YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of HaRav Yisroel Moshe Fried Z”L, the Morah D’Asra of Khal Neustadt in Lakewood, who was Niftar over Yom Tov following an illness. The Levaya was held on Tuesday, the second day of Yom Tov, in front of his Bais Medrash on County Line Road. The Kevura […]

Mrs. Shifra Dvora Mayer A”H, who was struck by a vehicle in Boro Park last month, was tragically Niftar early Sunday morning. As Boro Park Scoop reported on Friday March 29th the Nifteres A”H crossed the street at 14th Avenue and 39th Street where she was struck by a vehicle and was rushed by Boro […]

Tragedy struck the Monsey community on Friday when a Jewish family headed to Scranton, Pennsylvania, for Shabbos was involved in a deadly single-vehicle accident on the I-84. According to police, Yeruchem and Serach Kagan, along with their four children, were approximately 20 minutes from Scranton when their vehicle veered off the roadway and flipped, rolling […]

The sole survivor of the horrific 2001 helicopter crash which shook the Orthodox Jewish community to its core, was sadly Niftar on Motzei Shabbos. Mrs. Chana Daskal A”H, a resident of Seagate, NY, passed away at the age of 47 after suffering from an unrelated illness for approximately a year. She was Niftar at a […]

A terrible tragedy occurred in Israel overnight Tuesday when Yisroel Eliyahu Suissa, z’l, a 21-year-old Lubavitcher chassid from Montreal, Canada who was serving as a lone soldier in the IDF was killed in a motorcyle accident. The niftar had served in Gaza since the war began, for 150 consecutive days, and had just been released […]

YWN regrets to inform you of the petirah of Rav Yekusiel Yehuda Meisels zt”l, the longtime Rav in Seagate, who was niftar at Maimonides Medical Center on Sunday night at the age of 95. Rav Yekusiel Yehuda was born in Wodzisław (Veitz) to the town’s rav, Rav Tzvi Hersh and Henya Zissel, the daughter Rav […]

YWN regrets to inform you of the petirah of HaRav Baruch Weisbecker zt”l, the rosh yeshiva of Bais Mattisyahu in Bnei Brak and a member of the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah in Eretz Yisroel. Rav Baruch zt”l was seriously ill for the past several years. He appeared to be on the mend, but his condition deteriorated […]

YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Rabbi and Mrs Yaakov and Rachel Sperber Z”L, who were Niftar in a tragic incident on Shabbos afternoon at their home in Boro Park. They were both 75. The Levaya will be held on Sunday evening at 5:00PM at Shomrei Hadas Chapels, located at 39 Street and 14th Avenue at 5:00PM. Chesed Shel Emes, Misaskim and many community leaders worked closely with the NYPD and NYC Medical Examiners office to ensure proper Kavod Hames in this tragic incident. Boruch Dayan Hammes… (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

A terrible tragedy occurred in Flatbush early Friday morning, when an infant was Niftar after being seriously burned. Sources tell YWN that FDNY, EMS, and Flatbush Hatzolah were all called to an apartment building on East 14 Street near Avenue H, for reports of a person seriously burned. It appears that the infant was asleep […]

YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Rav Zevulun Charlop zt”l, menahel emeritus of Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yitzchok Elchonon. He was 93. Rav Charlop dedicated many years to serving as the Rov of the Young Israel of Mosholu Parkway in the Bronx, New York, until the Shul closed its doors.