Five IDF soildiers were injured in a suspected car-ramming attack on Motzei Shabbos near the West Bank town of Hizma, northeast of Jerusalem. MDA and United Hatzalah treated the victims
Officials in Southern California expressed relief Saturday that damage and injuries werent worse after the largest earthquake the region has seen in nearly 20 years, while voicing concerns about the possibility of major aftershocks in the days and even months to come. No fatalities or major injuries were reported after Friday nights 7.1-magnitude earthquake, which […]
German authorities said Tuesday that they have imposed a 2 million-euro ($2.3 million) fine on Facebook under a law designed to combat hate speech. The Federal Office for Justice said the social networking company had failed to meet transparency requirements for its handling of hate speech complaints. The agency said Facebooks report for the first […]
(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com) About a week ago, a junior at the prestigious Bronx High School of Science was taking the US History Regents exam. On his lap, during the test, was a cellphone. A proctor spotted him texting and looking at his iPhone (for some reason iPhones are more popular with teens […]
It was a sad end to a deeply misguided soul. On the outside, Simone Burns appeared to be an international human rights lawyer who was concerned about the plight of the Palestinian people. But on a flight from Mumbai to London last year, she physically and verbally abused an Air India cabin crew leaving […]
Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden says it would be great to have a female vice president, but he wont say whether hed pick Sen. Kamala Harris for the No. 2 spot if he receives his partys nomination. In an interview aired Friday on CNN, Biden said, I think it helps having a woman on the […]
An elderly Holocaust survivor delivered a short but moving few words while standing in front of thevintage German train car – currently on display in NYC – used to transport men, women and children to Auschwitz and other Nazi death camps. Reb Leibish (Lipot) Rubinstein was outside Manhattan’s Museum of Jewish Heritage, where the car […]
President Donald Trump celebrated the story of America as the greatest political journey in human history in a Fourth of July commemoration before a soggy but cheering crowd of spectators, many of them invited, on the grounds of the Lincoln Memorial. Supporters welcomed his tribute to the U.S. military while protesters assailed him for putting […]
Yisrael Beitenu party chairman, MK Avigdor Lieberman has chosen a new chareidi target, this time, the Gerrer Rebbe Shlita. Lieberman has reiterated that following the next election, he will not
They are a very prominent enemy in the Jewish bible. As a youth, King David defeated one of their mightiest of warriors Goliath. Samson killed a thousand of their warriors with the jawbone of a donkey. Verses in the bible tell us that they were from Caftor. They appear in the ancient writings of […]
U.S. employers sharply stepped up their hiring in June, adding a robust 224,000 jobs, an indication of the economys durability after more than a decade of expansion. The strength of the jobs report the Labor Department issued Friday could complicate a decision for the Federal Reserve late this month on whether to cut interest rates […]
Excitement is building in Brooklyn, as a major ballgame will be held in just a few weeks. As YWN has reported in the past, Flatbush Hatzolah has been playing weekly
All across the globefrom the more than 50,000 visitors expected at the Ohel in Queens, N.Y., to gatherings and study groups in community centers, synagogues, camps and private homespeople from all walks of Jewish life, in communities large and small, are coming together this week and next to mark the 25th anniversary of the passing […]
Scientists from 17 nations, including the United States, Russia and China, are preparing for a yearlong mission to the central Arctic to study the impact climate change is having on the planets frigid far north. Mission leader Markus Rex said Wednesday that researchers plan to anchor the German icebreaker RV Polarstern to a large floe, […]
Hiddush is an Israeli-based organization that will often pursue anti-Torah hashkafos. In 2017, it petitioned the Israeli Court to require that the IDFs regulations be amended to permit military burials that would also allow for clergy that deny the tenets of classical Judaism. The IDF agreed to change its regulations, according to an announcement made […]
A mother and a child were seriously injured after they were stuck by a vehicle in South Blooming Grove, NY, Thursday night. The incident happened on Route 208 at around
As YWN readers are aware, this past November, State Education Department Commissioner MaryEllen Elia released new rules to require all private schools to teach essentially the same classes as the
Jerusalem district police arrested an Arab resident of the eastern capital who posed as a physician, working in a local clinic, treating patients seeking “aesthetic changes” as well as prescribing
Non-native iguanas are multiplying so rapidly in South Florida that a state wildlife agency is now encouraging people to kill them. A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission news release says people should exterminate the large green lizards on their properties as well as on 22 public land areas across South Florida. It doesnt say […]
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