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Brooklyn - New York City Council candidate and education advocate David G. Greenfield announced a plan that would require every non-public school submit their...

In response to their failure to stop health care reform from passing last night, the Republicans have set their sights on a new goal:...

9:00PM IL: It is now cleared to release that an IDF soldier was killed by mistaken gunfire in the Kissufim area. Golani Brigade forces...

Attorneys general from at least 12 states say they will challenge the constitutionality of the healthcare reform bill passed by the House of Representatives...

A blaze erupted on Monday morning in the Orot HaTorah Talmid Torah in the Rova Zayin area of Ashdod. Heavy damage was reported to...

A spokeswoman for Comptroller John Liu today chastised City Council hopeful Joe Lazar for distributing literature that seems to imply he has been...

12:40PM EST: An NYPD officer has just been shot in the Bronx at 3073 Park Avenue near 158th Street. The officer is reportedly in...

The link below is a documentary video created exclusively for Yeshiva World News Israel by Yaakov Rosen, highlighting the various issues surrounding the planned...

It’s that time of the year again… the holiday season. Perhaps nothing is more challenging than getting through Pesach with your health and weight...

In a rare but welcome move, the Chief Rabbinate of Israel turned to Rabbi Pinchas Cohen, the Chief Rabbi of Netivot, instructing him to...

Fifty-four families living with a child’s serious illness found comfort, support, information and inspiration at Chai Lifeline’s annual LH Financial Services Winter Retreat last...

Passover is a holiday that looms above us.  The mere thought of cleaning our homes, and the madness it entails can be a huge...

According to veteran Gush Etzion resident Rabbi Chanan Porat, image is high on the agenda for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, explaining that back on...

Virginia's attorney general said he plans to sue the federal government over the healthcare reform legislation, saying Congress lacks authority to force people to...

Brooklyn - On the eve of Election Day, the Greenfield Campaign announced that it has postponed this morning's campaign events to allow David Greenfield...

This will not stand. No one should be confused about the outcome of Sunday's vote This is not the end of the fight it is the...

State Senator Pedro Espada has come out in favor of tolls on some East River bridges. The majority leader now says he supports a $2...

Deputy Health Minister R’ Yaakov Litzman, who succeeded in obtaining a cabinet majority for the position of daas Torah is not making excuses, but...

Despite A rally to demand freedom of worship for Jews will be held in Yerushalayim on Tuesday evening at which time participants will question...

The following is a NY Post article: The widow of a Brooklyn-born rabbi, murdered two years ago by terrorists in Mumbai, is facing an...

A Modi’in man turned over a bag to police, a bag that he found containing money worth close to NIS 1 million. Police have...

Doctors at Beilinson Hospital in Petach Tikvah performed a kidney transplant on 19-year-old Ortal Machlav, who was a dialysis patient for about 18 months...

10:45PM EST: The House of Representatives has passed President Obama's historic health care overhaul bill with 219 - 212 yes votes.  Thirty-four Democrats and all...

Today the United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg conducted their a major Passover distribution in conjunction with Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty (Met Council). UJO...

Only a few short hours before his scheduled departure for Washington to address an AIPAC (The American Israel Public Affairs Committee) conference, Prime Minister...

The city public advocate said the Metropolitan Transportation Authority should not lay off station agents and instead save money by going after fare beaters. Bill...

Deputy Minister (Yahadut HaTorah) R’ Meir Porush sent a letter to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman condemning the arrival on...

With Israel bashing remaining high on the world agenda, Turkey apparently cannot resist the opportunity to join in, returning to its leading anti-Israel role...

Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman is celebrating his victory, bringing the issue of the bones at the proposed site of the fortified emergency room...

Following are Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s remarks at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting as conveyed by his media advisor. "This evening I will...

10:34AM EST: Firefighters are currently battling a fire in the Highland Park Bungalow Colony, located on Highland Avenue in Woodridge, NY. Thick smoke can...

Jews returning from the Kosel and Har HaZeisim heading to the western capital came under attack in the Wadi Joz area on erev shabbos,...

New York - As of 12:01 a.m. Sunday morning, a controversial new law grants that extra 300-second cushion to move your car for alternate-side...

The Asbury Park Press reports: After months of negotiations, township officials have made an offer to the Emergency Medical Services department that would allow...

Not too long ago, the governments of Israel announced policy decisions and acted on what appeared to be in line with national interests, at...