The Levaya for R Chaim Elozor Reich Z”L, (who was niftar in Fridays tragic car accident in Flatbush,) will take place Sunday at 1:30pm at Shomrei Hachomos Chapel on Fort Hamilton Parkway and 43 Street in Boro Park. Boruch Dayam Emmes…

3:20PM EST: A serious car accident just occurred in Flatbush, leaving one person with serious injuries R”L. The accident location is Avenue O and Ocean Avenue, and the FDNY & NYPD Emergency Services Unit were requested to the scene to extricate the injured person. Hatzolah was originally transporting the patient to a trauma center, but diverted to Maimonides Hospital. Sources [...]

YWN regrets to inform you of an update to yesterdays serious MVA on Route 17, in Upstate NY, reported in YWN Catskill News. 82-year-old Esther Moskowitz A”H, was Niftar earlier today from injuries sustained in the accident. The vehicle driven by her husband, R’ Yankel Moskowitz, was struck by another vehicle, causing their car to overturn into a [...]

YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Hagon Rav Dovid Heller ZATZAL, originally from Lugano Switzerland now living in Boro Park. He was the head of the European Yarchei Kalah, a noted Magid Shiur in Stolin Bais Medrash and Rosh Kollel in Boro Park. He was known to be a close confidant of Gedolei Yisroel, especially the [...]

5:25AM EST: Thousands of people are currently attending the Levayos of the 7 Niftarim of one family who were tragically killed in yesterdays crash, when their minivan collided with  a train in Kiryat Gat. The Levaya has just left the Stolin Bais Medrash on Rechov Avi Noam Yellin in Yerushalayim, and is proceeding to har Menuchos for [...]

A 66-year-old woman was R”L killed Thursday afternoon in a supermarket parking lot when a car pulling out of a parking space hit her as she walked toward the store’s entrance. Barbra Bolong A”H was walking in the parking lot at about 4:15 p.m. towards the entrance of the ShopRite supermarket at 774 Route 70, township [...]

There were hundreds of people in attendance yesterday at the funeral of Lieutenant Colonial Dov Harari HY”D. Lt. Col. Harari, who was 45 years old and a resident of Netanya, was killed on Tuesday night by Lebanese soldiers while trying to uproot a tree on the Israeli side of the border. IDF forces responded to [...]

5:30PM EST: A Frum man R”L drowned a short while ago, in the waters off the shore of Atlantic City, NJ. Although details are still sketchy, sources tell YWN that he might have possibly fallen off of a boat, while taking a ride with friends. His body was recovered a short while later by the US Coast [...]

We regret to announce the petirah of Reb Yonoson (“Jonas”) Neiman z”l, who was a long-time resident of Brooklyn, where he was known as a highly respected and conscientious mashgiach in the kosher food industry. After he retired, he moved to Yerushalayim, where he lived out his years. The kevurah took place on Tuesday, August [...]

Stamford, CT – A 50-year-old Orthodox Jewish resident of Stamford, was among the nine people killed during a shooting rampage at a Manchester beer distributor Tuesday morning. Louis Felder H”YD, a Pepper Ridge Road resident and member of the city’s Orthodox Jewish community, worked at Hartford Distributors. He was killed when a 34-year-old driver went on a killing [...]