The highly regarded head of Icholov Medical Center’s Intensive Care Department Professor Patrick Sorkin has decided to join United Hatzalah. The obviously frum, bearded motorcycle-riding professor of emergency medicine is used to challenging peoples expectations. He mentioned to United Hatzalah senior staff that he is proud to join the organization that has likewise challenged people’s conception of […]
The War of Independence, Sinai War, Six-Day War, Yom Kippur War, First Lebanon War, First Intifada, Second Intifada, Second Lebanon War, Gaza War: this is only a partial list of
In the Utopian world about which we fitness professionals dream, everyone sets aside an hour or more a day for a complete workout, including aerobic, resistance and flexibility training. But in today’s society, we all know that’s not likely to happen. So, just how do we make it easier to get fit — and stay […]
A Delta Airlines flight headed to Minneapolis made an emergency return landing Sunday morning at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport after one of the jet engines apparently broke apart, raining pieces
Heroic NYPD cops battled ferocious winds and sub-freezing temperatures as one was lowered from a hovering helicopter onto a mountaintop cliff early today to rescue two near-dead West Point cadets who’d gotten stranded in the dead of night after wandering away from their unit during a training exercise. The amazing death-defying rescue took place about […]
According to Ynet, Hagon Chacham Ovadia Yosef Shlita, authorized a number of senior Rabbonim on Sunday to add clarifications on his behalf to his controversial ruling which legitimized conversions performed in the Israel Defense Forces. The addition is said to be accepted by leaders of the Eda Charedis , including Hagon Rav Elyashiv Shlita, who are […]
Hundreds have been killed in Libya since protests broke out across the North African nation six days ago, according to rights watchdogs and eyewitnesses across the country. Residents told Al
A wind-whipped five-alarm blaze tore through a Brooklyn apartment building Saturday, killing a woman and injuring four residents and 25 firefighters, officials said. About 200 Bravest fought the flames that
7:00PM EST: Sources have confirmed to YWN that a police officer has been shot inside the 67 Precinct in Brooklyn. He has been transported to Kings County Trauma Center with
President Barack Obama declared Friday that New York State was a “disaster area” following December’s blizzard, allowing certain areas of the state to get federal recovery money. Staten Island and
A Brooklyn police precinct is under scrutiny after cops told investigators their bosses manipulated crime statistics, sources said. The 77th Precinct, covering Crown Heights and Prospect Heights, first raised a
Years ago, a major bridge expansion on Long Island was funded with a $5 million congressional earmark, but the project remains untouched and not a penny has been spent. This
Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) promised that he would post a picture from his boyhood Bar Mitzvah when he hit 10,000 followers on Twitter. He made his goal last Thursday, Feb.
US President Barack Obama warned the Palestinians of “repercussions” if they pushed for a United Nations Security Council vote against Jewish settlements, a Palestinian official said Friday. “President Obama threatened
The Volover Rov has released the following Kashrus alert in regards to the recent controversy with worms found in sardines. This story was first brought to light in an article
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) sent a letter to Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren requesting Israeli intervention in the protection of Har HaZeitim, the Mount of Olives. The site, an ancient burial ground which is among the most sacred Jewish sites in Jerusalem, has recently become a frequent target for vandalism and gravestone desecration. Nadler’s letter […]
President Obama and his political rivals in Washington have jumped into the epic battle in Wisconsin between organized labor and the state’s newly elected Republican governor over the rights and benefits of state workers. Efforts by Scott Walker, the state’s Republican governor, to slash collective-bargaining rights of public employees prompted days of protests at the […]
The Verizon iPhone and AT&T iPhone have gone head-to-head in thousands of broadband tests, and the numbers tell the story you’d expect: AT&T’s network is much faster. Ookla, creators of
The European Jewish Congress (EJC) has called on Dutch politicians not to vote for a ban on shechita, Jewish ritual slaughter, ahead of a bill on the subject is presented to the Dutch Parliament for consideration. Dr. Moshe Kantor, President of the EJC, said that this ban would stand in opposition to Dutch norms. “Holland […]
The New York Police Department has informed the Federal Bureau of Investigation that it plans to pull all six of its detectives from a joint task force that investigates armed
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