As if a cup of coffee wasnt expensive enough, a confluence of factors is driving up farmers costs to grow the beans and it could begin filtering down to your local cafe before the end of the year. After hovering for years near $1 per pound, coffee futures the price large-volume buyers agree to […]
The spread of COVID-19 vaccination requirements across the U.S. hasnt had the desired effect so far, with the number of Americans getting their first shots plunging in recent weeks. And some experts worry that the move to dispense boosters could just make matters worse. The fear is that the rollout of booster shots will lead […]
Former New York City Health Commissioner Mary Bassett will become the top health official in the state as it seeks to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday. Bassett will replace outgoing state Health Commissioner Howard Zucker, a key figure in former Gov. Andrew Cuomos pandemic response. Zucker has been criticized over […]
A New York man was arrested for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol after he was spotted on surveillance video, authorities said. Richard Watrous, 59,
This story is brought to you in honor of the Ribnitzer Rebbe’s upcoming Yahrtzeit (submit names through Yad L’Achim for free here) It was the early 1980’s and *Rivka was in
[By Rabbi Yair Hoffman] Sukkos is over, and Bereishis has begun once again. It is time to take seriously the Mitzvah the obligation rather, of doing the weekly Torah portion with the Tzibbur. The purpose of this article is to make available, in an easily understood format, the laws of Shnayim Mikreh VeEchad Targum […]
Nurses and hundreds of other staff members will soon begin wearing panic buttons at a Missouri hospital where assaults on workers tripled after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cox
Selene San Felice said she often questioned how or why she survived the shooting that left five others dead at a Maryland newspaper. Montana Winters Geimer described the grievous loss
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of HaRav Moshe David Tendler Z”L. He was 95. Rav Tendler was the son in law of the late Posek Hador, Hagaon
Guests at an Ashdod engagement party were visibly emotional last week, and a brief look into the family’s history reveals why: The last time many of the guests had
A horrific crash in Northern Israel claimed the lives of at least five people – four of them from one family on Wednesday afternoon. The crash happened on Route 89
North Korea said Wednesday that it successfully tested a new hypersonic missile it implied was being developed as nuclear capable, as it continues to expand its military capabilities and pressure Washington and Seoul over long-stalled negotiations over its nuclear weapons. The missile test early Tuesday was North Koreas third round of launches this month and […]
President Joe Biden is caught between a hard place and an even harder one when it comes to immigration. Biden embraced major progressive policy goals on the issue after he
A proposal to impose one of the nations strictest vaccine mandates on Los Angeles was supposed to be voted on Wednesday but was delayed a week following debate among city councilors who generally support the idea but acknowledged the plan as written is flawed and there are questions about enforcement. The ordinance would require patrons […]
In an inspiring display of unity and kavod haTorah, history was made on Motzei Simchas Torah in Israel on Tuesday evening when HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky participated in the ‘neilas
Hundreds of yeshivah bochurim participated in the ‘Neilas haChag’ tisch in Yeshivas Ponevezh immediately after Simchas Torah ended on Tuesday night. The bochurim sang songs of dveikus during the special
As Prime Minister Naftali Bennett lauded Israel’s response to the coronavirus at the UN General Assembly in New York, overloaded hospitals in Israel were running out of ECMO machines. On
The land on which Audrey Trufant Salvants home sits in the small Louisiana town of Ironton has become an island in a sea of mud and snake-infested marsh grass. Nearby houses are disconnected from their foundations, a refrigerator is lodged sideways in a tree, and dozens of caskets and tombs from two nearby cemeteries are […]
Facebook is putting a hold on the development of a kids version of Instagram, geared toward children under 13, to address concerns that have been raised about the vulnerability of younger users. I still firmly believe that its a good thing to build a version of Instagram thats designed to be safe for tweens, but […]
The famed philanthropist Reb Shlomo Yehuda Rechnitz spent Sukkos in Yerushalayim, staying in his new apartment, located near Shefa Mall and the Chassidic courts of Gur and Belz, for the
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