Yeshiva World News

HY’D: Dan Elkayam, a 27-year-old French Jew, has been identified as another victim of the Bondi Beach attack.

A major Turkish television channel has aired a rare and measured analysis of what it refers to as the “12-day confrontation” between Israel and Iran, offering unusual praise for the IDF and Israeli Air Force while also underscoring what it describes as clear limitations of power, a heavy economic cost, and potential vulnerabilities ahead. On […]

The appointment of Superintendent Rinat Saban, assistant to the head of the Police Investigations and Intelligence Division, Maj. Gen. Boaz Blat, was allegedly carried out through an irregular and improper procedure, Kan News reported Saban previously served as an investigator in the cases against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and testified in “Case 4000” during his […]

The U.S. Army on Monday identified two Iowa National Guard soldiers who were killed during an attack in Palmyra, Syria, while supporting ongoing counter-ISIS operations. The soldiers were Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, Iowa, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown, Iowa. Both were killed Saturday while deployed in support of […]

Did you ever realize that most of the good in your life slips by unnoticed? Small wins. Big saves. Tiny moments that show He’s with you. And then what happens? We forget. Like… • The bus that waited. • The appointment that suddenly opened. • The friend who texted at the perfect second. • The […]

Stopping from time to time to wipe his tears, Rabbi Yehoram Ulman, Rav of the main shul in the Bondi Beach neighborhood of Sydney and a senior Dayan, spoke the morning after the massacre at which his son‑in‑law, Chabad shliach Rabbi Eli Schlanger, H’yd, was murdered along with 14 other people. In a speech replete […]

Rabbi Yosef Eichenblatt spoke on Monday with Kan News, recounting how his 13‑year‑old daughter, Elia, survived the Bondi Beach massacre. Rabbi Eichenblat described the terrifying moments she experienced: “At first she thought it was fireworks, then a security guard shouted, ‘Lie on the floor.’ Afterwards she saw a woman bleeding heavily from her leg. At […]

A leading candidate to be President Donald Trump’s choice for Federal Reserve chair said that he would present the president’s views to Fed officials for their consideration but they could reject them if they chose when making decisions on interest rates. Kevin Hassett, in an interview Sunday on CBS News’ “Face the Nation,” said he […]

An ambulance from Magen David Adom that arrived to treat a patient in Jerusalem’s Meah Shearim neighborhood was vandalized during the incident. While the medical team entered the building to provide care, a sticker reading “Jews are not Zionists” was placed on the ambulance, and Israeli flags displayed on the vehicle were sprayed with paint. […]

A joyful Chanukah celebration in Sydney was shattered by a hateful terrorist attack. Innocent lives were lost — including a 10-year-old girl and a Holocaust survivor. Many are critically injured. Families are broken, children traumatized, and an entire community is grieving in shock. This darkness is real. The pain is unbearable. Please help the victims […]

Russia has indicated it’s open to Ukraine joining the European Union as part of a potential peace deal to end the war, U.S. officials said Monday. The officials who briefed reporters after U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as well as British, French and German officials in Berlin […]

Sen. Tom Cotton: “We need to be mindful about mass migration from the third world, especially places that are known to have radical Islamic movements, and to hate America, and to hate Jews.”

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer: I want to reassure our Jewish communities that we will take every step that we can, use all of our powers to make sure that they are safe and secure, as they should be in the United Kingdom.

Rabbi Mendy Korer pays tribute to his childhood friend, Rabbi Eli Schlanger, HY”D, who was among the victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack. “He was dedicated to his community and ensuring each and every person should be nurtured and looked after.”

Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word’s proliferation online, in part thanks to the widespread availability of generative artificial intelligence, landed it Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year. “It’s such an illustrative word,” said Greg Barlow, Merriam-Webster’s president, in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press ahead of Monday’s announcement. “It’s […]