Dear Readers, I wish to share with you my personal thoughts on an issue that I have seen and likely many of you have experienced as well, and in fact
The following is an email that was sent to every funeral chapel in the NYC area on Tuesday morning. It was provided to YWN by El Al: Dear XXXXX Chapels,
In a Newsweek op-ed last week, Dr. Howard Kaye, who lost his wife to a gunman’s bullet on April 27 at Chabad of Poway, Calif., shared with the world for the first time since the tragic shooting the depth of his grief and his resolve, and sought to prevent similar tragedies by calling for the […]
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was moved back to jail from a hospital Monday even though his physician raised suspicions of a possible poisoning after he suffered facial swelling and a rash while in custody. Details about Navalny’s condition were scarce after he was rushed to a hospital Sunday with what authorities said was a […]
A cast of more than 300, filming in 20 locations with animation, special effects and even some magic. These are the ingredients of an epic international film, not usually a
The Siyum Presents: Harav Shimon Schwab, Z”tl, At The 9th Siyum Hashas Please visit thesiyum.org for information and updates regarding the upcoming Siyum HaShas, or text siyum to 313131. If
Britain has officially had its hottest day on record. Weather agency the Met Office says the temperature reached 38.7 C (101.7 F) at Cambridge University Botanic Garden in eastern England during last week’s heat wave. The temperature was recorded Thursday and confirmed Monday after “quality control and analysis” by the Met Office. The previous U.K. […]
The following is via NBC: At least a half-dozen vehicles, including a state police SUV, an ambulance and a fire engine, appear to have been involved in a huge wreck
The following is based on a Hesped given by Chaskel Bennett at the Kevurah of his longtime Rebbe, Rav Dovid Trenk Zt”l: We first met when I was a boisterous
Democrats gathering in Detroit for a pivotal presidential debate will have to decide, once again, how to respond to President Donald Trump while presenting their own vision for the country.
The Shabbos before Lag B’omer, Moshe Eliezer Ilovitz was at the kever of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai. He davened shacharis and has not been seen since. Later that week, during the festivities of Lag B’omer, the Ilovitz home burned to the ground along with the entire Moshav Mevo Modiim. The Ilovitz family, children ranging in […]
Interior Minister Aryeh Deri has recently expressed concern with the high prices of tickets for those wishing to fly from Tel Aviv to Uman, to the Kever of Rav Nachman
Before a 19-year-old gunman opened fire on a famed garlic festival in his California hometown, he urged his Instagram followers to read a 19th century book popular with white supremacists
Urgent 48 Hour Campaign! CLICK HERE TO DONATE We cried. We davened. We moved on. But Rabbi Bauman’s family still needs our help. By: Shimmy Blum The tragic disappearance and passing of Rabbi Reuven Bauman zt”l gripped us all. This young, vibrant and loving husband, father, rebbi and friend made the ultimate sacrifice. At the […]
Taha Shakouri keeps finding remote corners to play in at a Tehran children’s charity hospital, unaware that his doctors are running out of chemo medicine needed to treat the eight-year-old
New York City’s Board of Elections has officially certified Queens Borough President Melinda Katz as the winner of the hotly contested Democratic primary for Queens district attorney. The board said Monday that Katz beat public defender Tiffany Cabán by 60 votes. But Cabán is continuing with a legal challenge to get invalidated ballots counted. Cabán’s […]
The second set of Democratic presidential debates will be held Tuesday and Wednesday in Detroit, with 20 candidates spread evenly over two nights. Here’s a look at who is appearing on each night of the debates: NIGHT 1: TUESDAY Steve Bullock, Montana governor Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Indiana John Delaney, former congressman from […]
There’s little dispute that the Federal Reserve this week will do something it hasn’t done since 2008, when the U.S. economy was gripped by the Great Recession: Cut its benchmark interest rate. This time, by contrast, the economy is solid by most measures. Consumers are spending. Unemployment is close to a half-century low. A recession […]
A shootout that left one man dead and 11 people wounded at a Brooklyn community festival over the weekend may have been gang related, the New York Police Department said
Federal officials say they’ve found a missile launcher in a man’s luggage at the airport in Baltimore. The Transportation Security Administration said in a statement that the military grade weapon was located in the man’s checked luggage at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. TSA officers called airport police who found the man and detained him […]
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