Today, Department of Transportation officials unveiled new signage and parking meters in South Williamsburg to allow Orthodox Jewish motorists parking on several streets within South Williamsburg to pay parking meters
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Councilman Chaim Deutsch (D-BROOKLYN) has secured the support of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in his re-election bid for the New York City Council’s 48th District. Former New
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Israel Police has established a new unit that is responsible for maintaining law and order on Har Habayis. The new unit was formed following the July 2017 terror attack which
Following the destruction of a Gaza terror tunnel by the IDF that straddled the Gaza-Israel border, members of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad requested that Israel release the bodies of
In the halal bakeries and markets that line Main Street, and in mosques that have been part of the community for decades, a familiar dread has taken hold after the
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Rebbetzin Yenta Gittel Schwab A”H who was the Aishes Chayil of the Tzadik Reb Mordechai Menachem Schwab Z”TL, residents of Monsey
Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets in protest across the West Bank Thursday marking a century since the Balfour Declaration, Britain’s promise to Zionists to create a Jewish home
Many requests that arrived at the committee’s table were angry at the sealing of the Kever of Dan ben Yaakov in the Beit Shemesh area by the Israel Lands Authority.
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(VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) The Knesset this week marked the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, questioning what is a home, nationality and the Jewish People. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu
President Donald Trump on Thursday announced his choice of Federal Reserve board member Jerome Powell to be the next chairman of the nation’s central bank, succeeding Janet Yellen, the first
New York City’s Board of Elections agreed this week to change how it manages voter registration rolls following complaints and an investigation into the removal of 200,000 voters before last
Elvil Hager, a 24-year-old yeshiva Vishnitz avreich, was arrested on his way out of Israel heading to Toronto, Canada on Tuesday night. He was transferred to military police where he
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