Imagine having to wait more than an hour for an ambulance to show up in a medical emergency, or being told that you can’t stay with your three-year-old child at the emergency room. Such is the state of emergency medical care in Moscow, leading the city’s Jewish community to muster its resources in support of […]
President Barack Obama will not be protected by a vast armada of 34 US warships when he visits Mumbai this weekend, officials said, calling reports from India on security preparations
Sources tell YWN, that the bomb squad in Yerushalayim is confirming a suspicious device to be explosive. The drama unfolded on Friday afternoon, when someone called the police for a
Don’t forget to “fall back” and check smoke detectors this weekend. On Sunday, Nov. 7 at 2 a.m., time will revert back to standard, giving everyone an extra hour to sleep in. Since 2007, the time change has reverted to standard time on the first Sunday of November and changed to daylight savings time on the […]
U.S. employment increased more than expected last month as private companies hired workers at the fastest pace since April, offering more signs of an up-tick in a sluggish economy. Nonfarm
The following is from the NY Daily News: Does the thought of bacon soda turn your stomach? Wait until you try it. A parade of New Yorkers grimaced and retched after sips of the pig-inspired pop unveiled by Jones Soda Co. – or just at the sound of it. “That tastes disgusting,” griped Tyrone Wallace, 26, […]
Leumi, Israel’s biggest bank, is requiring US clients to declare their deposits to the Internal Revenue Service, amid heightened scrutiny of offshore accounts by US authorities. The bank is asking
The Mexico Police said Friday that two suspects have been arrested in the murder of Israeli businessman Moshe Aroch and his daughter Sapir in their apartment in Mexico City last
The Canada Border Services Agency calls it an “unbelievable case of concealment.” The federal border services agency is investigating after a passenger allegedly boarded an Air Canada flight from Hong
The following is a NY Post exclusive: NYC Yellow-cab fleet owners want a whopping fare increase that would boost the price of a cab ride by 19 percent and increase the base fare to $3 — in the same year the MTA is set to hike subway and bus fares. If approved by the Taxi and […]
In the wake of Tuesday’s shellacking, outgoing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, has been widely expected to step down as the Democratic leader and leave Congress. Not so
He tried to make the call the night of the election, but he could not get through. He gave it a shot the next day. No luck. On Day 3,
Stocks rallied in the United States Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve’s decision to buy more government securities to stimulate the economy. Equities have rallied strongly since early September, partly in anticipation of action by the Federal Reserve, which announced on Wednesday that it would purchase $600 billion in Treasuries. The Dow Jones industrial […]
Annual screening for lung cancer with low-dose CT scans cut mortality rates in older, current or former heavy smokers by 20 percent, a major U.S. government study finds. Given the
YWN has learned that the American Yeshiva Bachur studying at Rav Tzvi Kaplan’s Yeshiva in Eretz Yisroel, who has been in a coma for nearly a week, has come out of his coma and is talking. The 20-year-old Bochur from Lakewood was playing football last Thursday night, when he fell and broke his leg. Hatzolah […]
Mr Obama will arrive in India on Saturday for the first leg of an Asian tour. But as well as the usual security measures that come with welcoming a a
Europe, 1946. After the incineration of European Jewry, a man turns his sights to American shores. Physically broken, he is forced to turn his back on the ashes of his entire family, his hometown, and the only life he ever knew. Arriving penniless and alone, he clings to his unshakeable faith in his Creator, deriving solace from […]
The wheels of justice grind slowly, but last week, at the conclusion of a three-year-long trial, the Beersheva Magistrates’ Court convicted a missionary leader who assaulted a Yad L’Achim activist
City officials announced today that some elevated levels of lead have been detected in the city’s water supply and they’re advising New Yorkers to run their taps for 30 seconds before using the water. Residents are also being urged to use cold water for cooking, drinking, or making baby formula. The Department of Environmental Protection […]
Boro Park Shomrim (BSSP) receive an award Wednesday evening, from Brooklyn District Attorney Charles J. Hynes, following the incident where 4 Shomrim Volunteers were shot. On September 2nd, the Boro Park Shomrim Safety Patrol’s Abe Kaztow, Abraham “Motty” Brauner, Joel Klein and Motty Perl were shot while apprehending David Flores, a known criminal and suspected […]
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