Month April 2024
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish authorities have arrested two people suspected of providing information to the Israeli spy agency, a top official said Friday, in the latest in a series of such arrests in Turkey. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said… Continue Reading →
Dear Klal Yisroel, There is much excitement and anticipation in the air, as we are about to experience an almost total solar eclipse. It is one of the hot discussions, and people are purchasing the special glasses to be able… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Six inmates who sued New York’s corrections department over its decision to lock down prisons during next Monday’s total solar eclipse will get to watch the celestial event after all. Lawyers for the six men incarcerated… Continue Reading →
Governor Orders Transit Agency to Drop Bid to Charge NYC Marathon $750K for Use of Verrazzano Bridge
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s governor on Thursday ordered the state’s transit agency to drop efforts to impose a $750,000 fee on the New York City Marathon for using the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul also encouraged the… Continue Reading →
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — On Friday morning, a group of leftist protesters accosted the Slobodka Yeshiva, demonstrating against the Charedi community. They were specifically seeking to harass the Rosh Yeshiva. The protesters made noise with horns and chanted against Charedim…. Continue Reading →
(JNS) – There are no changes to current civilian guidelines issued by the Israel Defense Forces Home Front Command, the military said on Thursday amid mounting fears of an Iranian retaliatory attack that could target large population centers and critical… Continue Reading →
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials claimed Friday they used a barrage of drones to destroy at least six military aircraft and badly damage eight others at an airfield in Russia’s Rostov region. Russian defense officials, however, claimed they intercepted… Continue Reading →
BERLIN (AP) — German investigators said Friday they have seized counterfeit U.S. dollar bills with a face value of over $103 million, which apparently came from Turkey and were being stored ahead of transport to the United States. The criminal… Continue Reading →
There’s a race underway to build artificial general intelligence, a futuristic vision of machines that are as broadly smart as humans or at least can do many things as well as people can. Achieving such a concept — commonly referred… Continue Reading →
Get ready for an evening of excitement and entertainment with Super Torah Trivia, live on YidFlicks.com this Monday at 6pm. Hosted by the charismatic Gershon Geshmak, this event promises to be a thrilling experience for all. *Sign up to Watch… Continue Reading →
A task force to oversee and implement the Ocean County Homelessness Trust Fund was recently created by the Ocean County Board of Commissioners. “This is a critical step in our creation of a Homelessness Trust Fund which was implemented Sept…. Continue Reading →
The captain of a United Airlines jet said the brakes seemed less effective than normal and the plane and brake pedals shook violently just before the Boeing 737 Max slid off a taxiway in Houston last month. According to a… Continue Reading →
(JNS) – A new Israeli national park in the Jordan Valley was officially opened to the public on Thursday morning, with government officials hailing its 1.6-million-year-old archeological site as a “prehistoric Garden of Eden.” Ubeidiya National Park, which is located… Continue Reading →
(JNS/Jonathan S. Tobin is editor-in-chief of JNS) – The growing chorus of voices on the political left that have been loudly demanding that Israel’s war on Hamas be stopped have been waiting for this. After months of seeking to leverage… Continue Reading →
In this episode, Rabbi Reinman discusses emunah peshutah, simple faith, and explains why there are over a hundred mitzvos related to the Exodus from Egypt and only one related to the Giving of the Torah. The second fundamental belief of Classical… Continue Reading →
More than 68,000 illegally trafficked firearms in the U.S. came through unlicensed dealers who aren’t required to perform background checks over a five-year period, according to new data released Thursday by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives. That… Continue Reading →
An earthquake shook the densely populated New York City metropolitan area Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, with residents across the Northeast reporting rumbling in a region where people are unaccustomed to feeling the ground move. The agency reported… Continue Reading →
An earthquake rocked New Jersey and New York moments ago. According to preliminary information available, the earthquake measured 4.8 on the Richter scale. Residents in the Lakewood region report they thought their home or office was collapsing. Some were seen… Continue Reading →
We regret to inform you of the Petirah of Mrs. Toby Seidenfeld A”H, who was Niftar early this morning. Mrs. Seidenfeld A”H was critically injured in a fire in Brooklyn two weeks ago, on Erev Shabbos. She was 82. She… Continue Reading →
YWN regrets to inform you of the petirah of Mrs. Rivka (Kaplan) Seidenfeld a”h, at the age of 82. Mrs. Seidenfeld was severely injured two weeks ago in an Erev Shabbos blaze on E. 3rd Street and Avenue C, that… Continue Reading →