CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Two black teens snatched a purse from two young Jewish women last night, but were caught thanks to alert residents. The incident began after midnight, when the girls were walking on Montgomery St, between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.

U.S. officials have linked a senior al Qaeda operative — one of the nation’s most wanted terrorists — to the New York subway bomb plot that netted the arrests of Najibullah Zazi and other alleged co-conspirators, CBS 2 reports. Authorities believe that Adnan Shukrijumah met with one of the would-be suicide bombers in a plot that [...]

New York, NY – Counterterrorism officials have linked one of the nation’s most wanted terrorists to last year’s thwarted plot to bomb the New York subway system. Authorities believe that Adnan Shukrijumah (ahd-NAHN’ el SHOOK’-ree joohm-HAH’) met with one of the would-be suicide bombers in a plot that Attorney General Eric Holder called one of the [...]

The High Court of Justice is calling on the Interior Ministry to explain just why it remains unwilling to accept the giyur of the Bnei Brak Beis Din of HaGaon HaRav Nissim Karelitz Shlita, in the case brought by attorney Theodor Schwartzberg involving a giyoress from the Czech Republic, as was reported by YWN-ISRAEL earlier. The [...]

Son of a Hamas founder passes US immigration background check.

Israel secretly reaches out; Minister, FM meet in Zurich.

Lieberman on report: This is a blow to my trust in Netanyahu.

Albany, NY – State lawmakers today were on the verge of passing legislation that would make it illegal for occupants of a car to smoke if there are children on board younger than 14. New York would join a handful of states with similar laws. The law would carry a maximum fine of $100 fine for those [...]

Over 30,000 trees damaged in worst fires since Lebanon war.

Williamsburg, NY – Residents castigated city transportation officials, claiming that the changes that they made on Kent Avenue are not working. The former two-way avenue has become the city’s second-most-popular bike route ever since it was converted to a one-way northbound street last August. The move delighted cyclists, but residents and business owners on Wythe Avenue, [...]