More than 5,600 rabbis and guests from 100 countries gathered Sunday night for the gala dinner highlighting the 35th International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries. The celebration was infused with inspiration
Three months ago, Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Dovid Lau and Rishon L’Tzion HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Yosef changed the division of responsibility. Rav Yosef assumed responsibility over the nation’s kashrus system and Rav Lau became av beis din of the Supreme Beis Din and in charge of state giyur, with the latter being a part of the […]
The threat of a major public sector strike in Israel continues to loom over the nation, with Histadrut National Labor Federation Chairman Avi Nissankoren threatening to launch the strike on
President Donald Trump says he’ll announce a candidate for the post of U.N. ambassador this week. Asked about the opening, Trump told reporters Monday that “I will announce before the
The NYPD is searching for a gang of six black teens who threw a metal pipe through the window of a Shul in Williamsburg on Shabbos afternoon. Video surveillance shows the group approach the Volkan Shul on Franklin & Myrtle Ave at around 5:30PM on Shabbos, one of whom was holding a metal pipe. As the […]
The Agudah’s annual convention has long been the key venue for members of the Jewish community to convene together with Torah leaders and community askanim to discuss and address the critical issues facing the klal today. A direct descendent of the First Knessia Gedolah in 1923, 95 years later the Agudah Convention’s content may have […]
(VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) A Yarkon district spokesman of Israel Police reports on Monday that a suspect was taken into custody in connection with the explosion of a vehicle that
The bruising race for governor of Georgia has been roiled by unsupported, eleventh-hour allegations from Republican candidate Brian Kemp, who is also the state’s chief election official, that Democrats sought
Meet Congressional hopeful Lutchi Gayot, a lifelong East Flatbush resident, son of Haitian immigrants and a Republican in a staunchly Democratic district and borough. Gayot is challenging the winner of the Democratic Primary between incumbent U.S. Rep. Yvettte Clarke and challenger Adem Bunkeddeko for the right to represent New York’s 9th Congressional District covering Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Brownsville, […]
As has been covered extensively here on YWN, a dangerous new cult threatens the health of our children, our elderly, and our infirm. These people, with no thought of the
According to a Yediot Achronot report, a deal has been reached between Degel Hatorah and Shas with Jerusalem mayoral candidate Moshe Leon, who promises the city will have two chareidi
Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger wore specialized cleats Sunday to pay tribute to the victims of last week’s shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. The cleats featured a Star of David inside the Steelers’ logo and were decorated with the words, “Stronger than hate.” Roethlisberger and his wife are close to Michele Rosenthal, […]
Police in Long Beach, NY, are investigating an incident that happened on Motzei Shabbos as a possible hate crime. According to police, six people were shot by a BB gun
(VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) B’chasdei Hashem, badly needed rainfall has arrived and during the night of 27 Marcheshvan, Sunday to Monday, as there were scattered showers, thunder and lightning storms in areas, including Yerushalayim. We daven to HKBH that the rain predicted for the coming days will be ?????, and not chas v’sholom ?????. The […]
Iran’s intelligence minister claims that an alleged Iranian plot to kill an opposition activist in Denmark was an Israeli conspiracy that sought to harm Tehran’s relation with the European Union.
On NBC’s ‘Saturday Night Live’, so-called comedian Pete Davidson mocked Republican congressional candidate and former Navy SEAL Dan Crenshaw about the eye he lost to an IED blast while serving in Afghanistan. The vile attack came during the SNL’s “Weekend Update” segment, where Davidson was mocking multiple Republican politicians for their looks. The comedian stated […]
While Beit Shemesh Mayor-elect Aliza Bloch is busy negotiating with the various parties towards forming a coalition government, Degel Hatorah Deputy Mayor, Moshe Muntag on Sunday evening came out against the Shlomei Emunim faction, which he blames for Moshe Abutbul losing the mayoral race. According to Muntag, “Shlomei Emunim betrayed us and the chareidi tzibur […]
The Kulanu coalition party, headed by Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon, is on board with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, and it will vote in favor of amending the Basic Law to
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