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)
Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz has stated that the number two person on the United Right-Wing party, MK Betzalel Smotrich, will destroy any chance of him sitting together
A former U.S. resident who joined al-Qaida and is now jailed at the Guantanamo Bay detention center returned to court Monday at the U.S. base in Cuba as he seeks
A Segula that saved people from the holocaust?! That is what the Erloi Rav, R’ Yochanan Sofer z”l, tells over (see Haggadah Chassam Sofer published 2004 footnote to Maamar). On the eve of Pesach 1944, due to the panic and confusion that reigned, his grandfather, R’ Shimon Sofer, the Chief Rabbi of Erloi, forgot to […]
Turkey’s opposition looked poised to win control of the country’s two biggest cities Monday as it dealt President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s conservative party one of its most serious electoral setbacks in years. The opposition won Ankara, a ruling party stronghold for decades, and was leading a tight race for mayor in Istanbul, according to unofficial […]
IDF officials announced that the American THAAD anti-ballistic missile defense system went operational on Monday, April 1, 2019. 250 US servicemen arrived last month, members of EUCOM (US European Command)
A Los Angeles Hatzolah member’s car was broken into early Monday morning in the Valley area. The suspects used some type of device to unlock the car. (The video below
In a mock election survey held on University campuses across Israel, students voted overwhelmingly for The Blue and White Party led by Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid and for the
A career official in the White House security office says dozens of people in President Donald Trump’s administration were granted security clearances despite “disqualifying issues” in their backgrounds, such as concerns about foreign influence, drug use and criminal conduct. Tricia Newbold, an 18-year government employee who oversees the issuance of clearances for some senior White […]
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of the Skulener Rebbe, Hagaon HaRav Yisroel Avrohom Portugal ZATZAL. He was 95. The Rebbe was Niftar on Monday afternoon at John Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore where he had been hospitalized for nearly two months. The Levaya will be held on Tuesday morning at 11:00AM at the […]
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