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MAILBAG: My Cleaning Lady Just Sued Me – YOU’VE BEEN WARNED!

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Many in the community currently use the services of Spanish-speaking cleaning-ladies who hail from South or Central America, most of...

MAILBAG: Outrage Over Ami Magazine Cover Story

Dear Rabbi Frankfurter (Editor of Ami Magazine), I am reaching out to you as an avid Ami fan and subscriber. But I am also reaching...

MAILBAG: Florida Vacation Turns Into JetBlue Nightmare

It has been a full week since this situation happened. When I think about it now I realize how crazy, unreal and traumatic it...

MAILBAG: An Open Letter To El Al About An Incredible “Shabbos Of Unity” In...

The following was written by an El Al passenger stranded in Athens, Greece after their flight was too late to continue on to Israel...

MAILBAG: Thoughts of a Longtime Hatzolah Member On The Ezras Nashim Fiasco

The Chillul Hashem that played out last week in a public forum has shook me to the core. As a member of Chevra Hatzolah,...

MAILBAG: An Open Letter To My Fellow Mothers in Flatbush

‎I never wrote like this before but as a mother of daughters, I feel compelled to speak out. I got a call last week from...

ASHREICHEM! Agudah Apologizes For Newspaper Attacking Gadol Hador Distributed at Convention

On Erev Shabbos, YWN published a letter written by a participant at the Agudah Convention. The letter was a public Ma'cha against a newspaper...

MAILBAG: Orlando Pesach Program Guest Responds to the Reported Fiasco

The following is an unedited response to a YWN article published on Chol Hamoed, detailing a fiasco at the "A Different Pesach Program" in...

MAILBAG: The Jewish Music Industry Should Never Use Guitarist Avi Singolda Again – READ...

Who is guitarist Avi Singolda, and why is this important? I will explain. Avi Singolda was introduced to the Jewish music industry around 25 years ago...

MAILBAG: Hair-Measuring?

Dear YWN Editor and Choshuva Readers, My phone was blowing up on Sunday morning with a video which was apparently taken inside a prominent Lakewood...

MAILBAG: Update From Yosef Shidler About Lakewood Yeshivas Not Accepting Children

EDITORS NOTE: This article was submitted by the author on Tuesday afternoon, and since that time, a Lakewood school has reached out to him...

MAILBAG: Reader Demands YWN Apologize Over Lev Tahor Cult “Motzei Shem Ra”

The following unedited letter was submitted to YWN: Sir, Yesterday was the first time I heard about Helbrans. I was curious and Googled. I found your...

MAILBAG: A Family’s Nightmare of a Young Child With Measles

The last day of Yom Tov should have been a wonderful ending to a beautiful Pesach in Israel. Instead, it turned into a nightmare...

MAILBAG: The Alcohol-Drinking At Yeshiva Camps Is Out of Control And Being Ignored

Dear YWN readership. I regret saying this, but my letter was sent to 4 Jewish publications before the summer, and unfortunately, it was ignored. I...

MAILBAG: Why Was A Hatzolah Member Not Wearing A Yarmulka? Another Incredible Kiddush Hashem

Dear YWN, I would like to share with you the attached image that I took off my dashcam a couple of weeks ago. This is the...

MAILBAG: The Problem With Cholov Yisroel

Dear Readers, I wish to share with you my personal thoughts on an issue that I have seen and likely many of you have experienced...

MAILBAG FROM LAKEWOOD RESIDENT: Here Is What I Am Thinking About This Tisha Bav

It was two and a half years ago when Shlomo Yehuda Rechnitz addressed a dinner in Lakewood and gave a speech that no one...

MAILBAG: Reader Demands YWN Apologize For Publishing Video Of Reckless Williamsburg Cheder Bus

In response to an article and video that YWN published on Friday, a reader submitted the following unedited Dear Yeshiva World News, Good Morning and shavuha...

MAILBAG: Plea From Jackson Resident to Those Considering Moving to Towns Surrounding Lakewood

I'm hoping this letter will serve as an eye opener to all of our frum brothers and sisters out there looking to relocate to...

MAILBAG: We Will Not Stand By As Children’s Lives Are Carelessly Put At Stake...

'Lo Sa'amod al Dam Rei'echa!' Our dear Jewish Brothers and Sisters, We are writing to you out of deep frustration and genuine fear for innocent Jewish...

MAILBAG: Frum Handicapped Woman Driver Sounds Off At How She Was Treated By A...

Dear YWN readership, I went shopping today in Brooklyn at Bingo, and parked in the Bingo parking lot using a handicapped parking spot with proper...

SCAM ALERT: Scammers Use Lakewood Yeshiva Student Voice To Fool Grandmother

I would like to alert the public about a horrible scam that unfortunately I fell prey to and lost $2700.00. I am aware of...

MAILBAG: Flatbush Community – WHERE ARE YOU?

Dear Flatbush Neighbors, NO - this is not a fundraiser. I am not asking for money. I am writing this letter out of true sadness...

MAILBAG: People Should Cancel Their O.U. Membership Over Inclusion Of ‘Open-Orthodoxy’ Synagogues

In Mid-November YWN published a "Mailbag" which caused a stir among Shuls, Rabbonim and members of the O.U. The letter-writer was protesting the inclusion of the...

MAILBAG: Pediatrician Against Fathers Leaving Families to Travel to Uman For Rosh Hashana

The following letter was posted to Facebook (see below) by a pediatrician, Dr. Staurt Ditchek, and submitted to YWN: "Hey Dad, Please Stay Home With...

MAILBAG: WARNING: A Woman Is Going To Get KILLED While Walking On Country Roads!

I have no other way of getting this message out, so I've decided to use this forum in the hopes of reaching as many...

MAILBAG: Something MUST Be Done About Kapparos And Tashlich – Where Are Our Community...

Dear YWN, I think our Brooklyn community has many serious problems that are on display each and every year at this time. They have been...

MAILBAG: Call To Stop a Making Chillul Hashem In The Catskills

The Catskills, Upstate New York, or “the country” as it is called, is a wonderful place for families to spend the summer, and get...

MAILBAG: Parent In School Of Viral ‘Hair-Length’ Video Speaks Out

Dear Readers, I am a parent in the school of which a controversial video was blasted out to social media yesterday. My daughter is...

MAILBAG: Mispallel In Rabbi Rottenberg Shul Sounds Off About Hypocrisy Of Governor Cuomo

Dear YWN, I am a mispallel in R' Rottenbergs Shul and live around the corner. We were at a family Chanukah chaggiga at my sister-in-law...

A Powerful Letter To All Mechanchim & Educators

Hi. My name is Shmuel, and I am 28 years old. Most of the people who know me simply call me “Shmuly.” I am...

SHOCKING LETTER: 5-Year-Old Downs Syndrome Child Nearly Runs Out Of Oxygen Due To Peleg...

The following letter has been independently verified by YWN to be 100% authentic. No parts of the letter have been edited in anyway: Dear YWN, We...

MAILBAG: In Defense Of “Carlebach” Style Selichos Events Accompanied By Music [VIDEOS]

(VIDEOS & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) 100 years ago, amongst the stifling tenements on the Lower East Side lived a Jew by the name of...

MAILBAG: Chesed Campaigns Are OUT OF CONTROL!

Has there been a recent financial crisis that the media isn’t reporting? Why is it that every day there is another fundraiser being passed...

MAILBAG: Peleg Protests Caused My Family To Miss Our Flights To NY

This is an open letter to the Peleg Yerushalmi. I have never before written a letter to any publication in the past. My reason for this...

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