(VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) Beginning with the tefilla of the Kohen Gadol when he completes his Avoda of Yom Kippur, in her inaugural address, Beit Shemesh Mayor Dr. Aliza Bloch exhibits a respect for the citys Chief Rabbi, former mayors, members of the city council, activists who assisted in her election and the residents of […]

An elderly man was R”L killed in a Jersey City fire Wednesday night, and officials are pointing the cause to a menorah. Sources tell YWN that the deadly blaze took

Mesivta Ohr Yisrael, a division of Yeshiva Gedola Ohr Yisrael, (Est. Elul 1999), under the leadership of the Rosh HaYeshiva, Harav Avraham Nesanel Zucker, and the Menahel Rabbi Raphael Bernstein, began

Six persons have been sentenced to death by a Gaza military court after they were convicted of collaborating with Israel by providing intelligence information. Five of the six will be

The measles has been reported in chareidi communities in Jerusalem, as well as in N. America, in Williamsburg, Boro Park, Monsey, and Lakewood. The list unfortunately continues to expand, with

Moshe Yaalon, a former Defense Minister and IDF Chief of Staff, on Thursday commented on the ongoing IDF operation to locate and destroy Hezbollah terror tunnels along Israels border to Southern Lebanon; Operation Northern Shield. Yaalon, who resigned as Defense Minister due to disagreement with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, insists that when he stated in […]

One last time, for the record: It was not an ordinary supermarket scanner. A February 1992 newspaper story reporting that President George H.W. Bush was baffled by a supermarket barcode scanner when he visited a grocers convention in Florida fed into impressions that the president was out of touch, just as he was dealing with […]

Household members relate: “Harav Chaim Kanievsky, shlita, Altered his Schedule to Peruse Machon Yerushalayim’s Otzar Meforshei HaTorah” The directors of the prominent publishing house, along with the editors of the new Otzar

The accompanying video shows a portion of the violent arrest of a 16-year-old teen, who is described as affiliated with the so-called Hilltop Youths. The arrest took place in the Ramot neighborhood of Yerushalayim on Wednesday, 27 Kislev, and according to family, neighbors and eyewitnesses, as well as some video documentation, police were unjustifiably brutal […]

Israels prime minister says he will fast-track a bill combating domestic violence after tens of thousands of Israelis marched the previous day in Tel Aviv to protest perceived government inaction. Red-capped demonstrators called for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to wake up and carried signs reading Womens blood is not cheap and We are killed and […]

On the afternoon of Wednesday, 27 Kislev, Arabs and left-wing activists rioted in fields in the Gush Shilo area. Left-wing activist Arik Ascherman participated in the unrest. The incident began

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Degel Hatorah is not wasting time, and since it has yet to enter the incoming Beit Shemesh coalition, it is working to neutralize the new mayor, Dr. Aliza Bloch, who

One of President Donald Trumps adult sons is criticizing the husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway for his frequent vocal and public criticism of the Trump administration. Eric Trump tweeted Monday night that, Of all the ugliness in politics, the utter disrespect George Conway shows toward his wife, her career, place of work, and […]

Education Minister and Bayit Yehudi party chairman Naftali Bennett has demanded that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu apologize for slandering his wife, Gilat Bennett through the Walla news website. The report

According to reports quoting persons in the ‘Burqa’ community, youths married last Thursday are married in accordance with Halacha despite the fact police interrupted the event. This refers to the

Agudas Yisraels revenge against Degel Hatorah is playing out in Betar Illit, as the litvish party will not be receiving a deputy mayoral position as promised. This is the chassidish partys way of getting back after announcing former Beit Shemesh Mayor Moshe Abutbul is not resigning to permit Agudas Avraham Nachman Frankel to become a […]

George H.W. Bush was celebrated with high praise and loving humor Wednesday as the nation bade farewell to the man who was America’s 41st president and the last to fight for the U.S. in wartime. Three former presidents looked on at Washington National Cathedral as a fourth George W. Bush eulogized his dad. […]

President Donald Trump will attend Saturdays Army-Navy Game in Philadelphia. The White House confirmed Trumps attendance to The Associated Press on Tuesday. Trump also went to the 2016 game when he was president-elect. Trump will be the 10th sitting president to attend Army-Navy, a tradition that began with Theodore Roosevelt in 1901. Barack Obama was […]

The Company known as Netta, which is a Hebrew acronym for City Public Transportation Lanes is threatening the city of Bnei Brak by saying that if they are not allowed

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