Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was chosen by TIME Magazine as one of the top 100 most influential people in the world, in the category of leaders. Other people on the list are Brazilian Jair Bolsonaro, Egyptian soccer player Muhammad Salach, U.S. President Donald Trump, Pope Francis and many others. TIME  Magazine explained the selection of […]

A pro-Trump immigrant from West Africa was pummeled and knocked to the ground over the weekend for wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat, Maryland police said. Montgomery County police on Monday announced two arrests in connection with the alleged politically-motivated beat-down. Atsu Nable told FOX5 DC that he was the one in the MAGA hat. He said the two […]

In recent years, the Hungarian government has taken many concrete measures to confront anti-Semitism. Despite it being a persistent phenomenon across Europe, the Hungarian leadership has laid out, in very

President Donald Trump’s pick to serve on the Federal Reserve, Stephen Moore, once criticized Trump’s positions on immigration, calling them “crazy” and “dangerous.” Economic adviser Larry Kudlow once compared them

Some of Samsung’s new, almost $2,000 folding phones appear to be breaking after just a couple of days. Journalists who received the phones to review before the public launch said the Galaxy Fold screen started flickering and turning black before completely fizzling out. Two journalists said they removed a thin, protective layer from the screens […]

(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com) Is it respecting and loving a spouse or the other way around – loving and respecting?  Believe it or not this may be a contradiction between a BRaisah cited in the Talmud and the Rambam.  The Gemorah in Yevamos 62b cites a Braisah that says if a person loves […]

Robert Mueller’s 448-page investigative report into allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election includes 23 unredacted pages of Mueller’s written questions and Donald Trump’s written responses, the only

YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of HaRav Ezriel Tauber ZATZAL of Monsey. Rav Ezriel Tauber was  one of the pioneers of the Kiruv movement, a holocaust survivor, businessman, and lecturer to Jews of all denominations. Hundreds of his Shiurim are available on many platforms. He was the driving force behind several institutions […]

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times We say this Aramaic text just before Pesach every year. We recite it once in the evening and again in the morning.  What is behind the wording of Bitul Chometz? The first thing we have to know is that according to Torah law we can […]

With its mountains and desert, beach resorts and Berber villages, Morocco is a feast for travelers of all kinds, including those who want to explore the kingdom’s deep Jewish roots. The presence of Jews in Morocco stretches back more than 2,000 years. Before the founding of Israel in 1948, estimates put their number as high […]

The New York City Health Department today announced it is issuing three civil summonses, subject to fines, to people who failed to comply with the Commissioner’s Emergency Order mandating measles vaccination. To stop the spread of measles, the Health Department on April 9 ordered adults and children ages 6 months and older who live, work […]

If anyone cares, the following is the statement by Naftali Moster, the individual who worked b’emisiras nefesh to destroy our Mosdos Hatorah. Today, an Albany Supreme Court judge ruled in

Following a 22 hour delay at the JFK airport, during which passengers were sent home, dozens of families who were planning to spend Pesach in Israel were finally given a

News from the frontlines of eastern Ukraine’s five-year-old frozen war has long slipped from Western headlines, but for the people living in the region, daily reminders of the conflict’s existence abound. On the outskirts of Donetsk, a city of just under a million residents, the sounds of fighting—even the occasional mortar—can be heard, and though […]

PRINT THIS FOR THE SEDER:  The Unforgettable Passover of 1943 in Auschwitz-Birkenau   The following excerpt comes from the JewishGen Passover Companion 2019. It was written by Rabbi Chaim Yitzchak Greengrass, who describes how Jews imprisoned at Auschwitz-Birkenau managed to conduct a Seder. He writes: “The celebration of this Seder night left imprints on my […]

The freshman Democrat struggles when pressed for specifics. Skybridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci and Fox News contributor Rachel Campos-Duffy react to Ocasio-Cortez’s latest controversial comments. https://www.instagram.com/p/BwaoI8aglwh/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BwameXmg-ow/

Following the release of Leket Israel’s fourth Report on Food Waste and Rescue in Israel, with a focus on food loss in the household consumption sector, it has recently been discovered that Pesach time is one of the most wasteful times of the year in Israel. According to data compiled by BDO, during the month […]

As Klal Yisroel is making final preparations for Pesach, YWN is glad to share the breaking news that the State Supreme Court has struck down the State Education Department’s new

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