Tarrytown, NY – Cuomo: Tappan Zee Bridge Being Mulled as Pedestrian Walkway

Tarrytown, NY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the state is considering turning the Tappan Zee Bridge into a “greenway” instead of demolishing it when a new adjacent span is built to cross the Hudson River. Cuomo says Wednesday his administration is discussing whether to turn the current 57-year-old bridge into a walkway similar to the [...]


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Newark, NJ – Newark Mayor: NYPD Muslim Files ‘Deeply Offensive’

Newark, NJ — The mayor and police director of New Jersey’s largest city said Wednesday the New York Police Department misled their city and never told them it was conducting a widespread spying operation on Newark’s Muslim neighborhoods. Had they known, they said, they never would have allowed it. “If anyone in my police department [...]


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The Real Fear – A Frum IDF

For those who have not yet figured out, what is behind the recent hounding of religious soldiers in the IDF, chareidim and dati leumi alike, it is the sudden realization that the core of the best military units today are the soldiers of the Mechinot programs, the kipot srugot, those who are flooding Base 1, [...]

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FBI & NYPD Investigating Threatening Letters Sent to Senators, Media

The FBI and NYPD are investigating threatening letters that claim to contain dangerous pathogens sent to media companies and U.S. senators, law enforcement officials tell NBC New York. According to law enforcement officials, the person sent letters to Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, of “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report,” claiming more letters had [...]

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Condition Of HaRav Yisroel Belsky Shlita Serious [UPDATED 7:00PM EST]

[EARLIER UPDATE BELOW] 7:00PM EST: We have been informed that the situation with HaRav Yisroel Belsky Shlita has been somewhat stabilized for now. The doctors are very concerned, and the next 24 hours are critical. Please continue to be mispallel for Yisroel ben Chana Tzirel, as much as possible. The family requests that everyone should refrain [...]

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Atlanta, GA – The Real Story Of CNN’s Firing Of Jerusalem Bureau Journalists

Atlanta — CNN’s decision to fire four Jewish Israeli journalists from the cable network’s Jerusalem bureau earlier this month was due in part to their religion and nationality, and to their perceived inability to operate freely throughout the Middle East, the Algemeiner has learned. “The fact is, just Jewish Israelis were fired from CNN,” said [...]


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Washington – Common Prenatal Tests Become Campaign Issue

Washington — First birth control, now prenatal testing? Once again a fact of life for many American women has become a jarring issue in the presidential race. Republican candidate Rick Santorum is making free screenings for birth defects part of his attack on President Barack Obama’s health care law. Santorum, who has a young daughter [...]


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Condition Of HaRav Yisroel Belsky Shlita is Critical [5:30PM EST]

The condition of HaRav Yisroel Belsky Shlita has turned critical, sources tell YWN. Rabbi Belsky, who is the Rosh Yeshiva of Torah Vodaath in Flatbush, and one of the major Poskim in America, was rushed to the hospital by Hatzolah two weeks ago, after first suffering from a ruptured esophagus, and a collapsed lung. He [...]

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Chris Christie tells Warren Buffett: ‘Shut Up’

Chris Christie has heard enough about Warren Buffett, and in typical fashion, the New Jersey governor had a certain blunt way of putting it.
“He should just write a check and shut up,” Christie said Tuesday on CNN’s “Piers Morgan Tonight.” “Really, and just contribute. The fact of the matter is that I’m tired of hearing [...]

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Tefillos for Rav Belsky Are Needed Now

Update below: All are asked to continue saying Tehillim for Rav Yisroel Belsky, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas, who is hospitalized at Maimonides Medical Center in Boro Park. We are told that, of late, the situation is especially serious and the rosh yeshiva needs rachamei Shomayim.
The greater Olam Hatorah has remained concerned regarding the rosh yeshiva [...]

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