The Sinclair group of local television stations said Wednesday it is dropping its commentary segments featuring Boris Epshteyn, former aide to President Donald Trump, in favor of a greater emphasis on local investigative journalism. Epshteyn’s pro-Trump commentaries, sent by the Sinclair Broadcast Group to its 193 local stations with an order that they must be […]

A horrific crash took the life of a young American Yeshivas Bochur in Jerusalem on Wednesday evening. Police say the crash between a private vehicle and a tractor trailer occurred at around 6:23PM on the Begin Highway near Ramot. United Hatzalah Volunteers tell YWN that they arrived on the scene and found two victims with […]

An 18 year law enforcement veteran and married father of five was tragically murdered in the Jersey City attack on Wednesday December 10. Detective Joseph Seals 40, was the first person identified as a victim of the horrific attacks in Jersey City which ultimately took the lives of three people inside the kosher grocery store […]

Scientists from Tel Aviv University have successfully tested the world’s first ever major medical breakthrough of 3D-printed hearts from human patients’ cells.  The success of 3D-printed organs can bring hope for transplant patients as a possible solution to the problem often faced by many patients globally — long waiting lists for organ donors.  World’s first […]

Agudath Israel of America and its constituents were heartbroken and outraged over the murders of three civilians and a police officer yesterday at a kosher market in Jersey City, N.J. We offer our deepest condolences to the families of the innocent people who were killed, and we pray for the speedy recovery of those who […]

In response to the tragic events that took place in Jersey City yesterday afternoon, Police Departments around the tri-State area added heavy security to jewish institutions. The Lakewood Police Department increased both marked and unmarked patrols town wide. Chief Meyer tells YWN that he would to ensure the public that “we will do whatever is […]

Hours after reports of a Jewish-owned grocery store in Jersey City was involved in a shootout with heavily armed criminals, a representative of Americans Against Antisemitism took his camera and went to the scene. What he recorded and encountered when he got there shocked all of us. While it was becoming clear that a terror […]

On Monday night, December 9, a crowd of more than 1,200 gathered at the Marriott Marquis in New York City to celebrate “An Evening for the Kids” at the 2019 Chai Lifeline Gala. A leading children’s health support network, Chai Lifeline provides critical assistance to children with life-threatening or lifelong illnesses and their families through […]

Shooting victim Mrs Leah Mindel Ferencz HY”D, 33-years-old, was one of the victims of the Jersey City shooting attack. Rabbi David Niederman of the UJO in Williamsburg gave YWN the following statement: “Mindel Ferencz HY”D, was a pioneer. She and her husband were of the very first to relocate from Williamsburg, due to the sky-rocketing […]

Rabbi David Niederman, President of the United Jewish Organizations (UJO) of Williamsburg and North Brooklyn delivered the following statement to YWN: The community is saddened and is mourning the loss of two innocent, people, the most-special of our community. Mindel Ferencz may she rest in peace, was a pioneer. She and her husband were of […]