Once again Vice President Joe Biden’s motorcade has been involved in an MVA, sources tell YWN. This latest accident involved two motorcycles from the NYPD Highway Unit, and occurred on Astoria Boulevard near 80th Street in Queens. Apparrantly, two motorcycles collided, as they were escorting the VP to JFK Airport. Both officers were transported to Elmhurst Hospital […]
There are many requests and appeals made within our community. Ours is unique. An appeal for a family. A family, who can open its home and its heart and who can change the lives of these two children. For over 40 years, OHEL Foster Care has cared for and met the diverse needs of thousands of Jewish children […]
There were hundreds of people in attendance yesterday at the funeral of Lieutenant Colonial Dov Harari HY”D. Lt. Col. Harari, who was 45 years old and a resident of Netanya,
The Israeli widow of a New York City rabbi killed in the Mumbai terrorist attacks of 2008 can remain in the United States permanently. Michael Wildes told the New York
Recent studies have shown that, despite the surgeon general’s warnings, and despite billions of dollars in ad campaigns, young teens and adults are lighting up in large numbers, especially in the Orthodox Jewish community. As a result of a recent Cancer Awareness Project initiated by volunteers of RCCS, calls have been coming in to the […]
An American Airlines flight headed to California was diverted to New Mexico and a passenger detained for allegedly smoking onboard, officials said. The FBI took the male passenger into custody,
The number of obese people in the United States has increased by 2.4 million since 2007, according to a CDC special report released Tuesday. The report also says that 9 states – up from 3 in 2007 – now report obesity levels at 30 percent or higher (in 2000, no states were in that category). […]
As captured First Sergeant Gilad Shalit’s 24th birthday took place yesterday, people gathered by the Shalit family tent base camp in the Rechavia neighborhood of Yerushalayim to mark his 1500th
Community work is frequently difficult, as we find that the requests are overwhelming and the hours are long. However, there is one even more difficult characteristic of community work. That is because the public does not necessarily know who “the community” exactly is. As a result, many worthy organizations suffer, and their programs are limited, […]
Tens of thousands of residents in Kiryat Sefer and Beit Shemesh may be stranded with out means of transportation next week. Kikar Hashabbat reports that the Superbus Employee Union, which
A 26-year-old Chicago man, who authorities believed was planning to travel to Somalia and engage in jihadist fighting with a terrorist group, was arrested last night just hours before he
5:30PM EST: A Frum man R”L drowned a short while ago, in the waters off the shore of Atlantic City, NJ. Although details are still sketchy, sources tell YWN that
Montgomery County Police have made an arrest in the series of hate-based vandalisms that occurred in Olney, Maryland. Ian Jacob Baron, age 23, formerly of Olney, was arrested Wednesday morning.
A federal judge in Washington has sided against Russia in a dispute over the return of thousands of religious books, manuscripts and rabbinical teachings that remain overseas. The Chabad-Lubavitch sect
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s daughter was arrested this afternoon for allegedly shoplifting at an Upper East Side beauty store, according to law enforcement sources. Caroline Giuliani, 20, who lives in the area with her mother Donna Hanover, was apprehended at the Sephora on 144 E. 86th Street and taken to the 19th precinct. Caroline is […]
[Video & Photo links below] President of Israel Shimon Peres greeted 234 new Israeli citizens at a ceremony welcoming this summer’s second chartered Aliyah flight organized by Nefesh B’Nefesh and the Jewish Agency. On board the flight, which was sponsored by the Friends of the IDF (FIDF), were 85 soldiers, the highest amount of soldiers […]
The Senate overcame a key procedural hurdle Wednesday to send $26 billion more in federal aid to cash-strapped states. The measure, which passed by a 61-38 vote, contains $16.1 billion
The group of 40 New Jersey & New York professionals who rode their bicycles 135 miles to raise money for children who are battling serious illnesses, have arrived at Camp Simcha. The Bike4Chai bicycle ride started in Lakewood on Tuesday morning at 8:30AM and ended on Wednesday at approximetly noon at Camp Simcha in Glen Spey, […]
The trees provided ample shade from the hot sun when the family finished their barbecue in the forest by a wadi near the 446 highway. Before leaving, they dumped out
The Wall Street Journal reports: New York Police Department Commissioner Raymond Kelly accepted five free trips to Florida aboard Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s private jet last year, records released Tuesday revealed,
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