Iran will start injecting uranium gas into over a thousand centrifuges at a fortified nuclear facility built inside a mountain, the countrys president announced Tuesday in Tehrans latest step away from its atomic accord with world powers since President Donald Trump withdrew from the deal over a year ago. President Hassan Rouhanis announcement means that […]
Some of us may have a romanticized impression of prewar Europe, but the reality was a lot more complicated. For the most part, the continuity of Torah was under grave
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of HaRav Shamshon Grozovsky ZATZAL. He was 97. Rav Grozovsky was born in Vilna to his father, Hagaon HaRav Reuven Gozovsky, who
At least three women and six children, all apparently U.S. citizens, were slaughtered by drug cartel gunmen in northern Mexico, officials said Tuesday. Six children were found alive, one child had a bullet wound and one child was still missing. Mexican Security Secretary Alfonso Durazo said the gunmen may have mistaken the groups large SUVs […]
Britains three major national political parties wooed weary voters on Tuesday, all promising an end to Brexit wrangling if they win next months national election but offering starkly different visions of how to achieve that. Prime Minister Boris Johnson says if his Conservative Party wins the Dec. 12 poll, he will get Parliament to […]
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President Trump will be joining more than 100 Orthodox jews in NYC for lunch next week. The details of the major event were kept under wraps the past few months,
For Rockland DA a Prosecutor or Persecutor? Another election is coming this Tuesday November 5th and is shaping up to be the most consequential for the Orthodox community in Rockland
Gubernatorial and legislative elections in four states Tuesday will test voter enthusiasm and party organization amid impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump and a fevered Democratic presidential primary scramble. Results in Kentucky, Mississippi, New Jersey and Virginia wont necessarily predict whether Trump will be reelected or which party will control Congress after the general election […]
Israel police is calling on the pubic to assist in locating missing Jerusalem resident Moshe Lifshitz, 25, from Shmuel HaNavi Street. According to ZAKA, Lifshitz has medical issues and needs his medication. Anyone with information is asked to phone ZAKA at 1220. (YWN Israel Desk Jerusalem)
Rav Avraham Elimelech Firer, head of Ezra LeMarpe, which provides free medical support to Israelis, canceled a performance planned to raise funds for the health organization. The performance was to
Chairman of the Knesset Finance Committee, MK Moshe Gafne, and Minister of Transportation Betzalel Smotrich on Monday released a joint message regarding a discount on public transportation for talmidei yeshivos
New Yorks beleaguered Republican Party is seeing a decreasing number of registered voters. The latest state Board of Elections data shows the states GOP has seen a drop of over 18,000 Republican active voters since November 2016. Meanwhile, New York has about 2.6 million active Republican as of Nov. 1. Meanwhile, nearly 6 million active […]
North Korea said Tuesday the U.S. redesignation of Pyongyang as a sponsor of terrorism is dimming prospects for nuclear diplomacy between the countries. The Norths statement comes as North Korea is escalating its pressures on the United States over a stalemate in nuclear negotiations. Last week, North Korea test-fired projectiles from what it called a […]
A new Israeli app assists people in locating the kevarim of their relatives in Israeli cemeteries with turn-by-turn voice directions, according to a Reuters report. The application, called Gravez, developed
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Rebbetzin Zissel (Gisele) Horovitz A”H. She was 92. She was a Mechaneches at Bais Yaakov in Boro Park for more than
Pushing to help a Republican governor hold onto his office, President Donald Trump barnstormed for Gov. Matt Bevin of Kentucky on Monday, delivering a raucous election eve rally in which
The Mora D’asra of Modi’in Illit, HaRav Meir Kessler, spoke out against teaching children secular subjects, warning, “They are preparing the children for the workplace”. In a letter penned by
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