Yisrael Katz, Israel’s Transportation and Intelligence Minister, toured the area of Binyamin on Tuesday following the terror attack that took place on Sunday evening near the town of Ofra in
It was close to midnight on Monday night, and a deal was agreed to and a coalition agreement was signed between Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon and the Bayit Yehuda/Ichud Leumi
National Shas Chairman and minister of Interior Aryeh Deri met on Tuesday with the four elected Shas members of the Jerusalem City Council and revealed to them the agreement reached
(PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) Speaking at the 40th Conference of the Jerusalem Institute on Wednesday, 4 Teves, Minister of Jerusalem Affairs (Likud) Ze’ev Elkin, who recently lost in the Jerusalem
(VIDEO AND PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon at the 40th Conference of the Jerusalem Institute: “Soon there will be free parking for the residents of Jerusalem” “Parking
A mother jailed after police violently pulled her toddler son from her arms in a videotaped encounter in the crowded waiting room of a New York City social services office was released Tuesday night. “I’m just so grateful to everyone and I’m just happy to be free and I just need to see my boy,” […]
Sens. Kamala Harris of California and Cory Booker of New Jersey scored wins on Capitol Hill Tuesday that could help them as they prepare for potential campaigns for the Democratic presidential nomination. After Republicans won a net gain of two Senate seats in last month’s midterms, Harris faced a possible eviction from the powerful Judiciary […]
Shira and Amichai Ish-Ran, the husband and wife who were injured in Sunday’s drive-by shooting attack in Ofra, saw each other in Shaare Tzedek hospital on Tuesday evening for the
With the need to pass a new draft bill a pressing reality, the machlokes between the litvish Degel Hatorah and chassidish Agudas Yisrael factions of Yahadut Hatorah continues, perhaps gaining
As YWN has been reporting, New York State is taking steps towards stricter enforcement of its education requirements on yeshiva elementary schools. In line with recently released NYS Education Department guidelines, all yeshiva elementary schools must teach a ‘substantially equivalent education’ to public schools, with a minimum of six hours of secular studies daily. The […]
(PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) Just a few days after a festive Chanukah ceremony to inaugurate a new ZAKA Search and Rescue sonar device for use in underwater missing person searches,
The Finance Ministry and the Jerusalem Municipality reached an agreement on the budget for 2019: Government support for the municipality will amount to NIS 950 million Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon
Time magazine on Tuesday recognized journalists, including the slain Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi, as its 2018 Person of the Year in what it said was an effort to emphasize the
After 15 years in office, Einat Kalish-Rotem managed to unseat Mayor Yona Yahav in Haifa, and the newly-elected mayor is already under fire, surrounding her controversial appointment of Deputy Mayor
France’s wave of protests and violence over the past month or so has already cost the eurozone’s second-largest economy a fortune. Road blockades, demonstrations and successive weekends of rioting in Paris and other towns have left supermarket shelves empty, stopped shoppers from buying Christmas gifts and scared away tourists. The government stands to lose out […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that he had never heard of a woman who is accused of spying for Moscow in the United States until her July arrest.
Cabinet chiefs and GOP lawmakers celebrated alongside farm and business leaders Tuesday as the Trump administration made good on one of its biggest promised environmental rollbacks, proposing to lift federal
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 49% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance. Forty-nine percent (49%) disapprove. The latest figures include 36% who Strongly Approve of the way Trump is performing and 39% who Strongly Disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of -3. […]
HaGaon HaRav Avigdor Nebenzahl Shlita, Rav of Jerusalem’s Old City, has spoken out against the Women of the Wall (WoW) organization, calling on the tzibur at large to protest against them at the completion of tefilla. The WoW members and supporters come to the Kosel every Rosh Chodesh for shachris. For the past two years, […]
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