YWN interviewed Shrage Feller, who is the owner of the Woodridge Pizza Store – which burned to the ground in a horrific fire on Sunday July 4th, 2010. Shrage tells us that thanks to the help of so many people, he is proud to announce that his new store will be opening this coming Sunday, August [...]

Israel – Rabbi Yehuda Leib Steinman, one of the leaders of the Lithuanian ultra-Orthodox community ruled recently that during flights one is best advised to pray the Amidah prayer (The Standing Prayer) sitting down, restfully, rather than standing up. This was his answer to haredi yeshiva students currently in the midst of the “Bein Hazmanim” holiday [...]

These are an elegant appetizer – particularly nice for Sheva Brachos or just a fancy weeknight meal for your lucky family.  Crepes:  4 eggs  1 cup flour  1 cup water  ½ teaspoon salt  ½ teaspoon sugar Mix eggs and flour well. Stir in all the other ingredients. Spray a pan (preferably non-stick) other cooking spray and place over medium-high heat. Cover bottom [...]

This is the latest segment of the new weekly video series from Rabbi Stulberger – You’ve Been Called to the Dean’s Office. It’s a short (four minute) message on a timely Torah topic. This week’s message: “Making it Simple.”

V’ragl’cha lo batzeika zeh arba’im shana (8:4) In mentioning that the shoes of the Jewish people miraculously didn’t wear out during their sojourn in the wilderness, the Torah states explicitly (29:4) that they wore shoes during their travels through the desert. How can this be resolved with Rashi’s comment on our verse that the feet of [...]

Washington – Republicans wanted an election-season ethics case against Democratic powerhouse Rep. Charles Rangel of New York. And now, it looks like they have one. A House ethics panel of four Democrats and four Republicans, who will determine Rangel’s guilt or innocence on 13 ethics charges, held its organizational meeting Thursday. The message going forward, from [...]

Omaha, NE – Twenty-one years ago, Li Lu was a student leader of the Tiananmen Square protests. Now a hedge-fund manager, he is in line to become a successor to Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Mr. Li, 44 years old, has emerged as a leading candidate to run a chunk of Berkshire’s $100 billion portfolio, [...]

Wrapped in Israeli flags, the coffins of six Israel Defense Forces soldiers killed in a helicopter crash in Romania on Monday were carried off a Boeing airplane Friday morning. Chief Military Rabb Brigadier General Rafi Peretz – a helicopter pilot himself – participated in the ceremony that took place on the landing strip at the Tel [...]

Brooklyn, NY – Two cops from a troubled Brooklyn precinct tried to trump up charges against a perp — who turned out to be an undercover Internal Affairs investigator, sources said yesterday. Sgt. Raymond Stukes and Officer Hector Tirado have been indicted and are expected to turn themselves in to the DA today. It’s the latest black [...]

A bill that would provide health care coverage for thousands of September 11th first responders was defeated Thursday by members of the House. The $7.4 billion James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act failed to gain a two-thirds majority vote. The move was a way of preventing Republicans from attaching other amendments to it. However, some say [...]