New York – The state has finally passed an alternative no-fault divorce law. Like most states, New York requires grounds (reasons) for divorce and resolution of financial matters and minor children-related issues. Under existing no-fault law, a separation agreement and one-year waiting period constitute the “grounds,” with the other issues resolved within that agreement. If either spouse [...]

Yaakov Yosef Raskin (Burlington, VT) and Mussie Greenberg (Los Angeles, CA)

Mendy and Brocha Rendler (Crown Heights)

Man vowed to avenge deaths of Muslims killed by US forces.

Victims' names released after police find two men dead in car in TA.

Gunshot victims' names released after police find bodies in car.

Ramapo, NY – Four villages today mailed eviction notices to 16 Israeli families living in yeshiva-owned housing on Grandview Avenue based on a state judge’s decision after yeshiva failed to follow his orders, officials said. A lawyer representing the Ramapo villages in the ongoing lawsuit said eviction letters were sent after Modos Chofetz Chaim refused to [...]

City residents that are concerned about plans for a mosque to be built near the World Trade Center site will have to wait to see if it will actually be constructed. Emotions ran high Tuesday at a meeting of the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission. The vote, however, won’t be held until later this summer. At issue: whether [...]

Tel Aviv – Two people were killed on Wednesday in a shooting incident in southern Tel Aviv. The police believe one of the victims shot the other and then committed suicide. Both victims, apparently observant Jews, one is 19 years old from Jerusalem, the other is 31 years old from Rishon Letzion. A Magen David Adom emergency [...]

3:30PM EST: Two Charedim, one of them a ZAKA Volunteer, were killed in a shooting on a Tel Aviv street on Wednesday evening, Kikar is reporting. One of them was killed instantly, and the second died while being rushed to Ichilov Hospital. Details are still unfolding in this tragic story. Check back at YWN for the latest [...]