Mossad Director Yossi Cohen, at the launch event for the Mossad Libertad Fund, made the following remarks towards explaining the new fund: “The Mossad fund for technology and innovation, Libertad, will find its place between the covert Mossad and the open world of technology. “Through Libertad we want to connect to you – market leaders, […]
Shaare Zedek Medical Center Director, Prof. Yonatan Halevy, sharply criticizes Health Minister Yaakov Litzman and says: “His conduct and the way he took to resolve the fire at Hadassah was
A demonstration of disabled persons took place on Tuesday evening 3 Tammuz near the Jerusalem Cords Bridge. The disabled and their families blocked the entrance and exit from the city
The reporter who accused White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders of inflaming the public against the media at a press briefing says he did it because he’s tired of being
(PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) It was not a fire drill at the Mir on Tuesday, 3 Tammuz, but a drill summoning all talmidim to report to the yeshiva for a
Kremlin leaders are convinced America is intent on regime change in Russia, a fear that is feeding rising tension and military competition between the former Cold War foes, the Pentagon’s
(PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein delivered a historic speech on Wednesday 4 Tammuz before the Russian Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament in Moscow.
Republicans are touting lower premiums under their health care legislation, but that reflects insurance that would cover a smaller share of the cost of medical bills. The fine print is
In the political system, members of the dati leumi camp are increasingly assuming that the Ichud Leumi party headed by Uri Ariel, which is now teamed with Bayit Yehudi, is bound to join the Yachad party headed by former MK Eli Yishai. Yishai’s party failed to meet the minimum threshold to enter Knesset. It now […]
President Donald Trump attacked The Washington Post and Amazon on Twitter Wednesday, arguing that the online retailer was not paying “internet taxes.” Trump stated on Twitter Wednesday: “The #AmazonWashingtonPost, sometimes
The Rosh Hayeshiva, Rav Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, and Rosh Yeshiva Rav Binyomin Carlebach visited Toronto on Sunday, June 11th for a Yom Simchas Libeinu – a special community-wide Day of Learning and Celebration in honor of the Yeshiva’s Bicentennial Year. They were joined by veteran Maggidei Shiur of the Mir, Rav Nissan Kaplan and Rav […]
The Knesset Finance Committee on Wednesday, chaired by MK Moshe Gafne, gave its stamp of approval to lowering fees for passports and renewals. Beginning from the most expensive, one requiring
(VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) In September of 2016, YWN reported about an event by Agudath Israel of America headlined “Agudath Israel of America Hosts Yom Iyun: Emes and the Law”.
Fire Commissioner Teddy Simchi met on Tuesday 3 Tammuz with Chief Rabbi of Israel Rabbi Dovid Lau Shlita in his office at the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. The meeting took
Barely five months into office, President Donald Trump keeps taking time out from governing to run for re-election. On Wednesday night, he’ll attend his first 2020 campaign fundraiser, rubbing elbows
Health Minister Yaakov Litzman told Kol Chai Radio that he is not concerned with Bayit Yehudi party leader Naftali Bennet’s view towards Reform and Conservative Jewry and his understanding of the Kosel situation. Bennet explained that while the religious status quo regarding the Kosel is frozen to prevent the establishment of an egalitarian prayer area […]
The Supreme Court began its term nine months ago with Merrick Garland nominated to the bench, Hillary Clinton favored to be the next president, and the court poised to be
The following is a statement from the Lakewood Vaad: We are saddened beyond words by the arrests of seven couples in our town. As firm believers in the principle of ‘innocent until proven guilty,’ we suspend judgment until the disposition of these charges, and are comforted knowing that our judicial system is an able arbiter […]
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