Please note that YWN will be updated throughout Purim with any major news stories, and will resume normal postings after Purim. Please be aware, that the NYPD will have zero
A spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the U.S. president on Friday invited him to visit the White House to discuss resuming peace talks, the first contact between the
As congressional investigations into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election are ramping up, so is the political division, raising questions about whether lawmakers’ work will be viewed as credible. The
Lawyers for retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn told President Donald Trump’s transition team that Flynn might need to register with the Justice Department as a foreign agent, according to a
The New York City medical examiner’s office, citing diplomatic protocol, will not release the cause and manner of death for Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations, who died suddenly last
[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] As her family stopped to greet friends at the door of Magen David Yeshiva, the site of Chai Lifeline’s New York Purim party, seven-year- old Elke
[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Pirchei Agudas Yisroel of Montreal, the Bob Ament branch, held its 35th Annual Siyum Mishnayos on March 2-5, Shabbos Parshas Teruma, at the Yeshiva Gedolah Mercaz
Congressional investigators are demanding documents and contacting witnesses in a wide-ranging probe of the Defense Department’s troubled anti-propaganda efforts against the Islamic State. The investigation by the House Oversight and
After the Zika virus epidemic that spread through the America’s last year, U.S. officials are keeping a close eye on another mosquito-borne virus. An outbreak of yellow fever in rural
A 2-year-old boy in England wasn’t very impressed with a chance to meet Queen Elizabeth II and showed it by throwing a tantrum in front of her majesty. Little Alfie
With Purim just days away, I really wanted to keep this week’s email light. I really did. But sadly, I can’t. Because this week has been one of the roughest
Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he has no qualms sending newly-captured terror suspects to the Guantanamo Bay detention center, describing it as a “very fine place.” During an interview Thursday
[COMMUNICATED CONTENT] A role model is a person who serves as an example by influencing others… Children look up to… role models to help shape how they behave in school,
[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] On Wednesday morning, March 8th, Agudath Israel of America’s leadership mission to Washington began the day with a unique and memorable meeting with a longtime friend
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petirah of Rebbetzin Gittel Cohen A”H, the mother of HaRav Simcha Bunim Cohen Shlita, the Rov of Ateres Yeshaya in Lakewood. She was
Our Sages teach us that the Jews did not accept the Torah joyously at Sinai, but only under duress. Only after the miracle of Purim during the time of Achashverosh,
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced an increase in the reward amount – from New York State’s current $5,000 reward to a joint State-City $20,000
President Donald Trump was not aware that his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, had worked to further the interests of the government of Turkey before appointing him, the White
[By: Rabbi Dovid Heber] For the first time ever, throughout the United States, with the exception of Hawaii and most of Arizona, we will move the clock forward on Purim
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