Op-Ed: Unprecedented Chillul Hashem By Orthodox Jewish Anti-Vaxxers In Albany
(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com)
There is Chillul Hashem. And then there is something that we can call, "Avi Avos Chillul Hashem." What happened...
YWN Editorial: Anti Vaxxers Aren’t The Only Ones Who Lost Today
To better understand who and what the broader Jewish community has been up against in the vaccination civil war against measles, one only had...
Why Jews (and others) Should Boycott the NY Times – An Editorial
(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com)
In 1951, an article in Life Magazine celebrated the 100th year anniversary of the New York Times and called...
Op-Ed By Shooting Victim Rabbi Goldstein: A Terrorist Tried To Kill Me Because I...
The following is via the New York Times:
By Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein
Today should have been my funeral.
I was preparing to give my sermon Shabbat morning, Saturday,...
Bostoner Rebbe of Yerushalayim Responds to Lakewood Yeshiva Suspending 50 Bochrim For Attending Skulener...
If the article you wrote about a Mesifta in Lakewood of suspending their yeshiva bochrim, who attended the Levaya of the Skulener Rebbe ZT"L...
YWN Speaks Up, The New York Times Backs Down – But Look What They...
In apparent response to Rabbi Yaakov Bender's letter, posted yesterday on Yeshiva World News, the New York Times removed the picture of Yeshiva Darchei...
Op-Ed: TWO YEARS of Democrats Calling For Assassinations And Hate – Here Are The...
Democrats didn’t care when Madonna said she had thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House.
Democrats didn’t care when Kathy Griffin posed...
Heard From A Friend: Taking The Kedusha Out Of Our Kiddeishim
By: Zvi Gluck
Just one week ago I shared with you my thoughts on the excessive drinking that I personally witnessed in Eretz Yisroel over Succos,...
Op Ed: Taking A Stand Against OUT OF CONTROL Drinking In Our Community
The Alcohol Keeps On Flowing
By: Zvi Gluck
Baruch Hashem, I had the zechus of spending a wonderful Succos with my family in the most beautiful...
Op-Ed: It’s Not Only Simcha Felder They’re Coming After — IT’S US!
(By: Chaskel Bennett)
The headlines have taken dead aim and unless you have been sleeping you know the Orthodox Jewish community is under attack, in...
Op-Ed: Morality Is Not Yours To Define; Responding to NJ Sen. Cory Booker On...
Sen. Cory Booker (D - N.J.) says if you don’t oppose the nomination of Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, you are “complicit in the evil.” He then got biblical about the nomination and somehow compared fighting the nomination to walking through the “valley of the shadow of death.”
Op-Ed: Unfortunately, But As Expected, Shomer-Shabbos Brigadier-General Ofir Winter Passed Over For Promotion
This is not accidental. This is not a professional decision at all. The decision of the IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-General Gadi Eizenkott, not...
Op-Ed: Dear Graduate – By Zvi Gluck Director of Amudim
Dear High School Senior,
As I sit down to write this article, I am just days away from attending my first significant graduation as a...
Op-Ed: The Churban of Our Generation
Tisha B'Av night at the Kosel is a uniquely emotional experience, but at the close of my first trip to Eretz Yisrael, it wasn't...
The Dignity & Kedusha Of A Bas Yisroel – By HaRav Aryeh Zev Ginzberg
Over the last few months the headline news that has greeted us each & every morning has been about another famous personality that has...
Just Hold On – By HaRav Aryeh Zev Ginzberg
The incomprehensible series of events the last few days has caused me to reflect on something very unsettling that I heard from a prominent...
MAILBAG: The Alcohol-Drinking At Prominent Yeshivos Is Out of Control And Being Ignored
This headline may sound familiar to many. I'll remind you. In August, I wrote a letter to YWN titled "The Alcohol-Drinking At Yeshiva Camps...
Op-Ed: Let’s Stop Shooting Blanks At Senator Schumer
(By Ezra Friedlander)
In the aftermath of the release of Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin, we've seen much jubilation. But that was followed quickly by speculation from...
Op-Ed: For Moishe We Should Be Celebrating
When news surfaced that President Donald Trump had commuted Sholom Rubashkin’s 27-year prison sentence, the disagreements surrounding the way the government handled Rubashkin’s case...
Op-Ed: Time To Take Stock Following Rubashkin: Thank You Mr. President! Mr Schumer, Where...
As the dust starts to clear and the incredible details of Sholom Rubashkin's release come into focus, it is important to address some items...
Op-Ed By Simcha Felder: Stop Coddling Criminals and Handcuffing Police!
With yesterday’s passing of the Right To Know Act the New York City Council continues its frenzied circus act.
By passing this inane set of...
Op-Ed: When Hashem Trumps the Cards
(By Yoel Friedman, London)
It exploded!
The reaction was spontaneous, a kind of which recent history gives little or no comparison.
I received the news in the...
Op-Ed: Move of American Embassy to Yerushalayim and Palestinian Arab Residence in Eretz Yisrael
Recently, my wife and I visited Yeshiva University's museum on 16th St in NYC to see the Arch of Titus exhibit. We saw the...
Op-Ed: NJ Cop Who Pulled Over Expectant Lakewood Couple Lacks Decency, Respect [VIDEO]
The following was written by Judi Franco - NJ 101.5 / Republished with permission
I am not one to bash police. But I’m also not...
A Thanksgiving Thought For The 21st Century; Patriotism Borne Out Of Gratitude
(By Chaskel Bennett)
On this national Thanksgiving holiday, I am thankful for the extraordinary country, America, which we are privileged to live and raise our...
Op-Ed By Rabbi David Niederman: Setting The Record Straight On Yeshivas
In response to the recent attacks on yeshivas, Rabbi David Niederman - a member of the executive member of PEARLS - set the record...
Op-Ed: Your Children Matter: Vote Today To Save Their Future
In recent years, the presidential elections have been deemed "historic." After George W. Bush was elected president, people were fed up with dynasties and...
Op-Ed: Why I’ll Be Voting For Yeger This Tuesday
The upcoming New York City Council race has become a childish skirmish between two respectable Community leaders, each trying to solidify power with their...
Op-Ed: We’ve Had Enough! Yoni Crossed The Red Line
We were warned that the Yeger-Hikind race was going to get nasty. We sent a letter to both camp's outlining what we believed to...
Op-Ed By YWN: Drug (Opioid) Crisis Spiraling Out Of Control In Frum Communities –...
President Trump took a bold move on Thursday by declaring the opioid crisis a nationwide public health emergency, and announcing new steps to combat what...
Op-Ed: Decrying The Lack Of Response To The Continued Denigration Of Orthodox Jews By...
There is a well known quotation Quotation from Martin Niemöller, as follows:
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I...
Op-Ed: PETA Comes to Boro-Park
"They slaughter men, and kiss cows" - Hosea (13:2)
On Wednesday night, PETA members were loudly conducting a protest at the Skver Kapores Center in...
Rabbi Yaakov Bender Slams Homework In Op-Ed To Mishpacha Magazine
The following article was written by Rabbi Yaakov Bender, and appeared in this weeks Mishpacha Magazine. It was republished on YWN with their permission:
The...
Op-Ed: A Family Was Butchered During Their Shabbos Dinner – But They Will Blame...
It might make your blood boil, but we are used to it by now. We are prepared for it. It's always our fault. No...
Op-Ed: And You Want To Know Why They Hate Us?! [WATCH THIS VIDEO]
If anyone want's to know why they hate Jews in Monsey / Ramapo, simply watch the video below.
The Spring Valley Fire Department responded to...