In response to the tragic events that took place in Jersey City yesterday afternoon, Police Departments around the tri-State area added heavy security to jewish institutions. The Lakewood Police Department
The Likud passed a preliminary vote on Wednesday to set the date for Likud primaries (if the Knesset is dissolved) on Thursday, December 26, which is the fourth day of
New Zealand medical staff were working around the clock Thursday treating severely burned survivors of a volcanic eruption that police said was believed to have killed 16 people. The enormity of the task facing New Zealand’s hospital burn units was clear when Dr. Peter Watson, a chief medical officer, said at a news conference that […]
The day after heartrending news, a story of evil and violence that specifically targeted the Jewish community once again, it’s hard not to begin losing faith in humanity. But earlier
After most of the cities of the Gush Dan area chose to allow free public transportation on Shabbos in recent months, the members of the Bat Yam municipality chose differently,
In just a few hours hours, the Orthodox Jewish community raised a whopping $48,000 for the family of Jersey City Police Detective Joseph Seals, an 18 year law enforcement veteran
Debris believed to be from a military transport plane carrying 38 people that vanished two days ago en route to the Antarctic has been discovered in the frigid, treacherous waters between the icy continent and South America, Chile’s Air Force said Wednesday. Air Force Gen. Eduardo Mosqueira said “sponge” material, possibly from the plane’s fuel […]
A person was struck by a vehicle in Lakewood on Wednesday evening, and the victim is in critical condition. It happened just before 6:30PM at the intersection of Madison Avenue
After the first crash of a Boeing 737 Max last year, federal safety officials estimated that there could be 15 more fatal crashes of the Max over the next few decades if Boeing didn’t fix a critical automated flight-control system. Yet the Federal Aviation Administration did not ground the plane until a second deadly crash […]
Agudath Israel of America welcomes President Trump’s Executive Order that seeks to target and combat anti-Semitism at American colleges and universities. This action embodies an understanding of federal law that has enjoyed bipartisan support in Congress, and offers a definition of anti-Semitism that has been adopted by the State Department and by several international bodies […]
When former IDF Spokesperson Avi Benayahu, who currently works in the Azrieli Center in Tel Aviv, saw a Chareidi bochur looking in vain for a mezuzah to kiss at the
A horrific crash took the life of a young American Yeshivas Bochur in Jerusalem on Wednesday evening. Avrohom Nochum Landi Z”L, 20, from Passaic, was identified as the victim. The
The head of the IDF’s Chareidi Administration, Lt.-Colonel Telem Chazzan, is stepping down from his post in the summer of 2020 after less than two years at the job, Yair
The funerals for the two Orthodox Jewish victims in the Jersey City shooting attack are being held on Wednesday night. Thousands turned out for the two Levayos. The Levaya of Moshe Hersh Deutsch HY”D was held at 8:00PM at the Satmar Bais Medrash on Rodney Street in Williamsburg. The Levaya of Mrs Leah Mindel Ferencz […]
OHEL Children’s Home and Family Services RESPONSE TO SHOOTING IN JERSEY CITY AND TRAGIC DEATH OF SEVERAL INNOCENT BYSTANDERS AND POLICE OFFICERS December 11, 2019 Dr. Norman Blumenthal Director of
Four fire trucks responded to a Wednesday morning fire in a building on Pierre Koenig Street in the area of the Talpiot Industrial Center. A Jerusalem Fire & Rescue Service
The Sinclair group of local television stations said Wednesday it is dropping its commentary segments featuring Boris Epshteyn, former aide to President Donald Trump, in favor of a greater emphasis on local investigative journalism. Epshteyn’s pro-Trump commentaries, sent by the Sinclair Broadcast Group to its 193 local stations with an order that they must be […]
An elderly man fell down an escalator on Agam Kineret Street in Netanya on Wednesday. United Hatzalah and Magen David Adom responded to the scene. The victim was transported to
The clock hands are ticking toward midnight of Wednesday night – the deadline for the Knesset to choose a candidate for prime minister. If this scenario doesn’t occur, as seems
Rabbi David Niederman, President of the United Jewish Organizations (UJO) of Williamsburg and North Brooklyn delivered the following statement to YWN: The community is saddened and is mourning the loss
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