A Shomrim member was assaulted and injured late Friday night while walking home with his wife and children in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. The incident occurred at approximately 11:20 p.m. on Willoughby Avenue near Nostrand Avenue. According to police and YWN sources, a woman allegedly punched the man in the face, causing injuries to […]
Hessy Levinsons Taft, a Jewish woman whose infant photograph was held up by Nazi propagandists as the ideal “Aryan baby,” has died at her home in San Francisco. She was 91. The episode that followed Taft throughout her life began in 1934, when she was six months old. Her parents, Latvian Jewish opera singers living […]
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel is closely monitoring ongoing unrest in Iran, expressing support for Iranian citizens protesting against their government and condemning violence against civilians. Speaking at the opening of a weekly government meeting on Sunday, Netanyahu said protests demanding freedom have spread across Iran and praised what he described […]
The next U.S. census is four years away, but two lawsuits playing out this year could affect how it will be done and who will be counted. Allies of President Donald Trump are behind the federal lawsuits challenging various aspects of the once-a-decade count by the U.S. Census Bureau, which is used to determine congressional representation and how much federal […]
Why This Raffle? R’ Mendy Rosenberg z”l was a devoted Hatzolah member who saved lives and helped thousands. After being diagnosed with ALS, he endured years of suffering — yet still completed the entire Shas, inspiring Klal Yisrael with his strength and faith. He left behind his wife and five children. Mendy’s Legacy Fund […]
Kurdish fighters were evacuated from a contested neighborhood in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo, officials said early Sunday, a move that could bring an end to several days of violent clashes with government forces. State-run news agency SANA reported buses transported the last of the fighters from the Aleppo neighborhood of Sheikh Maqsoud to northeastern […]
This tzedakah is for one family living in deep and painful financial distress. A mother and father doing everything they can, yet buried under crushing debt with no way out. They have children to care for — children who rely on them for food, clothing, schooling, and stability — while the weight of unpaid bills, […]
Prediction markets let people wager on anything from a basketball game to the outcome of a presidential election — and recently, the downfall of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The latter is drawing renewed scrutiny into this murky world of speculative, 24/7 transactions. Last week, an anonymous trader pocketed more than $400,000 after betting that Maduro would soon be out […]
A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh, local officials said Sunday. Meanwhile, thousands of residents were still without power in Kyiv, following an intense Russian bombardment. A young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a drone fell on a […]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s chief of staff, Tzachi Braverman, was detained on Sunday morning for questioning under caution by the police’s Lahav 33 unit on suspicion of obstructing the investigation into the case of the leaked classified documents to the German Bild newspaper. The police also conducted a search of his home. Braverman is regarded […]
Iran on Sunday warned US President Donald Trump that the regime would retaliate for any US attack on the country by striking Israel and US military bases in the region. The warning, issued in a speech by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, comes after Trump promised to intervene if protesters are killed by regime forces. […]
Sources told Iran International on Motzei Shabbos that Iranian security forces are using live fire against protesters nationwide, with initial estimates suggesting mass casualties as a widespread crackdown escalates amid a near-complete internet blackout. Videos smuggled from Kahrizak, south of Tehran, show multiple bodies in body bags, with eyewitnesses reporting dozens more visible at the […]
I am an orphaned Kallah preparing for my wedding — no family support, and no way to cover even the most basic expenses. What should be a joyful time is filled with fear and tears. This appeal has been verified by the Vaad HaRabanim and comes with a bracha from HaGaon Rabbi Michal Zilber, shlita. […]
I am an orphaned Kallah preparing for my wedding — no family support, and no way to cover even the most basic expenses. What should be a joyful time is filled with fear and tears. This appeal has been verified by the Vaad HaRabanim and comes with a bracha from HaGaon Rabbi Michal Zilber, shlita. […]
The killing of a Minnesota woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer is reverberating across Capitol Hill where Democrats, and certain Republicans, are vowing an assertive response as President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportation operations spark protests nationwide. Lawmakers are demanding a range of actions, from a full investigation into Renee Good’s shooting death and […]
Trump has ordered U.S. special forces to draft invasion plans for Greenland, but senior military leaders say it would be illegal and lack Congressional backing, according to the Daily Mail. * Stephen Miller and hardline advisers, emboldened by the Maduro operation, are pushing to move before Russia or China can act in the Arctic. * […]
Photo from Tehran shows protesters gathered around a Starlink terminal—their only link to the outside world—holding up pictures of Elon Musk and President Trump in appreciation.
