Month April 2019
Talks between the British government and the opposition Labour Party aimed at finding a consensus over the way forward on Brexit have been productive but the government needs to move… Read more » The post Labour: U.K. Gov’t Must Move… Continue Reading →
Jerusalem – The Kaliver Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Taub, the eldest of the “Admorim,” passed away Sunday afternoon at his home in Jerusalem after undergoing extensive resuscitation efforts. About two weeks ago, the Rebbe tripped in his home and since… Continue Reading →
Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards successfully managed a surveillance flight over a U.S. aircraft carrier, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported Saturday. The report included footage apparently from a Guard drone… Read more » The post Report: Iran Guard Monitors U.S…. Continue Reading →
Israel released two Syrian prisoners on Sunday in what it described as a “goodwill gesture” following the repatriation of the remains of IDF soldier Zecharia Baumel, Hy”d, who went missing… Read more » The post Israel Frees Two Prisoners to… Continue Reading →
The Chassidic world was plunged into mourning on learning of the petirah of the eldest Rebbe in Eretz Yisrael, the Kaliver Rebbe, Harav Menachem Mendel Taub, zy”a, on Sunday morning,… Read more » The post BD”E: The Kaliver Rebbe, Zy”a… Continue Reading →
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petirah of the Kaliver Rebbe of Eretz Yisrael. The Rebbe was niftar in his Yerushalayim home a short time ago after CPR was performed. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Although the warm weather in the latter days of Pesach made the rains of the first days – as well as the cold and rainy weather that preceded it – … Read more » The post Cold Pre-Pesach Weather Hurts Summer… Continue Reading →
The father and two brothers of the suspected mastermind of Sri Lanka‘s bombings last Sunday were killed when security forces stormed their safe house two days ago, police sources and… Read more » The post Father, Brothers of Sri Lanka… Continue Reading →
Despite the lingering tension between Israel and Dubai over the elimination of top Hamas terrorist Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh in Dubai, attributed by many to the Mossad, Israel will participate in the… Read more » The post Israel to Participate in Dubai… Continue Reading →
A Hamas terror cell that planned an attack on or about Election Day was caught and disarmed by the Shin Bet, IDF and police forces, it was released for publication… Read more » The post Security Forces Prevent Hamas-Led Election… Continue Reading →
Quitting a treaty designed to stop the spread of nuclear weapons is one of Iran‘s “numerous choices” after the United States tightened sanctions on Tehran, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif… Read more » The post Iran Says Leaving Nuclear Treaty… Continue Reading →
With Pesach past, attention now turns fully to the formation of a new government – which Binyamin Netanyahu needs to accomplish within about three weeks if he wants to call… Read more » The post As Negotiations Begin, Chareidi Parties… Continue Reading →
The woman killed in a shooting attack at a Chabad shul in Poway, California, a suburb of San Diego, on the last day of Pesach was Lori Gilbert Kaye, a… Read more » The post Woman Killed in Poway Attack… Continue Reading →
Upon the close of the Sabbath and Passover holiday in New York, we learned of the shooting at Chabad of Poway, in San Diego. The murder of an innocent woman and the wounding of several others who were celebrating their… Continue Reading →
New York, NY – A U.S. Marine killed in a roadside bombing in Afghanistan was honored by mourners from across the country at his funeral Friday in New York City, where he also was a decorated firefighter. The flag-draped casket… Continue Reading →
Los Angeles – A Southern California man who was imprisoned in Israel for trying to bomb a bus has been sentenced in the U.S. for lying to immigration authorities when he became a citizen. Fifty-one-year-old Vallmoe Shqaire of Downey was… Continue Reading →
Albany, NY – Hundreds turned out Friday to honor a decorated World War II Marine in New York after a young friend ensured the 97-year-old’s life and death did not go unrecognized. Bob Graham had no living relatives when he… Continue Reading →
Jeffersonville – A city leader in southern Indiana is apologizing for making an anti-Semitic remark during a City Council meeting. Jeffersonville City Council Vice President Lisa Gill made the remark during the council’s April 15 meeting as the Fire Department… Continue Reading →
Purchasing Chometz from Target – even locally in Lakewood and Howell, as well as from Superfresh and Sunfresh Produce Store immediately after Pesach should be avoided if possible. Items from these stores may be from a Jewish distributor that does not… Continue Reading →
Seattle, WA – Four people were killed and three injured when a construction crane collapsed Saturday in downtown Seattle, pinning six cars underneath, Seattle’s fire chief said. The four were dead by the time firefighters got to the scene, Fire… Continue Reading →
The New York Times has apologized for an anti-Semitic cartoon that appeared in the newspaper’s international edition. It showed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a dachshund wearing a Star of David collar and leading a blind and skullcap-wearing U.S…. Continue Reading →