Month December 2019

An iconic paper plant in northern New Jersey that was destroyed in a massive fire earlier this year will soon reopen, according to a top company official. Rob Baron, president… Read more » The post Company: Iconic Paper Mill Destroyed… Continue Reading →

Yeshivas HaMasmidim of Queens, a project of the Agudath Israel of Kew Gardens Hills, celebrated Chanukah with a lively chagigah this past Thursday evening. Over forty boys, all from local… Read more » The post Forty Local Talmidim Participate in… Continue Reading →

As is the minhag in some chassidic circles, ‘ויהי נעם’ is recited seven times when lighting the Chanukah menorah. This story refers to the Boyaner Chassidus, a story that led to much excitement among chassidim, who explain that the Rebbe… Continue Reading →

NEW YORK (VINnews) — The next anti-Semitic incident in New York City has now been reported. In this episode, a Jewish college student was harrassed on the NYC subway by an african-american male for doing nothing more than wear a… Continue Reading →

The post New York State State Troopers and NYPD Deployed in Jewish Neighborhoods appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: Troopers Graduate From State Police Academy State Troopers Endorse GOP Attorney General Candidate NY to Increase Security in Jewish Neighborhoods… Continue Reading →

The post New York State State Troopers Deployed in Jewish Neighborhoods appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: Troopers Graduate From State Police Academy How People in Your New York Neighborhood Voted Six of Boro Park’s Largest Kehillos Endorse Simcha… Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The electric car maker Tesla is set to launch Israeli operations in January. Tesla will be the first car manufacturer to sell its vehicles in Israel rather than through an importer. The company, owned by Elon Musk,… Continue Reading →

The police dispatcher on Sunday night, ‘Zos Chanukah’, received a call from an elderly female in the Jerusalem district who feared her home was flooded. She ended up lighting the menorah with police together. The woman is a resident of… Continue Reading →

Imagine if you were a witness to the Chanukah miracle. What would it have felt like if you were peeking over the Kohen’s shoulder as he lit the Menorah in the newly purified and rededicated Beis Hamikdash? Picture the emotion… Continue Reading →

Robots haven’t replaced warehouse workers yet, but they’re here — and they need some human supervision. Doing your job side by side with robots isn’t easy. According to their makers,… Read more » The post As Robots Take Over Warehousing,… Continue Reading →

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu‏‏ stepped up his campaign opposing High Court intervention in the electoral process with a video statement on Monday warning that the effect could be disastrous.… Read more » The post Netanyahu in Video Decries High… Continue Reading →

Stony Brook University student Yonatan Herzfeld was taking the S-Shuttle train between Grand Central and Times Square Sunday when he says an African-American began harassing him for wearing a kippa. Yonatan described the incident on Facebook, writing, “I was just… Continue Reading →

A man who trained others in his Texas church to use guns to protect the congregation fatally shot a gunman seconds after he opened fire during a service, the Texas… Read more » The post Firearms Instructor Took Out Shooter… Continue Reading →

By Tobiah Wechlser. Another hate crime has taken place against Orthodox Jews, this time in Monsey, NY. The targets were once again Orthodox Jews celebrating the Hannukah holiday. The man attacked 100 people in a home, wounding 5 with a… Continue Reading →

Over 500,000 persons visited the Kosel during Chanukah week. As is the case annually, state and public officials lit the Kosel menorah each night of Chanukah, as one can see in this Chanukah week in review video from the Kosel…. Continue Reading →

There was a fire in a residential building on Jerusalem’s Sorotzkin Street in the Romeima neighborhood on Monday, December 30, 2019. When firefighters arrived, they were met with flames and acrid black smoke emanating from apartment windows as some anxious… Continue Reading →

Dear YWN, I am a mispallel in R’ Rottenbergs Shul and live around the corner. We were at a family Chanukah chaggiga at my sister-in-law down the block from our house when this all occurred. Clearly this was a shocking… Continue Reading →

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for his military and diplomats to prepare unspecified “offensive measures” to protect the country’s security and sovereignty, the North’s state media said on Monday, before his end-of-year deadline for the Trump administration to… Continue Reading →

WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas (AP) — A man who trained others in his Texas church to use guns to protect the congregation fatally shot a gunman seconds after he opened fire during a service, the Texas attorney general said Monday. Jack… Continue Reading →

NEW YORK (JTA) — A group of African-American clergy and civil rights leaders gathered by the Rev. Al Sharpton met with a New York rabbi in the wake of the attack on Jews in Monsey. The African-American leaders met Monday… Continue Reading →

Americans signed more contracts to purchase homes in November, a rebound from the previous month, indicating that the housing market is still strong. The National Association of Realtors said Monday… Read more » The post Pending Homes Sales Rebound in… Continue Reading →