Israel came to a standstill on Thursday morning with a two-minute siren wailing across the country in remembrance of the 6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Pedestrians stood in place, buses stopped on busy streets and cars pulled over on major highways � their drivers standing on the roads with their heads bowed. In […]
No longer burdened by territory and administration, Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi outlined the new path forward for his group: Widen your reach, connect with far-flung militant groups and exhaust your enemies with a �war of attrition.� The deadly Easter attacks in Sri Lanka a week before his video appearance underscored this message […]
Police on Wednesday night were summoned to the tziyun of the Rashbi in Meron after a brawl erupted between persons at that location. A large force of police was required to restore order. The cause of the brawl is not reported. There are no reports of arrests. (YWN Israel Desk � Jerusalem/Photo Credit: Media Resource […]
Democratic presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand has announced a plan to give every voter up to $600 in vouchers to donate to a spate of federal candidates. But those candidates accepting such contributions would have to forgo contributions larger than $200 per donor. The New York senator�s �Democracy dollars� would provide every eligible voter $100 to […]
President Donald Trump�s frequent criticism of the media and of judges who rule against his policies undermines the public�s confidence, New York state�s top legal officer said Wednesday amid several state investigations of him or entities linked to him. Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, didn�t mention the Republican president�s name during a speech she […]
A college degree has long been a ticket to the U.S. middle class. It typically confers higher pay, stronger job security, greater home ownership and comparatively stable households. Those benefits have long been seen as worth the sacrifices often required, from deferred income to student debt. Yet college graduates aren�t as likely as they once […]
YWN-Israel regrets to inform you of the petira of HaGaon HaRav Yeshayahu Kravitz ZT”L of the Ezras Torah neighborhood of Jerusalem, a known talmid chacham, who was niftar on Thursday
R’ Dov Feivish Z”L, 92, a survivor, was niftar on Thursday morning, on Holocaust Remembrance Day. Rav Dov was born in Romania, and was 16 during the Holocaust, seeing the
Our Child is an Addict – A Parent’s Story, Recovery at the Crossroads “So which seminaries did your girl apply to?” “They are telling us that the answers should be
Recently reports in the Israeli media state that members of the Likud party are trying to woo new MKs from the Blue and White Party to jump ship and join
The situation that is a parent’s worst nightmare and has claimed the lives of dozens of children in the past occurred again today in a Rishon LeZion parking lot on Moshe Dayan Street.�A 4-year-old girl was discovered locked in a car parked in the lot near Home Center. Volunteers from United Hatzalah and an ambulance […]
If anyone thought that the fact that there is no coalition yet will slow the 21st Knesset down from getting to work early, they were wrong. A total of some
The fear was persistent. As the Russia investigation heated up and threatened to shadow Donald Trump�s presidency, he became increasingly concerned. But the portrait painted by special counsel Robert Mueller is not of a president who believed he or anyone on his campaign colluded with Russians to interfere in the 2016 election. Instead, the Trump […]
A man was arrested in Washington on Wednesday after reportedly making death threats against conservative talk show host Ben Shapiro. Shapiro, an Orthodox Jew, told Fox News he couldn’t comment
Police in Seine-Saint-Denis – a suburb of Paris, France – are investigating a violent robbery and attack last Monday of a Jewish family. The four attackers were Muslim, and the
President Donald Trump may want to cast his potential Democratic rivals as a band of angry socialists, but Joe Biden is not cooperating with Trump�s reelection strategy, and that�s giving the president growing unease. As the Democratic field expands to more than 20 contenders, Trump and his campaign team have been trying to lump them […]
Police on Tuesday night were summoned to Meah Shearim, receiving a report of a break-in. When the police vehicle entered the neighborhood, it came under attack. When policemen got out of the vehicle, they too were attacked, with rocks. There were no injuries reported. (YWN Israel Desk � Jerusalem)
For seven decades, survivor testimony has been the centerpiece of Holocaust commemoration. But with the world�s community of aging survivors rapidly shrinking and global understanding of the genocide that killed 6 million Jews declining, advocates of Holocaust remembrance are seeking new and creative ways to share witnesses� stories with younger generations. Much as Anne Frank�s […]
Venezuelans heeded opposition leader Juan Guaid�s call to fill streets around the nation Wednesday but security forces showed no sign of backing his cry for a widespread military uprising, instead dispersing crowds with tear gas as the political crisis threatened to deepen. Thousands cheered Guaid� in Caracas as he rolled up his sleeves and called […]
As Kaliver Chassidim deal with the recent petira of the rebbe ZT”L, senior officials in the chassidus were compelled to deal with a most unpleasant reality, the theft of the
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