Jorge Ortiz, a 50-year-old construction worker, was taking no chances as Tropical Storm Dorian approached Puerto Rico on Tuesday and threatened to brush past the island’s southwest coast at near-hurricane strength. Wiping sweat from his brow, Ortiz climbed up a shaky ladder under the punishing morning sun and tied down pieces of zinc that now […]
In America, those that came back from Europe after having fought Hitler are known as “the Greatest Generation.” In Jewish religious circles, there is another group of people with this
North Carolina’s top prosecutor expanded his efforts to halt e-cigarette sales to teens on Monday by suing eight more manufacturers of vaping products. Josh Stein, the Democratic attorney general in the traditionally tobacco-friendly state, said he is filing lawsuits against eight e-cigarette companies in an announcement timed to grab attention during the first week of […]
A civil rights lawyer representing parents opposed to vaccines for their children said Monday he will appeal a judge’s decision upholding a New York state law that ended religious exemptions from vaccinations required to attend schools and day care programs. The state Legislature repealed the religious exemption in June amid the nation’s worst measles outbreak […]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri decided upon a plan to give 3 million shekels to restaurants in the Gaza periphery as a
U.S. home prices rose more slowly in June as some of the country’s most expensive housing markets saw stagnant or even falling prices. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price index rose 2.1% in June from a year earlier, down from a 2.4% gain in May. Prices fell 1.3% in Seattle and inched up 0.7% […]
The Blue & White party questions why over recent years there is an increasing number of cases of abuse and neglect in daycare centers. Blue & White blames Prime Minister
In a strongly worded letter addressed to New York State Board of Regents’ Chancellor Betty Rosa, over 200 rabbanim from around the country registered a protest to the regulations proposed by the education department. In unequivocal terms, the rabbis called the new regulations “untenable and unnecessary.” They noted the contribution to society Yeshiva graduates have […]
Two Muslim correctional officers in New York are being reinstated to their positions after being suspended for refusing to shave their beards. The move comes one day after correctional officers Brian Sughrim and David Feliciano filed a federal lawsuit Monday against New York’s prison agency. The suit argues the agency discriminated against the two men […]
The leaders of the not-well-known Noam party, headed by HaRav Tzvi Tau, is contemplating officially dropping out of the election race for 22nd Knesset. According to all polls, the party
Never mind his differences with world leaders on China, trade, Russia, Iran and more. President Donald Trump’s takeaway message from the Group of Seven summit in France was “unity.” In fact, “flawless” unity. During this year’s gathering of leaders of the world’s wealthiest democracies, Trump went to great lengths to portray it as something of […]
By Rabbi Eliezer Sandler Facing one of the most searching farhers to date, the Shas Yiden geonim avreichim once again astounded the examiner. Those present, travelling from New York, found the scholarship nothing short of amazing! With comments like: “They own Shas!” “Their accomplishment is just ‘beyond’…” “I thought the claim that they all complete […]
The Brisker Rosh Yeshiva, Hagaon HaRav Dovid Soloveitchik was hospitalized today in Jerusalem’s Hadassah Ein Kerem medical center. The Rosh Yeshiva had been feeling ill over the past few days and was transported from his home on Amos Street in Jerusalem to the hospital suffering from general weakness. He underwent several tests and it was decided […]
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock was told how he could qualify for the next presidential debate, but it didn’t make much sense: Spend $60. Attract a $1 donor. And repeat, maybe thousands of times. “You spend $60 on Facebook right now to get a $1 donor,” Bullock said last week while campaigning in Iowa, referring to […]
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Binyomin Asher Brief of Bnai Brak. He was 21. Binyomin battled cancer for the past three years until his Petira on
In his latest election video, MK (Blue & White) Yair Lapid shows a postman delivering a woman’s credit card bill. She explains it will be very high as the summer
Members of Eric Garner’s family want a court to force New York City’s mayor and police commissioner to answer questions under oath about their relative’s 2014 chokehold death. A petition being filed Tuesday in state court seeks a proceeding at which city officials can be questioned under penalty of perjury about matters involving alleged official […]
A bomb placed in the road near Elon Moreh in Shomron was discovered near the Shomron Battalion Command on Monday. B’chasdei Hashem, border police bomb sappers were summoned, and they
While women’s rights organizations in Israel have been on the warpath against chareidi concerts with separate seating, gender separation does not appear to be an issue for the women in
Iran’s president back-pedaled Tuesday on possible talks with Donald Trump, saying the U.S. president must first lift sanctions imposed on Tehran, otherwise a meeting between the two would be a mere photo op. Hassan Rouhani’s change of heart came a day after Trump said Monday that there’s a “really good chance” the two could meet […]
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