Op-Ed By Ezra Friedlander: Why David Lichtenstein’s Hillary Fundraiser Is A Good Thing
From time immemorial, members of Klal Yisroel have always been involved in advocacy efforts on behalf of the Jewish people. Some call it shtadlonus,...
OPINION: The Silence is Deafening – Israel Police Have Been Given a Free Pass...
This video posted below is as self-explanatory as it is painful and worrisome. Mimicking the atmosphere in Israel following the 1995 assassination of Prime...
East Ramapo School Board Member Writes Letter To Dennis Walcott Regarding State Monitor
Dear Dennis :
I am writing as an elected member of the Board of Education, a resident of East Ramapo, a voter, a taxpayer, and...
IDF Chief of Staff Barking Up Wrong Tree
Chanukah is the time where all Jews should take inspiration from the Maccabees – and not from those who have undermined Judaism - such...
Op-Ed: The Juxtaposition Of MDA And Red Crescent
How can this be?
The Litman family were gunned down on the road from Hevron to Meitar on Friday afternoon whilst they were on their...
Op-Ed: I Supported Change And Voted For Rockland County Executive Ed Day, I Came...
I supported change and voted for Ed Day, I became one of the people that realized that I've elected a County Executive that is...
Op-Ed: Fake Outrage Against Netanyahu’s Holocaust Statement
During a speech to the World Zionist Conference on Tuesday, Benjamin Netanyahu said that Hitler intended only to expel the Jews from Europe, and...
REGARDING GRAPHIC CONTENT – The YWN Posting Policy
Some people have questioned Yeshiva World News’ decision to post the horrifying events of the Malchei Yisroel Steet attack in Geulah. YWN is aware...
Op-Ed By YWN Editor: Enough of The Massive Chillul Hashem On Chol Hamoed Outings!
THE FOLLOWING WAS PUBLISHED BY YWN ON CHOL HAMOED PESACH 5775:
The following might be painful for some to read. Silence, however, is not an...
Op-Ed: A Better World For Our Children? Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky On The Iran...
Rabbi Elazar said: One who becomes compassionate to the cruel will ultimately become cruel to the compassionate. (Midrash Tanhuma, Parshat Mezora, 1)
Reb Mendel Futerfas,...
Op-Ed By Ezra Friedlander On Rep. Nadler’s Decision To Support The Iran Deal
As a grandchild of Holocaust survivors, I am keenly aware of the existential threat a nuclear Iran poses to Israel and the world.
I am...
Op-Ed: Stop The Obsession With Our Religion [Responding To A NY Post Column By...
I had just finished a phone call with the father of Faigy Mayer, may her soul rest in peace, when I saw a pained...
Op-Ed: Jewish Education: Sacred and Sacrosanct or Secular Sensitized?
Recently, we've been hearing much in the news about a group that calls itself Yaffed (Young Advocates For Fair Education). They sent a letter...
Op-Ed: Game Changer: A Governor with the Courage of Conviction in the Pursuit of...
A Democratic governor, the most powerful in the country by far, stands in most Democratic county in the country, behind a banner that reads...
Op-Ed: NY State Assemblyman Dov Hikind – Why I’m Supporting Geoffrey Davis
Giving an endorsement is not something I take lightly. When I support a candidate for office, it’s only after taking into consideration numerous factors....
Op-Ed: Silent Outrage
Lost in the tumultuous and disturbing events of Ferguson, Staten Island and Baltimore are the thousands of daily interactions between police and local citizens...
Op Ed: Uncomfortable Truths for Comfortable Collaborators
I applauded when James B. Comey, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, so candidly and guilelessly admitted last week the terrible truth...
Analysis: Tough Iran Talk – But Chances For Nuke Deal
As Iran nuclear talks go into the home stretch, top officials in Tehran are digging in on positions that appear set to doom the...
Op-Ed: A Matter of Priority
Hamodia – Editorial – April 22, 2015:
NB:
When President Obama held back-to-back meetings with leaders of major Jewish organizations and Jewish supporters —...
Op-Ed By Assemblyman Dov Hikind: Hillary: Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are
The proposed U.S. deal with Iran would give the largest terror state in the world the ability to create nuclear weapons. Consequently columnists, clergy,...
Op-Ed: Discrimination Against Hasidic Jews Is Also Anti-Semitism
Every so often I see a press release that causes a double take. Last week’s came from the Town of Mamakating, in upstate New...
Op-Ed: It’s Worse Than We Thought
“And a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.” (Exodus 1:8)
Those words have a very troubling ring to anyone familiar with...
Op-Ed: Speak Up Chuck, I Can’t Hear You
According to most analysts, the recent anti-Netanyahu blitz by President Obama has been nearly unprecedented in the US-Israel relationship. It seems that the Obama...
AP Analysis: Israel Likely Headed Toward Conflict, Isolation
The following is an unedited analysis by the AP on Tuesdays election in Israel:
Benjamin Netanyahu's apparent reelection puts Israel on a course toward ever...
OP-Ed: Hakeem Jeffries: Courage By Any Other Name
The debate is still raging. Should Bibi have accepted? Should he have cancelled? No speech in recent memory created such an enormous reaction in...
Op-Ed: Can’t We All Just get Along?
Diplomatic protocol is sacrosanct to world leaders. Adherence to the unofficial rules of international diplomacy is universally expected and any deviation from those rubrics...
Op-Ed: When A Jew In France Is Suffering, The Jews In Poland React
This was an observation attributed, variously, to Rav Meir Shapiro of Lublin z’l, to the Chofetz Chaim of Radin z’l, to Rav Yisrael Lipkin...
Op-Ed: Terror In Har Nof
Jerusalem is in tears. The tragic murders of four holy people in a Har Nof shul today has the entire nation of Israel and...
OPINION: Provocation is Met with Increasingly Hostile Provocation
In the Thursday 13 Marcheshvan edition of Yated Neeman, Y. Schwartz explains that a provocative act is met with a provocative act from the...
Op-Ed by Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz: Anti-Israel Sentiment Has Crossed a Dangerous Line
This week an anonymous U.S. official used a vulgar and disrespectful term to describe Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Even though the White House...
The Progress Report On The ‘Shidduch Crisis’ – By Shlomo Yehuda Rechnitz
Just over a month ago, Shlomo Yehuda Rechnitz made a rare and direct appeal in these pages. The cause that prompted him to abandon...
Op-Ed By Avi Schick Calling On City To Back Off Metzitzah Following Court Ruling
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A federal appeals court recently issued a decision sharply criticizing a third-term Bloomberg administration health regulation that reflects its we-know-best attitude. By now this...
Op-Ed By MK Feiglin: Israel’s Security Budget Sabotages Security
Israel’s security apparatus is now requesting an additional 11 billion shekels to offset Operation Protective Edge. “The economy must provide security,” the Prime Minister...
Op-Ed: Amidst Grief and Tears, Gratitude
The last 36 hours have been exceptionally trying for the Jewish community as word came of two separate situations, each one of which could...
Post Article Remarks From Reb Shlomo Yehuda Rechnitz Regarding ‘Shidduch Crisis’
Firstly, I'd like to thank those of you who took out the time to read the article. It is my fervent hope, that IY'H...