HY’D: Another victim of the Sydney terror attack was identified on Monday as Marika Pogany, H’yd, in her 80s. According to the Documenting Israel account, Pogany was a major ba’alas chessed and has delivered over 12,000 kosher meals in the past 23 years. Further details about her life have not yet been published.
Federal authorities say they thwarted a credible terrorist plot just days before New Year’s Eve, arresting four alleged members of a radical pro-Palestinian extremist group accused of planning coordinated bombing attacks across Los Angeles. The FBI confirmed that the suspects are affiliated with what they described as a radical offshoot of the Turtle Island Liberation […]
Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, was convicted in a landmark national security trial in the city’s court on Monday, which could send him to prison for the rest of his life. Three government-vetted judges found Lai, 78, guilty of conspiring with others to collude with foreign forces to endanger national […]
Raised in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, Ida Plotzker attended a girls’ yeshiva and spent a gap year in Israel before enrolling at Touro Flatbush in 1989. She majored in psychology and fondly recalls her undergraduate experience as “a warm and supportive environment.” For many years, Ida taught preschool at the Yeshivah of North Jersey […]
A person of interest detained after a Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine will be released after law enforcement authorities determined there was no basis to keep the individual in custody, officials said Sunday night. The disclosure, made at a hastily convened late night news conference, represents a dramatic setback in an investigation […]
Serbia’s prosecutor for organized crime on Monday charged a government minister and three others with abuse of office and falsifying of documents to help pave the way for a real estate project linked to Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law. Proposed criminal charges were announced against Culture Minister Nikola Selaković, who is a close […]
Meaningful Minute Announces “reKindle,” Premiering December 13th as the First Film in the new Wynn Series New York, NY · December 2025Meaningful Minute is announcing the release of reKindle, a new documentary premiering December 13th. The film is the first installment in the Wynn Series, presented in partnership with respected wealth manager and philanthropist Shuey […]
Iran’s rial slid further Monday to a new record low of more than 1.3 million to the U.S. dollar, deepening the currency’s collapse less than two weeks after it first breached the 1.2-million mark amid sanctions pressure and regional tensions. Currency traders in Tehran quoted the dollar above 1.3 million rials, underscoring the speed of […]
Roomba maker iRobot has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but says that it doesn’t expect any disruptions to devices as the more than 30-year-old company is taken private under a restructuring process. IRobot, which became well known for its robotic vacuums, has struggled of late, dealing with increased competition, layoffs and a declining stock […]
A Chareidi toddler, approximately three years old, was found wandering alone at around 2:00 a.m. in a parking area at the bus terminal near the Kalandiya crossing, south of Ramallah. B’chasdei Hashem, police announced later in the morning that the child’s parents were successfully located and he was returned safely to his family. According to […]
In the hours after a terrorist attack ripped through a Chanukah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday, killing at least 16 people, a parallel assault erupted online. Across X and Reddit, conspiracy theories insisting the massacre was a “false flag” operation orchestrated by Israel spread rapidly, amplified by accounts with large followings and, in […]
A 4-year-old child died yesterday from complications of influenza at Poriah Medical Center (Galilee Medical Center North), marking another tragic death amid a widening flu outbreak. The child had been hospitalized in intensive care and was not vaccinated. His death comes after additional fatalities in recent months linked to severe flu complications. Poriah Medical Center […]
A stray comet from another star swings past Earth this week in one last hurrah before racing back toward interstellar space. Discovered over the summer, the comet known as 3I/Atlas will pass within 167 million miles (269 million kilometers) of our planet on Friday, the closest it gets on its grand tour of the solar […]
Rabbi Yehuda Gerami, the Chief Rabbi of Iran, published a letter of condemnation against Sunday’s massacre of Jews in Sydney during a Chanukah celebration. The letter came a day after a spokesperson from the Iranian foreign ministry condemned the attack (without mentioning Jews) in a statement on X, writing, “We condemn the violent attack in […]
Another victim of the Sydney terror attack was identified on Monday as Marika Pogany, H’yd, in her 80s. According to the Documenting Israel account, Pogany was a major ba’alas chessed and has delivered over 12,000 kosher meals in the past 23 years. Further details about her life have not yet been published. Hashem Yikom Dama. […]
Australia’s domestic intelligence agency, ASIO, began monitoring one of the Bondi Beach terrorists six years ago due to his connections to an Islamic State (ISIS) cell operating in Sydney, according to a report by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). On Sunday, Naveed Akram, 24, and his father, Sajid Akram, 50, murdered 15 people at a […]
The youngest murdered victim of the Bondi Beach massacre on Sunday was identified as Matilda Britvan, who attended the Chanukah celebration with her parents, younger sister, and friends. She was shot in the attack. She was rushed to the hospital, where the doctors fought unsuccessfully to save her life. Her aunt Lina wrote on social […]
Police are investigating an antisemitic incident targeting a Jewish family in Redlands, California, as a potential hate crime after a suspect drove past their home Friday night, shouted slurs, and opened fire with what authorities believe was an airsoft gun. The family had just returned to their residence on the 1300 block of Magnolia Avenue […]
Two gunmen opened fire during a Chanukah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi beach, killing 15 people, including a child, officials said Monday, in what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called an act of antisemitic terrorism that struck at the heart of the nation. The shooters were father and son, authorities said. The massacre at one of Australia’s […]
