YWN Videos Of Interest

A video that appears to show a missile launch off the coast of California is so far "unexplained" by anyone in the military, a Pentagon spokesman told reporters Tuesday morning Col. Dave Lapan said he...

A NYPD police car overturned in Brooklyn Tuesday morning, trapping the two officers inside the vehicle. The accident happened on the corner of Nostrand and Voorhies Avenues in Sheepshead Bay just before 9:00AM. Dozens of...

YWN has just been informed that Hagon Rav Chaim Pinchos Scheinberg Shlita, the Rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Ohr in Yerushalayim, has Boruch Hashem been released from Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan. As YWN had...

A warehouse at Brooklyn, N.Y.’s Pier 12 erupted in dance Sunday night as approximately 4,500 people got on their feet, locked arms, and circled around the giant room to the rhythmic chords of traditional...

(YWN will carry the convention live via webcast - Photos & Videos from last year posted below) An army of staffers, electricians, chefs and delivery crews are making final preparations to a Brooklyn, N.Y., museum,...

Boro Park Shomrim (BSSP) receive an award Wednesday evening, from Brooklyn District Attorney Charles J. Hynes, following the incident where 4 Shomrim Volunteers were shot. On September 2nd, the Boro Park Shomrim Safety Patrol’s Abe...

There has been some back and forth on Yeshiva World forums (homepage and Coffee Room) whether Rep. Anthony Weiner is Jewish or not. Many people claimed that his mother is an Italian, which would...

University City, Mo (KSDK) - Police are investigating the cause of a Wednesday morning crash involving an out of control car that drove through two yards, sideswiped a synagogue, struck at least two parked...

YWN photographers Hillel Engel & Shimon Gifter spent last evening at the Democratic celebration party in the Sheraton Hotel in Manhattan. Videos include Andrew Cuomo Victory Speech, U.S. Senator Schumer, U.S. Senator Gillibrand, NYS Attorney General...

YWN met up with Councilman David Greenfield this election day morning, just as the Councilman had finished voting. We asked him a few questions: 1) Who did you vote for today? How was his own campaign?...

Here is a video of Rav Mendel Hager Shlita of Viznits, the son of the Visnitzer Rebbe of Bnei Brak giving a Brocha to Fran Becker (Francis ben Elizabeth), the GOP nominee in NY-4 against Rep....

Former Governor of New York George Pataki today endorsed Buffalo builder Carl Paladino for Governor of New York. "We do agree on three essential Republican-Conservative core beliefs: the need to cut taxes, reduce spending and...

While fighter pilots shadowed Emirates Flight 201 and while investigators searched for any suspicious cargo from Yemen, Long Island's Anthony Cardinale was waiting and worrying. The Hewlett teacher stood in Terminal 4 of Kennedy...

President Obama, who is having a hard enough time with the Republicans this election season, had to deal with putative supporters today in Connecticut. As Obama launched into his stump speech at an arena in...

Suspicious packages discovered in Dubai and England in air cargo shipments to the U.S. contained explosive materials and appeared headed for Jewish places of worship in Chicago, President Obama confirmed Thursday afternoon. Obama's remarks in...

This is the latest segment of the new weekly video series from Rabbi Stulberger – You’ve Been Called to the Dean’s Office. It’s a short (four minute) message on a timely Torah topic. This...

Thousands of people attended a demonstration in Manhattan, organized by Satmar & the Hisachdus Horabbonim, against the desecration of Kevarim in the port city of Jaffa, Israel. The protest was held outside the offices of...

Hundreds of well wishers joined a celebratory reception in honor of the 25th anniversary of Joseph B. Stamm as CEO & President of NYCHSRO/MedReview. The event recognized his twenty-five years of outstanding achievement at...

Phoenix, AZ - A Sefer Torah and several other religious items were stolen from a Phoenix Shul and police are asking for the public's help to find the thieves. Police said the theft took place...

With the midterm elections just a few days away, a delegation of Agudath Israel met with US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. In her two years in office, Senator Gillibrand has shown herself to be a...

As the campaign for State Comptroller begins to attract the attention of voters, Thomas DiNapoli the NY State Comptroller received the unified endorsement of the Bukharian Jewish Rabbinical Leadership, Bukharian Jewish Community Center and...

Sullivan County, NY - George Phillips Republican challenger to incumbent Democrat Maurice Hinchey campaigned today in upstate Sullivan County. Phillips spent Sunday morning with activists from the Catskills Homeowners Alliance, visiting the Yeshiva of ...

(Live at the 5th HASC Concert, Jan 1, 1992)

"Allow me to introduce myself. I represent the Rent Is Too Damn High Party." And so Jimmy McMillan, begloved and sporting a snazzy mustache and beard, introduced himself to New York voters Monday and stole...

President Obama, with a coarse voice, warned a crowd in Ohio: "They're fighting back. The empire is striking back. To win this election, they are plowing ten's of millions of dollars into front groups....

Seven thousand cubic meters of concrete were poured this week to form the base of the world’s largest underground hospital. For 36 hours running, shifts of 70 workers and 80 cement mixers worked to...

This is the latest segment of the new weekly video series from Rabbi Stulberger – You’ve Been Called to the Dean’s Office. It’s a short (four minute) message on a timely Torah topic. This...

9:15AM EST: The NYPD is searching for a group of thugs who just stabbed three people in the area of Bedford Avenue and Ave T. The stabbing occurred at approximately 8:35AM, and FDNY/EMS were rushed...

Brooklyn, NY - At an important ceremony at City Hall, Councilman David Greenfield presented Proclamations on behalf of the New York City Council to the four members of the Boro Park Shomrim Safety Patrol...

12:20PM EST: Rabbi Yehuda Levin, who introduced Gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino to the "Orthodox Jewish Community" has officially just severed his ties with the campaign, and pulled his endorsement. At a press conference held moments...

A fire broke out at approximately 1:30AM in the Kiryas Yoel main Shul located at 9 Garfield, spewing heavy smoke into the street. Moses Witriol, the Kiryas Joel Public Safety Director tells YWN that the...