofetz Chaim. Rav Solomon, who was
In his daily column in Yisrael HaYom, Dan Margalit compares Emanuel to Little Rock in the United States, explaining that it was President Dwight Eisenhower who sent federal troops to
[Photo link below] Members of the Chabad Israel Center on Manhattan’s Upper East Side have eagerly awaited the start of the “Belev Echad Tour”, a ten day program treating ten
A city councilman who spotted a traffic cop blow through stop signs while yakking on the phone confronted the officer – and got slapped with a $165 ticket, the irate
Spirit Airlines Inc. and its pilots reached a tentative contract agreement that may end the first strike at a U.S. passenger airline since 2005, the union for the employees said.
The Jerusalem District Court on Wednesday cleared the way for the extradition to the United States of eleven citizens who stand accused of defrauding the elderly out of millions of
After state lawmakers narrowly avoided a government shut down earlier this week, Governor David Paterson is trying to avoid a similar scare next week. The governor says he will send
In an interview with Channel 1, the Baba Baruch, the son of Rav Yisrael Abuchatzera zt”l, the Baba Sali, explained “The Ashkenazim hate us”. Speaking with chareidi affairs correspondent, Baba
[Click HERE for photos] [UPDATE BELOW] Protests against ongoing Israel Antiquities Authority excavations in Jaffa continued today, Wednesday, as the Eida Chareidis and Asra Kadisha remain determined to prevent further
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