Following a late-night Arab League meeting addressing Israel's announced plans to continue building in Yerushalayim, league Secretary-General Amr Moussa announced that the PA (Palestinian Authority) will not agree to the mediated indirect talks with Israel as was the case prior to the announced construction.
The PA has opted to maximize the situation, seeking to place additional [...]
Major traffic snarls are expected on Thursday morning along Highway 1 and the Ayalon Highway northbound as a result of the visit to Tel Aviv University by US President Joe Biden. Motorists are urged to familiarize themselves with police traffic bulletins to avoid the roadways during the periods they are shut down to accommodate the [...]
After much suffering, the bachur Yosef Banda, one of the three youths imprisoned in Japan for drug smuggling, landing in Eretz Yisrael close to midnight, meeting with his parents and family for the first time in two years. The young prisoner arrived escorted by two Japanese policemen.
Seeking to avoid the large media presence at the [...]
It appears that a statement released on Tuesday by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was a bit premature, with officials in the Prime Minister's Office stating that while Turkey's willingness to advance regional peace is commendable, the prime minister has not agreed that Israel is willing to permit Turkey to return to its former [...]
Another chapter is unfolding in the ongoing confrontation between Israel and the Palestinian Authority over the naming of a square after the terrorist Dalal Mughrabi.
In December, Palestinian Media Watch publicized that the Municipality of Ramallah planned to name a public square in honor of the terrorist Dalal Mughrabi, who led the worst terror attack in [...]
When US Vice President Joe Biden is guilty of an occasional faux pas the media is right there to achieve maximum benefit. As we know, when a politician blunders the media will use the material to its full potential but when the very same politician, senior as he may be, makes statements that lack any [...]
An Iranian destroyer successfully test fired a “powerful and intelligent missile” named ‘Nour’ (light), commander of the Iranian Navy announced on Wednesday, the FARS agency reports.
“Jamaran has test-fired its different kinds of weapons during recent days and after that prepared itself for firing missiles and today in a marine exercise fired an intelligent missile,” Commander [...]
Brooklyn – New York City Council candidate and education advocate, David G. Greenfield is working with NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan to solve the Shabbos parking meter problem that has resulted in the issuance of a flurry of tickets to Boro Park residents. In response to Greenfield's inquiry to the DOT on [...]
[VIDEO & PHOTO LINKS OF PERES AT PONOVEZH BELOW] As reported earlier, most Bnei Brak residents were less than pleased with the pashkavilim appearing on Wednesday morning protesting the day's visit of President Shimon Peres.
In addition to the protest, the harsh language used to express displeasure with the presidential event left many locals embarrassed and [...]
Despite intense lobbying efforts from Jewish groups and attempts by the Christian-Democrats to prevent a vote, the European Parliament adopted Wednesday in Strasbourg a joint resolution urging “both sides” to follow up the Goldstone Report's conclusions by conducting “investigations within five months”.
The resolution, tabled by the four political groups – the Socialists, Liberals, Greens and [...]
According to a report released by Adam Teva V'Din (Israel Union for Environmental Defense), 500,000 Israelis are not connected to the nation's sewage system, an alarming reality that results in the polluting of no less than 800 kilometers (480 miles) of national streams. The Israel Water Authority denies the accuracy of the NGO report.
In its [...]
Civil Administration inspectors destroyed a building foundation in Yishuv Yakir in Shomron, a violation of the 10-month building freeze.
**Two IDF soldiers were injured by a grenade explosion during a training event in Adam Base near Modi'in. They are reported in light and moderate condition in Assaf HaRofeh Hospital. An investigation into the mishap is underway.
**A [...]
Decades of vaccination and prevention efforts may have the hepatitis viruses on the run, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC researchers tracked individuals’ levels of antibodies to various hepatitis strains. Antibodies are a kind of immune system record of exposure to a particular pathogen, either through [...]
Mr. Avi Ro'eh, who stands at the head of the Benjamin Regional Council, the largest council in Yehuda and Shomron, reports IDF Homefront command have been in contact with him, evaluating the possibility of utilizing yishuvim as cities of refuge for fleeing residents of central Israel.
As the military continues to evaluate scenarios that may become [...]
Brothers Admorei Abuchatzera Shlita visited with Rav Chaim Pinto upon his election as the new sephardi chief rabbi of Ashdod on Tuesday.
Following the election, Rav Elazar Abuchatzera Shlita visited R' Pinto's home during the evening, spending over two hours with the rav. On Wednesday, Rabbis David Abuchatzera (Nahariya) and Refael Abuchatzera (Ashdod) arrived, spending over [...]
MK (Ichud HaLeumi) Dr. Michael Ben-Ari sent an urgent letter to the chair of the Knesset House Committee, MK (Likud) Yair Levine, requesting that he use his authority to remove MK (Ta'al-Ra'am) Dr. Ahmed Tibi from the list of deputy Knesset speakers.
The incident stems from Tibi's shouts of “terrorists” in relation to the Olei HaGardom, [...]
There can be no argument, Defense Minister Ehud Barak is more than committed to enforcing the 10-month construction freeze throughout Yehuda and Shomron, but the Labor Party leader seems to be addressing this challenge as a labor of love.
Just this week, Barak has called for an additional NIS 15 million, seeking to hire additional inspectors [...]
84 new immigrants arrived in Eretz Yisrael on Wednesday morning from Ethiopia. Over 800 Ethiopians have arrived in Israel since the beginning of 2010. An additional 150 members of the community are expected to arrive in Israel from Ethiopia by month's end.
By the end of March, close to 1,000 olim will have arrived in Israel [...]
In what is a most embarrassing and worrisome case, it is permitted to report that a northern Israel Police weapons storage facility was robbed. Akko Magistrate's Court Justice Rachamim Tzemach complied with a police request to place a gag order on the details of the theft and ongoing investigation. Deputy Chief of Police Ilan Franco [...]
Haifa City Hall appealed the decision of the city's magistrate's court, and emerged from the district court with a victory, overturning the lower court's decision granting the local Belz community rights to the shul in question.
In December 2009, YWN-Israel reported (link below) that the court ruled in favor of the chassidic community, invalidating a municipal [...]
Ten months following his sentencing in a Japanese court, one of the three Bochrim imprisoned in a harsh Japanese prison, Yosef Banda is scheduled to arrive in Eretz Yisrael on Wednesday evening, (March 10th), where he will serve the remainder of his sentence, according to numerous reports.
The process of persuading Japanese officials to permit his [...]
HaGaon HaRav Chaim Pinto Shlita has been elected as the sephardi chief rabbi of Ashdod after the city has had only an ashkenazi rav for about nine year. Rav Pinto received 46 of the 48 votes.
Mayor Dr. Yechiel Lasri welcomed the vote, praising the fact that after close to a decade, there is finally a [...]
One IDF soldier is reported in serious condition, one moderate and two light as a result of a motor vehicle accident on Tuesday evening near Maale Gilboa. The military vehicle flipped as a result of the accident. The two more seriously injured soldiers were evacuated from the scene in a helicopter, taken to the trauma [...]
By now, it should be clear to Israeli leaders that no matter how much flexibility they exhibit in efforts to elicit the approval and support of the international community, Israel must place its faith regarding Yerushalayim [and the remainder of the country] in HaKadosh Baruch Hu, and this is once again abundantly clear by the [...]
Things went from bad to worse to downright awful for Toyota on Tuesday as yet another of their Prius hybrid vehicles was involved in an accident involving a stuck accelerator pedal.
According to police in Harrison, NY, the 56-year-old driver was pulling out of her driveway in her 2005 Prius when the car “shot” across the [...]
According to Israeli Maccabi Kupat Cholim (HMO) pediatrician Dr. Shlomi Antebi, one in five Israeli children are taking Ritalin or Concerta for attention disorders while a secondary condition is undetected and therefore, their true condition is not being treated.
The study monitored 520 children ages 6 to 18 in the central Israel from May 2006 to [...]
[AUDIO LINK BELOW] Norwalk, CA – Authorities were hailing a 7-year-old Norwalk boy as a hero Tuesday after he hid in a bathroom and called 911 as three armed attackers broke into his home and threatened his parents.
During the harrowing emergency call, the child pleaded with Los Angeles County sheriff’s dispatchers to send help.
“Can you [...]
[PHOTO LINK BELOW] Security was heavy for the presidential visit in Bnei Brak on Wednesday, as President Shimon Peres arrived in the community for an official visit, escorted by the mayor and other local notables.
The visit included a stop in Ponovezh Yeshiva, where the president addressed the tzibur, but not everyone was pleased and early [...]
The widespread condemnations from world leaders regarding announced construction plans in Yerushalayim are not unexpected, yet they will impact realities in the capital and the nation.
As has become customary, state leaders make announcements but the euphoria surrounding them is short-lived, followed by apologies, explanations and clarifications. This latest announcement was no exception.
After completing his meetings [...]
Anti-Israel elements protested in Paris against the opening of the Israeli Film Festival. Despite requests from security officials not to attend, Minister of Sport & Culture Limor Livnat attended the event.
**Left-wingers have turned to the communications minister demanding a left-wing radio station after he authorized launching Galei Yisrael in Givat Ze'ev to cater to the [...]
A Pennsylvania woman has been indicted for conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and kill a person in a foreign country, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.
Colleen LaRose, known as “Jihad Jane” and “Fatima LaRose,” has also been charged with making false statements to a government official and attempted identity theft.
She was arrested in Philadelphia, [...]
New York City – School bus drivers who transport city students voted Tuesday to authorize a strike.
Members of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181 say talks with companies that provide bus transportation for the city have stalled over health care benefits.
Union leaders say the companies’ health insurance proposal would bankrupt the health insurance fund in [...]
While PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) continues his anti-Israel diatribe, demanding an unconditional Israeli retreat from major areas of Yerushalayim, Israel continues good-will gestures intended in strengthening his position.
The ‘good-will gestures' as they are called are in part the result of US pressure on Jerusalem, since the White House views Abu Mazen as the [...]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Tuesday that Israel has agreed to permit Ankara to resume its former role as mediator between Israel and Syria. This contradicts recent statements from Israel that Turkey's fiercely anti-Israel statements since Operation Cast Lead disqualify it from playing this role in the future.
The prime minister was quoted [...]
Local government leaders have declared a nationwide warning strike will be held on Wednesday, March 10th, seeking to send a clear message to the national government.
As a result, garbage pickup services will be halted, along with many other services including parking inspectors, social services, and phones will not be answered.
The strike surrounds continued cuts in [...]
New York – With three weeks to the start of Pesach (eve of March 29th), Jewish newspapers still featured advertising for one of the many programs all over the US. Sources say that an estimated 20,000 vacationers will spend the holidays in major hotels. But they also point out that there will be 1,500 fewer [...]
According to officials in the Tigbur manpower agency, the request for mashgichei kashrus before Pesach has jumped 100%. This includes requests for mashgichim in schools, institutions and even private places, as professional guidance and assistance is needed to prepare kitchens for yomtov.
Tigbur also reports a significant increase in requests for temporary manual laborers to assist [...]
As in past years, the Chasdei Naomi tzedaka is preparing for Pesach to assist avreichim and large families to purchase chickens, wine, matzah and other necessities for the upcoming yomtov.
The Yesha supermarket chain is working with the organization and the items will be on sale for those entitled in branches in a number of communities [...]
City Comptroller John C. Liu endorsed Joe Lazar today in the Special Election for Brooklyn's 44th Councilmanic District.
Comptroller Liu praised Joe Lazar for his fiscal expertise and integrity. “We need leaders in the City Council who will represent the concerns and interests of the community during this economic downturn. For many years this community has [...]
IDF officials report that 2010 has brought with it a sharp increase in the number of foreign nationals attempting to infiltrate into Israel from Sinai. During January and February of 2010, officials report 2,500 infiltrators crossed the border illegally as compared to 4,500 in all of 2009.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has recently announced he plans [...]
Israel's Ministry of Education has announced it now recognizes Israel's Gay Youth Organization to credit students required to engage in volunteer activities.
This means that the to'eva organization is now among accepted options for high school juniors and seniors, who the schools urge to become active in their respective communities. They may now work with this [...]
Last year's pilot program of selling advanced ticketing in Yerushalayim was deemed a success, prompting Egged officials to offer the same arrangement in other chareidi communities including Bnei Brak and Ashdod. This is being done in the hope of facilitating travel to Meron on Lag B'Omer.
MK (Yahadut HaTorah) Menachem Eliezer Moses does not plan to [...]
At long last, bottle recycling collection bins have been brought to Jerusalem's Ramat Shlomo neighborhood. Working with local officials, 20 bins have been placed around the community. The bins were purchased by Jerusalem City Hall and the Environmental Ministry.
Sadly, Israel lags behind N. America regarding recycling, with many Israelis still to unaware regarding the need [...]
The Los Angeles City Council is scheduled to consider today a proposal to cut costs by taking 10 of the fire department’s least-used ambulances out of service for half of each day.
The Fire Department is already working with 15 fewer fire trucks and nine fewer ambulances under the so-called Modified Coverage Plan put into effect [...]
According to the CEO of WGN Media, Yisrael Weingarten, the company responsible for maintaining the website and email services for Ezra Lemarpeh, the organization run by Rav Elimelech Fuehrer, hackers penetrated the system and caused a halt in email.
The story begins last motzei shabbos, when the rav phoned Weinstein to inform him he is waiting [...]
One week to the day after the announcement of State Police Superintendent Harry Corbitt's retirement, his second-in-command Pedro Perez is leaving.
“My decisions over time, combined with the indication that you are seeking a new superintendent and the labor unions' perception of my ability to lead the agency, have led me to conclude that continuing in [...]
Despite some community unhappiness over the relatively few units of affordable housing it will offer, a big mixed-use development on the Williamsburg waterfront called Rose Plaza moved one step closer to becoming a reality late Monday.
It came when the city Planning Department, in a narrow 7-5 vote, approved the rezoning necessary for the three-building complex [...]
Upon consultation with its rabbinic leadership, Agudath Israel of America issued the following statement today:
The leadership of the Rabbinical Council of America and Rabbi Avi Weiss have apparently reached agreement that Rabbi Weiss would no longer confer the title of “Rabba” upon graduates of his women's seminary, but rather the title “Maharat.”
This superficial move does [...]
As a result of the Lev Malka blood drive in the Geula area of Yerushalayim, over 800 units of blood were donated. Organization director Aaron Aberman was extremely pleased, explaining it is a commendable quantity considering the entire drive lasted a number of hours.
Over 800 people responded to the blood drive, waiting patiently to fulfill [...]
Civil administration inspectors destroyed a foundation to a structure in Yishuv Salit, explaining the work is a violation of the 10-month building freeze.
**A 42-y/o male, a resident of a village in the Galil, was taken into custody at the Jalame Ckpt after he was found to be concealing three weapons. He was coming from a [...]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday took an hour from his busy schedule for a game of chess against world champion Boris Gelfand. Jewish Agency for Israel Chairman Natan Sharansky was at the prime minister's side, assisting and lending support. Sharansky is known as a formidable chess player.
The game ended in a tie, as did [...]
Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh said on his radio show that he will eventually leave the country if the health care bill passes and its provisions are implemented.
Liberal media watchdog Media Matters recorded Limbaugh’s comments, Limbaugh says the following: “I’ll just tell you this, if this passes and it’s five years from now and all [...]
Reports from the High Court of Justice indicate the court has rejected a petition seeking to stop Tuesday evening's election for a chief rabbi of Ashdod.
As such, the election will get underway in Ashdod City Hall at 5:00pm, remaining open to the 48 eligible voters until 8:00pm, at which time the votes will be tabulated [...]
The Chicago Tribune reports: In late January, Citibank mailed year-end tax statements to 600,000 Citi customers via the U.S. Postal Service that included the customers’ Social Security numbers … on the outside of the envelope.
Citi called the mistake a “processing error.”
Although the nine-digit numbers were not identified as Social Security numbers (they were printed at [...]
Minister of the Interior Eli Yishai announced he is making an effort to bring the remaining members of the Ethiopian Jewish community home in the coming year.
He announced that immediately after Pesach, members of his staff will begin checking into the realities surrounding the 8,700 remaining members of the Ethiopian community, those still waiting to [...]
A New York-based firm that provided suspects in the assassination of a senior Hamas commander in Dubai with credit cards has ties to former Israeli military officials, according to new details of the stunning plot.
Dubai police, who say the murder was carried out by an Israeli hit team, said most of the prepaid credit cards [...]
While the international community continues efforts to persuade Russia and China to support crippling economic sanctions against Iran, not everyone is convinced such sanctions will effectively halt Iran's nuclear program.
In a briefing before members of the Knesset Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee on Monday, a senior IDF intelligence officer explained that it appears that even [...]
It is ironic that in order for me to get this message out I have chosen to use your service, an Internet site no less, but one that many feel is the last vestige of normalcy left in the kosher electronic media world. It is well known that insulting and demeaning comments are moderated and in [...]
The following was published by Matt Drudge of the DrudgeReport this morning:
Just as the healthcare drama in the capitol reaches a grand finale, congressional officials are warning employees to avoid the DRUDGE REPORT!
The Senate’s Committee on Environment and Public Works issued an urgent email late Monday claiming the DRUDGE REPORT is ‘responsible for the many [...]
The city’s construction unions are rallying today at the World Trade Center site – hoping to break the stalemate between developer Larry Silverstein and the Port Authority.
Union officials are gathering thousands of carpenters, iron workers and laborers, in an effort to demonstrate they are ready to build two more office towers at the site.
Construction is [...]
Vice President Joe Biden, who arrived in Israel on Monday afternoon, begins his official visit today, Tuesday. Mr. Biden joined President Shimon Peres for breakfast in the official Presidential Residence, and later in the morning he met with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Following the meeting, the prime minister spoke of the “unbreakable bond” that exists [...]
President Shimon Peres is expected to make an official visit to Bnei Brak on Wednesday (March 10th), a visit that will include meetings with rabbonim and a visit to Ponevezh Yeshiva. Actually, the president is expected to address talmidim and avreichim.
Mr. Peres will also be meeting with Maran HaRosh Yeshiva HaGaon HaRav Aaron Leib Shteinman [...]
Brooklyn – New York City Council candidate and education advocate, David G. Greenfield was endorsed today by Sergeants Benevolent Association of New York City. Greenfield, an experienced attorney and acclaimed community advocate, is running in the 44th Council District to replace Councilman Simcha Felder. The Sergeants Benevolent Association is comprised of approximately 11,000 active and [...]
According to Rabbi Yaakov Rosenstein, who is very close to Maran HaGaon HaRav Aaron Leib Shteinman Shlita, immediately after discovering the break-in in the Rav's home in Bnei Brak about two months ago, it was clear it was not an “inside job” as police feared, discarding all the rumors to that effect.
“We knew from the [...]
Ashdod will elect a new chief rabbi today, Tuesday. 48 people will vote, casting their selection in the ballot box in City Hall on Tuesday evening from 5:00pm-8:00pm. The results will be tabulated immediately.
Kiryat Malachi's Rabbi Chaim Pinto Shlita is expected to emerge the new rav, supported by gedolei yisrael shlita.
In a related matter, elections [...]
Visiting US Vice President Joe Biden was a guest at the official President's Residence for breakfast on Tuesday morning. The two discussed a number of key issues, including the Iranian threat and the diplomatic process between Israel and the PA (Palestinian Authority).
Mr. Biden stated the Iranian regime is isolated economically at present, showing again just [...]
Israel has approved a request to permit UN Secretary-General Bank ki-Moon and a senior EU diplomat to visit Hamas-controlled Gaza.
**The single winner of a November 2009 double lotto ticket worth NIS 74 million has yet to come forward and claim the prize money.
**A record-breaking 850 hesder soldiers are among the IDF's March draft, representing an [...]
A governor desperate to show he’s still in charge held a budget forum in Brooklyn on Monday, but two scandals that threaten his job are bumps in the road.
David Paterson is struggling to get back to business.
The governor was looking for a return to normalcy and he seemed thrilled — and probably a little surprised [...]
Following the Supreme Court decision compelling the IDF to accommodate Arab motorists on Highway 443, the Jerusalem-Modi'in Highway, IDF commanders have been preparing to accommodate the court order, studying the realities of providing protection on the major vehicular artery that will now serve Israelis and PA drivers alike.
According to officials in the IDF's Central Command, [...]
The owner of a crane that collapsed and killed two workers on the Upper East Side nearly two years ago pleaded not guilty Monday to manslaughter charges.
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. announced the indictment of James Lomma and his companies New York Crane and Equipment Corp. and J.F. Lomma, Inc. during a morning press [...]
After close to 15 years of seeking the required permits to establish a community cemetery, the Gush Etzion community of Efrat in 2006 was granted the necessary licenses by the IDF Civil Administration. Area residents are interred in the Gush Etzion regional cemetery but with the growth of the area, especially Efrat, another cemetery is [...]
Israel Environmental Ministry officials are issuing an air quality alert for the entire country for Tuesday. This appears to be the result of sand storms in the region that have blown in a quantity of pollutants that are particularly offensive to people suffering respiratory and cardiac ailments.
Such people are strongly advised to remain indoors if [...]
Israel Police have issued a travel advisory for motorists regarding all major cities on Wednesday, urging motorists to avoid the downtown areas since municipal parking inspectors are expected to be on strike. As a result, there will not be anyone to write parking tickets or towing.
Police expect unusually heavy congestion and suggest that motorists avoid [...]
The California Highway Patrol says an officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop after the accelerator got stuck.
The CHP says the driver, Jim Sikes, said he was traveling east on Interstate 8 outside of the San Diego area when he attempted to pass a slower vehicle.
“I pushed the gas [...]
The New York City Fire Department announced today that it has entered into an agreement with New York-based SecureWatch 24 (SW24), granting the Fire Department access to the surveillance video network that SW24 operates in many New York City commercial and residential buildings on behalf of its property owner clients.
The SW24 network will enable the [...]
Media reports following the arrival of US Vice President Joe Biden in Israel on Monday indicate the senior US administration official will be applying significant pressure on Israel not to move ahead with any military assault against Iran without first obtaining a green light from the White House.
Israel appears increasingly anxious as Iran continues moving [...]
According to an Interpol announcement released today, additional suspects have been added to the list wanted suspects pertaining to the January assassination of senior Hamas figure Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in a Dubai hotel room. There are now a total of 27 persons wanted in connection to the murder.
While Interpol has complied with a request from Dubai [...]
Washington, DC – After a recent analysis revealed that companies that do business with Iran's energy sector defied U.S. sanctions law by raking in tens of billions of dollars in federal contracts and loans, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called for immediate passage of federal law that would [...]
A border policeman arrested on suspicion of stealing weapons to sell to criminals was remanded for an additional five days.
**Rocks were hurled at a bus near Chawarah south of Shechem.
**Two firebombs were hurled at an Israeli vehicle near el-Murier in Shomron. No injuries.
**A Jewish boy attacked near Admat Yishai in Chevron by an Arab sustained [...]
[By Pesach Lerner] Even a cursory glance at the facts which Yair Hoffman totally ignores in his article, “Re-examining the Pollard Issue” (5 Towns Jewish Times on March 4, 2010) reveals a case which Appellate Court Justice Steven Williams described as “a fundamental miscarriage of justice.” Jonathan Pollard is currently serving his 25th year of [...]
[PHOTO LINK BELOW] Detectives from the NYPD are on the scene investigating a police involved shooting Monday afternoon just outside Public School 194 in Sheepshead Bay.
Sources tell YWN that an officer from the NYPD’s 61st Precinct shot a 25-year-old male on Avenue W near Knapp street.
Detectives from CSU have recovered a toy gun at the scene [...]
New York City Council candidate and education advocate, David G. Greenfield released the following statement to YWN on Monday afternoon:
“I was appalled to hear that someone was posting derogatory negative posters attacking my colleague, Joe Lazar. This is exactly the kind of divisive politics that turns hardworking New Yorkers off of voting and hurts the [...]
Over time, we tend to create habits and patterns in our eating. And like any other habits or behaviors, they can be very difficult to break. One of the most common and frequently used techniques for improving nutrition and aiding weight loss is to substitute on a food-by-food basis. This simply means that you take [...]
The Amshinover Rebbe Shlita was released from Shaare Zedek Medical Center on Monday night.
The Rebbe arrived at the hospital last Wednesday, complaining of chest pain. He did suffer a cardiac incident and has since undergone a cardiac catheterization.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
9:45PM IL: It appears that at least two people were injured in a confrontation between Jews and Arabs at Kever Shimon HaTzaddik in Yerushalayim earlier Monday night. No additional information is available.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
Close to 200 people took part in Sunday's rededication of the Rambam Shul in Cairo.
**Attorney General Weinstein rejected a call from FM Lieberman to investigate Police Chief Cohen for statements the latter released to the media regarding an ongoing investigation about Lieberman.
**US envoy Mitchell is meeting in Ramallah with PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen).
**A [...]
JetBlue is holding a one-day sale offering $10 fares between New York’s JFK airport and the carrier’s first 10 destinations in celebration of its 10th year of operation.
JetBlue is offering the discount fares Monday on all remaining seats for travel Tuesday and Wednesday. Cities included in the promotion are Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Buffalo, N.Y.; Tampa, [...]
A young man went missing from Kisharon Day School on Monday. He responds to the name Yossi Webberman, and went missing at 2pm today. He has severe autism and has no road sense or sense of fear. He is 18 years old, 5 ft 8 in height, Chassidishe in appearance [long curly Peyos] and is wearing [...]
8:17PM IL: INITIAL REPORT: A female motorist was injured, Baruch Hashem only lightly, the result of what appears to have been a terrorist tractor attack in Shomron, near Gilad Farm.
According to reliable but yet unconfirmed reports from the scene, the woman's vehicle was flipped over.
The tractor driver managed to flee the scene, apparently entering a [...]
1:00PM EST: A Nassau County Police car has been involved in an MVA with a private vehicle on the 878 near Broadway in Lawrence, NY.
Rockaway Lawrence (RL) Hatzolah are on the scene with Lawrence, Cedarhurst Fire Department.
RL Hatzolah transported one officer to South Nassau Hospital in stable condition.
Click on the following link for photos: http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/photos.php?albumid=5446328543800618385
(YWN HPO Staff [...]
Activists working for the release of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit are less than pleased with the IDF's statistics. Military officials, who are seeking to allay the fears of the international community, released humanitarian aid statistics to prove assistance continues to flow into Hamas-controlled Gaza despite the embargo. Shalit activists are calling for a tighter embargo, [...]
7:35PM IL: According to information released by a senior officer assigned to the Israel Police investigation into the break-in of the home of Maran HaGaon HaRav Aaron Leib Shteinman Shlita, over NIS 2 million in tzedaka funds were taken.
The theft occurred about two months ago when the Rav was engaged in delivering chizuk to others, [...]
[YWN PHOTO LINK BELOW] Anyone taking part in the Monday morning mayoral visit to United Hatzalah headquarters in Jerusalem would agree that this organization defies the realities of the Mideast and Eretz Yisrael.
Mayor Nir Barkat arrived in a timely fashion, escorted by his aide on chareidi affairs, R' Avraham Kroizer. The mayor, who is no [...]
New York, NY – Supporters of Sholom Rubashkin today blasted the U.S. Justice Department’s response to their January plea for bail for Mr. Rubashkin, who remains in an Iowa prison pending sentencing in a bank fraud case.
In a letter to the nation’s most prominent rabbis, the Justice Department failed to address the humanitarian and equitable [...]
4:25PM IL: US Vice President Joe Biden and his wife arrived in Eretz Yisrael a short time ago. Mr. Biden disembarked from his official Boeing 757, greeted by senior US Embassy officials and Vice Premier Moshe Ya'alon.
There was no ceremony at the airport other than the modest official greeting.
The vice president's convoy of some 25 [...]
The NY Post reports: The NYPD’s network of silent sentries — cameras posted on lampposts across the five boroughs — has provided evidence in hundreds of criminal cases and helped cops solve an array of major crimes.
The Argus cameras are housed below large white boxes, clearly marked with the NYPD insignia, and are set about [...]
AIG agreed Monday to sell its American Life Insurance Co. unit to MetLife Inc. for $15.5 billion in cash and stock, in beleaguered AIG’s second sale of an international unit in a week.
AIG said it will sell the unit, known as Alico, for $6.8 billion in cash and the remainder in MetLife equity. The deal [...]
The bill sponsored by Yisrael Beitenu Party seeking to implement reform in giyur in Eretz Yisrael came before the Knesset Law Committee on Monday morning, a committee chaired by MK (Yisrael Beitenu) MK Dudi Rotem, an attorney and shomer shabbos Jew, a member of the dati leumi community.
Rotem boldly exclaimed “When I arrive in the [...]
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Reb Moshe Goldman Z”L, the world-famous composer of Bobover Niggunim – after a long and serious illness.
R’ Moshe composed thousands of songs, and released dozens of Jewish music albums over the past 25 years.
His songs are sung in all corners of the world. Amongst his famous [...]
There are no words of comfort for those whose loved ones perish in vehicular accidents, deaths that are generally preventable by taking a number of basic steps, including the use of shoulder restraint safety belts, driving more cautiously, and addressing the increasing contributory factor, the use of a cellular telephone while operating a motor vehicle.
Another [...]
An Israeli was lightly wounded in a rock-throwing attack near Tekoa in Gush Etzion on Sunday evening.
**There are conflicting reports if Rav Avraham Froehlich was removed from the Kever Rashbi Vaad of Five.
**MK (Labor) Amir Peretz and Eitan Cabel of ‘rebel' faction announce they are returning to active party duty.
**4 people were killed in an [...]
In its contract for the sale of chametz for Pesach, the Chief Rabbinate of Israel instructs stores that they are prohibited from accepting bottles for return during Chol Hamoed, and those violating this clause face a stiff fine.
The Chief Rabbinate discussed the issue of bottle recycling and it was decided the fact that bottles usually [...]
The state on Wednesday, in its response to the High Court of Justice regarding the construction of the fortified emergency room of Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon, promised a decision within two weeks.
The state was responding to a petition demanding a response as to why the government is not moving ahead with the fortified unit of [...]
The New Israel Fund (NIF), recently connected to the one-side Goldstone Report, appears to have made inroads in Israel's judicial system, the weekly Makor Rishon reports.
For example, prior to the last general elections, the Central Election Committee disqualified the Arab Ra'am-Ta'al and Balad parties for their racist platforms. The New Israel Fund-affiliated Adalah human rights [...]
According to an internal Foreign Ministry report prepared by the ministry's center for political research, despite the media hype over White House efforts to re-launch diplomatic talks between Israel and the PA (Palestinian Authority), the Obama administration is not genuinely interested in the diplomatic process, but the administration is focusing on Congressional elections in November. [...]
Minister of Science (Bayit HaYehudi) Rabbi Prof. Daniel Hershkowitz did not attempt to hide his anger over the query presented to the Knesset speaker against ongoing Chabad activities in Haifa.
The questions attempted to understand what activities are permitted, and in what range of the Chabad house and does this include permitting efforts to bring people [...]
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey early Monday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
There were no immediate reports of injuries, deaths or damage.
The earthquake’s epicenter was in eastern Turkey, 45 kilometers (28 miles) west of the town of Bingol, and 625 kilometers (388 miles) east of Ankara, the country’s capital.
(Source: CNN)
According to the Iranian media, quoting Eli Akhbar Salahi, who heads Tehran's Atomic Energy Authority, the Bushar nuclear facility will be launched in the coming months, by spring's end, no later than the end of June.
The state-run IRNA agency quotes Salahi as explaining the facility will be operated in the same fashion as other nuclear [...]
Israel's Channel 2 Television on motzei shabbos launched its new TV series “HaChatufim” (The Abducted), telling of the lives of IDF soldiers released from Syrian captivity after years as POWs.
Officials working on behalf of captive IDF soldier Gilad Shalit released a statement that “Gilad does not live in a TV show” adding they are unaware [...]
According to the Fars news agency, Iranian Transport Minister Hamid Behbahani has informed Russian commercial pilots in Iran that they have two months to pack and leave. The minister explained his country has a sufficient number of trained qualified pilots, and therefore, foreign pilots are not required.
“Upon an order from the president, the Road and [...]
Imprisoned terrorist Abdullah Barghouti told the Nazareth District Court on Sunday that if released, he would continue his “resistance to Israeli occupation”, i.e., terrorism. Barghouti, not to be confused with Marwan Barghouti, the Fatah Tanzim leader serving five life sentences in an Israeli prison, is a former commander of a Hamas military wing in Gaza.
Barghouti's [...]
Deputy Minister of Galil & Negev Development Ayoub Kara, who was addressing a shabbos cultural event in Beersheva, stated Israel has no alternative other than to attack Iran, quoting the posuk if one comes to slay you get up and slay him first. He stressed this is not what Israel wishes, but there is no [...]
A three-justice panel in the Jerusalem Traffic Court ruled authorities may continue using the mobile breathalyzer test to determine the blood alcohol level of drivers but the units must be recalibrated to permit a higher blood alcohol level before declaring a motorist inebriated. Exact figures are not available at this time.
The ruling is not retroactive [...]
Haifa City Hall has issued a closure order for Azad Restaurant in the city for refusing to serve patrons in uniform. There have been a number of cases in which soldiers were escorted out of the restaurant, told people in uniform do not comply with the restaurant's dress code and atmosphere, and as such, they [...]
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-General Gabi Ashkenazi is preparing to leave for Washington for a round of high-level talks. He will be meeting with diplomatic and military officials on Capitol Hill, as well as making a stopover in NYC. A meeting is already set with National Security Advisor General James Jones and the chairman of [...]
A policeman sustained light injuries when chareidim protesting against excavations in Tzipori threw rocks during a protest in the Meah Shearim area.
**Officials in India have made a formal request for anti-terror assistance from Israeli experts after the Mumbai and other attacks in that country. An Israeli delegation of counter-terrorism experts will be traveling to India [...]
NYC – Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg wants Albany to get back to work on the state budget, and today called for a one cent an ounce tax on soda during his weekly radio address, which aired this morning on 1010 WINS News Radio.
Noting that “Albany has been in the news a lot in recent days [...]
Following the success of their pioneer program, coordinators for Chaverim of Queens as well as local community members have called the program a huge accomplishment. 15 volunteers made themselves available throughout Purim to drive intoxicated (or otherwise unfit to drive persons) from wherever they were to their home. This program was put together 3 weeks [...]
Adam Gadahn, an American spokesman for al Qaeda, has been arrested in Pakistan, a senior Pakistani government official source told CNN.
The official said Gadahn was arrested Sunday in Karachi.
Gadahn, also known as Azzam the American, routinely posts lengthy videos on Islamist online forums. He was born in California.
In December, he released a video message in [...]
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Mrs. Devorah Charnas (Gertzulin) A”H, wife of HaRav Chaim Chuna Charnas Shlita of Williamsburg, & Yeshivas Bais Hatalmud.
She was mother of, R Kalman Charnas, Mrs. Chana Guggenheimer, Mrs. Chaya Feldman, Mrs. Tzyvia Steier, and yibadel bain chaim lchaim, R Shimon Charnas of Lakewood, & R’ Ari Charnas, [...]
The Tzfas Beis Din convened on Sunday morning ordered the legal executors of Kever Rashbi to select a new ashkenazi representative to serve on the Vaad of Five to replace Rabbi Avraham Froehlich, who the beis din ruled may no longer serve on the vaad or attend meetings. Rav Yisrael Tucker of Tzfas was selected [...]
MDA spokesman Yerucham Mandela, who holds a rank equivalent to an IDF brigadier-general, was taken into custody and released on erev shabbos. It appears he will be facing charges for operating his vehicle irresponsibly and impersonating a policeman.
According to police, a senior officer who was traveling on Highway 6 on Friday saw a vehicle with [...]
Breaking last year's record of 73%, IDF officials report that 76% of inductees in the March 2010 draft deemed suitable for combat units have requested to be assigned to combat infantry and special force units. The military adds that 100% of requests were met regarding assignments.
When one inducted into a combat post, one is requested [...]
Breaking last year's record of 73%, IDF officials report that 76% of inductees in the March 2010 draft deemed suitable for combat units have requested to be assigned to combat infantry and special force units. The military adds that 100% of requests were met regarding assignments.
When one inducted into a combat post, one is requested [...]
Chareidim in Yerushalayim on Sunday afternoon targeted motorists with rocks and set trash receptacles ablaze in the Meah Shearim/Geula area in protest over archaeological excavations in Tzipori.
Baruch Hashem, there were no reports of injuries. An IDF vehicle passing the area was damaged. Of course the violence resulted in a halt to bus service, not to [...]
Prosecutors plan to question David Johnson, a top aide for Governor Paterson, within the next few days. Sources said the Paterson and state police officials could face criminal charges including tampering with a witness.
Sherr-una Booker accused Johnson of assault, and she told court officials that in the days after the altercation, “the state troopers kept [...]
Monticello, NY – Sullivan County Manager David Fanslau asked Governor David Paterson to issue a state declaration and request a federal disaster declaration related to the blizzard of 2010 that affected Sullivan County the last week of February.
During the course of 72 hours, some areas of Sullivan County got 4 ½ feet of snow and [...]
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Rav Eliyahu Meir Weinberger Z”L, the father of Rav Dovid Weinberger Shlita, Rav of Cong Shaarey Tefillah, Lawrence, NY.
The Levaya is scheduled for Sunday morning at 11:00AM in K'hal Adas Yeshurun 82-17 Lefferts Blvd. Kew Gardens, N.Y.
The Kevura will take place at Beth Israel Cemetery Woodbridge, [...]
Today is the 223rd Yartzheit of Rav Elimelech of Lizhensk ZATZAL, also known as the Noam Elimelech. Thousands of people have gathered at the Kever in Lizhensk, Poland. Most people arrived before Shabbos, and spent Shabbos in the area. According to reports, a tent was established near the tziyun providing food and accommodations for visitors.
The [...]
Iranian Defense Minister General Ahmad Vahidi released a statement to the media that Tehran is now producing extremely accurate long-range radar-evading cruise missiles. Speaking on state-run television on Sunday, the senior Iranian official announced the missile is called ‘Nasr 1' and the state-of-the-art missile is capable of eliminating targets up to 100 tons in size.
The [...]
Israel Police officials have been complaining for some time about budgetary woes, which seem to be increasing. In one recent case, a motorcycle cop paid out of pocket for a side view mirror after the garage told him they cannot replace it since no one will pay.
In another case, a lieutenant paid NIS 380 to [...]
Rabbi Shmuel Feuerstein, who is in charge of marriage registration throughout Shomron sent a somewhat sarcastic yet true letter to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, highlighting the absurdity of his 10-month construction freeze. The rabbi questions if he should halt marriage registrations, explaining that this seems appropriate since there are no living accommodations to offer young [...]
The Security Cabinet is expected to convene on Sunday to discuss the growing missile threat facing Israel from the northern border, Hizbullah in southern Lebanon.
Taking part in the meeting with be Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai who is in charge of homefront issues, as well as IDF Northern District Commander Major-General Yair Golan. The ministers [...]
US Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to arrive in Israel on Monday to announce a renewal in talks between Israel and the PA.
**An Israeli bus was targeted in a rock-throwing attack in eastern Gush Etzion near Tekoa.
**An 11-y/o Netanya boy was arrested on shabbos for allegedly firing an air gun at city inspectors.
**An 80-y/o [...]
Archaeologists involved in excavations at the kevarim of tana'im in the north in Tzipori are the cause of the latest protests against the Israel Antiquities Authority and others involved in the project.
According to Rav Yisrael Kalmanovitch, he and others who traveled to Tzipori on motzei shabbos were truly surprised by the number of police waiting [...]
Governor David Paterson remains under fire this weekend, and though he has said he has no plans on stepping down, it seems he’s planning a legal defense.
The governor is said to be examining his legal options this weekend following a series of scandals that threaten his administration.
Defense attorney Ron Kuby is paying close attention to [...]
YWN regrets to inform you of the tragic Petira of Ms. Tova Jeidel A”H (55), after a fire broke out in her home just as Shabbos started.
It is unknown what caused the fire in the home located at 1055 East 22nd Street (near Avenue I), but FDNY members removed her from the blaze in cardiac [...]
According to a report released on shabbos by Iran's official IRNA agency, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called the horrific terror attacks of 9/11 a “fabrication”, accusing the United States of using it as an excuse to launch what it calls its war on terrorism. He elaborated, stating the fabrication was launched to permit the American [...]
Sending additional messages of strength to our enemies, an estimated 3,000 members of Israel's left-wing community on motzei shabbos held a protest in the Shimon HaTzaddik neighborhood after the High Court of Justice last week compelled police to permit the protest event.
Participants in the protest, Arabs and Jews, objected to the growing Jewish presence in [...]
A border policeman was injured in motzei shabbos rock-throwing attacks in the Shuafat Refugee Camp. He was struck in his head.
**Rock-throwing attack from Arabs in Issawiya, targeting people to heading to the French Hill area of Jerusalem.
**Motzei shabbos firebomb attack on the Gush Etzion Hwy near el-Aroub.
**Four firebombs were hurled at IDF soldiers near Chomesh [...]
New York State Gov. David Paterson arrived at his Manhattan offices this afternoon looking and sounding confident, insisting that he still has no plans to resign and believes New Yorkers will eventually come around to supporting that decision.
The Daily News’ Kate Lucadamo caught Paterson on his way in to the building on Third Avenue where [...]
NY Democratic Rep. Eric Massa will resign from Congress on Monday, only days after reports first surfaced that the freshman New York lawmaker was under investigation by the House ethics committee for allegedly harassing a male staffer.
Massa was preparing the news in the Corning Leader, his local newspaper, but several media outlets were already reporting [...]
The Rabbinical Council of America has today issued the following statement regarding Orthodoxy and Women’s Leadership Roles:
Over the course of the last several weeks, at the request and initiative of Rabbi Avi Weiss, the leadership of Rabbinical Council of America and Rabbi Avi Weiss have engaged in discussions concerning the issue of ordaining women as [...]
Over 100 plus boys learning in the bais hamedrash on Purim by night!
It was like a regular first seder and the spirit was beautiful and festive! A true kimu v’kiblu!
Some bochurim stayed hours after the program ended to continue to learn. Many of the bochurim came over and thanked us personally for making their Purim [...]
The residents of the top three floors of the seven-story structure in the Shiloach area of the capital known as Beit Yehonatan on Thursday sent a letter to State Prosecutor Moshe Lador indicating a willingness to evacuate the top floors in exchange for authorization for residents of lower floors to reside in the structure.
Attorney Yechiel [...]
The White House is apparently ready for an about face on where and how to conduct the September 11th terror trials.
The Associated Press is reporting advisers to President Barack Obama are close to suggesting a military trial for self-professed September 11th attack mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four alleged co-conspirators.
A recommendation will be made to [...]
Brooklyn – New York City Council candidate and education advocate, David G. Greenfield was endorsed today by Congressman Michael McMahon. Congressman McMahon represents parts of Brooklyn and Staten Island in the House of Representatives, and is the first member of Congress that represents parts of the 44th Council District to endorse a candidate in the [...]
Brooklyn, NY – As part of the annual “Change Your Clocks, Change Your Batteries” campaign, the FDNY Fire Safety Education Unit in conjunction with the New York Rescue Response Team (NYRRT) will be distributing FREE 9-volt batteries and fire safety materials at the following two Brooklyn locations:
Williamsburg: Tuesday March 9th 11:00 – 3:00pm at Lee [...]
After the recent incident in which a soldier assigned to protect IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-General Gabi Ashkenazi's office was apprehended after he stole his credit card, security for the military commander was sharply increased, officials reported.
Now we learn that a 36-year-old Ramat Gan man succeeded in getting into the chief's office in the Defense [...]
ANNAPOLIS, MD — On Wednesday, March 3rd, a delegation of Orthodox Jewish community activists and representatives from Jewish educational institutions from across the state converged on Annapolis to engage in advocacy efforts on behalf of the BOAST (Building Opportunities for All Students and Teachers) Maryland Educational Tax Credit. The BOAST program seeks to provide lucrative [...]
When residents in the Mitzpei Yishai neighborhood of Kedumim in Shomron invited soldiers to Friday night seuda as is customary, they were surprised to hear from a soldier “I may not eat in your home and I cannot come to shul for minyan without an officer accompanying me”, the weekly B'Sheva newspaper reports.
Residents surmise the [...]
It would appear that Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan have no difficulty labeling Israeli officials “murderers of children” and “guilty of war crimes” but when the United States labels the atrocities perpetrated by Turks against Armenians, that is an entirely different matter.
The bloodshed leading to the massacre of Armenians [...]
A 26-y/o known criminal was killed in the Thursday night bomb explosion in Kiryat Ata police report.
**IDF soldiers taking part in counter-terrorism operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron apprehended four suspects on Thursday night.
**A 5-man search team has been dispatched to Brazil to assist in locating missing Israeli Itai Ben-David, who has been missing since Wednesday.
**HaRav [...]
To the Editor (NYT):
Maureen Dowd’s reference to a morning prayer recited by some Orthodox Jewish men thanking God for not making them women (“Loosey Goosey Saudi ,” column, March 3) is the second time in two months that a New York Times columnist (after Nicholas D. Kristof, Jan. 10) has cited this practice as evidence of [...]
WASHINGTON — Eleven major airports will begin using body scanners to screen passengers as the Transportation Security Administration launches a plan to buy 1,000 of the machines over the next two years. The scanners can look under passengers’ clothing in order to detect weapons and explosives.
Boston Logan International Airport received one new scanner this week [...]
Stamford Hill, London – Chasidic groups have launched a campaign to oppose a plan to build luxury homes on the site of the former Skinners’ School on Stamford Hill. The leaders of Hackney’s orthodox Jewish community have attacked town hall bosses over plans to redevelop the largest school building in Stamford Hill into luxury homes.
Charedi [...]
A man who was shot after calmly opening fire on two Pentagon police officers died early Friday.
The gunman was John Patrick Bedell, a law enforcement source said. At a Friday morning news conference, Pentagon Police Chief Richard S. Keevill referred to him only as Bedell.
The 36-year-old man lived with his parents in Hollister, California, said [...]
1:42PM IL: It appears the weekly erev shabbos anti-partition fence protests of Arabs and left-wing Israelis at the Arab villages of Bilin and Na'alin have escalated or rioting at this time. Baruch Hashem, there are no reports of injuries to security forces. No additional information is available at this time.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
1:35PM IL: Arabs on the Har HaBayis have begun throwing rocks at mispalalim below at the Kosel compelling police to enter the Temple Mount in an effort to restore order.
At present, YWN-Israel has learned that at least two policemen have been injured in the violence but it appears the rock-throwing down onto the Kosel Plaza [...]
There was a high stakes meeting underway Thursday night that could affect the future of New York politics.
The drama has come following a series of scandals. The question now is will they push Paterson to resign?
The crowd waited for the Rev. Al Sharpton to come out after a raucous two-hour meeting at Sylvia’s Restaurant in [...]
The Jewish Agency for Israel is sending shluchim to college campuses to counter the 5th Annual Israel Apartheid Week taking place around the world, as was reported by YWN-Israel.
Several dozen emissaries representing the Jewish Agency will be on North American campuses seeking to present Israel's side of the story.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
Voters generally roll their eyes in boredom when someone announces their intentions to run for Public Office. This is because politics in Washington are the same as they always were, or perhaps became worse in recent years, despite the forces of change that went to Washington.
People become even more weary of politics when they see a candidate [...]
Professor Shlomo Mor-Yosef, the director –general of the Hadassah Medical Organization in Israel, left on Wednesday for North America, where he will be meeting with the president of Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization of America, Nancy Falchuk. The meeting according to the daily Ma'ariv surrounds monetary decisions made in the USA by the parent organization, impacting [...]
Two police officers were injured by a gunman firing shots outside the Pentagon tonight and a suspect was in custody, a police spokesman said.
Initially, hundreds of employees at the Pentagon were ordered to go into “Code Red” — the entire building locked down, with no one allowed to enter or leave. Later, people were allowed [...]
New Jersey Transit is on track, with a commuter nightmare.
Major fare increases are planned.
The agency will also freeze spending, cut 2 percent of its workforce and reduce executive salaries.
Getting on a NJ Transit train or bus is going to cost you more. Officials told CBS 2 HD fares will go up — and they could [...]
In his capacity as chairman of the Committee of Religious and Independent School Officials of the City of New York, Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, Agudath Israel of America's executive vice president, voiced strong opposition to a New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority plan to phase out student fare discounts.
The MTA has been holding public hearings this [...]
Rock-throwing attacks against Israeli motorists on the Tunnel Highway in Gush Etzion near the Minharot Checkpoint.
**Thursday afternoon rock-throwing attack near N'vei Tzuf in the Benjamin Regional Council area of Shomron.
**About 30 Arabs threw paint at soldiers and burned tires at the Kalandia Ckpt in northern Jerusalem on Thursday afternoon.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
US special Mideast envoy George Mitchell is returning to the region over the weekend. Since his last departure, reports indicated that he tried to submit his resignation to the White House, but President Barak Obama rejected it.
Mitchell will once again engage in shuttle diplomacy between Israel and the PA (Palestinian Authority) in the hope of [...]
Like it or not, the dati leumi soldiers, who are generally right-wing, continue to make their mark in the IDF, moving up the ranks and now representing the backbone of the military's most elite units, including infantry combat units. This is the result of a vision of two men, Rabbis Eli Sadan and Yigal Levenstein, [...]
Peter Kauffmann, who was scheduled to testify to the Attorney General's investigators today, has resigned. Kauffmann was featured prominently in the Commission on Public Integrity's findings about Gov. David Paterson's solicitation of Yankees tickets — from the evidence, Kauffmann appears to have been grievously misled by Paterson and his top aide, David Johnson.
Here's Kauffmann's statement:
“I [...]
PFLP head Ahmad Sa'adat had his day in court, albeit an unsuccessful one for the master terrorist.
The secretary-general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, who did not actually pull the trigger in a Jerusalem hotel but was the mastermind behind the assassination of Tourism Minister Rechavam Ze'evi, took his case to the [...]
1:10PM EST: A motorcycle has exploded on a street in Kiryat Ata leaving 1 person dead.
According to preliminary reports, the exploded motorcycle appeared to have been booby-trapped leaving one person dead on the scene, and 10 others being treated by Ichud Hatzolah and MDA Paramedics for hysteria.
The incident occurred on Zevulin Street.
YWN Israel has learned [...]
An Eyewitness News investigation talks to a police officer who reveals the pressure they are under to make quotas.
When Officer Adil Polanco dreamed of becoming a cop, it was out of a desire to help people not, he says, to harass them.
“I’m not going to keep arresting innocent people, I’m not going to keep searching [...]
The following are excerpts from a Politico article by Ben Smith & Glenn Thrush discussing the widespread corruption amongst New York elected officials:
Once a source of national leaders of both political parties, New York state has descended into a bizarre, riveting spectacle of corruption and political debasement, with its governor facing calls to resign as [...]
Dear YWN,
So now that we sobered up its time to reflect on what happened this Purim.
As I decide on which method is best to dispose of all the food on my table, I can't help notice all the “Purim themes” that I need to toss into the garbage. The boxes, cases, ribbons, poems, vases, cookbooks [...]
Antwerp, Belgium – YWN regrets to inform you of the tragic Petira of Mrs. Sara Brief A”H, the daughter of the Pshevorsk Rebbe Shlita.
Ten days ago she was walking on a street in Antwerp when she was R”L struck by a school-bus carrying children. She was rushed to the hospital and listen in critical condition. [...]
Albany, NY – A group of prominent black leaders will meet Thursday night in Harlem to discuss whether scandal-plagued Gov. Paterson should resign, a source told the NY Daily News.
“There are a lot of things that people now see as indefensible,” the source said. “A lot of people think it’s time to move on – [...]
Last week, Thursday, Taanis Esther, a man calling himself Nissim arrived at the Kosel and placed a sefer Torah on a bima explaining he wants to donate it, wishing to remain anonymous. When asked to give his phone number, he gave them a cellular telephone number which was later learned to not be correct.
Sofer R' [...]
The Eida Chareidis kashrus organization is distributing about 1,000 washing cups for netilas yadayim to factories around Eretz Yisrael under its supervision, to be used by factory workers upon their arrival at work, prior to touching foods in the factory. The new regulation is only applicable to factories in which workers actually handle foods, not [...]
10:00AM EST: Highly credible sources have just confirmed to YWN that the missing body of 37-year-ol Alexandre Bitton A”H, an information technology consultant from Montreal has been found in Hotel Montana in Haiti.
Two Brooklyn Askanim unaffiliated with any organization (including ZAKA, JRF, or Vital Two) worked tirelessly with Canadian authorities [Royal Canadian Mounted Police] since [...]
After contract talks with American Airlines Inc. recessed without a deal Wednesday night, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants said it will ask the National Mediation Board to start the legal process that could lead to a strike.
The union said the company walked out of NMB-mediated talks Wednesday evening without responding to the union's last [...]
In yet another attack on Har HaZeisim, vandals last shabbos set the kever of the Lelover Rebbe zt”l ablaze, the weekly BaKehilla reports.
It appears that erev shabbos Purim resulted in few visitors to the cemetery on erev shabbos, permitting the attackers to perpetrate their attack, which resulted in significant damage to the Lelov area, including [...]
It appears there is a feeling among some that Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin, who portrays himself as being shomer shabbos, may have an anti-religious agenda.
According to a BaKehilla report, the speaker is responsible for determining which requests for urgent queries will pass his desk and be approved, permitting them to be addressed in Knesset in [...]
Police are investigating the theft of 63 handguns from the Canion HaDarom Shopping Center in Netanya. According to a Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) report, a resident of Jaljulya was arrested earlier in the week after it was determined that he was in possession of a handgun stolen from the same shopping center shooting range.
Police add [...]
A 1-y/o was transported to Shaare Zedek Medical Center on Wednesday morning by paramedics after ingesting bleach in his kindergarten. Baruch Hashem his condition was reported to be light.
**UK diplomatic officials in Israel report their government is going to amend the law to prevent the arrest of Israel government and military officials.
**A school transport traveling [...]
Brooklyn, NY – A divorcing couple can celebrate something together – their car mitzvah.
A Brooklyn judge ordered the dueling Orthodox Jewish duo to sell their clunker or donate it to charity – and equally divide the mitzvah, which means “worthy deed.”
“The parties have little. Nevertheless, whatever they have must be distributed,” Justice Matthew D’Emic said [...]
Federal safety regulators said Wednesday they have received 10 complaints from drivers alleging sudden acceleration in Toyota vehicles that have already been repaired under the automaker’s recent recall.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it has reached out to the consumers in question to gather more information about the complaints, which were not immediately verifiable.
“NHTSA [...]
Four men were convicted in Germany on Thursday in connection with a foiled terrorist plot against Western targets, court officials said.
The men had begun mixing a huge amount of explosive material that could have resulted in a strong blast, bigger than attacks in 2005 on London’s public transport network and the 2004 Madrid railway bombings, [...]
Palm Beach, FL – A Boynton Beach rabbi who spent a night in jail in October after being charged with driving without a valid license is fighting back.
Saying he was cleared of the traffic charges, Rabbi Yedidya Cohen claims he was improperly strip searched in front of a female corrections officer at the Palm Beach [...]
The Knesset on Wednesday held a special session at the behest of the Kadima opposition party, during which party leader Tzipi Livni took the government and coalition to task, blaming them for widespread failure and leading to Israel being shunned by the international community.
Livni questioned why the prime minister remains silent as the foreign minister [...]
[YWN PHOTO LINK BELOW] The time is 8:30 AM, Purim morning, in Crown Heights. Most people in the neighborhood are just getting up to hear the megillah and daven shacharis. On the street corner of Empire and Albany a group of Lubavitchers are gathering together to set out on a Purim day mission; a visit [...]
PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) traveled to Cairo where he met with Arab League officials seeking a response, the league's position regarding America's latest offer to the PA, to return to the negotiating table with Israel.
Abu Mazen is a weak leader, with waning support, prompting his move to seek Arab League backing before making [...]
A 16-year-old Jerusalem resident, a female described as a “known right-wing activist” has been taken into custody for allegedly making a series of threatening telephone calls to the home of IDF Major-General Avi Mizrachi.
The senior officer reports that in addition to threats, he was also subjected to verbal abuse, including shouts of “burn in hell”. [...]