Prominent Zionist-religious leader Rabbi Shlomo Aviner rules girls must not enlist in IDF, move that he claims goes against Torah laws.
Rabbi Shlomo Aviner called on young religious women not to enlist in the army, a move he defined as a violation of Torah laws. ” “Never enlist in the army…ever,” Aviner wrote, quoting a list […]
World-Renowned King of Cantorial-Music Yitchoke Meir Helfgot Serving Hot Meals at MASBIA soup Kitchen in the Month of its Third Anniversary. (PRNewsFoto/MASBIA.org) Three years ago, a welcomed guest arrived in the streets of BoroughPark Brooklyn. It wasn’t a famous rabbi or scholar, nor was it a well-knownpolitician coming to campaign in a neighborhood considered […]
JERUSALEM — Israel’s public debate shifted this week from Hamas to hametz. But it remained no less heated.
The focus of the debate here is a ruling by a Jerusalem municipal judge overturning the convictions of four shops and restaurants for having sold pizzas and rolls during the holiday last year despite a law that many […]
“Strauss, one of Israel’s leading dairy companies, will prominently label products that contain ingredients derived from cholov nochri according to a compromise agreement submitted in court after a class-action suit was filed against the company.According to the plaintiffs, Strauss misled kosher consumers who avoid dairy products containing milk ingredients produced outside of Israel. The arrangement […]
I’m at Yeshivat Rambam, ther’s a meeting with what are supposed to be big announcements. I’ll update this post with details. Rumor is they are announcing that they will have separate buildings.”60% of families that looked at rambam but did ot send their kids said it was because of the co_ed. stats in favor of […]
Do you think the “Big Event Concert” should be banned? cast your vote. VOS IZ NEIAS
“Yeshiva World has just spoken to Lipa Schmeltzer (Motzei Shabbos 5:45AM EST) and he has informed us that he will not be singing at the “Big Event Concert”. This decision was reached after he consulted with Daas Torah, and […]
LAKEWOOD — The labels are not to be trusted.In a small basement cluttered with suit racks and rows of microscopes that conjure an image of Men’s Wearhouse meets high school science lab, Rabbi Yoel Shocket holds up a navy blue pinstripe with a tag boasting 100 percent wool. A dissection of the lining inside the […]
Mostly Music is proud to announce the mehadrin audio & video channels on El Al Israel Airlines. Many Jewish music fans are already enjoying the Mostly Music – Jewish Music […]
Boycott Against Flatbush Shaitel (Wig) Store Over
YWN had posted a letter from Rav Aron Schecter Shlita a few weeks ago calling on people not to enter a Shaitel store on Coney Island Avenue. The store, located across the street from Yeshiva Chaim Berlin had refused to remove large inappropriate photos of women hanging in […]
You don’t have to do more than glance into the window of Moishe’s Bake Shop at 115 Second Ave. to know that this store is the real thing — the king of kosher bakeries in Manhattan.
You’ll see platters piled with traditional Jewish noshes like hamantashen, rugelach, mandelbrot, sugar kichels and chocolate babka, pastries baked the […]
Travelers on a kosher diet will get more options later this month at New York-area airports. Kosher Vending Industries, a Valley Cottage, N.Y.-based company, has a contract with New York John F. Kennedy and Newark Liberty airports to install kosher-food vending machines at their facilities.At JFK, it will install four machines at Terminal 4 in […]
For the unaware, there is a wig store across the street from Yeshiva Chaim Berlin in Flatbush. The owner decided to place pictures of women wearing the wigs in his window. Since looking at women can cause impure thoughts, a few of Rav Aharon Schecter’s (RAS) talmidim asked the store owner to remove the pictures […]
