The weekly BaKehilla reports that the rav of a shul asked a question of HaGaon HaRav Shmuel Halevy Wosner Shlita, explaining that a new building was being constructed and after taking bids from contractors the cheapest price was from a non-Jewish contractor. Read More »
If you are good enough to make the cut and wish to be among the few who can serve on an Israel Navy submarine you cannot maintain dual citizenship. Read More »
‘S’, a resident of Yitzhar, who arrived at the home of relatives in the northern region of Israel on a visit was detained on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 and taken to the Rosh Pina police station on suspicion of conspiring to commit a crime. After an interrogation lasting several hours S’ was unconditionally released. Read More »
Just hours before she was to convert to Islam and marry an Arab, 15-year-old Nofar Ben Hamou was found Sunday by Israel Police in an Arab village located within the Green Line. The girl, from the mixed Jewish-Arab city of Lod, was reported missing two months ago. Read More »
Former Mossad Intelligence Agency Director Meir Dagan spoke in Tel Aviv this week, focusing his remarks on the need to change Israel’s form of government, expressing strong criticism over the number of cabinet ministers and the prime minister’s need to constantly jump to the tune of the small political parties. Read More »
MK (Yahadut HaTorah) Rav Yisrael Eichler believes prolonged blackouts in chareidi areas of Yerushalayim is connected to chilul Shabbos. The Knesset Finance Committee earlier in the week discussed recent Shabbos blackouts in neighborhoods including Ramat Eshkol and Sanhedria. Read More »
Republican donor Sheldon Adelson needed just a few hours to earn enough money to dramatically alter the course of the Republican presidential election, a powerful example of the asymmetry between the cost of campaigns and the wealth of the richest of the rich. Read More »
HaRav Adin Even Yisrael Steinsaltz has been selected as the first recipient of the Presidential Prize the selection committee announced today, Thursday, 16 Shevat 5772. The committee is made up of President Shimon Peres, former president Yitzchak Navon and former president of the High Court of Justice Meir Shamgar. Read More »
During her address to a gathering on Wednesday, IDF Chief of Personnel Major-General Orna Barvibai addressed the Tal Law and “the people’s army” as she presented enlistment and other statistics to participants. Read More »
A 55-year-old Belzer chossid was the latest victim of discrimination while riding a 480 bus from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv Chadrei Chareidi reports. Read More »
Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) host Razi Barkai visited Bnei Brak, escorted by Yarach Tucker, who recently began bringing prominent media personalities to obtain a real inside look at the chareidi tzibur. In January, Tucker brought Channel 2′s Danny Kushmaro to Mir Yeshiva and Toldos Aaron. Read More »
Yidden around the world are continuing to be mispallel for Maran Posek HaDor HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita, whose condition remains very serious/stable. The rav is in a 10th floor cardiac intensive care unit in Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Yerushalayim, on a respirator. Read More »
A number of rabbonim on Wednesday, Tu B’Shevat 5772 arrived at a naval base to put an abrupt end to holiday events that included classes headed by females. It appears members of Nachal Chareidi were being compelled to take part in these classes. Someone notified the rabbonim who arrived to put an abrupt end to the event. Read More »
While treasury and Histadrut national labor federation officials continue to report the nationwide strike has ended after they resolved the core issues, the sides have hit a snarl. Read More »
An Israeli who entered PA-occupied Kalkilye on Wednesday night was taken by PA forces to the border and handed over to IDF officials unharmed. ** Two yeshiva students leaving a Tu B’Shevat tisch hosted by Rav Morgenstern at King David’s Tomb on Har Tzion were arrested on suspicion of “insulting a religion”. Read More »
Deadly attacks on Iranian nuclear scientists are being carried out by an Iranian dissident group that is financed, trained and armed by Israel’s secret service, U.S. officials tell NBC News, confirming charges leveled by Iran’s leaders. Read More »
B’chasdei Hashem no one was injured or worse as a result of a floor collapse in a Belz cheider on Thursday morning, 16 Shevat 5772. When the children saw what had taken place prior to their arrival, they ran to notify the principal who in turn summoned emergency services. Read More »
An agreement was signed a short time ago between the Histadrut national labor federation and the treasury bringing the nationwide strike to an end. Day two of the strike began this morning, Thursday, February 09, 2012, at 6: 00am. Read More »
While negotiators have been meeting through the night and continuing talks at this hour, the nationwide general strike continues this morning, Thursday, February 09, 2012, day two. This means Ben-Gurion International Airport is closed again, for six hours, until noon. Read More »
Once again, representatives of the fanatic Neturei Karta sect have traveled to Iran, taking part in an event in Tehran, a conference addressing the film industry. Researchers from the United States, Italy, Britain, Belgium and other countries participated in the event, as did Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Read More »
Upon hearing of the seriousness of the condition of Maran Posek HaDor HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita, Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita dedicated his shiur to the well-being of R’ Elyashiv. At the beginning of the shiur he announced that the learning is dedicated for a refuah shleima for HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv. Read More »
Addressing the Knesset today, Tu B’Shevat 5772, the 63rd birthday of the Israeli parliament, Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin addressed efforts to compel chareidim to serve in the IDF. Read More »
The FBI has joined the investigation into what caused a Cornwall industrial park to go up in flames last month. Investigators are still trying to determine if the Jan. 15 fire at the Cornwall Industrial Park on Mill Road, which destroyed several businesses, could be a case of arson. Read More »
There has been a deterioration in the condition of Maran Posek HaDor HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita. The senior physicians overseeing the rav’s medical treatment did not have good news for family members earlier this evening, Wednesday, eve 16 Shevat 5772. Read More »
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Rebbitzen Ruchama Brana (Brenda) Geldwirth A”H, the wife of Hagon HaRav Lipa Geldwirth Shlita, Mora D’asra of Khal Kol Torah in Flatbush, after an illness R”L. Read More »
HaGaon HaRav Simcha HaCohen Kook Shlita, chief rabbi of Rechovot, was interviewed by Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) regarding the condition of Maran Posek HaDor HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita. Read More »
Rabbi of the Kotel and Holy Sites Shmuel Rabinowitz called it “chilul kodesh” (desecration of the holy), referring to a siddur picked up at the Kosel by IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz, who realized someone had crossed out the tefilos for the state and for IDF soldiers. Read More »
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has issued the following response to the latest Histadrut National Labor Federation general strike. “A strike will not solve the problem of contract workers. It is possible to improve the conditions of contract workers without striking the economy and disrupting citizens’ lives. Read More »
After reciting blessings in Hebrew, Rabbi Yona Metzger, Chief Rabbi of Israel, placed a mezuzah, the parchment prayer scroll that marks a Jewish home, at the entrance of the modest but comfortable room where members of the Jewish faith can now find solace at University of Miami Hospital. Read More »
The general strike launched in Israel on Wednesday morning, February 8, 2012 at 6: 00am will cost the economy 2.3 billion NIS daily if the strike includes the stock market, the daily Yisrael HaYom reports. Read More »
Once upon a time morality and what we are willing to expose our children to was not exclusive to the frum community, but in modern day Israel it appears a portion of the secular community has lost sight of acceptable and unacceptable behavior. Read More »
Speaking to Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) on Wednesday morning, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman signaled American opposition to an Israeli strike against Iran may be diminishing, at least to some degree. Read More »
While most of us are celebrating Tu B’shvat today with fruits and festivities, Roiza Ruchy B., a young mother who lives in Lakewood, will be celebrating by giving the gift of life. Her mission? To donate a kidney to a fellow Jew who she has never even met. Roiza Ruchy grew up in Brooklyn and moved to Lakewood with her husband. Read More »
A new government-sponsored bill which was already approved by the Knesset Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee will make it significantly more difficult for women to receive a deferment from IDF service on grounds of being a frum Jew. Read More »
A former border policeman was sentenced to six months probation and 300 hours of community service by the Kfar Saba Magistrate’s Court following his conviction of stealing money from a police station tzedaka box. He stole 200 NIS from the pushke located in a police station shul. Read More »
IDF soldiers taking part in counter-terrorism operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron apprehended 12 suspects during the night. ** The left-wing Meretz party elected veteran MK Zahava Gal-On as its new party leader. Read More »
While Finance Minister Dr. Yuval Shteinitz met with Histadrut National Labor Federation leaders at 9: 00pm on Tuesday night, February 7, 2012, most signal this was more or less a formality and the nationwide general strike began on Wednesday morning, February 8, 2012 at 6: 00am. Read More »
The Knesset Tourism Lobby will discuss the importance of the tourism industry in Israel during a special meeting to be held under the slogan: “Recognizing the tourism and the hotel industry as industries of national priority. Read More »
Seven demonstrators were arrested during a protest which took place last Thursday opposite the residence of the Civil Administration’s Inspection Unit Deputy Chief Rami Ziv in Peduel. The demonstrators were taken to the Ariel Police Station and interrogated on suspicion of illegally gathering. Read More »
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday responded to the announced PA (Palestinian Authority) Hamas agreement that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) will serve as the head of the new unity transition government. “I would like to say a few words about what was signed in Doha. Read More »
The former residents of Gush Katif communities will continue their annual tradition, gathering on Tu B’Shevat to plant trees in the community of Bnei Netzarim. According to a HaMevaser report, this year’s event will carry special meaning, as seedlings uprooted after the government’s 2005 expulsion of Jews from Gaza will be planted again. Read More »
Two months after the IDF destroyed Mitzpei Yitzhar, hundreds gathered on Sunday, 12 Shevat 5772 for the chanukas habayis of Ner David, the new shul in memory of HaRav David Bar Chen HY”D. HaKol HaYehudi reports that on 29 Kislev, hundreds of security forces destroyed the Mitzpei Yitzhar home of Yair and Sara Shalom, shortly before their chasnah. Read More »
Former members of the IDF Chief Rabbinate gathered on Tuesday, in Kibbutz Ramat Rachel. They convened to exchange ideas and discuss the alarming situation in the IDF regarding the growing chasm between the military and religion. Read More »
Following false rumors being spread that the condition of Maran Hagon Rav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita has significintly improved, the spokesperson for the home of the Posek HaDor, R’ Shlomo Kook, tells YWN that unfortunatly, this is not the case. Read More »
Information is circulating regarding the condition of Maran Posek HaDor HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita, not from an official medical source, but from Jerusalem mohel Rav Weisberg, who was on the 10th floor of Shaare Zedek Medical Center to visit the rav. Read More »
The High Court of Justice has rejected a petition from Temple Mount Faithful founder Gershon Solomon, explaining that while going onto the Mount and davening is a basic right, police and others have a right to limit and amend that right. Read More »
Residents of London’s Stamford Hill chareidi community were shocked this morning, Tuesday, 14 Shevat 5772 seeing their shul was broken into some time during the night. The mispallalim summoned police and quickly learned authorities received a total of eight calls of similar break-ins. Read More »
Talmidim of Maran Posek HaDor HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita, some attending the rav’s daily shiurim for decades, have arranged for tefilos at the Har HaZeisim kever of the Bal HaLeshem, Rav Elyashiv’s grandfather. Read More »
Two soldiers were ousted from IDF Officers Training Base for opting to daven shachris instead of attending a lecture. Read More »
HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein connected the status of Maran Posek HaDor HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita and the security situation in Eretz Yisrael. He explained that through his limud Torah and existence, Rav Elyashiv protects us against strategic threats. Read More »
Doctors in Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center and Tel Aviv’s Tel Hashomer Hospital have been conferring regarding the condition of Maran Posek HaDor HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita. Read More »
Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin on Tuesday morning, telephoned Deputy Minister of Health Yaakov Litzman after the latter was in Shaare Zedek Medical Center to inquire into the status of Maran Posek HaDor HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita. Rivlin also spoke with MK (Yahadut HaTorah) Moshe Gafne. Read More »
The Superbus Company received numerous complaints of harassment by an Arab driver against Jewish females. The driver usually operates on the 183 route. According to a Kol HaYehudi report, last week, a number of Jews decided to put a stop to his actions, waiting for him in Moshav Kaslon and beating him to teach him a lesson. Read More »
IDF soldiers taking part in counter-terrorism operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron apprehended 9 suspects during the night. ** Anti-Christian graffiti on a monastery and a number of a cars in Jerusalem’s Valley of the Cross area. Police are investigating. ** The Knesset Ethics Committee has limited MK Dr. Read More »
Chabad shluchim in India, Schneur Zalman (27) and Yaffa Shenoi (24) are being expelled by that country due to their “suspicious activities” the Times of India is reporting. Read More »
At 2: 00pm Israel time, tefilos on behalf of Maran Posek HaDor HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita will begin at the kever of Maran Rav Eliezer Menachem Mann Shach ZT”L. Tefilos continue at the Kosel as well. Rav Elyashiv’s condition is reported to be “serious/stable” at 1: 30pm local time. Read More »
Gedolei HaDor Shlita are calling on the tzibur to continue reciting tefilos for Maran Posek HaDor HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita, who remains in an intensive care unit in Shaare Tzedek Medical Center in critical/serious condition. Read More »
Rav Shlomo Kook reports on Tuesday morning, 14 Shevat 5772 that Rav Elyashiv remains in critical/serious condition. According to combined reports, the posek hador’s condition has taken a turn for the worse. Read More »
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