Senior House Democrats are extolling the benefits of President Barack Obama’s health care law in hopes of derailing Republican plans to gut the statute. Speaking to reporters Monday, House Minority

The Histadrut national labor federation announced on Monday afternoon 4 Teves that on Wednesday, 6 Teves, Jerusalem bus service will halt beginning at 5:00AM for a �one day warning strike�. The labor union blames Egged management and the state for being irresponsible towards drivers. Histadrut leader Avi Nissankoren warns �Egged is near collapse and it […]

[COMMUNICATED CONTENT] Baruch Hashem 18 new families have moved to Rochester since we began our marketing program back in the spring of 2015. Some of our new families have written

[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] The website of the Israel National Council for the Child was hacked on Monday. According to the page left by the hackers, they are from the Tunisian Fallaga Team. (YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem)

A spokesperson for the U.S. Custom and Border Protection in Washington, D.C. said an outage with their computer system has been resolved. The earlier outage caused people entering the U.S.

When Daniel Oritz moved to Israel from Venezuela recently, his first meal was a bowl of chicken soup. He took one spoonful and began to cry. For him, the soup

President Barack Obama will deliver a farewell address to Americans on Jan. 10 in Chicago, the White House announced Monday, allowing him to define his record before a national audience

Among the speakers addressing a one-day seminar on giyur hosted in Moshav Beit Meir was Rabbi Chaim Druckman Shlita and Rishon L�Tzion Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef Shlita. Rabbi Yosef had harsh words for those wishing to become giyorim without the acceptance of a Torah-adherence lifestyle � explaining there cannot be one without the other and the […]

Bayit Yehudi party leader Minister Naftali Bennet is confident the nation needs to move forward and annex Maale Adumim, a move that he is certain will prevent the establishment of the State of Palestine. Bennet on Sunday night the eve of four Teves spoke of the cabinet�s new plan for the return of the bodies […]

Recent polls measuring the nation�s trust in state agencies have shown the IDF remains high on the list of agencies which are still respected and held in high regard. The Knesset on the other hand ranks low and continues to drop in the eyes of Israelis. This case may be yet another reason why Israelis […]

A forward thinking yeshiva in Connecticut is hoping that an onsite helipad currently under construction will provide students with a wealth of opportunities that will allow them to maximize their

[VIDEO AND PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] A major crash involving multiple vehicles has left an elderly person is in critical condition Monday night. The accident involved an Egged bus, as well as multiple private vehicles, and occurred on Katzenellenbogen�Street in the Har Nof section of Jerusalem. The victim, who is reportedly around 70-years-old, was R”L […]

The Tel Aviv Chapter of United Hatzalah has opened a new base of operations and training center for volunteers in the area. During a special ceremony that occurred this past Tuesday, in which all chapter volunteers were invited to participate, the organization inaugurated the new building in the heart of Israel�s White City. Tel Aviv […]

Kim Jong Un said North Korea is in the “last stage” of preparations to test-fire an inter-continental ballistic missile, adding to claims his isolated country has the technology to threaten

The Knesset Labor & Welfare Committee on Monday morning 4 Teves approved a Shabbos bill for a second and third readings, a bill authored by Shas MK Yigal Guetta. The