Month July 2019
At least 52 inmates died, with 16 decapitated, in a prison riot on Monday in the northern Brazilian state of Para, the state’s prison authority said, underlining the struggle Brazil’s… Read more » The post Mass Decapitations as at Least… Continue Reading →
New York – New York City’s Board of Elections on Monday officially certified Queens Borough President Melinda Katz as the winner of the hotly contested Democratic primary for Queens district attorney, but her opponent said she would keep fighting in… Continue Reading →
Otzma Yehudit and Zehut, the two parties so far left out of the newly formed right-wing alliance, could run on a two-party ticket with a viable chance of making it… Read more » The post Otzma Yehudit, Zehut Could Run… Continue Reading →
When returning home from overseas travel, who doesn’t want a little souvenir to remind you about your trip? That was the explanation offered by a man who’d packed a missile… Read more » The post BWI Officials Catch Man Traveling… Continue Reading →
On Thursday, 15 Tamuz, Camp Heichal Torah Veavodah located in Monroe, N.Y., celebrated the Chanukas Habayis of their new campus. The gathering was addressed Harav Binyomin Margulies, shlita, Rosh Yeshiva of Torah… Read more » The post Chanukas Habayis at Camp Heichal… Continue Reading →
A group of religious parties in Israel announced Monday that they would run together in the upcoming parliamentary elections, the same day four Arab political parties formalized a merger of their own. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Seniors across the county are invited to the Ocean County Health Department (OCHD) on August 16, 2019 for the Older Adults Health Fair. This special health fair will run from 9am to noon at the OCHD location, 175 Sunset Avenue,… Continue Reading →
Stocks moved lower on Wall Street in afternoon trading Monday as the market gave back some of its gains after reaching new highs last week. Investors started the week with… Read more » The post U.S. Stocks Slip Ahead of… Continue Reading →
Miami, FL – A 68-year-old man was wounded outside a Miami area synagogue in a weekend shooting, police said Monday, adding it was too early to determine whether the attack constituted a hate crime. The victim, identified by the rabbi… Continue Reading →
Canada’s Federal Court has overturned a government decision to allow wines from Yehudah and Shomron to be labeled as Israeli wine, characterizing such labeling as “false, misleading and deceptive.” The… Read more » The post Canadian Court Rules Wine From… Continue Reading →
New York is extending the waiting period for certain gun purchases from three days to 30 days to give authorities more time to run background checks. The change signed into… Read more » The post New York Extends Waiting Period… Continue Reading →
Washington – There’s little dispute that the Federal Reserve this week will do something it hasn’t done since 2008, when the U.S. economy was gripped by the Great Recession: Cut its benchmark interest rate. This time, by contrast, the economy… Continue Reading →
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries registered a big boost in its share price on Monday as a result of the merger of generic drug producers Mylan and Pfizer, according to Globes. Mylan’s… Read more » The post Teva Shares Up on Mylan-Pfizer… Continue Reading →
(VIDEO AND PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) Four fire and rescue units responded on Sunday afternoon to a call for a vehicle crushed in an elevator of a parking lot in Yeshayahu Street in the Meah Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem. Read… Continue Reading →
An Egyptian-Jordanian summit on Mideast peacemaking was hold on Monday ahead of the arrival in the region of White House adviser Jared Kushner to advance the administration’s plans, the AFP… Read more » The post Egypt, Jordan Meet Ahead of… Continue Reading →
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Reb Avrohom Langer, the Zkan Chasidei Bobov who was was niftar at the age of 100. He was a Talmid of the Kedushas Tzion of Bobov, originally from Galicia and then… Continue Reading →
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Reb Avrohom Langer, the Zkan Chasidei Bobov who was was niftar at the age of 103. He was a Talmid of the Kedushas Tzion of Bobov, originally from Galicia and then… Continue Reading →
Washington – Today, President Donald J. Trump commuted the prison sentence of Ronen Nahmani, an action strongly supported by many notable leaders from across the political spectrum, like Representatives Hakeem Jeffries and Mark Meadows. Mr. Nahmani, an Israeli-born father of… Continue Reading →
Thanks to his huge heart, President Trump commuted the prison sentence of a Frum man on Monday. Ronen (Boaz) Nahamani, of Aventura Florida, was in prison since 2015. Read more on Yeshiva World News
President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of Boaz (Ronen) Nahmani, husband to a cancer-stricken wife and father of five young children, who in 2015 was given a maximum 20-year… Read more » The post Trump Commutes Sentence of Boaz… Continue Reading →
Baltimore – Federal officials say they’ve found a missile launcher in a man’s luggage at the airport in Baltimore. The Transportation Security Administration said in a statement that the military grade weapon was located in the man’s checked luggage at… Continue Reading →