It was cold in Jersey City on Wednesday, but it seemed like the whole neighborhood was standing outside. As I walked down the road towards the grocery store, the first thing that struck me was the eerie silence.
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Some 1,300 people across the United States have died of the flu so far this year, according to new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates. In a report released Friday, federal health officials said there have been at least 2.6 million flu illnesses this year and 23,000 hospitalizations. Flu activity has been reported across the country, but some states – namely Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington – have reported “high” flu activity levels. Puerto Rico has seen high flu activity as well.

By now is anyone still surprised? Probably not. But the three members of “The Squad” have finally come clean and showed the world exactly who they really are. Let’s start with most damning of the three and focus on the outrageous tweet by Palestinian Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib who incredibly blamed “white supremacy” for the […]

In what has become a yearly tradition, the Yeshiva World will be hosting a series of Chizuk videos on its homepage in honor of Tisha B’av.
Our hopes are that these videos will inspire, educate, and motivate people to grow in their personal avodas Hashem and to help us all merit the building of the Beis Hamikdash B’Mheroh Beyomenu.

Nearly a half century ago when I was a talmid of HaGaon Rav Moshe Feinstein zt’l, the yeshiva summer camp was shaken when one of the young men learning with us nearly drowned in the camp lake while boating.
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(By: Zvi Gluck)
It has been a flood of epic proportions.
That is the only way I can describe what has happened in my inbox in the few short days since we released an op-ed on YWN discussing the devastating number of overdoses and deaths that have befallen us and asking people to join Amudim in the fight against abuse and addiction.

(By: Zvi Gluck)
Let me be the first to admit that I am not a math person, yet, unfortunately, it seems that right now my life has been all about numbers.
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(by Chaskel Bennett)
Imagine if an Orthodox Jew would be denied entry to the polls on election ‎day? The outcry would be swift and overwhelming. Charges of antisemitism and bigotry would ring across social media and would be rightfully condemned by everyone.
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By Rabbi Shaya Cohen, the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Zichron Ayeh and founded Priority-1 in 1987 to help at-risk teenagers and their parents and families. According to many experts in the field, one of the most significant predictors of whether an OTD child will ultimately return to Yiddishkeit is the child’s relationship to his or her parents.

Last week, in a highly charged and controversial vote, the New York State Legislature narrowly passed a Bill to ban the use of religious exemptions for the vaccinations that are required of all school-age students.
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