Parents are calling on Mayor Bloomberg to lift a ban on cell phones in city schools after he said Friday that mobile devices are the best tool for keeping tabs on kids. On his weekly radio show, Bloomberg said, “If you want to have something that a parent can know where their child is – […]
Police in Brooklyn are still looking into the events leading up to the murder eight-year-old Leiby Kletzky. Brooklyn, NY – Levi Aron’s apartment is still a very active crime scene three days after he was arrested for allegedly killing and dismembering the little boy. First a matress, then the box spring, followed by bags of […]
New details continue to emerge about Levi Aron, the Brooklyn man who confessed to killing and dismembering 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky this past week. Aron was working as a clerk in
A woman claims that Levi Aron tried to kidnap her son two years ago, but high-ranking NYPD officials tell YWN that they highly doubt that the woman is credible. According
Airport body scanners that create unclothed images of passengers were improperly adopted by the U.S. as a primary screening tool, a federal appeals court ruled, while allowing their use to continue. The U.S. Transportation Security Administration should have sought public comment before deciding that the scanners, first deployed in 2007, would be used “everywhere for […]
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has won a federal ruling that will require a stronger review of potential “severe accident” scenarios at the Indian Point nuclear plant in New York City’s suburbs. The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board says more analysis of how to deal with severe accidents is needed before the plant can […]
Documents recovered from Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan show that al Qaeda spoke of attacking President Barack Obama and Gen. David Petraeus, a source familiar with the materials recovered
[By David Mandel] As we go into shabbos let us be thankful for the gift we have that we are unable to listen to news reports nor read any websites
[By Shlomo Katz] So it is Erev Shabbos and I don’t have time to write. But my heart is broken and my eyes have spilled with tears too many times in the last few days. One of our babies was taken to Hashem and is now basking in the glow of the Kisei Hakovod. May […]
I don’t know a name for this article. How do you name an article about the devastation that has occurred in our community? What title can you give it? It has surpassed the words tragedy, incomprehensible, unbelievable, disaster, horror and so on. It’s Erev Shabbos and I’m supposed to be cooking. How can I be […]
An explosion was heard on Friday evening on Pinkas street in Netanya’s industrial zone. According to initial reports, a two-story building partially collapsed in the blast. Rescue forces were dispatched
In their hour of grief, the family of Leiby Kletzky is thanking their community and their city for helping them through the tragedy of losing their 8-year-old son to a
President Obama on Friday kept up the pressure on Republicans to agree to revenue increases in a deal to raise the debt ceiling, claiming 80 percent of the public supports
The United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg (UJO) is urging NYS lawmakers to support and quickly adopt legislation to be introduced by Assemblyman Dov Hikind, Assemblyman Peter Abbate and State Senator Diane Savino entitled “The Leiby Initiative” which grants a $500 annual tax credit to New York City property owners who purchase, install, and maintain surveillance […]
In his press conference announcing the capture of the murder Levi Aron, and the gruesome discovery of Leiby A”H’s body, Police Commissioner Kelly acknowledged publicly the Shomrim Patrol for providing a license plate number that led them to Levi. How did the Shomrim receive the information? As it turns out it was supplied by Flatbush […]
The Pentagon on Thursday revealed that in the spring it suffered one of its largest losses ever of sensitive data in a cyberattack by a foreign government. It’s a dramatic
[By Mendel Klein] We are all still in shock. Leiby Kletzky, a young boy from our community is not with us anymore. He was only 9 years old. He wanted
Yocheved Schachter, a 47-year-old nurse who lives in Borough Park, Brooklyn, acknowledges that she has a double standard of sorts: one for people who share her background, and one for people who do not. “If you’re in the airport and need help, a Jew will help you,” said Ms. Schachter, who is a mother and […]
As we all suffer from the terrible tragedy that occurred with Leiby Kletzky A”H, Chai Lifeline is offering three symposia open to the whole community. These symposia will address the Hashkafik approach to crisis, understanding the process of trauma within ourselves and our children, and practical suggestions for safety in the future. This will be followed […]
The site of the Aron Kodesh, or Holy Ark of The Great Synagogue of Vilnius dating back to the end of the 16th century, was recently uncovered in the excavations of this historically significant synagogue. Lithuania’s Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius visited the site Friday to view the synagogue’s excavated fragments and attend as 25 Jewish […]
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