Mumbai, India – As they prepare for the High Holidays this week, the Jewish community in India’s financial capital Mumbai has good news to report two years after its rabbi there died in an Islamist assault on the city. A new rabbi has arrived, a new community center is open and their worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch movement is [...]

New York State Senator Eric Adams (D, Brooklyn) held a press conference Monday afternoon, and announced the purchase of bullet proof vests for members of the Brooklyn South Safety Patrol (Boro Park Shomrim). The vests will provide additional protection to the volunteer safety group while it conducts its daily patrols in the Boro Park area. In [...]

I dare anyone to claim that they have never in their life, not even once, been moved by sports in some way.

New York – A videotape shows the alleged mastermind of a plot to attack New York synagogues and shoot down military planes practicing with a shoulder missile launcher. The tape played for a jury Tuesday at the Manhattan trial of James Cromitie and three other men capture a paid FBI informant giving him a crash course [...]

Haiti – The Israel Police delegation to Haiti marked Rosh Hashana early, with a modest meal of apple and honey in the earthquake devastated Caribbean country. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said in Jerusalem that the 14 Special Patrol (Yasam) Officers are staying at an Italian base, and are helping the multinational force in the country to [...]

New York – The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers is among the plaintiffs in a new lawsuit that seeks to restrict airport searches of laptops and other electronic devices. The association — as well as a group of photographers and a doctoral student — says the searches as they are done now violate the Fourth [...]

The number of Google searches for terms like “tzedakah” and its English counterpart “Jewish charity” is plummeting, according to a report released by NGO Tzedekah, Inc. on Tuesday. According to the report, last year marked the lowest search volume for the terms since Google began making records available. The research also found that interest in tzedakah around [...]

As Jews in America and around the world celebrate the first of the High Holy Days I want to extend my warmest wishes for the New Year.  L’shana Tova Tikatevu – may you be inscribed and sealed in the Book of Life. Rosh Hashanah marks the beginning of the spiritual calendar and the birth of the [...]

Manhattan, NY – Larry Silverstein announced Tuesday that when the new World Trade Center is complete by 2015, it will boast the daily foot traffic of 250,000 people. Mr. Silverstein hosted a press conference at noon on Tuesday, where he and other notables like Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Paterson expressed their intention that the 9/11 memorial [...]

To my loyal YWN readers, Although this space is normally used for my weekly columns on health, fitness, and weight loss, I will allow myself the liberty once a year to use this space for a personal message. Hashem granted us the gift of a healthy body and expects us to do our best to take care [...]