The U.S. commander in Afghanistan on Monday criticized a Florida church’s plan to burn copies of the Quran on September 11, warning the demonstration “could cause significant problems” for American troops overseas.
“It could endanger troops and it could endanger the overall effort in Afghanistan,” Gen. David Petraeus said in a statement issued Monday.
The Dove World [...]
Iran increased its uranium stockpile while failing to boost cooperation with United Nations inspectors probing whether the Persian Gulf country is trying to build nuclear weapons, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a report released on Monday.
The country increased its supply of 20 percent enriched uranium to 22 kilograms (48.5 pounds) compared with 5.7 [...]
Rumors are swirling in Lakewood, that Senator and Committeeman Bob Singer may be pulling out of the race. These rumors have yet to be confirmed, but earlier Monday morning, the following statement was released to The Lakewood Scoop, by BOE member Carl Fink.
“Now that it has been “leaked” to the press, albeit in a cowardly [...]
The following is a NY Daily News editorial:
Brooklyn state Sen. Kevin Parker has proven himself unfit for office by using his mouth and fists. This hothead has to go.
In 2005, he was charged with assault after brawling with a traffic agent over a ticket. He got off in a plea deal that required him to [...]
IDF conversions are not being performed by rabbinical judges and were not approved by the Chief Rabbinate, an attorney for the State told the High Court of Justice during a hearing Monday.
The implication of the remarks is that roughly 4,500 conversions performed by the army in recent years are now shrouded in doubt, and the [...]
San Antonio, TX – A San Antonio mosque in Texas has been hit several times in the past week by vandals.
Tensions are already running high with the mosque controversy in New York City. Now, the Islamic Center of San Antonio has become a target.
Vandals spray-painted symbols and letters on the facade of the new building.
Members [...]
Defense Minister Ehud Barak signed a military cooperation pact with Russian Defense Minister Antoly Serdyukov in Moscow on Monday.
The Defense Ministry viewed Monday’s agreement as a significant accomplishment for Israel’s security.
“Russia is the a key and dominant world power and is very influential in the Middle East,” said Barak.
The two leaders agreed to arrange another [...]
New York State Senator Eric Adams (D, Brooklyn) will hold a press conference Monday to announce the purchase of bullet proof vests for members of the Brooklyn South Safety Patrol (Boro Park Shomrim). The vests will provide additional protection to the volunteer safety group while it conducts its daily patrols in the Boro Park area. In [...]
Yigal Amir, the assassin of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, made a complaint Monday in Petach Tikva District Court regarding his solitary confinement; that he and his brother Hagi, are the only prisoners in Israel held for long periods in solitary confinement.
“Even security prisoners, Hamas prisoners, [northern branch of the Islamic Movement head] Raed Salah and [...]
There was a serious accident along the Ramot Highway in Jerusalem on Monday morning, leaving many people injured.
A total of twelve people were injured in the accident. Three of the injured were listed seriously hurt, including an eight-year-old girl listed in critical condition.
Dozens of Hatzolah members were scrambled to the scene to treat the victims.
All of [...]
The following is a Ynet report:
Eleven haredim who rioted and disrupted emergency room construction at Barzilai Hospital charged with threatening security guards; one defendant accused of threatening: ‘We will exterminate you, Nazi’
“We will find you. We will come to your home. We will burn you. We will hurt you. We will exterminate you. Nazi, rebel, [...]
With many polls indicating the Republicans may win back control of the House of Representatives (and possibly the Senate as well) in the upcoming mid-term elections, Jim VandeHei, the executive editor of Politico, told CBS’ “Face the Nation” that the Obama administration is in a horrible position.
“Does the White House understand this?” asked guest host [...]
The Central Bureau of Statistics published new figures, including the fact that 28 percent of Israelis are currently under the age of 15, and 14, 572 immigrants to the country arrived in 2009.
On the eve of Rosh Hashanah 5771, the population of Israel surpassed 7,645,500, of which 5,770,900 people are Jews, 1,559,100 are Arabs, and [...]
A peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians will not be achieved in the foreseeable future, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Sunday.
Speaking at a conference of his ultra-nationalist Yisrael Beiteinu party, Lieberman said a complete peace agreement that included an end of the conflict and Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state was unattainable, [...]
The Internet evangelist Bill Keller moved toward the dais in tiny, quick steps on Sunday, exhibiting the anticipation of a man ready to address a crowd. Roughly 60 people stood before him in a hotel meeting room in Lower Manhattan, temporary quarters of his Christian center, his response to the mosque planned for an empty [...]
A Palestinian Authority spokesman lashed out at the president of Iran for criticizing Palestinian negotiations with Israel and PA President Mahmoud Abbas in particular, Ma’an News Agency reported on Sunday.
“The one who does not represent the Iranian people, who falsified election results, who oppressed the Iranian people and stole authority has no right to speak [...]
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of R’ Yossi Fogel Z”L, of Monsey (brother of R' Yehuda, R' Sholom, R' Nussie, and R' Yitzy).
The Levaya will take place on Sunday at 2:30PM at Khal Netzach Yisroel, 47 Forshay Road in Monsey (corner of Orchard Hill Drive).
Boruch Dayan Emmes…
Overnight, the Israel Air Force struck a terror tunnel and two smuggling tunnels in the southern Gaza Strip .The terror tunnel was intended for infiltrating into Israel and executing terror attacks against IDF soldiers and Israeli civilians.
The attack is in response to the security related incidents that took place throughout the week.
More than 100 rockets [...]
Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto held a closed meeting with 80 Jewish American businessmen in Bulgaria and asked them to invest $5 billion in the Israeli economy, including $2 billion in the coming year.
The businessmen who met with Pinto included entrepreneur Jay Schottenstein and one of the owners of the Victoria's Secret women's wear retailer.
“In such days [...]
The following is a Ynet report:
The movement against moving the clocks back to Standard Time is gaining momentum, but former senior officials in the political establishment do not believe it will bring about change, despite the tens of thousands already signed on a petition against it. Within mere days, 90,000 secular Israelis put their signature [...]
Mispallilim arriving at the “Yeshurun” Shul in Bnei Brak this morning were shocked to find that their twelve Sifrei Torah were stolen.
Kikar reports that the Aron Kodesh was found broken into, and the 12 Sifrei Torah were removed from their cases. (The Sifrei Torah stolen were from a Sefardy Shul.) The empty cases were found scattered across [...]
New York City police have been given new guidelines on how to handle chance encounters with terror suspects.
That's according to the Wall Street Journal, which reviewed an August 20 police memo outlining the instructions.
Officers will receive one of four “handling codes” if they encounter someone listed on the National Crime Information database during a routine [...]
The following is a Ynet article:
Two ultra-Orthodox residents of Jerusalem were arrested after being caught by police in the act of vandalizing a deli that sells non-kosher meat.
Police say the two arrived at the deli after morning prayers Saturday and smeared vomit on the door and windows of the establishment.
Avi Ben-David, who runs ‘Iwos Deli', [...]
Protesters hurled shoes and eggs Saturday at former British Prime Minister Tony Blair who held the first public signing of his memoir amid high security in Ireland’s capital. Hundreds more people lined up to have their books autographed – evidence that the divisions left by Blair’s decade as British leader have yet to heal.
Blair’s new [...]
Israel has one of the largest signals intelligence (SIGINT) bases in the world in the western Negev, Le Monde Diplomatique reported. The base, near Kibbutz Urim, is central to the activities of the main Israel Defense Forces signals intelligence unit, 8200, the report says.
According to the report, the base has 30 antennas and satellite dishes [...]
The violent pervert who shot four members of a private Jewish security patrol remained hospitalized as leaders of the group called on authorities to lock the man up for life.
“He deserves to stay in jail for the rest of his life,” seethed Simcha Bernath, coordinator of the Borough Park Shomrim.
Two of the patrol members were [...]
Four teens apologized and read essays on the meaning of Rosh Hashanah before they were sentenced in Sullivan County Court on Friday for ransacking a Jewish bungalow colony in April and spray painting gang graffiti, a swastika and spelling out “Hitler.”
Daniel Anderson, 19; Travis Beaupierre, 16; Malik Keith, 18; and Daemion Cameron, 19; previously pleaded [...]
Bedbugs continued their summer-long invasion of New York businesses by taking over a small portion of Google's posh Manhattan office.
A spokeswoman for Google confirmed Friday that bedbugs had found their way into the search-engine giant's sprawling space in Chelsea. “Like several other businesses in New York City, we've discovered bedbugs in a small area of [...]
Stocks closed higher for the fourth straight session Friday after a better-than-expected jobs report gave investors another reason to think the U.S. economy is beginning to turn around.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose more than 125 points to end near the session highs, snapping a three-week losing streak. The market gained in the last hour [...]
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – A cargo plane crashed in an unpopulated area near the Dubai airport, killing the two crew members on board, according to the official WAM news agency in the United Arab Emirates.
U.S.-based UPS confirmed that the aircraft was one of the company’s planes.
The following statement was released by UPS:
A UPS cargo plane [...]
Video footage of the aftermath of the explosion today in Al-Shahabiya, a village in southern Lebanon, shows smoke rising from a building. Hezbollah controls this area of Lebanon and the building where the explosion occurred was used as a Hezbollah weapons storage facility.
An IDf statement said: “Today's incident is only one of many that clearly [...]
A key financial backer of the proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero once contributed to a U.S.-designated terror group.
Egyptian-born businessman Hisham Elzanaty, who made what is described as a “significant investment” in the Ground Zero mosque project,contributed more than $6,000 in 1999 to the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, also known as HLF, [...]
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) commended the Boro Park Shomrim for their bravery in protecting the children and residents of Borough Park on Thursday night. Nadler issued the following statement:
“Yesterday, four volunteer members of the Boro Park Shomrim put their lives at risk to courageously pursue a perpetrator. These four heroes were unfortunately wounded in [...]
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake has struck near New Zealand, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The quake struck at 4:35 a.m. Saturday (12:35 p.m. ET Friday) about four miles southeast of Christchurch, a major city in New Zealand, the survey reported.
The quake was 10 miles deep.
There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The quake is not [...]
The Israeli military says a soldier has been charged with looting the lead ship in a Gaza blockade-busting flotilla stopped by Israeli naval commandos in a bloody raid at the end of May.
The military said in a statement that the soldier is accused of stealing equipment from the Mavi Marmara ship after it was towed [...]
The Justice Department announced that a federal grand jury in Honolulu indicted Mordechai Orian, an Israeli national; Pranee Tubchumpol, Shane Germann, and Sam Wongsesanit, of Global Horizons Manpower Inc., located in Los Angeles; and Thai labor recruiters Ratawan Chunharutai and Podjanee Sinchai for engaging in a conspiracy to commit forced labor and document servitude. The [...]
The city is no longer under a tropical storm watch, as Hurricane Earl weakens to a Category 1 storm. Still, high waves and dangerous rip currents are still expected at the beaches.
Long Island Rail Road is suspending all service on the Montauk line east of Speonk due to the now-Category 1 storm.
On the main line, [...]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticized Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas over the direct negotiations with Israel and questioned his authority to represent the Palestinian people.
“We ask: Who will conduct the talks. Who do they represent? Who gave him (Abbas) the legitimacy to negotiate on behalf of the Palestinians? Who has the right to cede part of [...]
Although Hurricane Earl weakened to a Category 1 hurricane shortly after 11 a.m., it will still swirl up the Eastern seaboard Friday bringing heavy rain and strong winds to the Jersey Shore, Monmouth and Ocean counties, the five boroughs and Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
The rain will be light around lunchtime but Earl will kick it [...]
This is the latest segment of the new weekly video series from Rabbi Stulberger – You've Been Called to the Dean's Office. It's a short (four minute) message on a timely Torah topic. This week's message: “Going Beyond the Limits.”
This week's Sedra is one of the most powerful and emotional in the Torah. It is a Sedra very fitting to be read annually during Elul in close proximity to the Days of Awe. The Torah expresses to us the idea of free will – the ability to choose between right and wrong, between good [...]
In the wake of the second incident involving gunfire in Boro Park this week, Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) is calling upon NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly to increase the overall number of police officers assigned to the 66th precinct and to add NYPD foot patrols.
“Boro Park has been the site of two shootings this week alone,” [...]
State Attorney General and gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Cuomo said Thursday he has no plans to investigate the Islamic community center and mosque.
According to a recent poll, seven out of 10 New York State voters say they want him to look into the project’s financing.
Cuomo said he could not investigate the fundraising for the project because [...]
Earlier this week, the NY Times blog posted about the newly found brashness of New York City's raccoons. Now, they have reports of another animal in NYC: Skunks.
For residents of northern Manhattan and the Bronx, skunks have become the stinkiest unwanted guests of them all. Earlier this spring, residents of Co-op City complained of the striped [...]
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Rav Avraham Talansky z”l.
The Levaya will take place today Friday, 10:30 a.m., at Mesivta Torah Vodaath, 425 East 9th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11218.
Boruch Dayan Emmes…
Toshiba has announced the voluntary recall of about 41,000 notebook computers worldwide at risk of overheating and burning users.
The recalled models are the Satellite T135, Satellite T135D and Satellite ProT130 notebook computers, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Consumers are asked to immediately download the latest version of a software program called BIOS. The [...]
With the American economic recovery showing clear signs of slowdown, private employers added 67,000 jobs in August, the Labor Department said on Friday. The number was more than forecast.
Over all, the nation lost 54,000 jobs in August, the agency said, as state and local governments, many of them grappling with severe budget deficits, cut 1o,000 [...]
This is a great treat for Succos.
Makes 4 small loaves or 2 large ones.
Ingredients
4- ½ teaspoons dry yeast
½ cup brown sugar
1-? cups warm water
4 tablespoons canola oil
2-½ cups canned pumpkin
8 cups bread flour
1 egg white combined with 1 tablespoon water
Preparation
Place yeast in a large bowl. Sprinkle sugar on top and pour water over. Allow to [...]
Asking for help isn't easy. It's even harder when you know that the answer might be no.
“I have seen grown men sit in the same chair you are sitting in right now and weep,” says Sara Zekbach, the Yad Eliezer Adopt-a-Wedding program coordinator. The wall behind her desk is decorated with photographs of tulle and [...]
Hanistaros L'Hashem Elokeinu v'haniglos lanu ul'vaneinu ad olam la'asos es kol Divrei haTorah hazos (29:28)
In our verse, the Torah writes the words “lanu ul'vaneinu” – for us and for our children – with dots on top of each letter, something done quite rarely. Although there are rules for interpreting the meaning of such dots [...]
Hanistaros L'Hashem Elokeinu v'haniglos lanu ul'vaneinu ad olam la'asos es kol Divrei haTorah hazos (29:28)
In our verse, the Torah writes the words “lanu ul'vaneinu” – for us and for our children – with dots on top of each letter, something done quite rarely. Although there are rules for interpreting the meaning of such dots [...]
7:45PM EST: Three people have just been shot in Boro Park at 46th Street near 10th Avenue.
UPDATE 7:46PM EST: Dozens of Hatzolah members have been dispatched, along with three ambulances being rushed to the scene.
UPDATE 7:48PM EST: NYPD is advising that they have the suspect in custody, and the weapon has been recovered.
UPDATE 7:51PM EST: [...]
MTA Long Island Rail Road will suspend service on Friday to the East End of Long Island for safety reasons as forecasters are calling for Hurricane Earl to bring sustained winds of 40 mph (with gusts of up to 60 mph), heavy rains and possible flooding.
The LIRR will suspend train service east of Speonk on [...]
Stocks ended higher for a third session, a day before investors got a better glimpse of the economy’s health in the August jobs report.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended up 50.63 points, or 0.5 percent to 10,320.10.
The S&P 500 rose 9.81 points, or 0.9 percent, to 1,090.10, while the Nasdaq rose 23.17 points, or 1.1 [...]
A 12-year-old girl riding in a car driving near the settlement of Ariel was moderately wounded Thursday, after the car was stoned by Palestinians.
MDA Paramedics and United Hatzalah Personnel were immediately dispatched to the scene and treated the girl on site. She was rushed to the Beilinson Hospital in Petach Tikva
The IDF immediately launched a [...]
Palestinian Authority security forces detained two men on Thursday suspected of involvement in a deadly shooting attack in which four Israelis were murdered in cold blood on Tuesday, Haaretz is reporting.
The four victims were residents of Beit Hagai, and were traveling in a car on route 60 late Tuesday when terrorists opened fire at them, [...]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has taken off from the Andrews Naval Air Facility near Washington, several hours after a face-to-face meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
The two will meet again in two weeks in Sharm al-Sheikh, Egypt.
(Source: Ynet)
Hundreds of Ponzi king Bernard Madoff’s victims today challenged the latest bill from his bankruptcy trustee, which seeks more than $34 million for 120 days of work.
The Aug. 20 bill, for services rendered between Feb. 1 and May 31, works out to more than $5,000 a day for court-appointed trustee Irving Picard and more than [...]
Senator Carl Kruger (D-Brooklyn) wants residents of Mill Island, Marine Park, Midwood, Georgetown and Gravesend to be aware that the Health Department will be spraying tonight — Thursday, September 2 — from 8 p.m. until 6 a.m. Friday tomorrow morning to reduce mosquito activity and the risk of West Nile virus.
The first zone to be [...]
An Israeli rabbi narrowly escaped arrest after being stopped by security officers at Munich airport for carrying a shofar.
Airport officials pulled aside the man, in his late 50s, and asked him to explain the religious article while arriving on a flight from Tel-Aviv on Monday night. He was visiting his daughter who lives in Nuremberg [...]
The Coast Guard is responding to another oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.
According to the Coast Guard, 13 people were onboard when it exploded and caught fire Thursday morning.
Everyone is accounted for. Officials are reporting one injury.
The injured worker is being taken to Terrebonne General Medical Center.
The other workers are in the water [...]
Larger than the state of California, Hurricane Earl prepared to take a swipe at the Eastern Seaboard on Thursday as residents scrambled to ready themselves ahead of its arrival.
Hurricane warnings and watches stretched from North Carolina to Delaware, and covered parts of Massachusetts.
President Barack Obama signed a disaster declaration for North Carolina Wednesday evening. The [...]
Yesterday, the ultra-liberal village voice eviscerated Senator Eric Schneiderman for accepting the support of Al Sharpton and promising Sharpton office space in the Attorney General's office if Schneiderman wins the primary election on Tuesday, September 14th.
When New York's most liberal paper – the Village Voice – criticizes New York's most liberal candidate for Attorney General [...]
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the US is committed to achieving an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians within a year but would not force a solution upon them on Thursday.
Clinton made the statements at a press conference in Washington as peace talks are being launched.
(Source: Ynet)
Boston, MA – A television debate between the four candidates for governor is being rescheduled to avoid a conflict with Rosh Hashanah, one of the most sacred days on the Jewish calendar, after Jewish leaders complained about the insensitivity of the timing, a station official said.
A spokeswoman for WBZ-TV (Ch. 4) said the debate, which [...]
Governor Paterson this morning said there is racism at work in the mosque debate—but also stressed the needs for all sides to come together and find a solution that would “rid ourselves of Islamophobia.”
“There are some bigots and some racists who are alive in this discussion, however when nearly 70% of the population oppose it, [...]
There’s a popular joke that states that most people would rather be in the coffin than giving the eulogy. Many people have a deep-seated fear of public speaking. Why? When you’re standing up there, in the limelight, everyone’s focused on you- they’re analyzing you, your words and your gestures, and if you make a mistake [...]
The number of first-time filers for unemployment insurance fell for a second straight week last week, but the level suggests that the labor market remains sluggish.
There were 472,000 initial jobless claims filed in the week ended Aug. 28, down 6,000 from an upwardly revised 478,000 the previous week, according to the Labor Department’s weekly report.
Economists [...]
Sullivan County is moving forward with a plan to upgrade an emergency communications system beset by a shortage of frequencies and dead spots that have left emergency personnel unable to communicate in some areas.
Firefighters and public safety officials say the current system has not affected the ability to respond to emergencies so far, but concerns [...]
Assemblywoman Nancy Calhoun (R-C-Blooming Grove) Wednesday renewed her call for a forensic audit of the women's healthcare center in the Village of Kiryas Joel.
She has written to State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli twice asking for the review of the project, which cost over $11 million, mostly in state funding.
“The very first letter that was written said [...]
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger has ordered a complete halt in importers' sale of non-kosher meat to Israeli chains.
Rabbi Metzger's decision has great implications for meat importers, who rushed to stop all sales after hearing it, according to him.
In the debate held at the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, Rabbi Metzger mentioned that the original permit [...]
YWN regrets to inform you that 3-year-old Rivka bas Avigayil, who was R”L struck by a vehicle at 38 Monsey Heights Road on Wednesday afternoon, was Niftar at Westchester Trauma center.
Further information will be posted shortly.
Boruch dayan Emmes…
Easy but good.
1 ready-to-use pizza crust
1 (6.4 ounce) jar pesto – you may not use the whole jar; it depends on how much your family likes pesto!
1 (8 ounce) package grated pizza cheese (or mozzarella if necessary)
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Place crust in a pizza pan and spread with pesto, then cheese. Bake for [...]
Some books just have the ability to speak to you. They get you to think, to reflect on a certain message, and even to change the way you've always perceived your everyday life. Like Struggle to the Summit—our newest, true medical drama.
Brimming with faith and inspiration, Struggle to the Summit tells the story of Rivka [...]
Good afternoon, everybody.
Upon taking office, I declared that America is a friend of each nation and every person who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and that the United States was ready to lead in pursuit of that future. At the beginning of my administration, I stated that it was our policy to actively [...]
Only months after showing off a police version of the Ford Taurus, Ford today is displaying the caped crusader’s new companion, the police version of the new Ford Explorer.
It’s called the “Police Interceptor utility vehicle” and like the Taurus, it’s built to get at least a 20% gas-mileage boost over the Ford Crown Victoria, that [...]
The Health Department is urging New Yorkers to take extra precautions against West Nile virus, after the 13th human case of the virus in the city this summer was confirmed.
With unusually high numbers of mosquito pools throughout the five boroughs testing positive for the virus, the agency is urging New Yorkers to do the following:
• [...]
The military wing of Palestinian terrorist group Hamas claimed responsibility for Wednesday night’s drive-by shooting near Rimonim Junction in the West Bank that left two Israelis wounded, Israel Radio reported Thursday.
The attack left two Israelis, a man and a woman, wounded after they managed to evade their attackers by driving their car off-road into a [...]
The bulls are back on Wall Street. After a bearish August, stocks roared into September with a major rally Wednesday, as investors cheered signs of strength in the manufacturing sector.
The Dow Jones industrial average (INDU) gained 256 points, or 2.2%.The S&P 500 (SPX) soared 31 points, or 2.9%. The Nasdaq (COMP) composite rallied 63 points, [...]
YWN has confirmed that since 6:30pm there has been a blackout on 48th Street between 13th and 14th Avenues affecting hundreds of residents. Initial estimates were that electric would be restored at 3am.
We just spoke to Councilman David Greenfield who has been on the scene for the last two hours working to expedite the restoration [...]
6:09PM EST: Monsey Hatzolah is currently on the scene of a child struck by a vehicle on 38 Monsey Heights Road. The child is reportedly pinned underneath the vehicle, and is in traumatic arrest.
Arriving units are requesting paramedics to expedite their response.
UPDATE 6:18PM EST: The child is reported be 3-years-old, and has been extricated from [...]
4:35PM EST: Just 24 hours after 4 Israelis were killed in a terrorist shooting attack, YWN Israel is receiving initial reports that gunfire has been sprayed at a vehicle on Route 458 near Rimonim Junction in the West Bank. Two are reportedly injured.
UPDATE 4:39PM EST: The car was reportedly hit by gunfire, and overturned into [...]
Rep. Charles Rangel, awaiting the congressional equivalent of a trial on House ethics charges, appeared Wednesday at a rally at City Hall in New York in support of the planned mosque and Islamic community center near Ground Zero.
The Harlem Democrat had plenty to say on the fight over the planned mosque, and cheerfully trashed politicians [...]
Speaking alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Obama sternly condemned Tuesday’s violence in Hebron that resulted in the death of four Israelis.
Calling the attacks by Hamas “senseless slaughter” carried out by “terrorists that are purposely trying to undermine” upcoming peace talks between Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Obama reaffirmed his commitment to seeing [...]
An elderly wedding guest died and dozens more were left seriously ill after suffering salmonella poisoning at the reception meal.
Rene Kwartz , aged 82, was one of four guests rushed to hospital following the traditional Jewish celebration at a hotel in Bury, Greater Manchester, but doctors were unable to save her.
Public health officials have now [...]
On Friday, September 3rd, the entire student body at Yeshiva Darchei Torah will have the zchus to hear a special address by the Munkatcher Rebbe shlit”a. The Rebbe shlit”a, who will be in the Five Towns area this coming week, was invited by the hanhalah of the Yeshiva to come and visit the Yeshiva and [...]
The National Weather Service forecasts that impacts of Hurricane Earl may reach the New York metropolitan area by Friday afternoon, bringing heavy rainfall and high winds. In preparation for the stormy weather, the Department of Buildings is advising all builders, contractors, developers and property owners to secure their construction sites and buildings. The Department will [...]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged settlers in the West Bank to show restraint and respect the rule of law in Israel in the wake of the fatal terrorist attack that took place near Hebron on Tuesady that left four Israelis dead.
Speaking before a meeting with US President Barack Obama Netanyahu told US Secretary of State [...]
A 23-year-old man with no criminal past was shot dead on Wednesday in what police say was a drive-by attack in which a machine gun was used.
The victim, named as Juadat Ja’asus, worked in the metal industry, and had no know criminal activity, police said.
Investigators have launched a homicide investigation.
(Source: Jpost)
Jewish Senator Eric Schneiderman “proudly” accepted Al Sharpton’s endorsement last week. To win Sharpton’s support, Schneiderman promised that Al Sharpton’s organization would have an “annex” in Schniederman’s Albany office if he is elected to Attorney General (Primary Day is Tuesday, September 14th). Sharpton, of course, is the famed activist who, after the 1993 car-accident in [...]
Even though there has been a great deal of progress in fighting heart disease, still, four in ten deaths are the result of cardiovascular disease. In addition, nearly one out of every four adults suffers with some form of cardiovascular disease. According to the National Center for Health Statistics (USA), if all forms of CVD [...]
Citigroup Inc. will halve the minimum balance on checking accounts with the highest level of service, in a push to get more customers to use the bank for their primary accounts.
Clients with Citigold accounts can avoid monthly fees if they keep $50,000 in combined balances at Citigroup starting Nov. 1, the New York-based bank said [...]
WPIX Reports:
If Hurricane Earl maintains its force and makes a beeline for New York, coastal neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens could be in trouble. With that threat in mind, Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-Brooklyn) has called on the Army Corps of Engineers to anticipate an urban weather catastrophe.
“This is more than just a matter of losing [...]
It's not every Shabbos that tears of joy are shed by grown men and women.
But these were no ordinary Shabbosim.
This was history in the making – the first ever Shabbos at Camp Kaylie for girls and the first ever Camp Kaylie Shabbos for boys a week later –at the first ever fully integrated camp for [...]
The NYPD Hate Crimes task force is investigating an anti-Semitic scrawl at NYU.
Cleaning staff found “Damn Orthodox Jews” scrawled in a first-floor men's room at 40 Washington Square South at 1:45 p.m. Monday.
Cops are poring over surveillance videos.
(Source: NY Post)
Palestinian security forces carried out one of the largest waves of arrests in the history of the West Bank following Tuesday’s shooting attack near Hebron, in which four Israelis were killed, a Palestinian source said on Wednesday.
According to the source, more than 300 people identified with Hamas have been arrested by Palestinian Authority security forces [...]
With one final, fitting blast of 96-degree heat on Tuesday, the summer of 2010 went down in the National Weather Service's record books as the hottest ever in New York City.
Hotter than the previous high of 77.3 degrees set in 1966, when more than 1,100 deaths were attributed to heat that repeatedly exceeded 100 degrees. [...]
After more than seven years of American military operations in Iraq, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will help mark the transfer of U.S. military command in Iraq on Wednesday.
The historic ceremony is scheduled to take place at 3 p.m. (8 a.m. ET).
While the U.S. combat mission is ending, roughly 50,000 American troops will remain in [...]
Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he doesn't have an eye on the White House but it sure seems to have one on him. The mayor's summer datebook has included golf with the president, breakfast with the vice president, a chat with the Treasury secretary.
Mr. Bloomberg, who contemplated running for president in 2008 and has repeatedly ruled [...]
California’s Senate has voted down a measure that would have banned plastic bags at grocery stores.
The new ban was rejected by a 21 to 14 vote late Tuesday. The ban would have included grocery stores, convenience stores and drugstores.
The California Assembly passed the legislation in June.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had said he would have signed the [...]
New York, NY – Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly presided over the NYPD's annual High Holiday security briefing at One Police Plaza Tuesday.
As it has every year since 9/11, the NYPD will increase security to protect New York's Jewish community on Rosh Hashanah, which starts at sundown on Wednesday, Sept. 8, and Yom Kippur, beginning at [...]
WJZ Reports:
There are three more ambulances responding to emergencies in Northwest Baltimore.
As Suzanne Collins reports, they were purchased with private funds, and the paramedics are volunteers from Baltimore’s Jewish community.
A group called Hatzalah, consisting of volunteer paramedics, EMTs and dispatchers, has been responding to medical emergencies in Baltimore’s Jewish community for three years. Now the [...]
Police have tracked down and suspended an officer accused of refusing to help a Brooklyn girl dying from an asthma attack last Friday.
The mother of Briana Ojeda, 11, says she was rushing her daughter to the hospital, when a policeman pulled her over in Cobble Hill.
The New York City Police Department identified the officer Tuesday [...]
Around 10,000 Charedim protested Tuesday morning at dawn in Kikar Shabbos in Jerusalem against the continued desecration of graves in Jaffa. Thousands of participants were wrapped in their talleisim for the Hafganah, and many leading Rabbonim attended.
As with previous demonstrations, protesters denounced the Electra company, a construction and real-estate giant that had been involved with [...]
Hackensack, NJ - Officials from the Bergen County Sheriff's Office today announced that more than 700 firearms were taken in over the weekend as part of the county's first-ever Gun Buy Back initiative, which allowed individuals to anonymously surrender their unwanted firearms for cash.
“We're very grateful this program was such a tremendous success,” Sheriff Leo P. [...]
The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms the terrorist attack today perpetrated by Hamas in which four Israelis were killed in the southern West Bank. We express our condolences to the victims' families and call for the terrorists behind this horrific act to be brought to justice. We note that the Palestinian Authority [...]
For the second time in a month, tragedy has struck the ZAKA family of volunteers.
Mommi Ben Chaim, a ZAKA volunteer from the South Hebron region, hurried to the scene of tonight's fatal shooting attack near Kiryat Arba and began his sacred work at the site. ZAKA volunteers at the site were horrified to discover that [...]
Excerpts from Aron Klein / World Net Daily exclusive:
Today’s deadly terror attack that killed four people took place on a road where the Israeli government removed staffed anti-terror checkpoints in line with requests from the Obama administration, WND has learned.
As President Obama was preparing for a Washington summit with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders, Palestinian [...]
Seven in ten New Yorkers say the proposed mosque/Islamic community center near Ground Zero should be relocated because of opposition from 9/11 families — and an equal number want state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to probe the group's finances, a new statewide poll released today found.
“Overwhelmingly — across party and regional lines — New Yorkers [...]
Hamas claimed responsibility on Tuesday for the attack that claimed the life of four Israelis near Kiryat Arba.
Hamas military wing spokesman Abu Obeida told The Associated Press late Tuesday that Hamas carried out the attack.
(Source: Jpost)
The City is known for having excellent tap water, but why does it taste so good? It might be the microscopic shrimp.
Tiny copepods were discovered after a reddit user uploaded photos of what they found through the other end of a microscope after adding H&E stain to New York tap water. According to blog Gizmodo, [...]
Republicans have the biggest lead ever — by a whopping 10% — over Democrats, according to a new Gallup poll, which asked whether voters prefer a Democrat or Republican congressional candidate.
The margin, 51% to 41%, is by far the largest ever earned by the GOP since the polling firm began tracking the generic ballot question [...]
12:50PM EST: YWN Israel is receiving initial reports of a terrorist attack just outside of Chevron. There are at least 4 victims critically injured, some reporting fatalities.
12:58PM EST: Sources confirm to YWN that at this time there are three confirmed fatalities. A fourth victim is in traumatic arrest, and MDA medics are working on him.
12:59PM [...]
An El Al flight with Paris as its destination was forced to make an emergency Sofia, Bulgaria on Tuesday afternoon, after the pilot’s detected a malfunction in one of the planes engines.
The passengers were put up at nearby hotels, and will be flown to their destination in a replacement plane later Tuesday.
(YWN Israel Desk)
A 5-year-old was critically injured Tuesday after a 150 kg. metal gate collapsed on him at the Chofetz Chaim Yeshiva in Ofakim.
He was found lying on the ground bleeding, and motionless. Ichud Hatzalah & MDA Medics found the child to be in traumatic arrest, and CPR was initiated.
He was evacuated to Soroka Hospital in Beersheba, [...]
Chacham Ovadia Yosef said Tuesday that the moratorium on construction in the West Bank should not continue and building must be carried out all over the country. His comments came at a meeting of Shas members.
Shas MK and Interior Minister Eli Yishai added that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s decision to freeze building was unprecedented and [...]
Hurricane Earl is on a collision course with the East Coast and Americans from the Carolinas to Cape Cod are bracing for the worst hurricane to hit the area in almost 20 years.
The storm, now a powerful category 4, could hit them late Thursday and prompt evacuations.
While East Coast residents could feel Earl’s wrath within [...]
Tenafly, NJ – Tenafly is a tony suburb across from the Bronx and a stone's throw away from the George Washington Bridge.
Folks there aren't used to seeing bears in their backyards.
At around 8 p.m. Monday night, a medium-sized black bear wandered into a playground at the Jewish Community Center.
“It was basically rooting around for food [...]
President Obama’s health care overhaul is getting less popular as time goes on.
After a slight uptick in June and July, the law’s popularity sank to 43% in a Kaiser Family Foundation poll this month, while 45% said they opposed it. Just last month, 50% of Americans favored the law in the same poll.
Only 39% of [...]
Lawyers for Indian tribes are in federal court today to make a last-ditch effort to stop legislation taxing reservation cigarette sales to non-Indian customers.
This comes after a state judge yesterday refused to block New York State from enforcing a $4.35 per pack tax starting tomorrow.
Seneca Indian Nation officials had argued that the state circumvented procedures [...]
Carol Aiello used to spot the intruders only at night, prowling her backyard or scurrying along her street in Glendale, Queens. But one morning not long ago, she caught one of them staring at her from a neighbor's gutter and all of a sudden — perhaps for no reason other than seeing those black-rimmed eyes [...]
Yeshivah Bais Hatorah which suddenly closed two weeks ago due to financial hardships, will be reopening under a new leadership. The Yeshivah has been taken over by Rabbi Shlomo Chaim Kanarek Shlita and will be basically running on the same Derech Halimud, with slight modifications.
On Wednesday, a meeting will be held for parents who wish to [...]
The following is from Ynet:
Two residents of Jerusalem, aged 13 and 15, are suspected of beating a 60-year old American Jew to death in the city center a week ago, police said Tuesday.
The man, Lance Wolf, was hospitalized and died of his wounds a few days after the attack.
A preliminary investigation suggests that the motive [...]
The following is from the Times Herald Record:
A large new sign greets visitors as they cross over Route 17 on Forest Avenue and enter a world where the skirts and shirt sleeves are always long, regardless of the season.
“Welcome to Kiryas Joel,” it reads. “In keeping with our traditions and religious customs, we kindly ask [...]
Gamal Mubarak, son of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, will accompany his father to this week’s Washington peace summit in what may be the clearest sign yet that he is being groomed for the succession.
Gamal has long been the center of speculation that he will replace his ageing father – but until now the 82-year-old president [...]
The man accused of slashing a Muslim taxi driver last week was formally indicted on hate crime charges Monday.
Prosecutors say Michael Enright, 21, also waived his right to appear at a court hearing in Manhattan.
Enright is now set to be arraigned next month on attempted murder and assault — both as hate crimes.
He’s being held [...]
Two men taken off a Chicago-to-Amsterdam United Airlines flight in the Netherlands have been charged by Dutch police with “preparation of a terrorist attack,” U.S. law enforcement officials tell ABC News.
U.S. officials said the two appeared to be travelling with what were termed “mock bombs” in their luggage. “This was almost certainly a dry run, [...]
With Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and soon the East Coast in its reach, Hurricane Earl prompted warnings for those areas from the Federal Emergency Management Agency Monday.
While there are currently no hurricane watches or warnings for the U.S. mainland, FEMA urged residents to be prepared for severe weather as projections show the storm [...]
President Barack Obama issued an executive order Monday giving broad new authority to impose financial sanctions on North Korean entities and individuals doing business with and for the secretive communist state.
Stuart Levey, Treasury Department under-secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said the new order “targets a wide range of illicit activities undertaken by the government [...]
Palm Beach International Aiport has reopened Concourse C after a bomb threat stranded passengers for about an hour.
The bomb threat was called into the airport, and deputies took passengers off the JetBlue plane (Flight #336), Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Deputy Eric Davis said, that was apparently targeted. Passengers said the JetBlue plane was [...]
The LA Times reports:
A triple murder late Thursday night inside a West Hollywood apartment building may be tied to a robbery attempt.
The victims were identified as Pirooz Moussazadeh HY”D, 27; his brother, Shahriar Moussazadeh HY”D, 38; and Bernard Khalili HY”D, 27, said Craig Harvey, chief of investigations for the Los Angeles County coroner’s office.
According to [...]
The NY Post is reporting that the FDNY has nominated Firefighter Desmond Walsh for a New York Post Liberty Medal.
Walsh saved 3-year-old Itta Friedman last Chanukah when a Menorah tipped over and engulfed her home in flames. Following the NY Post article, is a YWN video of the father of the young girl thanking Firefighter [...]
1:00PM EST: The Apple Bank on 13th Avenue and 45th Street was robbed at gunpoint just moments ago, and ended with an attempted carjacking and shots fired by the suspects.
13th Avenue 46th Street through 48th Street has been shut down.
Dozens of NYPD & Shomrim are searching for the suspect.
UPDATE 1:07PM EST: NYPD advises that they [...]
In an effort to gauge the impact of the recession on small businesses throughout his district, Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) conducted an informal, door-to-door survey of close to 100 stores in Flatbush and 142 businesses in Boro Park over a two-month period.
A sampling of store owners answered the following four questions:
1. How has your business [...]
The leader of the proposed GRound Zero Mosque told a Persian Gulf newspaper that there was no conflict between Islam and America and dismissed the opponents of the Park51 project as being led by “very small, vociferous voices.”
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf’s interview with the Abu Dhabi-based daily newspaper the National, which was published Monday, provided the first [...]
Government anti-poverty programs that have grown to meet the needs of recession victims now serve a record one in six Americans and are continuing to expand.
More than 50 million Americans are on Medicaid, the federal-state program aimed principally at the poor, a survey of state data by USA TODAY shows. That’s up at least 17% [...]
Lebanese Hizbullah and the Syrian military have reportedly agreed to cooperate on any future conflicts with Israel, according to Kuwaiti newspaper a-Rai.
Sources told the newspaper that Hizbullah and Syria now have joint headquarters from which they can coordinate any operations pooling resources and information, to be jointly commanded by officers from the two groups.
These operations [...]
Now they can't hide.
Not Alan Fein, whose Bronx tenants live with urine-soaked hallways, crackhead squatters and filth so severe that one tenant was attacked by a rat in her toilet.
Not Chris Grijalva, whose roach-infested Brooklyn building sports a giant pile of garbage on the front lawn.
And not any of the 153 landlords whose buildings are [...]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Likud ministers on Sunday that he had not made any promises to U.S. President Barack Obama or any other American government official regarding an extension of the settlement construction freeze in the West Bank.
“We made no proposals to the Americans on extending the freeze,” Netanyahu said. “We said that the [...]
NYPD officers and traffic agents should immediately begin writing tickets on streets where the parking rules have been changed, despite a five-day grace period at the changed spots—and even notes on the new signs saying when the new rules took effect, according top a stunning policy revision.
Department of Transportation officials are posting small notices on [...]
Egyptian security forces operating over the weekend in the Sinai region uncovered 190 anti-aircraft missiles and other weaponry which were set to be delivered to Hamas. Israel Army Radio reported the news based on a report from the Ma'an news agency. According to the report, the Egyptian security forces discovered the weapons stockpiles in various [...]
When financial straits forced Yad Eliezer to consider closing the Big Brothers and Big Sisters program in 1999, word got around to Rav Chaim Kanievski. Rav Chaim, as he is affectionately known, is one of the greatest Torah scholars of his generation. The telephone rang in the Yad Eliezer offices one morning shortly after the [...]
President Barack Obama dismissed a recent poll showing that a third of Americans don't know he's a Christian – and blamed an online campaign of misinformation by his conservative enemies for perpetuating the myth that he's a Muslim.
Obama, speaking with NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams on Sunday afternoon, was equally dismissive of conservative talk [...]
The following statement was released by the US State Department in regards to remarks by Chacham Ovadia Yosef Shlita this past Motzei Shabbos, when he called for the death of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinians:
“We regret and condemn the inflammatory statements by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. We note the Israeli statement that the Rabbi’s [...]
Authorities in Bavaria, southern Germany, said Friday there was little chance of new proceedings against an SS hitman who has lived as a free man in Germany since escaping from a Dutch prison in 1952.
A spokesman for the Bavarian justice ministry, which is responsible for the case, said there was only a “theoretical” chance of [...]
State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo may have picked up the endorsement of the Daily News in his run for governor, but the paper’s op-ed reads more like a list of reasons why voters should avoid the two Republican candidates.
The paper says, “There’s no point taking stock of candidates vying for the Republican nomination in next [...]
A Us Open worker says he was demoted after telling his boss he couldn't work on Rosh Hashanah.
David Kramer, 61, claims he was downgraded from assistant manager when he said he wanted Sept. 9 and 10 off.
A spokesman for the US Open said Kramer was merely under consideration for the manager's post.
(Source: NY Post)
Following Rabbi Yosef's controversial remarks against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinians, the Prime Minister's Office issued a statement saying, “These comments do not reflect Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or the Israeli government's stance.”
As was reported here last night, Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef denounced upcoming peace talks with the Palestinians, which are [...]
The Times Herald-Record will begin charging in September for online access to its coverage of the Hudson Valley and Catskills region, President and Publisher Joe Vanderhoof announced.
According to Vanderhoof, the newspaper will introduce subscription packages that combine print and digital news options beginning Sept. 14. These new options are designed to meet the reader's lifestyle [...]
Federal agents have been called in after someone poured flammable liquid on four pieces of construction equipment early today at the site of a planned new Islamic center and mosque just outside Murfreesboro.
A CBS television affiliate is reporting that it is being investigated as arson.
Carmie Ayash, a spokeswoman for the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro, said [...]
2:05AM EST: Flatbush Hatzolah is on the scene of a serious MVA on Beverly Road and Ocean Parkway.
Arriving units are requesting paramedics forthwith to the scene.
NYPD ESU & FDNY have been requested to extricate the patients trapped in the vehicle.
(YWN Desk – NYC)
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the central bank has the tools to prevent the U.S. economy from slipping back into a recession, while stopping short of indicating an immediate need for more stimulus.
Bernanke presented a scenario for continued expansion as households rebuild their savings, banks increase lending and companies become more willing to [...]
Chacham Ovadia Yosef Shlita denounced upcoming peace talks with the Palestinians, which are set to start September 2 in Washington, and called for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to “perish from this world,” Army Radio reported Motzei Shabbos.
“Abu Mazen and all these evil people should perish from this world,” Chacham Ovadia said in his weekly [...]
A U.S. district judge blocked lawyers from charging September 11th first responders more than $6 million in fees.
At a Manhattan hearing, Judge Alvin Hellerstein banned attorneys from charging interest on money their clients borrowed to pursue their case against the government.
Some 10,000 police, firefighters, and construction workers are listed in the lawsuit.
Hellerstein signed off on [...]
The state’s key witness, FBI informant Shahed Hussain took the stand today in the trial of for four men accused of plotting to blow up two Bronx synagogues and shoot down military planes.
Hussain was the confidential informant who interacted with all four defendants: James Cromitie, Onta Williams, David Williams and Laguerre Payen.
Hussain told jurors he [...]
The Muslim center planned near the site of the World Trade Center attack could qualify for tax-free financing, a spokesman for City Comptroller John Liu said on Friday, and Liu is willing to consider approving the public subsidy.
The Democratic comptroller’s spokesman, Scott Sieber, said Liu supported the project. The center has sparked an intense debate [...]
The Obama administration has shelved the planned prosecution of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the alleged coordinator of the Oct. 2000 suicide attack on the USS Cole in Yemen, according to a court filing.
The decision at least temporarily scuttles what was supposed to be the signature trial of a major al-Qaeda figure under a reformed system of [...]
French President Nicolas Sarkozy sent a letter to the Schalit family wishing captured IDF soldier Gilad Schalit a happy 24th birthday, Israel Radio reported late Friday.
The letter will be read Saturday at a rally held by the Schalits near the prime minister’s residence in Jerusalem.
On Friday, Noam and Yoel Schalit along with other supporters for [...]
The Justice Department said late Friday that it had approved the planned $3 billion merger between United Airlines and Continental Airlines, lifting the biggest regulatory hurdle to the creation of the world's top airline.
United and Continental, which announced their merger in May, now expect to complete the deal within a few weeks, after shareholders of [...]
This is the latest segment of the new weekly video series from Rabbi Stulberger – You've Been Called to the Dean's Office. It's a short (four minute) message on a timely Torah topic. This week's message: “Rejoice in Trepidation.”
In this week's Sedra the Torah instructs us as to the Vidui HaMaáser – the testimony recited upon finishing a tithing cycle. After we attest to the fact that we acted in accordance to the maáser laws, we then are directed to request the following bracha from Hashem: “Look down (Hashem) from Your Holy Abode, [...]
V'amarta lifnei Hashem Elokecha biarti hakodesh min ha'bayis v'gam n'sativ l'levi ul'ger l'yasom ul'almana k'chol mitzvas'cha asher tzivisani lo avarti mi'mitzvosecha v'lo shachachti (26:13)
There is a three-year cycle governing the tithes that a person must separate from his crops. In the year following the conclusion of this cycle, a farmer has until the day [...]
Gov. Chris Christie fired state education commissioner Bret Schundler this morning after Schundler refused to resign in the wake of the controversy over the state’s loss of up to $400 million in federal school funding, two officials briefed on the situation said.
A deputy commissioner will be named acting commissioner while the governor searches for the [...]
British Airways passengers received a scare earlier this week when an accidentally played recorded message warned their 747 jumbojet was about to crash.
Britain’s Sky News is one of numerous outlets reporting on the incident today, writing on its website that the “planeload of British Airways passengers feared for their lives … only to learn the [...]
Former President Jimmy Carter is expected to arrive in the United States Friday with a U.S. citizen who was imprisoned in North Korea after entering the isolated communist nation illegally in January, the Carter Center said here.
North Korea sentenced the American, Aijalon Mahli Gomes, to eight years of hard labor and a fine of about [...]
Hurricane Danielle remained a powerful Category 4 storm Friday morning, the National Hurricane Center reported.
Churning through the middle of the Atlantic Ocean far from land, Danielle’s winds are near 135 mph, and the hurricane center reported that “some slight strengthening is possible during the next 24 hours.”
There are no warnings or watches, but people in [...]
Law enforcement officers may secretly place a GPS device on a person’s car without seeking a warrant from a judge, according to a recent federal appeals court ruling in California.
Drug Enforcement Administration agents in Oregon in 2007 surreptitiously attached a GPS to the silver Jeep owned by Juan Pineda-Moreno, whom they suspected of growing marijuana, [...]
Agudath Israel of America was among the signatories to a letter received by every member of the U.S. Congress this week concerning a proposed change in the law governing the rules for faith-based organizations' participation in federal programs.
Although the provision at issue concerns only one such program, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, [...]
The US warned Lebanon that if it did not prevent any recurrence of the border-fire incident that occurred earlier this month, the IDF would destroy the Lebanese Armed Forces within four hours, Israel Radio cited a report by Lebanese newspaper A-Liwaa on Friday.
According to the report, Frederick Hoff, assistant to US Middle East Peace Envoy [...]
If President Barack Obama needed any more incentive to go all out for Democrats this fall, here it is: Republicans are planning a wave of committee investigations targeting the White House and Democratic allies if they win back the majority.
Everything from the microscopic — the New Black Panther party — to the massive –- think [...]
A report issued Thursday by Former Chief Judge Judith Kaye found that Governor David Paterson misled investigators about his intention to pay for free tickets to last year’s World Series at Yankee Stadium.
Serving as an independent counsel, Kaye says the decision to charge the governor with perjury now lies with Albany District Attorney David Soares, [...]
Two academics at an FBI-sponsored conference Friday will accuse the NYPD of cooking the books to make the city appear safer.
The claims are contained in a survey of more than 309 police officers – most of whom have served as precinct commanders since the department started using the CompStat program in the mid-’90s.
More than half [...]
One in 10 American households with a mortgage was at risk of foreclosure this summer as the government’s efforts to help have had little impact stemming the housing crisis.
About 9.9% of homeowners had missed at least one mortgage payment as of June 30, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Thursday.
(Read More: USA Today)
Egg eaters had two new brand names to search for in their refrigerators Thursday because of the nationwide salmonella scare sparked by egg recalls.
Wright County Egg, the company responsible for 380 million of the 550 million recalled eggs, said in a news release Wednesday night that it had confirmed cases of Salmonella enteritidis illnesses related [...]
A Muslim cab driver who was attacked because of his religion by a passenger in Manhattan is expected to meet the mayor today.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg invited Ahmed Sharif to visit City Hall today, after police say the cab driver was attacked Tuesday night after picking up 21-year-old Michael Enright at 24th Street and Second Avenue [...]
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of HaRav HaChosid Reb Moshe Duvid Strom ZATZAL, of London this morning at age 97.
The Levaya is to leave his residence at 11.00am to Israel.
Reb Moshe Duvid was a talmid of the Kedushas Tzion of Bobov and leaves behind children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.
May he be a [...]
This is a nice refreshing dessert on a hot Shabbos or Yom Tov day.
2 (3 ounce) packages raspberry gelatin
2 cups boiling water
3 cups frozen raspberries
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
¼ cup brown sugar
½ cup margarine, melted
1-1/2 cups nondairy creamer
1 (3.4 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding
1 (8 ounce) package tofutti cream cheese, softened
In a bowl, combine the [...]
A furious New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie teed off on federal bureaucrats yesterday for allowing a clerical error on the state’s application to eliminate it from reaping as much as $400 million in education funds.
The state finished 11th in the hotly contested Race to the Top competition and, under a point-based evaluation system, just three [...]
A beloved Brooklyn liquor store clerk gunned down last week knew the ex-con accused of killing him.
Eion Klass, charged with the murder on Wednesday, used to smoke cigarettes with Yoseph Robinson and lived just three doors down from the crime scene. “He liked Yoseph,” said Emre Erkan, the super of the building on Nostrand Ave. [...]
A drunk barged into a Queens mosque last night and shouted anti-Muslim slurs as he urinated on prayer rugs, cops and witnesses said.
Evening prayers were disrupted at the Iman Mosque on Steinway Street in Astoria when the unhinged man “came in with a beer bottle in his hands, clearly very intoxicated,” said Mustapha Sadouki, who [...]
Senior Turkish officials currently visiting the United States confirmed their commitment to preserving warm relations with Israel, the Turkish newspaper Zaman reported Thursday.
Ties between Turkey and Israel, once close allies, have been strained ever since Turkey mounted harsh criticism against Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip in the winter of 2008/2009. Relations deteriorated further [...]
An FBI agent Wednesday showed jurors a fake bomb and deactivated Stinger missile with which four upstate men allegedly hoped to blow up two Riverdale synagogues and shoot down military aircraft.
Special Agent Robert Fuller hoisted the 4-foot-plus long missile to his shoulder, clicked off the safety and depressed the trigger during the dramatic demonstration in [...]
A letter containing bullets and death threats to Jews was sent to a synagogue in a northern Paris suburb, where an infamous transit camp for Jews was set up during World War II.
The letter to the synagogue in Drancy also bore a swastika, said Sammy Ghozlan, head of a national body monitoring anti-Semitism.
He said the [...]
Dov Weisel is a modest man who runs from honor, but the truth is that he is the manager of Israel's largest anti-poverty organization. His office sports a wooden desk crowded with drafts and documents, a small round table for discussions, several chairs, and a large bookcase. It's an important office for important meetings, but [...]
A small study of an experimental drug for advanced melanoma — a brutal disease that often kills within nine months — is giving rare hope to doctors and patients.
For the first time, doctors say, new therapies that include the drug allow them to envision a time when they might be able to keep melanoma patients [...]
Wholesale egg prices are up about 40% since the start of a major recall, and consumers will likely see increases at the store, too, industry analysts say.
The wholesale price for a dozen large eggs in the Northeast is up 38% since the first salmonella-inspired recall on Aug. 13, says market researcher Urner Barry Publications.
Urner Barry [...]
(Click on image) 6:15PM EST: NYPD Detectives have charged the suspect being held in the brutal murder of Yoseph Robinson HY”D.
As YWN had reported yesterday, detectives had picked up the suspect early Tuesday morning, and now highly credible sources confirm to YWN that the suspect, 33-year-old Eion Klass, a black male, has been arrested on charges of 1st [...]
Stocks snapped a four-day losing streak Wednesday after a late rally.
Stocks had been lower for much of the day after dismal housing and durable goods data stressed the prospect of an economic slowdown.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended up about 20 points, or 0.2 percent, ending above 10,000, after falling below that mark earlier. This [...]
People will be able to enter Meoras haMachpela in Chevron during the night hours in two weeks, the IDF said on Wednesday in response to a request by the Kiryat Arba – Hebron city council.
Jews will be allowed to pray at the site between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur 24 hours a day, in order to [...]
The United Nations made an urgent plea for helicopters as the death toll from weeks of massive flooding in Pakistan neared 1,600 people Wednesday.
“We need at least 40 additional heavy-lift helicopters,