Yeshiva World News

“Ma, this Santa is a Yid!” Watch as HaRav Moshe Weinberger, the Mora D’asra of Aish Kodesh in Woodmere, recounts the time he met Santa Claus.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspected construction at the site of a new 8,700-ton nuclear-powered strategic guided-missile submarine.

This year’s flu season is shaping up to be one of the most punishing in recent memory, with hospitalizations climbing sharply and the CDC estimating 4.6 million flu cases nationwide so far—even as peak season is still weeks away. Health officials say the surge is being driven by an unusually aggressive strain of influenza A, […]

IDF soldiers from Duvdevan and the Ephraim Brigade arrested the members of a terror cell planning an imminent terror attack against Israeli targets, the IDF spokesperson announced on Thursday morning The arrests were made overnight Wednesday in the village of Jayyus, near Qalqilya, during a targeted counterterrorism mission in several Palestinian villages. The arrest of […]

The military police dragged a feverish yeshivah bochur from his sickbed at his home in Be’er Sheva for the crime of “draft dodging.” The bochur, 20, is a talmid of the Kisei Rachamim yeshiva. The yeshiva says that the talmid had been feeling unwell for the past few days and his parents picked him up […]

A Powerball ticket sold in Arkansas won Wednesday night’s $1.82 billion jackpot, the second-largest in lottery history, with winning numbers 4, 25, 31, 52, 59 and Powerball 19; the winner can choose between the full prize paid over 29 years or a $834.9 million lump sum, beating odds of just 1 in 292,201,338, with the […]

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Wednesday slammed Western countries that issued a joint statement earlier in the day condemning Israel’s approval of 19 new yishuvim in Yehuda and Shomron. The statement, claiming that Israel’s move “not only violates international law but also risks fueling instability,” was issued by the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, […]

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is undergoing double hernia surgery on Thursday at a hospital in the country’s capital, his family said. Bolsonaro, who has been hospitalized since Wednesday, has been serving a 27-year prison sentence since November for an attempted coup. He was granted court permission to leave prison after federal police doctors confirmed […]

A beautiful handwritten and autographed letter in Yiddish by the great gaon Rabbi Meir Shapiro, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin and one of the great rabbanim of Poland in the pre-war period.

The United States and Russia are heading into a new phase of competition in space, with both powers planning to place nuclear reactors on the Moon as they race to establish permanent lunar footholds and secure strategic advantages beyond Earth. Russia has announced plans to build a power plant on the Moon by 2036 to […]

The military police dragged a feverish yeshivah bochur from his sickbed at his home in Be’er Sheva for the crime of “draft dodging.” The bochur, 20, is a talmid of the Kisei Rachamim yeshiva. The yeshiva says that the talmid had been feeling unwell for the past few days and his parents picked him up […]

It was cleared for publication by the Shin Bet and police on Thursday morning that an Israeli resident of Rishon L’Tzion was arrested for allegedly committing security offenses under the direction of Iranian intelligence officials, including photographing the home of former prime minister Naftali Bennett. Vadim Kuprianov, 40, was arrested earlier this month after he […]

Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas proudly confirmed that the PA supports terrorists who murder and wound Jews, confirming Israeli media reports that the Authority’s so-called “reforms” are a front and terrorists continue to receive “pay to slay” payments via concealed channels. Abbas issued a statement on Wednesday saying, “I affirm, with absolute clarity, that loyalty to […]

IDF soldiers from Duvdevan and the Ephraim Brigade arrested the members of a terror cell planning an imminent terror attack against Israeli targets, the IDF spokesperson announced on Thursday morning The arrests were made overnight Wednesday in the village of Jayyus, near Qalqilya, during a targeted counterterrorism mission in several Palestinian villages. The arrest of […]

A public uproar erupted in Israel on Wednesday after footage was published of a secret forbidden meeting between Deputy Attorney General Sharon Afek and the disgraced Military Advocate General, Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, who is suspected of obstruction of justice, fraud, and breach of trust in one of the worst criminal scandals in Israeli history. According to […]

Heroes of the Bondi Beach terror attack will be honoured with special recognition.

The Ombudsman for Complaints Against Judges, judge Asher Kula, ruled in a decision published on Wednesday that Judge Ziv Arieli of the Hadera Magistrates Court showed skewed sensitivity in a judicial decision concerning relatives of Walid Daqqa, an Arab-Israeli terrorist convicted of commanding a Palestinian terror group that abducted and murdered IDF soldier Moshe Tamam, […]

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has renewed his push for the release of convicted terrorist Marwan Barghouti, meeting Tuesday with Barghouti’s wife as part of a broader Palestinian campaign to free one of Israel’s most notorious mass murderers. Abbas and Fadwa Barghouti met at the PA presidential headquarters in Ramallah, where Abbas issued a statement […]

This year’s flu season is shaping up to be one of the most punishing in recent memory, with hospitalizations climbing sharply and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimating 4.6 million flu cases nationwide so far—even as peak season is still weeks away. Health officials say the surge is being driven by an unusually […]

UTAH — MAN ARRESTED OVER ANTISEMITIC THREATS & EXPLOSIVES Police in Ogden, Utah arrested 21-year-old Skyler Rose after investigators say he posted antisemitic threats online, including a statement about blowing up a synagogue. According to court documents, officers searching his home found multiple homemade explosive devices and a firearm. Rose was booked into the Weber […]