Defense Secretary Mark Esper says an Army officer has no reason to fear retribution for testifying before Congress in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. Esper was asked about potential retribution for Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman during a trip Monday to New York. The defense secretary said the Pentagon “has protections for whistleblowers” who […]
Politicians vowing not to sit with Chareidim has become routine in the current political atmosphere in Israel but two Likud ministers spoke out strongly against the blatant discrimination of Israel’s
According to the latest Channel 13 News poll, released on Sunday evening, both the Likud and Blue & White parties gain votes while the chareidi parties take a beating. It
Baruch Hashem 30 new families have moved to Rochester since we began our marketing program back in the spring of 2015. Some of our new families have written about their
The Ma’adanei Miki company, which produced packaged salads, dips and smoked fish, closed its doors last weeks after 80 years of operation. The company, which was officially founded in 1992,
Following a day of violence in which one person was shot by police and another set on fire, Hong Kong’s leader pledged Monday to “spare no effort” to halt anti-government protests that have wracked the city for more than five months. The comments by Carrie Lam are likely to fuel speculation that harsher legal and […]
White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney is facing opposition, including from a former Trump administration adviser, in his bid to join a lawsuit over testimony in the House
The Chofetz Chaim writes that parents should daven for three things for their children – that they should be oskim baTorah, yarei shamayim, and have middos tovos. This statement of the Chofetz Chaim informs us of the goal and purpose of mosdos hachinuch – that after the eight or so years in yeshiva the child […]
The first snow of the season may actually arrive Tuesday as some cold rain looks to transition into snow. While the snow should not amount to much more than a
A Jewish man is lucky to be alive after he was stabbed in what appears to have been an attempted robbery in Far Rockaway, Queens. Sources tell YWN that the
Russia responded to Israel’s Supreme Court’s decision on Sunday to deny hacker Alexi Burkov’s appeal against his extradition to the United States, according to a Maariv report on Monday. The Russian Embassy in Israel wrote on Twitter: “”We regret the decision of Israeli’s High Court of Justice to turn down Mr. Burkov’s appeal on his […]
The mother of children targeted in a one of a series of egg attacks on Jewish targets over the weekend in Brooklyn is speaking out. Police said a synagogue was vandalized with eggs around 6 p.m. Saturday on Dahill Road in Borough Park. “We are just not safe anymore. Just because we’re Jewish. And I […]
In anticipation of President Reuven Rivlin’s planned meeting with Yisrael Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Liberman this week, Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman (Agudat Yisrael) wrote a letter to Rivlin, requesting him
Bus drivers employed by Dan in Be’er Sheva participated in a bus convoy protest in the southern city following a shooting incident last week. Drivers working for ‘Dan Be’er Sheva’
Transportation Minister (Bayit Yehudi) Betzalel Smotrich had harsh words for the memorial marking the 24th anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin, citing the left-wing turned a memorial
Many people braved the cold weather, wind, and snow to travel to Buffalo NY to the kever of HaRav Eliyahu Yosef Rabinowitz ZATZAL, the Linitz Slavita Rebbe of Buffalo. The
Update 11/11/2019: B”H Chavie is doing very well, and holding strong. Sadly, while we thought her family would come around, they have not, and she needs our support so she can stay
It appears the initiative named ‘Shabus’ to provide limited bus service to residents on Shabbos R”L has failed in Yerushalayim and as a result, the service is being halted. The
Rav Elimelech Firer has been providing lifesaving assistance to millions of Israelis for 40 years through his medical assistance organization Ezra U’Marpe. Recently, Rav Firer canceled a much-needed fundraising event
Turkey on Monday deported citizens of the United States and Denmark who fought for the Islamic State and made plans to expel other foreign nationals as the government began a
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