Israel is building a massive wall along its northern border, saying the barrier is needed to protect civilians from Hezbollah attacks, but the project has raised tensions with Lebanon, which
The Counter Terrorism Division of the Defense Ministry publishes a list of countries that they recommend against visiting due to security threats for Jewish people in these countries. While there
After two marathon days questioning Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, senators concluded his confirmation hearing Friday by listening to others talk about him — friends stressing his fairness and warmth but opponents warning he’d roll back abortion rights and shield President Donald Trump. One of the Democrats’ star witnesses was John Dean, Richard Nixon’s White […]
By Rabbi David Fohrman An old friend once called me the day before Rosh Hashanah and left me with a fascinating thought. “You know,” he remarked cryptically, “the trouble with life is that it doesn’t come with a soundtrack”. He then proceeded to explicate his gripe to me, and I’d like to share his thoughts […]
Former President Barack Obama issued a scorching critique of his successor Friday, blasting President Donald Trump’s policies and his pattern of pressuring the Justice Department. Obama also reminded voters that the economic recovery — one of Trump’s favorite talking points — began on his watch. Obama’s speech at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was […]
Hackers obtained the credit card details of some 380,000 British Airways travelers during a two-week data breach this summer that leaves the customers vulnerable to financial fraud, the airline says. BA’s CEO, Alex Cruz, said Friday that enough data was stolen to allow criminals to use credit card information for illicit purposes, and that police […]
A homeless good Samaritan who claims a New Jersey couple mismanaged the $400,000 they raised for him online will receive all of the funds he’s due while the couple is
President Donald Trump’s tweets were cited Thursday by lawyers for a man charged with fatally mowing down eight people on a New York City bike path as reason to disqualify the death penalty as a trial possibility. The lawyers wrote in a court submission that Trump’s tweeted demands for death and his “politicizing” of the […]
Donald Trump had to be tricked out of killing a U.S.-South Korean trade deal? He threatened to move a U.S. missile defense system from South Korea to Oregon? He ordered
Millions of people covered under the Affordable Care Act will see only modest premium increases next year, and some will get price cuts. That’s the conclusion from an exclusive analysis
Despite one of the best job markets in decades, workers across the U.S. economy are struggling with a common frustration: What does it take to finally get a decent raise?
The Agadir burger chain in Israel has opened its first kosher branch, a mehadrin kosher store, in Bnei Brak, Ynet reports. Not surprisingly the move has elicited some harsh reactions on social media, with fans of the treif stores fearing “The chareidi influence” has prompted the move, along with comments “They gave in to the […]
President Donald Trump is calling a new book about his administration by longtime journalist Bob Woodward “a scam.” In a Friday morning tweet, Trump is objecting to The Washington Post
Defense Secretary James Mattis made a surprise visit to Afghanistan’s war-shattered capital on Friday, the U.S. command in Afghanistan said, just days after a suicide bomber killed 21 people in
President Donald Trump declared Friday the Department of Justice should try to identify the writer of a bitingly critical New York Times opinion piece, purportedly submitted by a member of
Shares of electric car maker Tesla Inc. fell more than 6 percent early Friday after the CEO appeared to smoke marijuana during an interview and the company’s accounting chief left
Reports from foreign agencies which have been said to lead back directly to various rebel groups in Syria, state that Israel assisted many of the groups by supplying them with guns and money in the form of a monthly salary for those who were fighting. Israel came out with a statement that admitted to the transfer […]
Authorities say 12 passengers on two flights from Europe were evaluated for sore throats and coughs upon arrival at Philadelphia International Airport, but none were considered severely ill. A federal
Hiring in the United States picked up in August as employers added a strong 201,000 jobs, a sign of confidence that consumers and businesses will keep spending despite the Trump administration’s ongoing conflicts with its trading partners. The unemployment rate remained at 3.9 percent, near an 18-year low. Friday’s August jobs report from the government […]
Three flights from New York – one to Uman, and two to Israel – arrived just in time for Shabbos. As YWN had been reporting, heavy thunderstorm ripped through the
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