NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly warned Thursday that the city’s budget woes will plunge the number of cops on the street to the lowest levels since 1990.
Kelly told a City Council budget hearing that financial constraints will trim the NYPD to a 20-year low of 32,817 officers in the 2011 budget.
The NYPD would lose 892 officers through [...]
Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Thursday afternoon hosted US Vice President Joe Biden in the Defense Ministry, where the two met for about an hour, bringing the vice president's three-day state visit to an end.
Undoubtedly Iran and the PA (Palestinian Authority) were on the agenda, and Mr. Barak proudly announced that he is working to [...]
9:00PM EST: YWN has learned that two people were R”L killed just after Shabbos in Teaneck, NJ after a tree fell on them.
According to highly credible sources, the two victims were leaving the “Bnei Yeshurun Shul” after Shabbos, when the tree fell on them.
Teaneck Police Chaplain Rabbi Abe Friedman(who has been requested & responding to [...]
New York – The head of the Port Authority wants you to dig deeper in your pockets for the billions the agency needs to fix up its airports, bus terminals, bridges and tunnels.
“We need to find new creative pricing schemes that pull wealth out of that economy and reinvest in the infrastructure that we know [...]
A Jerusalem Municipal Court canceled legal action against two avreichim, tenant and landlord, for permitting shabbos davening in the private home in the Kiryat Yovel area of the capital. The two were being cited for illegal use of the home, violating city zoning law.
According to a report in the erev shabbos HaMevaser, city legal advisor's [...]
Jim Sikes is finding out the downside of instant celebrity in the Internet age after his highly publicized trip in a runaway Toyota Prius: You have no secrets.
As National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Toyota inspectors continue to take apart his vehicle — which he says took him on a 23-minute, out-of-control race down a [...]
Sullivan County lawmakers and officials are making it clear they are not locked into building a new $80 million jail, or even a smaller facility, at lower cost, until all possible options are explored.
County Manager David Fanslau updated legislators during committee meetings, Thursday, detailing meetings in the past week with officials in neighboring Orange and [...]
A special court ruled Friday that there is insufficient evidence to demonstrate that vaccines caused autism in three cases.
The cases, brought by the children’s parents, all alleged that vaccines containing thimerosol, a mercury preservative, caused or contributed to autism spectrum disorders in the children.
Thousands of parents of children with autism have filed petitions seeking compensation [...]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has declined an invitation to participate in a dedication of the Churva Shul in the Old City of Jerusalem, many feeling due to his concerns over possibly inflaming relations with the White House. Organizers explain that the prime minister's message will be aired by video feed.
The ceremony its set for Monday [...]
Wireless Internet may soon be coming to commuters on Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is asking developers to submit plans on how the service would be installed and operated.
The MTA is also looking to make Grand Central Terminal and Pennsylvania Station wireless, but it is unclear whether the service would be [...]
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was admitted to a hospital in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday with a stomach virus.
“He is getting hydration and holding his food down,” Dr. John Linton of Yonsei Severance Hospital told CNN. “All his signs are normal. We hope to send him on his way tomorrow, but he [...]
Two Givati Brigade combatants are facing charges for their actions in Operation Cast Lead, Israel's counter-terrorism offensive against Hamas in Gaza launched in December 2008.
The soldiers are alleged to have compelled a 9-year-old Arab boy to open a bag they suspected may contain a bomb. The soldiers are facing charges of endangering the young civilian's [...]
Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin on Thursday stated we cannot speak of “peace” if such a peace involves the division of Yerushalayim.
Responding to remarks made earlier in the day by US Vice President Joe Biden in a Tel Aviv University Address, the speaker stated that while Mr. Biden is a friend and supporter of Israel, his [...]
Israel Police on Thursday have approved a visit to Shiloach by Itamar Ben-Givir, the Knesset aide to MK (Ichud HaLeumi) Dr. Michael Ben-Ari to visit the Shiloach area of Yerushalayim. The permit will permit Ben-Givir and the dozens expected to accompany him to get a first-hand look at the widespread illegal Arab construction in the [...]
Ford introduced its all-new Police Interceptor to a crowd of law enforcement officials today at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas and said it is developing a new sport utility-based police vehicle that it will unveil later this year.
The new Police Interceptor that Ford introduced today will replace the company's iconic Crown Victoria [...]
Federal authorities are investigating a New Jersey man suspected of being an al Qaeda member and going on a deadly rampage at a hospital in Yemen.
The FBI is investigating Sharif Mobley, a 26-year-old from Buena, New Jersey, said Rich Wolf, a spokesman at the agency’s Baltimore, Maryland, office. He wouldn’t comment further.
Mobley had worked at [...]
“Traditional and new forms of anti-Semitism continued to arise, and a spike in such activity followed the Gaza conflict in the winter of 2008-2009,” the US State Department said in an annual report.
“Often despite official efforts to combat the problem, societal anti-Semitism persisted across Europe, South America, and beyond and manifested itself in classic forms,” [...]
Stepping aside from the scandals at the statehouse, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo decided on Thursday not to lead the investigation into Gov. David Paterson’s woes.
When Cuomo decided to step aside and let former Chief Judge Judith Kaye take over two investigations of Paterson he said it was the best way to handle cases [...]
We all have an increasingly difficult time balancing our budgets when yomtov arrives, especially Pesach with the added expense to merit the fulfillment of the special mitzvos of the yomtov.
That said, some, unfortunately as well-intentioned as they may be, seem to have difficulty learning from the bitter experiences of others, yet alone the total disregard [...]
The Jewish community of Jaffa in Tel Aviv does not have an easy life and local Arab residents frequently exhibit their hostility by targeting area shuls.
The latest incident occurred two weeks ago, on shabbos, when a local Arab resident fed a fire hose through a shul window and turned on the water, during davening, leaving [...]
Is your smart phone smart enough to save your life?
Future cellphones may be tricked out with James Bond-like technology capable of alerting users to fires, carbon monoxide or toxic chemicals, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
The genius phones will likely hit stores in a year or two, with as many as 40 prototypes ready [...]
Israeli leaders are tripping over themselves with apologies and explanations for daring to announce planned construction in Ramat Shlomo in the presence of US Vice President Joe Biden.
Perhaps it is time to learn from the terrorists, for in Gaza, they are concerned with one thing only, their primary objective, the destruction of the State of [...]
After receiving in less than a week almost sixty contributions averaging above $70.00 apiece; after receiving loads of emails encouraging me to undertake a run for NY's 17 Congressional Seat, and after weighing all sides of such a battle, I have made a decision.
The question to me is not if I do or don't have [...]
Vice Premier Moshe Ya'alon's armored vehicle caught fire on Thursday while he was visiting Beit Aryeh. The minister was not in the vehicle. No injuries were reported and damage was reportedly light. An electrical short is blamed for the fire.
**Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Danny Ayalon on Thursday wrapped up his visit to Washington where [...]
Seems hard to imagine, but early Sunday morning marks the 2010 return of Daylight Savings Time.
Making the change at the beginning of March instead of the beginning of April has been in place since 2007, when Congress didn't have much else to do.
But since 2007, Congress outlined a plan to spring forward on the second [...]
The city has agreed to a settlement worth up to $657 million in more than 10,000 lawsuits filed by September 11th rescue and response workers.
Workers who claim they suffered an array of illnesses from the dust and debris at the ruins of the World Trade Center would receive compensation if the settlement is approved by [...]
National Council of Young Israel President Shlomo Z. Mostofsky, Esq. today criticized comments made by Vice President Joseph Biden regarding the Jerusalem District Planning Committee’s decision to authorize 1,600 new units of housing in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo.
In a statement issued by the White House, the Vice President said, “I condemn the decision [...]
Police on Friday will be out in large numbers to prevent a second week of Islamic violence following Friday mosque prayers. Last week, Islamic hoodlums threw rocks and cinderblocks down at the Kosel.
Acting on intelligence information, Defense Minister Ehud Barak clamped a closure on PA residents throughout Yehuda and Shomron, barring them from crossing into [...]
CDC, in collaboration with public health officials in numerous states in the Northeast, continues to investigate a multi-state mumps outbreak.
Who is affected: The Hasidic (Jewish) populations from New York and New Jersey are primarily affected. This outbreak is also occurring among members of the same population in Israel.
Why mumps transmission is a concern at this [...]
IDF Lt. Adam Malul, who was found guilty of beating an Arab, will not be sent to prison or demoted, calling the most difficult ordeal a “small victory”. The junior officer succeeded in persuading the court that his actions were not motivated by anything other than viewing them as a means towards achieving the goals [...]
The 12 pre-state heroes hanged at the gallows, referred to as the Olei HaGardom, were remembered in a ceremony held on Wednesday night in Akko, where the death sentences were carried out. The event was sponsored by the Begin Heritage Center and the Akko Municipality.
Among the notables taking part in the event was Vice Premier [...]
While enforcement of the 10-month construction ban throughout Yehuda and Shomron appears to remain a high priority for Defense Minister Ehud Barak, it appears a Knesset committee does not share his enthusiasm.
The minister's request for an additional NIS 12 million in funding to hire an additional 29 Civil Administration inspectors was rejected. Coalition chairman (Likud) [...]
Valley National Bancorp today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Valley National Bank, assumed all deposits and received certain assets of Manhattan-based LibertyPointe Bank from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), which was appointed the receiver for LibertyPointe Bank.
Gerald H. Lipkin, Chairman, President and CEO commented that, “We welcome LibertyPointe Bank customers to Valley National Bank [...]
Jerusalem police this week released statistics pertaining to 2009, revealing a sharp increase in car thefts in the capital in the past year, an increase of 10.7%.
Rock-throwing attacks were also on the increase, from 1,023 incidents in 2008 to 1,215 incidents in 2009, representing an 18% increase.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
There was nothing remarkable in the address in Tel Aviv University delivered on Thursday by US Vice President Joe Biden, who used the standard terms to express America's commitment to Israel's security, the need to advance the diplomatic process with the PA (Palestinian Authority), his criticism of the planned construction in Yerushalayim and America's firm [...]
The PA (Palestinian Authority) has backed down from plans to hold a ceremony today, Thursday, to dedicate a square in memory of arch terrorist Dalal Mughrabi, who was responsible for the deaths of 37 people, as was reported earlier in the week by YWN-Israel (http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/article.php?p=50646).
Israel turned to the White House to apply pressure on the [...]
A Jewish family arriving from Iran was placed under arrest in Ben-Gurion International Airport on Wednesday after it was determined that they were carrying 14.5 kilograms (40 lbs) of pure opium.
According to police, they were searched upon their arrival, adding the parents and their 17-year-old son have been under surveillance for about three months. Police [...]
An Arab motorist was killed in a collision with a bus at Rimonim Ckpt. in Shomron. Two bus passengers sustained light injuries.
**Numerous Chevron area stone throwing attacks reported.
**Two people were lightly injured in a blaze that erupted in a four-story Netanya building.
**Holon: A fire truck responding to a blaze in Bat Yam was involved in [...]
Tragically, the matter of Gilad Shalit's ongoing captivity seems to have vanished from the media, but the anguish of the soldier and his family continues, one day at a time.
Gilad's father Noam is not resting however and on Wednesday, he met in France with the President of the EU Parliament, Prof. Jerzy Buzek. They discussed [...]
Facing growing political pressure, Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Thursday that he will appoint an independent counsel to take over his office's investigation into the Paterson administration's response to a domestic violence case.
Mr. Cuomo said he will appoint Judith S. Kaye, the former Chief Judge of New York, to lead the inquiry, along [...]
After the media announced Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's apology to US Vice President Joe Biden, the two spoke on the phone and according to the prime minister, “the crisis is behind us”.
The ‘crisis' surrounded the announcement by the Jerusalem District Planning Board to build 1,600 housing units in Ramat Shlomo. The announcement led to condemnations [...]
Magen David Adom, Israel's emergency medical service provider complained to Kiryat Gat City Hall officials, that too many streets in the newly developing Guggenheim neighborhood lack names, making emergency response to that areas extremely complicated and time consuming.
As such, the city's street naming committee convened this week, including Agudah councilman, R' Shmuel Shapira, and six [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Agudath Israel of America, a grassroots advocacy and social service organization representing Orthodox Jews across the nation, joins with other groups in calling upon the U.S. Senate to reauthorize the successful D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP). OSP is currently the only federally funded voucher system in the country.
Agudath Israel advocates on behalf of 250,000 [...]
The following are excerpts from a NY Daily News article:
Ira Goldberg had heard talk of a new traffic agent ploy, but the rumors still seemed too far-fetched to be true as he parked his Mitsubishi Montero on E.52nd St. off Park Ave. on Monday.
The 54-year-old courier proceeded directly to the nearest muni meter, paid, and [...]
The FDNY will be forced to close a staggering 62 fire companies and lay off more than 1,000 firefighters if the bad-news state budget becomes reality, Commissioner Salvatore Cassano told the City Council Wednesday.
“We would be very, very taxed,” warned a grim-faced Cassano. “Our operations would be impacted and every neighborhood in this city would [...]
Minister (Labor) Binyamin Ben-Eliezer told Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) on Thursday that the timing of the announced construction in Jerusalem, during US Vice President Joe Biden's visit, was a catastrophe and has resulted in further isolating Israel in the international diplomatic community.
Ben-Eliezer stressed “The Jewish neighborhood of Jerusalem must remain Jewish and the Arab neighborhoods [...]
IDF Civil Administration inspectors on Thursday appeared in the Gush Etzion community of Bat Ayin, once again to destroy foundations of buildings as Defense Minister Ehud Barak zealously enforces the 10-month construction freeze.
In the latest round of government-sponsored destruction, foundations of six structures were destroyed, including a community shul. Inspectors arrived during the night and [...]
Sources close to the state attorney general say that an investigation over whether Governor David Paterson tampered with a witness in a domestic abuse case against one of his top aides is still ongoing, and that it is premature to draw any conclusions.
The New York Daily News reported that investigators found that the accuser did [...]
British journalist Paul Martin, who was held by the Hamas terror regime in Gaza for almost a month, was released today, Thursday, March 11, 2010.
Martin arrived in Gaza on February 14th to give testimony in a case of man accused of collaborating with Israeli security agencies. He was turned over to consular officials.
Martin is a [...]
Excerpts from a NY Daily News article: None of the nearly $1 million set aside to tackle abuse in New York’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities has been spent, even as another program set up to help scrambles for cash.
The state has earmarked $950,000 since April 2009 to fund Assemblyman Dov Hikind’s plans to teach Hasidic Jews to [...]
Stamford Hill, London – A Stamford Hill couple were attacked and tied up by a gang of burglars who broke into their home in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
It is believed the five-strong gang entered the Castlewood Road property through an unsecured window.
They woke the couple, who are in their early thirties. Their children [...]
Interior Minister Eli Yishai explained on Wednesday that the current administration never accepted a White House demand to halt construction throughout the capital and it appears there are a number of formidable projects on the horizon.
Current buildings projects in the capital include 1,600 units in Ramat Shlomo, 4,000 units in Givat HaMatos (southern capital), 750 [...]
What exactly is the perfect job”?
Is it one that's so enjoyable, so intellectually challenging you're eager to get to the office each day?
Is it one that pays so well you can easily afford to buy more than just the basic necessities of life?
Or is it one that offers the kind of personal fulfillment that only [...]
Upon consultation with its rabbinic leadership, Agudath Israel of America issued the following statement today:
Hamodia reports that Rabbi Shmuel Goldin, First Vice-President of the Rabbinical Council of America, has clarified that the RCA “in no way endorses the title ‘maharat' or the ‘maharat' program under the direction of Rabbi Avi Weiss.”
Rabbi Goldin further quotes RCA [...]
Please be Mispallel for the Tosher Rebbe Shlita, who has been admitted to the ICU in a Florida Hospital.
The Rebbe was hospitalized earlier this week, and has since been moved to the ICU. He was at the winter home in Ft. Lauderdale when he became ill.
His name is Meshulam Feish ben Tzirel.
Besuros Tovos.
(YWN Florida news [...]
10:15AM EST: A magnitude 7.2 quake hit Chile during President Pinera’s inauguration ceremonies. The quake occurred approximately 30 minutes prior to this first YWN report. There is no word on injuries or damage as of this posting.
The epicenter was about 71 miles from Valparaiso, Chile, where Pinera was to be inaugurated. CNN television footage showed the [...]
London, England – A British Airways employee appeared in court Thursday on charges of preparing to commit terrorism and funding it.
Rajib Karim, 30, is charged with two counts of engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts and fundraising for the purpose of terrorism.
Karim, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, is an information technology developer for British Airways, authorities [...]
The following is a translation from an article in the BaKehilla newspaper: As students in talmidei torah around Eretz Yisrael begin testing for entry to yeshiva ketana, HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita this week have a unique p'sak halacha to a rebbe who was sitting shiva for his brother.
According to a BaKehilla report, R' Kanievsky [...]
Chareidi mosdos appear to have become the preferred target of local vandals in Haifa. On Wednesday night, a Vishnitz shul at 1 Michal Street was broken into as well as a Belzer shul in the Hadar area of the city.
According to a HaMevaser report, during the past two weeks, a number of chareidi mosdos in [...]
On Wednesday afternoon, a kenos was conducted by HaGaon HaTzaddik Rav Yisrael Hager Shlita, the eldest son of the Vishnitzer Rebbe Shlita, inaugurating the new talmid torah in Betar Illit.
Many prominent members of the Vishnitz community took part in the ceremony. This talmid torah is the 70th institution affiliated with the chassidus.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN [...]
With the White House and State Department constantly calling on Israel to exhibit good-will to PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), the Knesset has turned to the White House in a similar gesture.
Members of the Knesset lobby on behalf of Jonathan Pollard have sent a letter to Vice President Joe Biden during his visit, pointing [...]
Earlier in the week, Jerusalem Kosher News reported the Eida Chareidis removed its supervision from two Jerusalem pizza shops, Pizza Lahit (44 Yirmiyahu Street) and Pizza Shai (1 Amos Street), both in the Geula area.
Now for the explanation – About a year ago, the Eida learned the stores used the ‘call forwarding' feature during busy [...]
Speaking with Israel Radio on Wednesday, former Mossad Intelligence Agency Director Ephraim Halevy explained that the radical change in the White House's attitude to Israel is in part due to President Barak Obama's agenda, one that seeks to rehabilitate Islam's image, seeking to remove the tainted image of being responsible for world terrorism.
Halevy explained the [...]
South Lanarkshire, UK – A group of stunned primary schoolchildren began crying when their teacher told them during a bizarre Holocaust game that they were to be taken away from their families.
The pupils, aged 11, became upset after a number of them were segregated and told they were being sent away or might end up [...]
At least five firefighters were injured in a fire at a private residence in downtown Brooklyn.
Fire officials say none of the injuries are life-threatening.
Two of the firefighters were taken to Bellevue Hospital in serious but stable condition, while three others were taken to Cornell Medical Center with minor burns.
The two-alarm fire at 192 Concord St. [...]
Asra Kadisha and the Eida Chareidis will be holding a levaya in Yerushalayim on Thursday (25 Nissan) for the bones exhumed by archeologists in Tzipori. According to a HaMevaser report, after the archeologists destroyed the burial tomb on Sunday, the bones were exposed leading to a p'sak from Atra Kadisha leaders to oppose the ongoing [...]
Homefront Command officials conducted air raid siren testing in the north beginning at 11:00am on Thursday.
**Speaking at a dinner sponsored by an American fundraising organization for the IDF, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-General Gabi Ashkenazi raised $20 million for the IDF.
**A Shloshim event will be held in Rishon L'Tzion for the city's late chief rabbi, [...]
The national foreclosure rate fell 2% in February from a month earlier, according to an industry report released Thursday, the latest sign that the pace of foreclosures is slowing.
In January, the foreclosure rate had fallen 10% from December, according to RealtyTrac. And though foreclosures were up 6% in February from a year earlier, even that [...]
[MyFoxNY reports:] Some New York City chefs and restaurant owners are taking aim at a bill introduced in the New York Legislature that, if passed, would ban the use of salt in restaurant cooking.
“No owner or operator of a restaurant in this state shall use salt in any form in the preparation of any food [...]
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 [...]