Boeing and U.S. aviation regulators say the company needs more time to finish changes in a flight-control system suspected of playing a role in two deadly crashes. The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it anticipates Boeing’s final software improvements for 737 Max airliners “in the coming weeks.” Boeing was expected to complete the work last […]
YWN has exclusively obtained an affidavit submitted by Nobel Prize winner and yeshiva graduate Professor Robert (Yisrael) Aumann in the lawsuit challenging the State Education Department’s new curriculum regulations. The affidavit, and Professor Aumann, are a Kiddush Hashem. In his affidavit, Professor Aumann writes beautifully about his yeshiva experience, the impact his Rebbe, Rav Shmuel […]
The Democrat-controlled New York Senate passed legislation Monday putting the state a step closer to joining seven others where the legal age for buying cigarettes and electronic cigarettes has been
Nearly 1 million of the 5.3 million Jews who live in the U.S. observe the Jewish Sabbath. An additional 2 million Jews around the world also observe Shabbos, including those
A 15-year-old Yeshiva Bochur from the center of the country who is severely allergic to milk was admitted to an intensive care unit in Petach Tikvah’s Schneider Children’s Hospital after
David Johnston stands over a table full of peculiar items confiscated at Dulles International Airport: a glittery clutch with brass knuckles as a clasp. A perfume bottle shaped like a
There was a water alert for Modi’in Illit on Tuesday morning, April 2, 2019, with residents of the chareidi city instructed to boil tap water before drinking it until the
Colluding with Russia? The special counsel says no. Cheating at golf? Well, that’s something else. From pulling a fast one on Tiger Woods to exaggerating his handicap, Donald Trump’s alleged misdeeds on and around the golf course are the subject of a new book by former Sports Illustrated columnist Rick Reilly, “Commander in Cheat: How […]
The number of U.S. measles cases through the first three months of this year have surpassed the count for all of 2018, health officials say. There have been 387 cases
New York State lawmakers completed voting on the 2019 budget early Monday morning, which includes both victories and disappointments for the Orthodox Jewish community. There were headline developments of general
Nearly three decades after a U.S. state last imposed a special tax on sugary drinks, Connecticut’s governor is pushing for one to help close a budget deficit — and bracing for a fight. Taxes on soda and other sugar-loaded drinks have taken effect in recent years in several cities around the country, but lobbying from […]
Back in stock! You can now order online and receive free shipping! You can also purchase the Maharal Hagaddah Shel Pesach compiled by Rabbi Lopiansky. After selling out of three
More than a few commentators have pointed out that the election campaign for the 21st Knesset has reached “new lows”. While there have already been personal attacks levied by the
People with rare cancers have been out of luck — not only do most lack good treatments but drug companies also don’t pursue them because of small potential sales. Now, a federal study that pools these folks gives them strength in numbers and new options. The first results from this novel effort were revealed at […]
Several Hebrew University professors have come out against a new training program for IDF soldiers in the university’s Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies. Explaining the opposition, Dr. Liat
Following previous unsuccessful attempts to open the school, due to in part Rabbinic pressure against the school itself, a new plan to open a Government Supervised Chareidi School (Mamlachti Chareidi)
The gauntlet has dropped. New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson has decided to remove Councilman Kalman Yeger from the Immigration Committee for tweeting that “Palestine doesn’t exist.” “I do not believe that someone who engages in the type of rhetoric we heard from Council Member Yeger belongs on the immigration committee, which is supposed […]
Joe Biden on Monday forcefully rejected comparisons of his embrace of colleagues, friends and their families during swearing-in ceremonies as vice president and the 2014 allegation he says he can’t
Jerusalem district police on Wednesday morning reported a so-called price tag vandalism attack the northern Jerusalem neighborhood of Pisgat Ze’ev. According to the report the tires of 10 Arab vehicles were slashed and Hebrew graffiti was left on the scene. Police are investigating. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem/Photo Credit: Police Spokesman Unit)
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