Month April 2021
As YWN published earlier, a massive police presence was at Sha’ar Shechem on Thursday night, and police went on high alert fearing a night of violence. As was anticipated, violent clashes erupted. Dozens of people were injured as Palestinian protesters… Continue Reading →
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon health officials said Thursday that federal officials are investigating the death of a woman in her 50s who developed a rare blood clot and low platelets within two weeks of receiving the Johnson & Johnson… Continue Reading →
U.S. stocks had their biggest slide in five weeks after President Joe Biden was said to propose almost doubling the capital-gains tax for the wealthy. The dollar rose. The S&P… Read more » The post Stocks Drop on Biden Plan… Continue Reading →
A transformed Penn Station would replace windowless concourses and dingy, cramped corridors with light-filled spaces and easier access to an improved streetscape, under plans revealed Wednesday by Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the area’s major transit agencies. The… Continue Reading →
A municipal police team carrying out an operation in the Romema neighborhood of Yerushalayim noticed 5 suspects behaving in a suspicious manner. An inspection of their vehicle revealed assault weapons,… Read more » The post Police Arrest 5 Suspicious People… Continue Reading →
Shrapnel from the errant surface-to-air missile fired from Syria toward an Israeli jet landed in southern Israel overnight Wednesday. Pieces of shrapnel were found in the community of Ashalim, about 40 kilometers from the nuclear reactor in Dimona. “At two… Continue Reading →
See below for a Lag Ba’omer bonfire permit application submitted by Michael Grossman, Fire Official, Jackson Bureau of Fire Safety Dist. 3. Michael can be contacted by calling 732-928-1666 ext. 14. Download and print the application here. ICYMI, the Lakewood… Continue Reading →
The U.S. military has begun shipping equipment and winding down contracts with local service providers ahead of the May 1 start of the final phase of its military pullout from Afghanistan, a U.S. Defense Department official said Thursday. The pullout… Continue Reading →
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Consumer Reports said Thursday it was able to easily trick a Tesla into driving in the car’s Autopilot mode with no one at the wheel. Its test came just days after a Tesla crashed in… Continue Reading →
Facebook said Wednesday it has broken up a hacker network used by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ intelligence service in an attempt to keep tabs on journalists, human rights activists and government critics. The report by the social networking giant threatened… Continue Reading →
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a life term in prison without parole for a defendant who was 15 when he fatally stabbed his grandfather in Mississippi, ruling that a… Read more » The post Supreme Court OKs Life in… Continue Reading →
Yeshivah bochurim told Kikar H’Shabbat that they’re scared to walk the streets of Jerusalem following encounters with violent Arab youths. Bochurim from Yeshivas Yad Aharon in Katamon said that they went for a walk by the Tayelet (Haas promenade) on… Continue Reading →
The Lakewood Township Committee has unanimously passed an ordinance banning the sale of marijuana in Lakewood. The move comes following the passage of a referendum to legalize recreational marijuana in New Jersey, and subsequent legislation to regulate the selling and… Continue Reading →
Senate Republicans on Thursday offered an early counterproposal in the nascent Washington debate over improving the country’s aging infrastructure, endorsing roughly $568 billion in new spending that could be financed… Read more » The post Senate Republicans Unveil $568 Billion… Continue Reading →
MK Uriel Buso from the Shas party proposed a bill to the Knesset that would see people who upload or share videos aimed at inciting racially motivated violence punished with a criminal offense and prison time. The bill entitled “Publicizing… Continue Reading →
The Supreme Court unanimously held Thursday that the Federal Trade Commission overstepped its authority by going to court to force individuals and companies engaged in deceptive business practices to turn… Read more » The post Supreme Court Unanimous That FTC… Continue Reading →
By now, many of you heard of yet another case of justice denied. Not here in America, but in France where Jews can be brutally murdered, for no reason other than they are Jewish, then murdered a second time by… Continue Reading →
By now, many of you heard of yet another case of justice denied. Not here in America, but in France where Jews can be brutally murdered, for no reason other than they are Jewish, then murdered a second time by… Continue Reading →
Israel and Bahrain have agreed to recognize each other’s Covid-19 vaccination programs and let people who have had shots travel without restriction between the countries, Israel’s Foreign Ministry said on… Read more » The post Israel, Bahrain to Let People… Continue Reading →
Violent clashes broke out between Arabs and Jews at Damascus Gate in the Old City of Yerushalayim on Thursday night, Ynet reported. Marchers from the right-wing Lahava group protesting Arab… Read more » The post Arab Rioting Breaks Out at… Continue Reading →