NOW: Members of the Peleg Yerushalmi are demonstrating on Route 4 near Bnei Brak, causing severe traffic congestion throughout the area. Large police forces are on the scene working to restore order and redirect drivers to alternate routes. Route 4 has been completely closed to traffic in both directions from the Aluf Sadeh Interchange to […]
A public menorah in Chernihiv, Ukraine, was vandalized on Monday, after being installed following coordination with local authorities. The menorah was knocked over and an antisemitic note was left at the scene. Public Chanukah candle-lighting ceremonies had been held throughout Chanukah under security, and Jewish community leaders are in contact with authorities following the incident.
UPDATE: The Bloomingdales employee who snuck a “Free Palestine” card into this couple’s Chanukah gift package has been identified and fired, according to the retailer.
Richmond, California, Mayor Eduardo Martinez said he sees “no need to resign” after amplifying social media posts that portrayed the Bondi Beach Chanukah terror attack as an Israel-linked “false flag.” Martinez has since described his actions as an effort to “educate” himself out of sympathy for Gaza.
TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE: Australian PM Anthony Albanese apologizes to the Jewish community for the Bondi Beach massacre – but makes no effort to take real personal responsibility or actions to crack down on increasingly emboldened Islamic extremists in the country, and accuses those attacking him as being engaged in “partisanship.”
Israeli lawmakers advanced a bill to establish a politically appointed probe into the failures surrounding Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack, replacing a formal state commission of inquiry. * The bill, sponsored by Likud MK Ariel Kallner, was approved by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation and is scheduled to go to the Knesset plenum for a […]
A former Hong Kong reporter at the Wall Street Journal began testifying Monday against the newspaper she accuses of terminating her due to her union activities in a trial — a closely watched case that has raised concerns about press freedom in the city. Former WSJ reporter Selina Cheng, also chairperson of the trade union Hong Kong Journalists Association, […]
There are seforim you open to learn from, and there are seforim you hold and feel. Machon Yerushalayim has spent more than fifty years bringing those two worlds together. In batei midrashim across the globe, their volumes sit quietly on the shelves: carefully restored texts, clarified manuscripts, editions that make demanding Torah accessible without flattening […]
Israel’s cabinet unanimously voted to shut down Army Radio by March, according to the decision approved at Monday’s cabinet meeting. Legal challenges to the move are expected. Prime Minister Netanyahu said a military-run radio station broadcasting to the general public is highly unusual in democratic countries. Defense Minister Israel Katz said the move is meant […]
Most Americans aren’t making end-of-year charitable giving plans, according to the results of a new AP-NORC poll, despite the many fundraising appeals made by nonprofits that rely on donation surges in the calendar’s final month to reach budget targets. The survey, which was conducted in early December by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, […]
The Trump administration is recalling 48 U.S. ambassadors from diplomatic posts in multiple countries, according to U.S. officials. A senior State Department official said the move is a routine step taken by administrations, with ambassadors expected to support and carry out the administration’s policies. The countries affected include Egypt, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, and […]
Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Russian General Staff’s training department, was killed early Monday morning after an improvised explosive device (IED) attached to his car detonated in southern Moscow, Russian investigators said. Authorities said the investigation is examining a possible Ukrainian connection.
Ukraine’s military intelligence (GUR) claims it sabotaged a Russian airbase near Lipetsk, disabling two fighter jets, an Su-30 and an Su-27, by setting them on fire inside a hangar.
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa met with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Damascus, along with a delegation that included Defense Minister Yasar Guler and intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin.
The IDF has released footage of one of the two separate drone strikes yesterday in the southern Lebanon town of Yater, targeting Hezbollah terrorists. According to the IDF, one strike killed a Hezbollah terrorist involved in restoring the group’s infrastructure. Lebanese authorities report the second strike wounded one person.
