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Wearing tzitzis and tefillin is not permitted because it provokes other inmates, a prison official told an Israeli prisoner who is being held inside...

A judge has decided to keep an 84-year-old man on life support, after a  contentious legal battle between the man's family and doctors -...

A family who buried their mother yesterday, is accusing a cemetery of "hijacking" the Levaya and using the fact that they are Jewish to triple burial...

Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Tzipi Livni today hosted the foreign ambassadors and diplomatic corps serving in Israel on a visit...

The Freehold PD is searching for the owner of a diamond ring that was turned into authorities this week - the Asbury Park Press is...

Beginning this Friday afternoon, erev Shabbos Parshas Tizaveh through the following Monday afternoon, the grand ballroom of the Newark Hilton in Elizabeth, New Jersey,...

A Kassam rocket fired from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday directly struck a home in the town of Sderot. Boruch Hashem, the newly-wed couple...

Senior, Hezbollah arch-terrorist Imad Mugniyah - wanted on the top of US and European lists - was killed in a blast in Damascus on...

(Click HERE for photos) We stood at the levaya of our dear friend, who had been struggling with her illness for two years, late...

On Monday night, Rav Illovich Shlita, the Rov of the Chasiddishe Kehilla in Jardim America was robbed at gunpoint in his home - by...

Israeli immigration authorities have arrested a Jewish Agency worker upon his arrival at Ben Gurion airport on Wednesday morning.. The man is suspected of providing fraudulent...

Dear Yeshivaworld, The following is a letter that I sent to my children's school regarding allergies in children.   Please add this to your "letters to the...

Today, the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) called upon Talk Radio Network, the company which syndicates host Michael Savage to drop Mr. Savage from...

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A winter storm has arrived in New York City, bringing flakes and bitter temperatures. The weather is causing messy conditions on the roads and...

Ariel Korob, the rabbi of the Conservative Jewish community in Buenos Aires, was killed when the car that he and his wife were traveling in...

An IDF soldier was lightly to moderately wounded tonight after an Arab terror operative stabbed him in the neck at a checkpoint near Aja, south of...

Russell Archer was working at his second job, greeting shoppers as they entered and exited the Wal-Mart on Route 130 North in East Windsor,...

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry conducted no negotiations with Israel on moving the Kever of Rav Nachman M'Breslov from the town of Uman to Yerushalayim,...

We regret to inform you of the Petira of R' Yisroel (Max) Grossman Z"L from Boro Park. He was Niftar last night. R' Yisroel Grossman...

Winnipeg, Canada - An 84-year-old Orthodox Jewish man is in danger of being euthanized by Grace Hospital in Winnipeg, despite protests from his family...

8:30AM EST: (UPDAE BELOW) There was a large fire overnight - at the Adolph Schreiber Hebrew Academy (ASHAR) located at 70 Highview Road in...

A 14-year-old boy was shot and killed when he tried to rob an Atlanta police recruit with a shotgun. Later, police reported that he was...

Long Island firefighters were called to battle a blaze at a school attached to the Temple Israel in Great Neck, WCBSTV reports. The 6:00AM fire,...

Baby number 100,000 was born early this morning at the Laniado Hospital, a source tells YWN. The Laniado Hospital - located in Netanya -...

Kiryat Yam city officials have filed a complaint with police against Google.  Officials say one of Google's programs, Google Earth, gives viewers false information that...

In light of the recent border collapse between Gaza and the Sinai, the US Embassy would like all Americans to be aware of the...

Dear Yeshivaworld, the following letter/warning has been sent to all Jewish members of the Knesset. It was emailed to me as well, and I...

Shalom* was a cancer survivor of many years b”h. Unfortunately, in November of ’05, Goldy*- Shalom’s wife - was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.  At...

Today, the leadership of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America called upon Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to publicly clarify the current status...

Lincoln's Birthday is today, Tuesday, February 12. Alternate Side Parking regulations will be suspended. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect. All government...

At approximately 1:45AM, residents in Eretz Yisroel reported that their homes rattled in what felt like an earthquake. YWN has confirmed that the Geophysical Institute of Israel...

Empire Resorts, the company that owns Monticello Gaming and Raceway, and Concord Associates today announced plans to move the gaming and racing facility to...

NYS Governor Eliot Spitzer today announced that additional emergency home heating assistance is being made available to New York’s most vulnerable residents, in response...

Earlier this morning, YWN posted a story regarding a restaurant in Belgium which threw a man out because he was wearing a Yarmulka. A reader of YWN...