Rav Dovid Goldwasser will be addressing the community with special divrei hisorrerus at his annual Shabbos Shuvah Drasha. The Drasha will take place at Edward R. Murrow High School, (Avenue
Despite warnings that the action might endanger US troops and inflame Muslims around the world, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday defended the right of a Florida pastor to burn copies of the
More than 100 Jewish protesters lined up along the sidewalk in front of RFR Realty on Tresser Boulevard Tuesday afternoon to express their concerns about a development in Jaffa, Israel. The company has a property in Jaffa, where theyre building a luxury hotel, said Daniel Green, a member of the Central Rabbinical Congress of the […]
The family of a Brooklyn girl who died after a police officer allegedly failed to help her are renewing their calls for justice. Michael and Carmen Ojeda, the parents of
Authorities on Wednesday were looking for the person who left a message on a plane lavatory mirror indicating a bomb was on board. The threatening message was found scrawled on
The following is meant as a convenient review of Halachos pertaining to Rosh Hashana. The Piskei Din for the most part are based purely on the Sugyos, Shulchan Aruch and
A former soldier arrested after a hostage incident at a military base in Georgia faces multiple charges that include threatening to kill President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton,
New York State Senator Eric Adams (D, Brooklyn) held a press conference Monday afternoon, and announced the purchase of bullet proof vests for members of the Brooklyn South Safety Patrol (Boro Park Shomrim). The vests will provide additional protection to the volunteer safety group while it conducts its daily patrols in the Boro Park area.In […]
As Jews in America and around the world celebrate the first of the High Holy Days I want to extend my warmest wishes for the New Year. Lshana Tova Tikatevu may you be inscribed and sealed in the Book of Life. Rosh Hashanah marks the beginning of the spiritual calendar and the birth of […]
To my loyal YWN readers, Although this space is normally used for my weekly columns on health, fitness, and weight loss, I will allow myself the liberty once a year
A video of Ben Gurion International Airport as thousands of people make their way to Uman for Rosh HaShanah. Click HERE for photos. (Yehuda Boltshauser & Yossi Bodenheim / Kuvien
Dear Friends, As we prepare to celebrate the coming of a new year, I want to take this opportunity to reflect upon what has been a challenging year for both
President Obama veered off script yesterday to talk about his critics. Speaking to union members in Milwaukee, Obama first stuck to his advance text by saying he is taking on
Google launched another Google Doodle guessing game Tuesday, with a new interactive Google logo that you can manipulate with your mouse. Google replaced its static logo with a set of
In the wake of the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks relaunch in Washington last week, and ahead of Hillary Clinton and George Mitchell heading to the next round of talks in Sharm
In another move aimed at stabilizing the still-shaky economy, President Barack Obama on Wednesday will introduce a new $200 billion tax cut giving businesses across the country an incentive to
New York is poised to win its campaign to bring a retired space shuttle to the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Monday. The senior lawmaker said a number of sources have told him the floating museum on Manhattans West Side has the inside track in the fight to land one of NASAs […]
Atlantic City Police want to know whos responsible for hateful graffiti discovered Labor Day on a boardwalk pavilion. Swastikas and racial slurs were found Monday morning on several columns in the pavilion, which provides shade and benches for people on the boardwalk. It is located at Columbia Avenue in the resorts Chelsea section. Detectives took […]
The U.S. commander in Afghanistan on Monday criticized a Florida church’s plan to burn copies of the Quran on September 11, warning the demonstration “could cause significant problems” for American
Rumors are swirling in Lakewood, that Senator and Committeeman Bob Singer may be pulling out of the race. These rumors have yet to be confirmed, but earlier Monday morning, the following statement was released to The Lakewood Scoop, by BOE member Carl Fink. Now that it has been leaked to the press, albeit in a […]
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