A characteristic twinkle in his eye, Ronald Reagan waves to a crowd from aboard a rail car in a hologram revealed Wednesday at the late president’s namesake library in Southern California. “We think we made a good beginning, but you ain’t seen nothin’ yet!” the digital resurrection of the nation’s 40th president says in his […]
Shabbos Project 2018 – A Shabbos Retreat For Body And Soul As Jewish communities around the world are gearing up for this year’s annual Shabbos Project, the team at
An approximately 50-year-old security guard in Ir David on Thursday morning accidentally discharged his weapon and was transported to the trauma unit of Shaare Zedek Hospital in the city in
YWN regrets to inform you of the sudden Petira of Mrs Lilach Paraschiv A”H (nee Menachem) of Monsey, NY. Mrs Paraschiv, who turned 42 on Wednesday, suddenly collapsed on Thursday morning at her home. Hatzolah did everything they would to save her life, but were unfortunately unsuccessful. She leaves behind a husband and five children – […]
President Donald Trump has escalated his attack on the Federal Reserve’s interest rate increases, asserting that “the Fed is out of control” and blaming it for this week’s plunge in
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s top ministers are squabbling, a deadline looms for contentious legislation that may bring down his government and a corruption indictment could be just around the corner. Against this backdrop, there are growing signs he may soon call for elections — possibly as early as next week, when parliament reconvenes from […]
Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg is officially a Democrat again. The global media company founder on Wednesday said he has registered as a Democrat, which would be especially
The Beersheva Administrative Court recently accepted a petition by the State Prosecutor’s Office against the parole board decision for the early release of prisoner Hani Darry, an Israeli resident who,
President Donald Trump defended continuing huge sales of U.S. weapons to Saudi Arabia on Thursday despite rising pressure from lawmakers to punish the kingdom over the disappearance of a Saudi
Kol Ha’ir Poll In Jerusalem Race: Leon Receives The Majority Of Chareidi Votes The Geocartography Institute conducted an election poll for the Kol Ha’ir weekly newspaper, showing the need for a second runoff round in the Jerusalem mayoral race between candidates Ofer Berkowitz and Ze’ev Elkin. According to the poll, in the first round of […]
The U.S. Postal Service is seeking to increase the price of its first-class stamp by 5 cents to 55 cents to help stem its mounting red ink. If approved by
A fire broke out in the Zvhill building on Rechov Shmuel Hanavi in Yerushalayim on Thursday afternoon. The Jerusalem fire department responded to the scene at around 1:30PM, with six
Forbes published its annual roster of America’s wealthiest this week, and five Jews made the 2018 top-10 list. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg leads the pack at #4, with a net worth of $61 billion. He is followed by software giant Oracle’s Larry Ellison at #5 with $58.4b and Google co-founder Larry Page at #6 with […]
The U.N. office for disaster risk reduction said Wednesday that worldwide reported economic losses from earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods, hurricanes and other climate-related disasters surged to total nearly $2.9 trillion
Red Alert sirens were heard in southern Israel on Thursday morning, 11 Marcheshvan at about 10:08AM. Sirens sounded in many areas, including Ofakim, Kfar Aza and Netivot. The Iron Dome fired a rocket to intercept an attack, but B’chasdei Hashem, according to the IDF Spokesman’s Office, it was a false alarm. (YWN Israel Desk – […]
Baruch Dayan HaEmmes: The young Yeshiva Bochur, Yehuda Ziat Z”L, 19, a resident of Bnei Brak, was niftar on Wednesday, the second day of Rosh Chodesh Mar Cheshvan. He was
(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com) There was someone who had walked out of the sanctuary of the shul to where the other men were making kiddush. This time, however, someone began to berate him: “You don’t come here to daven! You come here to drink and to talk!” This vignette would normally be unremarkable, […]
Two astronauts from the U.S. and Russia were safe Thursday after an emergency landing in the steppes of Kazakhstan following the failure of a Russian booster rocket carrying them to
(VIDEO AND PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) On Thursday, a terrorist tunnel belonging to Hamas that infiltrated Israel from Central Gaza was neutralized by the IDF. The tunnel was under surveillance
There’s a lot of talk in Washington these days about whether that quaint politeness known as “civility” is possible — or even desirable — among the nation’s political combatants. Lots of Americans got riled up over Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings. Party leaders are busy branding opponents as “mobs” gone mad, and worse. Then there […]
Popular Posts
