In a closely-watched race in Brooklyn, the Williamsburg community came out strong to vote for longtime Assemblyman Joseph Lentol of District 50. Lentol, who has been representing the District since
The New York City Marathon scheduled for Nov. 1 was canceled Wednesday because of the coronavirus pandemic. New York Road Runners announced the cancellation of the world’s largest marathon after coordinating with the mayor’s office and deciding the race posed too many health and safety concerns for runners, volunteers, spectators and others. “While the marathon […]
A federal appeals court on Wednesday ordered a lower court to allow the case against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn to be dismissed, as requested by the Justice Department
A Federal Judge in NY has just scheduled a hearing for next Tuesday regarding summer camps. As YWN has been reporting, following New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo’s crushing decision to disallow overnight camps this summer, the Agudath Israel of America-led Association of Jewish Camp Operators (AJCO) and several parents filed suit in federal court […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un suspended his military’s plans to take unspecified retaliatory action against South Korea, state media said Wednesday, possibly slowing a pressure campaign against its rival amid stalled nuclear negotiations with the Trump administration. Declaring relations as fully ruptured, the North last week blew up an inter-Korean liaison office in its […]
[COMMUNICATED] Despite all the craziness of Covid-19, there are a number of summer camps that are still opening their doors this summer to allow children a much-needed break and adventure.
A 24-year-old motivational speaker has defeated the Republican candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in a GOP runoff for Meadows’ old congressional seat, according to unofficial results. Madison Cawthorn defeated Lynda Bennett in North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District in far-western North Carolina. He won 65.8% of the […]
Long-time Pro-Israel Congressman Eliot Engel is likely to lose the seat for New York’s 16th Congressional District to his progressive challenger, Middle-school principal Jamaal Bowman, results show. Rep. Elliot Engel, who has been in Congress since 1989, was behind Bowman by a 61 percent to 34 percent margin in Engel’s Bronx-Westchester district. Bowman received high-profile […]
The city of Eilat now has the first air-conditioned “smart” bus stop in the world as part of a pilot program of Israel’s transportation ministry in cooperation with the Eilat
Dear Parents, If your son Struggles with reading difficulties in Hebrew, especially in reading without nekudos, and consequently reads slowly and sometimes doesn’t daven properly… …struggles with difficulties in Gemara learning in general, has a hard time understanding the Gemara text inside or preparing a page of Gemara on his own… …who is very talented […]
Federal regulators will vote in July on whether to make “988” the number to reach a suicide prevention hotline. The Federal Communications Commission says phone service providers will have until July 2022 to implement the new number, if the measure is approved in July, as expected. Once it’s in place, people will be able to […]
Yvette Clarke, a longtime congresswoman from Brooklyn’s 9th congressional district defeated multiple Democratic primary challengers this year. She won her re-match against organizer Adem Bunkeddeko, who won 47% of the
Come join us at Camp Ahuvah for a summer of fun and fulfillment on a sprawling campus in scenic Maine! Under the leadership of Rabbi Nosson Neuman and Mrs. Devorah
On Tuesday, two Knesset committees succeeded in slowing the government’s push to legislate various coronavirus-era powers in an attempt to make them permanent. The committees stalled the process in spite of pressure by Prime Minister Netanyahu to pass the new measures through the Knesset. Two of the most controversial powers are the reinstatement of having […]
The Kavim bus company fired one of its drivers after receiving complaints that he regularly tried to convince passengers to convert to Christianity, Arutz Sheva reported last week. Yad L’Achim,
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Rav Yehudah Grami, the Chief Rabbi of Teheran, said there was “complete freedom of religion” in Iran in an interview on Sunday. In the interview, which was carried out in Hebrew with Al-Monitor and broadcast on Channel 12 News in Israel, Rav Grami spoke about many aspects of Jewish life in Iran. “I estimate that […]
One county in Oregon has enacted a public health order mandating all citizens wear a face covering in public—-unless you are a “person of color.” On Tuesday, Lincoln county health officials wrote in their guidelines, “people of color who have heightened concerns about racial profiling and harassment due to wearing face coverings in public” are […]
Dozens of former prosecutors are questioning the government’s handling of a case against two lawyers hit with charges that could put them in prison for nearly 50 years for torching an empty New York City police vehicle last month. Colinford Mattis and Urooj Rahman, a pair of young Brooklyn attorneys, face federal counts that would […]
Sales of new homes rose a surprisingly strong 16.6% in May with the reopening of major parts of the country potentially fueling activity in the housing market. The Commerce Department
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