A Jewish retiree was murdered in Rome at the same time that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was visiting the Italian capital. The 74-year-old man was stabbed on Monday night on Via Lanciani in the Nomentano quarter. His body was found at the entrance to the building where he resided. The police launched an investigation into the case, [...]

YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Rebbitzen Chava Frankel A”H, a “Radziner Einikle”. Rebbitzen Frankel was the wife of Rav Lipa Frankel Z”L, who was Niftar some 30-years-ago. Rebbitzen Frankel owned the Frankels Hebrew Book Store on 16th Avenue, until she moved to Monsey 15-years-ago, to live with her son, Rav Yehuda Frankel [...]

YWN regrets to inform you of the petirah of Golda Lichtestein, AH, on Shabboss Parshas Bamidbar. She was the daughter of the Mashgiach of Kaminetz, R Naphtali Zev Leibowitz, Almanus of HaRav HaGaon Rav Kalman Lichtenstein of Boro Park, formerly of Chelsea, Massachusetts. The Levaya will take place Monday, May 30th, 2011 at Shomrei Hadas Chapel in [...]

YWN regrets to inform you of the sudden Petira of R’ Yoel Yisroel Reichman Z”L, longtime member of The Flatbush Shomrim, and longtime Mispallel of the Gur Shtiebel on Ocean Avenue. R’ Yoel suffered a massive heart attack early Monday morning, just a few hours after attending the Chasunah of a child of Chaim Deutsch, the [...]

A Brooklyn grand juror died today when he suffered a heart attack while hearing testimony on a case. The 49-year-old man, had just been empanelled on an extended grand jury duty this week when he keeled over and passed out in the jury box on the 17th floor of Brooklyn Supreme Court around 1 p.m. The assistant district [...]

YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of the Bobover Rebbetzin, Rebbetzin Hesa Halberstam A”H, the wife of the previous Bobover Rebbe, HaRav Naftali Halberstam ZATZAL. The Rebbitzen had been recently hospitalized at Maimonides Hospital, where she was Niftar on Sunday afternoon at the age of 80. The Levaya is scheduled for Sunday afternoon, at 6:00PM, [...]

YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Rabbi Amos Bunim Z”L. Reb Amos is a son of the legendary Mr. Irving M. Bunim Z”L, known as the trusted assistant to Hagon Rav Aharon Kotler ZATZAL. Irving was deeply involved in all aspects of Torah dissemination, philanthropy and Holocaust rescue.  Reb Amos himself  had a [...]

5:55PM EST: Tragedy has just struck the Williamsburg community, after a 4-year-old child was R”L struck and killed by a vehicle, Thursday afternoon. Willamsburg Hatzolah was dispatched to frantic reports of a child who was struck by a truck on Heyward Street, just near Broadway. Unfortunately, there was nothing for Hatzolah Paramedics to do to save the [...]

Just as the Pesach Bain Hazmanim comes to an end, a group of Israeli Yeshiva Bochrim took a trip to Nachal Yehudia, in the Golan heights. Unfortunately, the trip ended in tragedy, with the tragic Petira of Menachem Tzvi Edni (23). According to published reports, he went into the water to swim a little, and [...]

Just as the Pesach Bain Hazmanim comes to an end, a group of Israeli Yeshiva Bochrim took a trip to Nachal Yehudia, in the Golan heights. Unfortunately, the trip ended in tragedy, with the tragic Petira of Menachem Tzvi Edni (23). According to published reports, he went into the water to swim a little, and [...]