YWN Videos Of Interest

Early this morning, before getting up from shiva, Senator Chuck Schumer participated in a shiva visit to the home of Mr. & Mrs. Dovid and Tova Knoblowitz whose son Pinchos Menachem Z'L tragically lost...

On Wednesday morning, Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein and Councilman Kalman Yeger endorsed Andrew Yang in the upcoming race for NYC Mayor on the Democratic ticket. The local Jewish political leaders cited Yang’s fresh perspective and...

Yehuda Guetta, h'yd, 19, a student of the Yeshivas Hesder Itamar critically injured in a terrorist shooting attack in the Shomron on Sunday, succumbed to his wounds on Wednesday evening at Beilinson Hospital in...

Rav Avigdor Chiyut, who was injured in the Meron disaster and lost his son and talmid on that terrible night, didn't let his grief get in the way of comforting others, even during his...

Chai Lifeline joins all of Klal Yisroel in mourning those lost in the Lag B’Omer tragedy in Meron. We express our sincerest condolences to their families and our thoughts and tefilos are with all...

Only three days after Donny Morris, z'l, lost his life in the Meron disaster on Lag B'Omer, his friends gathered near the "walkway of death" and sang songs in his memory. Donny's friends and Rabbanim...

Sergeant Rami Alwan, a Druze Israel Police officer who rescued Rav Avigdor Chiyut and his 10-year-old son Shmuel during the Meron disaster came to the Chiyut home in Bnei Brak on Monday to comfort...

As YWN reported, eleven-year-old Ze’ev Mordechai Kubetschick of Bnei Brak, who was seriously injured in the Meron disaster and was sedated and ventilated, has Baruch Hashem made a swift recovery and has already been...

The Levaya for Habachur Nachman Daniel ben Aryeh Tzvi (Donny Morris) z"l will begin at Yeshivat Sha'alvim Sunday Night at 1:30PM EDT/8:30PM Israel time. Kevurah will follow on Har Hazeisim, Chelkas HaNeviim. גוש א שורה...

A shooting attack has taken place at Tapuah Junction east of the city of Ariel. One person is in critical condition and another is in serious condition, while a third was lightly hurt. Reports...

A group of about 20 Mir bochurim planned a trip to Meron, and with Lag B'Omer falling out on Friday, they rented an apartment in the area to stay over Lag B'Omer and Shabbos. They...

Following the heartbreaking levaya of 13-year-old Yedidya Chiyut, one of the youngest victims of the Meron disaster, in Bnei Brak on Motzei Shabbos, the father, Rav Avigdor Chiyut, 36, and his son Shmuel Meir,...

A chemical factory near the central city of Qom caught fire Sunday, Iranian media reported, a blaze that injured at least two firefighters. Videos showed heavy black smoke rising from Movaledan chemical factory in the...

Over a thousand people attended the heartrending levaya of one of the youngest victims of the Meron disaster, 13-year-old Yedidya Moshe Chiyut, z'l, in Bnei Brak on Motzei Shabbos. The niftar's father, Reb Avigdor Chiyut,...

At least 44 people were R"L killed after a tragic incident in Meron near the Toldos Aharon bonfire resulting in a mass casualty incident. Conflicting earlier reports stated that the bleachers had collapsed, while other...

President Biden said he did not know about the FBI plans to raid the home of former President Trump's personal attorney and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani before it happened, and that...

A person has shot on East 21 Street between Avenue K and Avenue L, Thursday afternoon. The victim was transported by EMS to the hospital, with two gunshot wounds - one to the chest, one...

Excitement has been building in Israel ahead of Lag B'Omer, with hundreds of thousands of visitors expected at Meron this year after the site was closed to crowds last year due to the coronavirus. B'Chasdei...

Just an hour before the festivities were to begin at Meron, an elderly woman suddenly collapsed in cardiac arrest at the Kever of RASHBI. Dozens of Hatzolah and Magen David Adom Paramedics began CPR and...

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that New York City plans to "fully reopen" starting July 1. “Our plan is to fully reopen New York City on July 1,” de Blasio said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” The...

Text of speech by Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s address to Congress, as provided by the office of the Senate minority leader: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qd_CcL4bRA Good evening. I’m Senator Tim Scott from...

Text of President Joe Biden’s first address to a join session of Congress, as provided by the White House: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-wa34ypq7Y Madame Speaker. Madame Vice President. No president has ever said those words from this podium, and...

President Joe Biden is set to deliver his first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night, two days before he notches his 100th day in the White House. The address, which is...

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was interviewed on Fox News regarding the furor that arose following the shocking claim of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif about John Kerry’s actions during his tenure...

Jewish actor Mandy Patinkin always thought he had no relatives that died in the Holocaust but recently he found out differently on a PBS show called Finding Your Roots, according to a JTA report. Finding...

In his first face-to-face encounter with journalists in months, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday flatly denied he had done anything inappropriate with any of the women who have accused him of misconduct and harassment. Speaking...

An NYPD officer has died after being struck by a passing vehicle while investigating a crash in Queens, and one person is in police custody. The officer is identified as Anastasios Tsakos, assigned to Highway...

Two undercover police officers disguised as Chareidim were violently attacked by Arab youth near Sha'ar Yafo in east Jerusalem on Sunday night. In a frightening sign of how determined the Arabs were to harm the...

New information has been revealed about the shocking case of an English-speaking Chareidi family who integrated into the English-speaking Chareidi community in French Hill as well as the broader religious community in Jerusalem, and...

A large police force conducted a sting operation against a money changer located on Hoshea Street near Meah Shearim in Jerusalem. Within minutes, a large group of protesters arrived and began rioting. At least...

A well-known American family living in the French Hill neighborhood of Jerusalem have been revealed as Christian missionaries, B'Chadrei Chareidim reported on Sunday morning. The father of the family served as a Sofer Stam, writing...

The following statement was given to YWN by Hatzalah of South Florida: חֽ ְסֵ֤די יְהוָה כּי לא ת ְמנוּ כּי לא־כ֖לוּ רחָמֽיו We are pleased to announce the passage of HB805 in the Florida House of...

As YWN published earlier, a massive police presence was at Sha'ar Shechem on Thursday night, and police went on high alert fearing a night of violence. As was anticipated, violent clashes erupted. Dozens of...

A Syrian anti-aircraft missile landed in southern Israel early Thursday, setting off air raid sirens near the country’s top-secret nuclear reactor in the Negev desert town of Dimona, the Israeli military said. In response,...

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called on lawmakers Tuesday to address the systemic cause of climate change as she reintroduced a resolution in support of a Green New Deal. "The climate crisis is a crisis born of...