The New York State Education Department is once again trying to gain the authority to control our Yeshivas’ curriculum, schedule and staffing. We must oppose their efforts.
We are all aware of the Guidelines that SED sought to impose last year.
Just a week after insisting that he was “absolutely moving forward,” President Donald Trump abandoned his effort to insert a citizenship question into next year’s census.
He directed federal agencies to try to compile the information using existing databases instead. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Iran on Friday demanded the British navy release an Iranian oil tanker seized last week off Gibraltar, accusing London of playing a “dangerous game” and threatening retribution, while London announced it was sending a destroyer to the Persian Gulf. Read more on Yeshiva World News
The Municipality of Jerusalem has begun installing free Wi-Fi for residents and visitors in the city center, at an extremely high speed – 16mb (10x the speed of Tel Aviv). Read more on Yeshiva World News
The following are the latest YWN updates on Friday morning (11:30AM) from the ongoing search in Virginia for Rabbi Reuven Bauman.
The Virginia Beach Police and Virginia Beach Fire Department are both using their Marine Units again on Friday and searching the waters. Read more on Yeshiva World News
A poll released on Wednesday night by Midgam, headed by Prof. Mano Geva, “if elections were held today”, the Yisrael Beitenu party headed by Avigdor Lieberman will hold the key to the formation of any coalition government as Likud and Blue and White remain deadlocked.
Construction on a giant telescope will start again next week after lengthy court battles and passionate protests from those who say building it on Hawaii’s tallest mountain will desecrate land sacred to some Native Hawaiians. Read more on Yeshiva World News
The Sea-Bulance, the first of its kind in Israel, joined the fleet of Magen David Adom rescue vehicles last week and has already provided medical treatment for those injured in the Kinneret. Read more on Yeshiva World News
The chairman of the Yisrael Beitenu party, MK Avigdor Lieberman, continues targeting the chareidim in his election campaign. “During elections, the chareidim have a resurrection of the dead. They vote in the morning and then, they vote again and again”.
Project Chai, the crisis intervention, trauma and bereavement department of Chai Lifeline, hosted a community-wide call on Thursday morning, July 11, in response to this week’s tragedy in Norfolk. More than 1,000 people called in to hear Rabbi Dr.
The New York State Education Department is once again trying to gain the authority to control our Yeshivas’ curriculum, schedule and staffing. We must oppose their efforts.
Recent comments