Unified. Moving. Inspiring. Those may not be typical words describing a state legislative session, but all were apropos for the start of Florida’s Senate session on Monday. A Somber Beginning Several events came together that morning. Agudath Israel of Florida’s executive director, Rabbi Moshe Matz, gave the opening prayer. He was invited by Senator Jason […]
Eyal Wurtzburger, a resident of Itamar in Shomron, sustained only light injuries B’chasdei Hashem when terrorists on Thursday morning ambushed his vehicle while driving through Chawarah, north of Tapuach Junction,
Germany’s leading Jewish organization expressed alarm Thursday over footage of flag-waving neo-Nazis in self-styled uniforms marching through an eastern German town on May Day unhindered by police. Footage of the march Wednesday prompted widespread outrage in Germany and calls for authorities in the state of Saxony, where far-right sentiment is particularly strong, to step in. […]
A gunman fired his semi-automatic rifle at Jewish worshippers after walking through a Southern California synagogue’s open front door, a spot that synagogue leaders determined last year needed improved security. The Chabad of Poway synagogue applied for a federal grant to install gates and more secure doors to better protect that area. The $150,000 was […]
The campus has turned quiet. Flowers and candles fill the steps outside the building where two students were killed. Exams have been postponed or canceled. For students, professors and administrators,
A high res version of the photo above is available for download here or by clicking on the image. Photo Credits: Jeff Cohn Photography Agudath Israel of Maryland extends warm congratulations to Delegate Adrienne Jones on being elected and sworn-in as Speaker of Maryland’s House of Delegates. In a unanimous vote cast yesterday by her […]
A man who plotted to bomb New York City’s subways, then switched sides after his arrest and spent nearly a decade helping the U.S. identify and prosecute terrorists, was rewarded for his help Thursday with a sentence of 10 years in prison, effectively time he has already served. Najibullah Zazi, a 33-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen […]
Two young boys were seriously injured after falling out of a window in a Spring Valley home, Thursday afternoon. Sources tell YWN that Hatzolah of Rockland was called to the
A property under development in Jackson NJ was found defaced with Swastikas and anti-Semitic slurs earlier this week. The hate was found in the vicinity of South New Prospect Road.
Israeli researchers reported Wednesday that violent attacks against Jews spiked significantly last year, with the largest reported number of Jews killed in anti-Semitic acts in decades, leading to an “increasing sense of emergency” among Jewish communities worldwide. Capped by the deadly shooting that killed 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, […]
“The Mueller Report” is now officially a best-seller. A published edition of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged ties between Russian officials and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign sold just under 42,000 copies last week, NPD BookScan reported Wednesday. Jointly edited by Scribner and The Washington Post, it sold more than any nonfiction book on […]
(VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) In honor of Holocaust Martyrs ‘and Heroes’ Remembrance Day, Government Press Office officials visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Exhibition: “Flashes of Memory”. ??? ????? ???? (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
New York is now providing free phone calls from jails, making it the first major U.S. city to eliminate fees for inmate calls, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday. The Democratic mayor said the city has fully implemented the law passed by the City Council last August. “For too long have people in custody faced […]
He was not originally included on the roster of speakers at the National Day of Prayer at the White House, but Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, heroic senior rabbi of Chabad of
Thousands of young Jews from around the world joined Holocaust survivors and politicians Thursday for an annual Holocaust remembrance march in southern Poland that focuses on fighting anti-Semitism and hatred. About 10,000 marchers carrying Israeli flags and “Say NO to anti-Semitism” banners joined the annual March of the Living, which follows a 3-kilometer (1.8 mile) […]
Hamas’ leader in Gaza left for talks with Egyptian officials Thursday after a new outbreak of violence, as the terror group accused Israel of slowing down the implementation of Egyptian-mediated understandings aimed at easing the situation in the Palestinian enclave. The visit by Yehiyeh Sinwar to Cairo came hours after the Israeli military struck several […]
Following the YWN report of the arrest of chareidi girls upon their arrival in Manchester for smuggling in Khat (a drug), it has been learned the matter is gaining notoriety throughout areas of Europe, and there are two girls currently under arrest in Oslo. As YWN-Israel reported, over the past few months, dozens of young charedi […]
Attorney General William Barr skipped a House hearing Thursday on special counsel Robert Mueller’s Trump-Russia report, escalating an already acrimonious battle between Democrats and President Donald Trump’s Justice Department. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested Barr had already lied to Congress in other testimony and called that a “crime.” Barr’s decision to avoid the hearing , made after […]
Yahadut Hatorah is demanding from the Likud a deputy minister in the Ministry of Labor & Welfare in the next government in order to prevent the Chilul Shabbos, News12 reported
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told a London court on Thursday that he wouldn’t agree to be extradited to the United States, where he is accused of conspiring to hack into a Pentagon computer. Assange, appearing by video link from a London prison, said he wouldn’t “surrender myself for extradition for doing journalism that has won […]
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