Month June 2019
The chairman of the Yisrael Beitenu party, MK Avigdor Lieberman, is at it again; continuing his public chareidi-bashing. This time, on Sunday morning, Lieberman explained that while the government is cutting funding for healthcare services, it is giving funds to… Continue Reading →
A tragedy was averted when an alert lifeguard noticed a young child in distress in the shallow water of a pool, and her swift reaction helped rescue the child and… Read more » The post Miraculous Rescue of Child in… Continue Reading →
The rise in anti-Semitism was “the most significant trend of the past year,” said former U.S. envoy to the Mideast Dennis Ross on the presentation to the Israeli cabinet Sunday… Read more » The post Think Tank Calls Anti-Semitism Most… Continue Reading →
The mayors of Teveria and several other cities whose budgets have not yet been approved were given a two-week reprieve from a takeover of their municipalities by the Interior Ministry… Read more » The post Teveria Given Two-Week Extension to… Continue Reading →
Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Sudan’s capital and elsewhere in the country on Sunday calling for civilian rule nearly three months after the army forced… Read more » The post Sudanese Hold Mass Marches to… Continue Reading →
Japan withdrew from the International Whaling Commission on Sunday and will resume commercial whaling on Monday for the first time in 31 years. Whaling ships are set to leave from… Read more » The post Japan Set to Resume Commercial… Continue Reading →
Paris, France – Despite a pro-Palestinian demonstration, “Place de Jérusalem” (Jerusalem Square) was inaugurated in Paris on Sunday. The square, located at the intersection of Rue de Courcelles and Boulevard of Reims, in the central 17th Arrondissement, is also the… Continue Reading →
The Senate’s top Democrat called on the U.S. government Sunday to step up its efforts to investigate the deaths of Americans who traveled to the Dominican Republic and is asking the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to get… Continue Reading →
A North Carolina sheriff is asking for kindness after the mugshot of a Florida man arrested on drug trafficking charges received negative comments. Orlando Lopez, 43, of Palm Coast, Fla., was pulled over Friday for a traffic violation on North… Continue Reading →
Some good news for Israelis at the pumps, as gasoline prices are going to drop by 12 agorot at midnight on Monday (Sunday to Monday night). That said, gasoline is far from an inexpensive commodity as a liter of 95… Continue Reading →
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of the HaRav Dovid Trenk ZATZAL. Reb Dovid was sick for the past few months and was hospitalized the past week. Read more on Yeshiva World News
It is with great regret we inform you of the Petirah of Harav Dovid Trenk Zatzal. Rav Trenk Zatzal was a known Mechanech and Rosh Yeshiva in Adelphia, and later in Lakewood. He was 78. The Rosh Yeshiva was a… Continue Reading →
Details to follow.
[COMMUNICATED] Bracha and Yaakov Guberman were another ‘aliyah’ success story – the couple moved from Russia to Israel in 2007, elated to begin their lives in the Jewish homeland. They settled in the peaceful suburb of Ramat Beit Shemesh, Yaakov… Continue Reading →
Islamabad – A Pakistani top official says the country’s Prime Minister Imran Khan will travel to the U.S. to meet with President Donald Trump in late July. Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry said Sunday this would be the first… Continue Reading →
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is back home in New York after a quick trip to Israel that he says was meant to boost economic ties and demonstrate the state’s solidarity following anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S. Read more on Yeshiva World… Continue Reading →
The news of President Trump’s recognition of the Golan Heights as Israeli territory and the Israeli government’s subsequent founding of a new neighborhood in the Golan has dominated the news media. Read more on Yeshiva World News
A defining moment in the first set of Democratic debates came when one of the candidates barely registering in early polls, Julián Castro, launched a blistering attack on fellow Texan… Read more » The post FOCUS: Democratic Candidates Veer Left,… Continue Reading →
On Sunday afternoon, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy begrudgingly signed the $38.7 billion budget passed by the Legislature which he fought vehemently against, nearly bringing the state government to a shutdown. In remarks made at the signing ceremony, Murphy said… Continue Reading →
During the night of motzei Shabbos, security forces including police and border police faced violent disturbances in a number of areas of East Jerusalem. Rocks were hurled at security forces and fireworks were thrown at them by Arab residents. Read… Continue Reading →
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein said on Sunday that he hasn’t given up on the idea of canceling the September election rerun, despite opposition flak and legal obstacles. Edelstein argued that… Read more » The post Edelstein Not Giving Up on… Continue Reading →