One of the last Iraqi Jews in Baghdad, a doctor who treated the poor free of charge, passed away at the age of 61, reports said on Tuesday. Dr. Thafer Fuad Elyahou, z’l, known as “the doctor of the poor”… Continue Reading →
Russia is recalling its ambassador to the United States for consultations, the foreign ministry said Wednesday without citing a specific reason. The move to bring Anatoly Antonov to Moscow comes amid rising tensions with President Joe Biden’s administration, which has… Continue Reading →
“It just doesn’t make any sense!” Rabbi Cohen* could feel his blood pressure rise. Yakov’s latest Chumash test faced him accusingly, crumpled and covered in red marks. Yakov, of course, was nowhere to be found, having escaped to his room… Continue Reading →
Coronavirus vaccinations might help COVID-19 patients suffering from long-term symptoms, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday. Similar, tentative findings were reported by an Israeli military-run task force earlier this week. After getting vaccinated, several people suffering from “Long COVID” are reporting alleviated symptoms… Continue Reading →
The Israeli Defense Ministry on Tuesday announced it has completed an upgrade of the country’s Iron Dome rocket-defense system to cope with an additional array of aerial threats. The Iron Dome was developed to intercept short-range unguided rockets and has… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu made a historic visit to the tzion of Reb Shimon Bar Yochai in Meron on Wednesday afternoon together with Internal Security Minister Amir Ohana. The prime minister has been traveling throughout Israel as part of his… Continue Reading →
When Shimon Levi was a baby, he survived a terrorist attack against all odds. A suicide bomber had set off 35 explosives right next to him and his parents. Hours later, a Zaka volunteer found him crying on the ground… Continue Reading →
On Wednesday evening, a serious accident took place on Golda Meir Boulevard, where a minibus carrying a number of Charedim was involved in an accident with a private car. First responders from United Hatzalah and Magen David Adom responded to… Continue Reading →
The European Union’s drug regulator insisted Tuesday that there is “no indication” the AstraZeneca vaccine causes blood clots as governments around the world faced the grimmest of dilemmas: push on with a vaccine known to save lives or suspend its… Continue Reading →
A terrible tragedy occurred in Israel on Wednesday with the news of the passing of Reb Meir Fein, z’l, at Shaarei Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem at the age of 23, less than a year after his wedding. The niftar is… Continue Reading →
The heroic bus driver who rescued a Jackson child who had fallen asleep on her bus and woke up in an empty bus lot was honored this evening by the Jackson School District Board of Education meeting. As exclusively reported… Continue Reading →
The Department of Sanitation of New York City (DSNY) has announced that as in past years, “chametz dumpsters” will be placed in central areas in Midwood, the “East 30s” and… Read more » The post Early Arrival of Chametz Dumpsters… Continue Reading →
Reports of more than 50 beheadings by Mozambique’s Islamic extremist rebels have raised international alarm over the new level of violence in the country’s north. The killings mark a bloody turn in the three-year insurgency in Cabo Delgado province, prompting… Continue Reading →
Mrs. Hannah Porat was born in Munich, Germany. To a world-famous art-dealer, who she later discovered was a grandson of a jewish Cohen who intermarried with a german woman. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO DONATE When she was five years old,… Continue Reading →
Thanks to the hard work of Lakewood Askonim, there is a new and enhanced pre-Pesach trash pickup schedule this year. Garbage trucks will be canvassing the town and picking up trash all week long. All residents can, and should, leave… Continue Reading →
The Ministry of Finance has agreed to the terms of a loan for El Al Airlines that will keep the nation’s flagship carrier flying, Globes reported on Wednesday night. The… Read more » The post Finance Ministry Agrees to Terms… Continue Reading →
Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis, the head of the Health Ministry’s Public Health division, said that as Israel’s infection rate reaches a new low, the main risk is now the entry of new variants that are resistant to coronavirus vaccines. “The issue… Continue Reading →
Read below to see how the criminal justice system in the New York State works. The following was provided to YWN by the NY State Police: State police from the Montgomery barracks arrested Robert Radek, 29, from the town of… Continue Reading →
How did the 21-year-old newlywed from Meah Shearim form an immediate bond with street kids, gangsters, and hardened prisoners? How did he transform a crime-ridden city into a place of hope, learning, and Torah? How did Rav Grossman of… Continue Reading →
Erev Chag Hageulah Dear Board Members and Friends of Shas Yiden, With the advent of Pesach – חג החירות we are at a review milestone of Shas Yiden since the beginning of 5781. As the Mishna in Avos says that… Continue Reading →
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