Tel Aviv District Court Justice Naveh Ben-Ohr was pleased that the sides reached an agreement regarding the leadership of Chinuch Atzmai without the court�s involvement. The case came before the court on Sunday, July 4, 2010. The court had two petitions, one from Rabbi Avraham Lazerson who demanded to be appointed to the new leadership […]

A senior IDF officer met in recent weeks with Maran HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita in the latter�s Bnei Brak home. Just last week, IDF Spokesman Brigadier-General Binayahu spoke of the chareidim in the IDF as being the highest motivated ethnic group in the military, confirming reports of plans to seek to enlist chareidim into […]

Turkey is remaining firm in its determination to further embarrass the Jewish state, with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu during a weekend visit to Kyrgyzstan telling the media that if

There can be no doubt that with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in Washington to meet with President Barak Obama, the about-to-end 10-month building freeze will be on the agenda. While

Iran says that Britain, Germany and the United Arab Emirates are refusing to provide fuel to Iranian passenger planes. The move, which has not been confirmed, follows unilateral sanctions imposed

YWN just spoke to R’ Shrage Feller, the owner of the Woodridge Pizza store which was destroyed in a devastating fire Sunday night. Shrage tells YWN that his “Sprinkles Pizza

It was discovered in Zhangye City in China�s northwest province of Gansu that pork, labeled as Qingzhen (kosher) goat meat was being sold and distributed throughout Gansu, Xinjiang, Qinghai, and other provinces. When shocked Muslims launched large-scale protests, heavily armed police arrived at the scene, blocked off traffic, and established day-and-night surveillance. The Muslim populace […]

A loud explosive device was heard inside the huge U.S. embassy compound in Baghdad on Sunday night during a visit to Iraq by Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill

A�doctor who said the man convicted of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 had only three months to live now says the Libyan could survive another 10 years, London’s Sunday Times reported. Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, who was convicted of 270 counts of murder for being behind the 1988 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, was released […]

A dangerous and record-challenging heat wave will affect much of the East this week as a once-delightful air mass turns ugly. In some locations this heat wave will rival many

As New Jersey sizzles under an intense heat wave, lawns are turning brown, shrubs and flowers are wilting, and residents are desperately trying to salvage what they can by running sprinklers or watering by hand. In some parts of the state, that�s triggering a big problem: High water usage. And one major water company has […]

A terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York was evacuated Sunday evening for about two hours after a caller phoned in a threat, according to a spokesman

Lakewood Hatzolah was called to two drowning incidents in the past 3 days. On Friday, Hatzolah was called to the scene of a child who drowned in a swimming pool,

Abu Daoud, the man who claimed to be the mastermind behind the massacre that marked the 1972 Munich Olympics, has died, according to the official news agency of the Palestinian

The number of elevator emergencies in New York City surged 82 percent to 11,362 through May, up from 6,233 over the first five months in 2009. The number of people

Senate President Stephen Sweeney, the burly labor leader who is the Legislature�s top Democrat, strode into Republican Gov. Chris Christie�s office to hand-deliver two bills to the rookie Republican. With cameras rolling, Christie pulled out his pen and vetoed the measures, which would have increased taxes on millionaires and used the money to pay for […]