Chanukah 5771 has past us by, and YWN presents our annual photo roundup from Gedolim, Admorim, and politicians celebrating Chanukah. This year we present more than 50 albums, totaling more
Yeshiva World News is pleased to present to you a collection of videos from chanukah in America and Eretz Yisroel. Credits: Yehuda Boltshauser / Naftali Charlop / Yissochar Dunoff /
As the country stands in shock of the devastation that the wildfire in Northern Israel caused on the Carmel forest, and the dozens of lives that were R”L tragically taken,
A fire on Delta flight 268 departing from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City forced it to make an emergency landing, officials said. The fire broke out
The Mashgiach, Hagon Rav Don Segal Shlita has been admitted to Shaarei Tzedek Hospital, with what appears to be a pneumonia. Sources close to Rav Segal told YWN that they
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided Sunday not to hold a government vote on the military conversions bill. Netanyahu discussed the matter with Shas Ministers Eli Yishai and Ariel Atias for
The New York State Thruway Authority and New York State Police Troop T has announced that 3,008 Thruway motorists were ticketed during the statewide seat belt enforcement initiative Buckle Up New York that took place over the last two weeks of November. “The message is clear. The authority will continue to drive home the message […]
Tensions over tickets have reached a boiling point at a Brooklyn precinct where officers are considering a day-long summons boycott. “We’ve talked about it,” said one police source familiar with the possible slowdown in the 79th Precinct in Bedford-Stuyvesant. “Nobody feels this is right, asking us to write summonses just to meet a quota.” A […]
It was an extraordinary sight, even by White House standards. Two presidents at the podium in the White House press room, discussing Democratic infighting over a tax cut extension plan.
A Brooklyn yeshiva teacher yesterday gave harrowing testimony of how he was brutally attacked on Thanksgiving by two teens, saying they briefly knocked him unconscious, then ripped off his Hasidic
Mark Madoff, the eldest son of convicted Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff, killed himself in his Manhattan apartment early Saturday morning – two years to the day after his father was arrested. Madoff took his own life in the living room of his fourth floor loft apartment in SoHo. His body was found hanging from a […]
Two Palestinian terrorists were killed in exchange with IDF forces Saturday night along the Gaza border fence. One Israeli soldier was wounded in the encounter. The two armed Palestinians were
A Queens councilman yesterday moved to outlaw the FDNY’s new plan to charge motorists for responding to accidents — calling the plan “nuts.” “I don’t think that people should have
Michael Bloomberg has delivered a passionate speech denouncing just about all the key players on the national scene –including Congress and The White house — for mismanaging economic recovery, he blasted Democrats and Republicans for abandoning responsibility in favor of partisan bickering, and for denouncing the importance of success in corporate America. It sounded like […]
It’s the ultimate in money laundering — bleaching the ink off $5 bills and reprinting them as $100s. Damond Gallagher, a Park Slope store owner, was suspicious of one of
They danced, they sang, and they rejoiced with every fiber of their being. All, in their own unique way, expressed pure joy as they rejoiced with the Torah. HASC adults, who volunteer each Monday at Misaskim’s headquarters, were invited to join Misaskim in a unique Hachnosas Sefer Torah celebration – one that symbolizes the spiritual […]
With the exception of Tel Aviv, cities around Israel have agreed to cooperate with a Yad L’Achim initiative that aims to use little-enforced municipal bylaws to battle missionaries. In a
The Rabbinical Centre of Europe (RCE) has expressed its appreciation that an amendment to the European Union’s food labeling laws was set aside by the European Council of Ministers which met Tuesday. “It is vitally important that the ministers sent a clear message that this amendment is problematic and discriminatory,” said Rabbi Arye Goldberg, deputy […]
Cholent, the traditional hot stew served on Shabbos in observant homes, is actually a French word that had its origin in the 11th century. The bagel was first mentioned in
Motorists, brace yourselves this holiday season for higher-priced gasoline. Nationwide, a gallon of regular unleaded gas averaged $2.975 on Thursday and more than $3 a gallon in 20 states. That’s
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