WATCH VIDEO BELOW ARTICLE by Riki Goldstein The year which is drawing to a close, 5771, has brought a series of heartbreaking blows. We were shattered by the multiple tragedies
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that extreme flooding in the New York area from Hurricane Ida illustrated the need for concrete legislative action on climate change. “Woe is us if we don’t recognize these changes are due to climate change. Woe is us if we don’t do something about it quickly,” Schumer […]
As Ida struck the Tri-State area last night, thousands of people instinctively reached out to major Chesed organizations Hatzolah, Shomrim and Chaverim for assistance in various types of emergencies. These
The mitzvah of Shmitta is by nature a rare one, coming only once in seven years. During the year of Shmitta, all farmland must be left to lie fallow and
More than 30 California children are stuck in Afghanistan after they traveled to the country to see their relatives weeks before the Taliban seized power and were unable to get out before U.S. forces left, according to school districts where the kids are enrolled. Officials with three school districts — one in the San Diego […]
Even in the final days of Washington’s chaotic airlift in Afghanistan, Javed Habibi was getting phone calls from the U.S. government promising that the green card holder from Richmond, Virginia, his wife and their four daughters would not be left behind. He was told to stay home and not worry, that they would be evacuated. […]
Rosh Hashanah is fast approaching. Please, hear the cry of your brothers and sisters in Israel and send financial help! The money raised will be distributed before Yom Tov. Every
The roof of a commercial building in Flatbush collapsed on Thursday from the heavy rain last night. The FDNY was operating on the scene at 1902 Coney Island Avenue near
A deeply divided Supreme Court is allowing a Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in force, for now stripping most women of the right to an abortion in the nation’s second-largest state. The court voted 5-4 to deny an emergency appeal from abortion providers and others that sought to block enforcement of the […]
A Massachusetts select board ruled that it does not have the authority or grounds to fire the police officer that kept a photo of Adolf Hitler in his locker for
The Chazon Ish zt”l: The hiddur of the mitzvah of mikveh is the beauty of the facility itself! For many women in Israel, the appearance and state of a mikveh will have a great if not a decisive impact on whether or not they will keep the fundamental mitzvah of taharas hamishpachah. A shabby dilapidated […]
California could soon force large department stores to display some child products in gender-neutral ways after the state Legislature passed a bill on Wednesday aimed at getting rid of traditional
Why settle for a good year when you can have a great year? Ignite Your Heart, Soul & Mind with Ohr Naava’s Avinu Malkeinu For 16 Years, Avinu Malkeinu has
Amidst the tragic news pouring into YWN today, there is this news item, which had a happy ending. During the peak of last nights deadly flooding in New York City, Hatzalah of Washington Heights and Riverdale Hatzalah proved themselves to be heroes. A car with a woman in active labor was caught in the gridlock […]
A woman was R””L Niftar after she was stuck by a vehicle on Myrtle Avenue and Bedford Avenue on Thursday morning. The woman, approximately 65 years old, was with a
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, appearing side by side with New York City officials, said she spoke with President Biden today who “guaranteed” full support in the wake of a “devastating” and “record-shattering” storm. “This is the first time we’ve had a flash flood event of this proportion,” she said. “We should expect it the […]
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of HaRav Shmuel Dovid Weissmandel ZT”L, who was Niftar while driving during the floods last night. The Niftar was travelling on the
Hagaon Harav Chaim Kanievsky shlita, Sar HaTorah (“Prince of Torah”) and Gadol Hador, keeps sefer Hadras Ponim Zokon on a bookshelf close to him in the personal study of his home in Bnei Brak. Sefer
At least 36 people died, including a New York City toddler, and tens of thousands were overwhelmed by floods as the remnants of Hurricane Ida devastated the tri-state area overnight
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