Ahead of Purim, the city’s Rabbanim issued an unprecedented p’sak calling on residents to combine the simcha of the Yom Tov with heightened caution due to the war. HaGaon HaRav Chaim Yitzchak Isaac Landau, HaGaon HaRav Shevach Tzvi Rosenblatt, and HaGaon HaRav Masoud Ben Shimon published a special letter to city residents entitled “להקהל ולעמוד […]
A fourth U.S. service members has been killed in Iran’s initial attacks. He was critically wounded and has died of injuries. Major combat operations continue. Names withheld pending next of kin notification.
A ballistic missile scored a direct hit in the city of Be’er Sheva after Iran fired a barrage at Israel shortly before 1 p.m. on Monday. Thirteen people were injured, one moderately and the others lightly. Paramedics are treating the victims at the scene. There is extensive damage and destruction at the scene, and rescue […]
Trump administration officials told congressional staff in private briefings Sunday that U.S. intelligence did not suggest Iran was preparing to launch a preemptive strike against the U.S., three people familiar with the briefings said. The administration officials instead acknowledged there was a more general threat in the region from Iran’s missiles and proxy forces, two of […]
In another phone call this evening, President Trump told ABC this about the death of Ayatollah Khamenei: “I got him before he got me. They tried twice. Well I got him first.” That’s a reference to what US intelligence believes was a plot to kill Trump in 2024.
Iraqi Shiite militant group Saraya Awliya al-Dam has claimed responsibility and released footage showing the drafting and launch of missiles that struck a U.S. base in Erbil, in Iraq’s Kurdistan region.
This year, more than ever before, with the current difficult matzav for acheinu b’nei yisroel in general and B’nei Torah in particular, there is just so much negativity worldwide. We now have a unique opportunity to portray a beautiful and positive message about our simchas Purim. The zechus of the special simcha emanating from torah […]