With a go-ahead from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Trump administration Thursday began enforcing a radical new rule that would deny asylum to nearly all migrants arriving at the southern border — a move that spread despair among those fleeing poverty and violence in their homelands. A spokeswoman for the Homeland Security agency that manages […]
All six crewmembers were asleep aboard a scuba diving boat off the Southern California coast when a fire broke out in the middle of the night, killing 34 people who were trapped in a bunkroom below the main deck, federal investigators announced Thursday. The National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary report that said five crew members […]
HaGaon HaRav Shalom Cohen Shlita, head of the Shas Moetzas Chachmei HaTorah, spoke on Wednesday night at an election rally event in the city of Holon. “If the land turns
On Tuesday, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT and Chabad Rabbi Menachem Bakush was called upon to save the life of a local Indian man who drowned in a nearby village named
(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com) The New York City Council is made up of 51 members. They introduce and vote on legislation that controls all aspects of city life. Currently, the New York City Council members are considering legislation that would ban foie gras from being sold in New York. The reason is that […]
For the past two weeks, police in the Jerusalem district have been working to apprehend a thief responsible for two break-ins in yeshivos in the Givat Shaul area of the
In the world’s hot spots from Iran to North Korea — and even among allies — some see opportunity in President Donald Trump’s firing of his national security adviser, John Bolton. The hawkish Bolton repeatedly pushed Trump toward using military force and sanctions to accomplish the administration’s foreign policy goals. With him now gone, what […]
Meor Dovid: Lighting Up Lancaster with Torah By Yitzchok Singer “Lancaster.” Mention the name of this South Central Pennsylvania city and it’ll conjure up memories of summer and bein hazemanim
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Hagaon HaRav Shlomo Gissinger ZATZAL, the Rov at Khal Zichron Yaakov, one of Lakewood largest Shuls and kehillas. He was 75.
Facebook says it has sanctioned the page of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu because of a violation of the company’s hate speech policy. Facebook said on Thursday that the social network had suspended for 24 hours the page’s bot, or automated chat function. The page had called on voters to prevent the establishment of a […]
Shas party Chairman Minister Aryeh Deri on Thursday morning addressed his former political rival, Eli Yishai, and his ongoing connection with the Yahadut Hatorah party. In an interview with Yaki
Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said Thursday that Mexico’s government doesn’t agree with an “astonishing” U.S. Supreme Court order that would block migrants from countries other than Mexico and Canada from applying for asylum at U.S. borders. Speaking at President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s daily news conference, Ebrard said that Mexico has a different policy […]
Vital Donor Recruitment Campaign Launched Considering that we’re talking about the largest yeshiva in the world, these words must stop us in our tracks. Why? How? And what can we do? Those are the questions we – all caring Yidden, concerned about Torah in general and Mir Yerushalayim in particular – should be asking. The […]
After stepping down as Minister of Welfare & Social Services due to a criminal indictment for alleged corruption filed against him, MK (Likud) Chaim Katz submitted a request to Knesset
The suspect wanted in a vicious attack against a Jewish man in Crown Heights has been arrested. An NYPD source confirmed to YWN that the man was taken into custody
Ahead of Israel’s early parliamentary election next week, Russian President Vladimir Putin says the Kremlin has an interest in who wins power. Putin spoke Thursday at the opening of a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the southern Russian city of Sochi. Putin says “over 1½ million immigrants from the Soviet Union live […]
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The Rebbe, drawing on the inspiration of the words of Rav Sadia Gaon calls to us to remember ‘Ain umaseinu umah ela b’Torasah, Our nation is not a nation only through our Torah’. “Torah is our life, and therefore all should attend in this great celebration – the celebration of the collective joy of Torah […]
A robbery in Bnei Brak on Wednesday, resulted in the theft of NIS thousands from a known baal chessed in the city, one who is busy distributing food to the
Tech giant Google said Thursday it has paid over one billion dollars to French authorities to settle a years-long dispute over allegations of tax fraud. A Paris court approved a
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