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France's Senate has overwhelmingly approved a bill that would ban wearing the Islamic full veil in public. The proposed measure was already backed by...

Mayor Bloomberg slammed the city Board of Elections over problems voters are encountering with the new electronic voting machines, such as poll workers turning...

A Silver Spring, Maryland Orthodox Jew’s claim that judges in the Montgomery County Circuit Court violated his religious rights by refusing to recess his...

The High Court of Justice has authorized the Education Ministry's plan to grant a request by parents of girls studying in an Emanuel school's...

If Republicans sweep the House and win key Senate seats in November, it’s not just elected Democrats who will be unemployed — more than...

Even as Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the man behind the proposed Ground Zero mosque, attempts to redefine his image as an ordinary American, he...

Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar said the security of Jewish sites in Kyrgyzstan must be guaranteed. “Berel Lazar has sent an urgent letter to...

Uprising. Revolt. Judgment day. These are the words on the lips of aspiring insurgent candidates across New York, Republicans and Democrats alike, who have...

With tension mounting over plans to build a mosque and Islamic community center near Ground Zero, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the project's prime mover,...

He's served in Congress for almost 40 years, but Tuesday's primary in New York will be unlike any other for Democratic Congressman Charles Rangel. The...

Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab, the man accused of trying to blow up a plane last X-mas, said in court Monday that he no longer wants...

The man accused of slashing a Muslim cab driver will remain in custody, at least for now. Michael Enright, 21, appeared behind closed doors in...

The trial of four men accused of plotting to bomb New York synagogues and fire missiles at military planes was postponed today because one...

Smokeless tobacco products are not safe alternatives to smoking and could increase not only the risk of certain cancers , but also the risk...

A Charedi mother and three of her children were struck by a vehicle on Rechov Narkisim in the city of Rechasim a short while...

In a surprise last minute move, Assemblyman Dov Hikind has flipped his support from Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice to New York State...

The United States may be on the verge of its largest arms sale ever, a package of aircraft and weapons systems for Saudi Arabia...

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and NYPD Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly today announced that New York City remains the safest big city in America, according...

If one child’s pure prayer is a heaven-piercing arrow, then a minyan of children’s tefillos is an invincible army. If so, imagine the awesome...

The Israel Airports Authority (IAA) employees union declared a general strike at Israel's  Ben-Gurion International Airport on Monday. Flights already in progress were to...

A dedicated and active Boro Park Hatzolah Paramedic suddenly suffered a seizure on the first day of Rosh Hashanah, and was rushed to the...

Jewish leaders are split on which of the five candidates for Attorney General to vote for in Tuesday's primary election. This past week in...

During 2009, violent crime declined for the third year in a row, with an estimated 5.3 percent drop from 2008 figures. Property crime continued...

The KYIV Post reports: Authorities have deported to Israel ten Hasidic pilgrims, who attempted to disrupt public order in Uman, and who were suspected of causing...

NYPD motorcades for dignitaries at the upcoming UN General Assembly won’t include motorcycle cops, sources said yesterday. This follows last month’s accident in Queens in...

 The Homeland Security Department plans to test futuristic iris scan technology that stores digital images of people's eyes in a database and is considered...

The Brooklyn parents whose daughter died of an asthma attack when a police officer failed to perform CPR are now mobilizing a movement to...

Long Island Railroad commuters, and especially those going to and from Brooklyn, can expect massive service cuts beginning Monday. LIRR passengers can expect changes to...

A founding member of an organization run by Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the driving force behind the planned mosque near Ground Zero, claims that...

YWN regrets to inform you of the passing of Rebbitzen Sarah Kulefsky A"H, wife of HaRav Yaakov Moshe Kulefsky, ZATZAL, Rosh Yeshiva of Ner Yisroel...

A man convicted of killing a Jewish man during the infamous 1991 Crown Heights race riot was stabbed in the head with an ice...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to tour south Lebanon, just a few kilometers from the border with Israel, Iranian sources told the al-Khaleej...

Waterbury CT - At 1:00am on Thursday night, the second night of Yom Tov, a member of the Jewish Community was awoken by a...

Dear Mr. Lieber, In a public letter published in the Rosh Hashanah edition of Mishpacha family magazine, you described the school’s dire financial situation in...

The numbers range anywhere from 25,000 to 50,000, but tens of thousands of people once again traveled to Uman this year, choosing to spend...