It has been quite a week for Nancy Pelosi. The televised meeting with President Donald Trump. The deal with restless Democrats to secure their votes to become House speaker. The
It is clear to all who have been paying attention to the fight over the new curriculum guidelines imposed by the NYS Education Commissioner, that the battle is being led
The EU has voiced alarm after a survey showed nine of 10 European Jews believe anti-Semitism has worsened in the last five years. The European Union’s Agency for Fundamental Rights
Baltimore’s Jewish community had been looking forward to the completion of the much needed Mikvah Arugas Habosem, the mikvah of the famed Brider Rebbe, zatzal. But on Tuesday, November 13, disaster struck – when the roof caved in during a major renovation and expansion project. In an instant, the site went from a building site to a disaster […]
On Motzei Shabbos, police raided a building in the Beis Yisroel neighborhood of Yerushalayim. The raid took place after police were tipped off that a drug laboratory was operating in
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of the Kashau Rov, HaRav Eliezer Chaim Blum ZATZAL. He was Niftar on Friday night after suffering from an illness. There are
A federal judge’s ruling that the Obama health law is unconstitutional has landed like a stink bomb among Republicans, who’ve seen the politics of health care flip as Americans increasingly value the overhaul’s core parts, including protections for pre-existing medical conditions and Medicaid for more low-income people. While the decision by the Republican-appointed judge in Texas was […]
President Donald Trump has picked budget director Mick Mulvaney to be his acting chief of staff, ending a chaotic search in which several top contenders took themselves out of the running for the job. “Mick has done an outstanding job while in the Administration,” Trump tweeted Friday. “I look forward to working with him in […]
A ceremony has taken place at a Jewish cemetery in eastern France where 37 gravestones and a monument to Holocaust victims were sprayed with anti-Semitic graffiti. Interior minister Christophe Castaner was among the participants at the Herrlisheim cemetery, near the French city of Strasbourg, for Friday’s event to denounce anti-Semitism and remember Holocaust victims. The […]
The attached video speaks for itself. It was submitted to YWN early Friday afternoon. The footage is from a dash-cam from a vehicle in Williamsburg driving on Harrison Avenue and
Thousands of people attended the two Levayos from the two Nachal Chareidi soldiers murdered by a Hamas terrorist on Thursday. Sgt. Yosef (Yossi) Cohen HY”D and Staff Sgt. Yovel Mor Yosef HY”D were both posthumously promoted from the ranks of sergeant and corporal. Cohen’s Levaya was held at Shamgar in Yerushalayim. His Kevura was held in […]
Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio alleged in a defamation lawsuit earlier this week against three news organizations that CNN made no effort to correct anchor Chris Cuomo’s erroneous statement that the
Outgoing Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Thursday that he’d prefer to run for president as a Republican, but only if he’s entering a primary he could win. In an interview
As Israeli excavators dug into the rocky hills along the frontier with a Lebanese village, a crowd of young Lebanese men gathered to watch. The mood was light as the crowd observed what Israel says is a military operation — dubbed “Northern Shield” — aimed at destroying attack tunnels built by the Lebanese Hezbollah militia. […]
The commission investigating a Florida high school massacre heavily criticized the responding sheriff office’s active shooter policy Thursday, saying it contributed to the failure of some deputies to run into the building and confront the gunman. The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission found Thursday that Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel’s policy that […]
Customs officials at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport say they found 70 live finches hidden inside hair rollers. Authorities say a passenger arriving from Guyana on Saturday had the songbirds in a duffel bag. The New York Times reports officials believe the birds were brought to the U.S. to participate in singing contests. […]
An airport services contractor accused of bribing its way to big contracts at New York City’s Kennedy Airport has agreed to pay a $12.3 million fine for violating state law. Ground Services International also agreed on Thursday to implement an anti-corruption policy and start an anonymous tip line for employees to report suspected violations. New […]
The Joint Prices Committee of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of the Economy is expected to recommend that the price of bread products under government regulation be increased
Facebook’s privacy controls have broken down yet again, this time through a software flaw affecting nearly 7 million users who had photos exposed to a much wider audience than intended.
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