Some Republican senators defended late John McCain as a “hero” on Wednesday after President Donald Trump again denounced the Arizonan, who died of brain cancer in August. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tweeted that he misses his friend “today and every day.” “It was a blessing to serve alongside a rare patriot and genuine American […]
There is one name that seems to be inextricably connected to philanthropy within the frum community and beyond like absolutely no other in our generation. That name, of course, is R’ Shlomo Yehuda Rechnitz. In fact, R’ Shlomo Yehuda, whose name is recognized and spoken in virtually every Torah home across the globe, has completely […]
Following media reports that infamous British Holocaust denier David Irving is planning to lead tours of the Nazi death camps in Poland later this year, Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs
Over the past 20 years, Americans have been twice as likely to sweat through record-breaking heat rather than shiver through record-setting cold, a new Associated Press data analysis shows. The
[From the YWN 2008 archives] Dear Friend, Last Purim started off like all others from years past, but it was almost the last Purim of my life. Beginning two weeks before Purim, Hatzoloh started putting up signs saying, “This year don’t get carried away,” with a picture of some poor kid being carried away on […]
The apparent suspension of Jeanine Pirro is squeezing Fox News Channel in two directions. A prominent Muslim-American civil rights organization is calling for advertisers to boycott Fox News, while another group is petitioning to have the weekend host reinstated. Pirro wasn’t on the air Saturday, a week after Fox publicly condemned her for comments questioning […]
Dear readers of YWN. I am not a supervisor, coordinator, or in any other way a big “Macher”. but rather I am a simple EMT, a volunteer in Hatzalah. I
(VIDEO AND PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) In the Deir Istiya area in Shomron, a bus driver was attacked as a boulder was hurled at the vehicle, resulting in damage. United
Jerusalem, Israel – With the Purim spirit in the air and the month of simcha upon us, Tov V’Chesed offices are seeing a whirlwind of activity these days as staff
Police on Tuesday apprehended a motorist driving on Route 4 with an open door as he was transporting a piece of furniture too large for the vehicle. Police explain that
An 8-year-old boy’s victory as New York state chess champion will be his family’s ticket out of a homeless shelter. The New York Times reported that Tani Adewumi (TAH’-nee ah-deh-WOO’-mee) won the state chess title for his age group this month even though he learned to play only about a year ago. Tani and his […]
(VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) In the accompanying video, the wife of Rabbi Achiad Ettinger HY”D, who was murdered in the Ariel Junction attack, thanks security forces for carrying out their responsibility and eliminating the terrorist who carried out the attack, Omar Abu Leila, 19. She also mentioned that IDF Lt. Gal Keidan HY”D, 19, from […]
5Get those Purim umbrellas ready, Daven for a Purim miracle, and try and make the best of what is expected to be some really nasty weather. A coastal storm is
As Purim approaches, a call has been made by Gedolei Yisrael to observe the day properly, as intended, which includes avoiding spiritual disintegration or wandering out of emptiness and debauchery.
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times It is a Mitzvah, or rather, minhag – we will soon be performing. Well, actually, it is not reallycalled Machtzis HaShekel, it should rather be referred to as, “Zecher Machtzis HaShekel.” The reason is that there is a concern that if someone says that it […]
A number of IEDs were hurled at IDF soldiers who were protecting mispallalim entering the Kever Yosef complex, which is located in PA occupied Shechem. Soldiers responded, firing at the
Iran on Wednesday issued statements to the media denying recent reports in Israel that it hacked into the smart phone of Benny Gantz, a former IDF Chief of Staff, and
This year, more than ever before, with the current difficult matzav for acheinu b’nei yisroel in general and B’nei Torah in particular, there is just so much negativity worldwide. We
It’s a witch hunt, a vendetta, the worst presidential harassment in history. That’s what President Donald Trump has shouted for two years about the special counsel’s Russia probe. Now, barring an eleventh-hour surprise, Trump and his allies are starting to see it as something potentially very different: a political opportunity. With Robert Mueller’s findings expected […]
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