On the yom tov of Matan Torah, the Ir HaTorah rejoices. All night long the streets of Lakewood are filled with people streaming to and from hundreds of shuls and

U.S. Senator Schumer addressed a Jewish political function Sunday night, and discussed the Israeli / Palestinian conflict. During his speech Schumer said the following: “Whatever boundaries might have to be

Goldman Sachs was proclaiming that oil was soon set soar to $135 a barrel and likely have US service stations jacking up fuel prices to $5 a gallon, just like

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer of New York was introducing a bill that would stop car rental agencies from renting automobiles that are under recall for problems that aren’t yet fixed. Schumer said the federal law was needed because of serious crashes in recent years involving rental cars under recalls. He said car rental agencies must […]

Every Memorial Day we say the same things. Conservatives issue praise for our troops as flags fly high.  Disaffected Americans treat today as a three day weekend and a time for barbecue. Liberals will “talk” about how they support the troops but despise the missions when a Republican is President. Unlike liberals, at least the […]

Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal said Sunday that he wants oil prices to drop so that the United States and Europe don’t accelerate efforts to wean themselves off his country’s

A growing shortage of medications for a host of illnesses — from cancer to cystic fibrosis to cardiac arrest — has hospitals scrambling for substitutes to avoid patient harm, and

You may have woken up to heavy downpours outside, but don’t call it a washout yet. The heaviest rain has already pushed out of Manhattan and through Queens, as well

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Is this another scam? Due to circumstances beyond our control, My Harvest America, Inc. has been forced to file for protection under Chapter 7 Bankruptcy. Further information for claims will

8:40PM EST: 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. Numerous swastikas were found by a residents late Sunday afternoon, all along Marcy Avenue – from Hayward Street to Rodney Street. The swastikas are reportedly written on homes all along the street. […]

Police say that a teenager has been charged with the murder of Newark off-duty officer William Johnson. Johnson, 45, was killed in a drive-by shooting Thursday night while he was

Israel’s police are gearing up towards September when the Palestinian Authority is slated to ask the United Nations to recognize Palestine. Police Commissioner Yohanan Danino said Sunday that police forces

Palestinian forces intentionally opened fire at Breslov Chassidim last month, an Israel Defense Forces report concluded on Sunday, countering initial Palestinian claims that the shooting, which resulted in the death

Iran is taking steps toward an aggressive new form of censorship: a so-called national Internet that could, in effect, disconnect Iranian cyberspace from the rest of the world. The leadership

A car that was believed to have been used in a hit-and-run accident that left a traffic officer injured earlier this month was tracked down on Friday through the use of the Police Department’s growing web of license-plate-reading cameras, the authorities said. The hit-and-run occurred on May 17 near the Manhattan Bridge, when the driver […]

The court schedule of a federal judge who faces allegations of bias in the financial fraud trial of Sholom Rubashkin has raised fresh questions about judicial impartiality. Defense attorneys argue

For the third time in a month, President Barack Obama on Sunday plans to visit a community savaged by a terrible act of nature, comfort survivors who’ve lost everything and

Concord owner Louis Cappelli and Mohegan Sun have locked up a key approval in the bid to resume construction on a $600 million hotel and racino at the former Concord.

A rabbi’s home has been targeted in a series of suspected anti-Semitic attacks. Rocks have been thrown through the windows of Rabbi Shmuli Pink’s house in Leicester, where he lives with his wife Rivkie and their seven children. A brick was also thrown through the window of his car, parked outside his home near the […]

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