The Women of the Wall group “recruited” an IDF reserve soldier to attempt to smuggle a Sefer Torah into the women’s section of the Kosel, in violation of the regulations at the site, on Sunday morning, Rosh Chodesh Teves. They put a small Sefer Torah into the bag of the soldier. However, ushers who requested […]
HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Batzri provided an update on the condition of his father, HaMekubal Rav Dovid Batzri, Rosh Yeshivas HaShalom, who is hospitalized in serious condition in Hadassah Ein Kerem in Jerusalem. Rav Yitzchak said, ‘We’re now at the entrance to the ICU. I beseech the public in every possible way to daven for my […]
Supreme Court Justice Alex Stein slammed Israel’s Probation Service after it submitted an early positive report in the case of Mark Feigel, the main suspect in the serious arson incident near Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s residence in September. Stein said that the Probation Service acted on its own initiative to submit a supplementary report, even […]
YWN regrets to inform you of the petirah of Mrs. Malkie Mitnick, a”h, of Flatbush. She was the daughter of Rav Elya Kanarek shlit”a – the Rosh Hayeshiva of Peekskill – and Rebbetzin Rifka Leah Kanarek, and a granddaughter of the Roshei Yeshiva, Rav Shaul Brus zt”l and Rav Yisroel Eliezer Kanarek zt”l. Mrs. Mitnick a”h […]
A new AtlasIntel poll shows shifting dynamics in the 2028 presidential primaries. Among Democrats, Gov. Gavin Newsom leads with 35 percent, followed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at 16 percent and Pete Buttigieg at 15 percent, while Vice President Kamala Harris has dropped to 8 percent. On the Republican side, Sen. J.D. Vance leads with 47 […]
Three police officers were hospitalized with gunshot wounds Saturday, the gunman was dead and another man was wounded after a domestic dispute turned into a volatile confrontation across multiple blocks in Rochester, New York, police said.
A federal aviation safety investigator said that a passenger texted ‘emergency landing’ shortly before a Cessna private jet crashed in Statesville, North Carolina on Thursday, killing all seven people on board.
A Russian missile strike on port infrastructure in Odesa in southern Ukraine killed eight people and wounded 27, Ukraine’s emergency service said Saturday, as a Kremlin envoy was set to travel to Florida for talks on a U.S.-proposed plan to end the nearly four-year war, The discussions are part of the Trump administration’s monthslong push […]
President Donald Trump on Saturday endorsed Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman just one day after Rep. Elise Stefanik abruptly dropped out of the race. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump called Blakeman “MAGA all the way” and said he has been with him “from the very beginning,” issuing his first formal […]
Luigi Mangione’s lawyers contend that Attorney General Pam Bondi’s decision to seek the death penalty against him in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was tainted by her prior work as a lobbyist at a firm that represented the insurer’s parent company. Bondi was a partner at Ballard Partners before leading the Justice Department’s […]
U.S. forces on Saturday stopped a vessel off the coast of Venezuela for the second time in less than two weeks as President Donald Trump continues to ramp up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The move, which was confirmed by two U.S. officials familiar with matter, comes days after Trump announced a “blockade” of […]
One day after Elise Stefanik dropped out of the New York Governor’s race, President Trump has endorsed Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman for Governor of New York.
Canadian police announced Friday the arrest of three Toronto men accused of attempted kidnappings targeting women and members of the Jewish community, along with serious terrorism-related offenses. The suspects were identified as Waleed Khan, 26, Osman Azizov, 18, and Fahad Sadaat, 19, all residents of Toronto. The arrests stem from two violent incidents that occurred […]
The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) is moving to ban public chants of the phrase “globalize the intifada,” which is widely viewed as an antisemitic call for violence against Jews. The proposed ban comes less than one week after the horrific ISIS-inspired terror attack during a Chanukah celebration at Bondi Beach, which left […]
Jordan confirmed Saturday that its air force took part in strikes launched by the United States on Islamic State group targets in Syria in retaliation for the killing of three U.S. citizens earlier this month. The U.S. launched military strikes Friday on multiple sites in in Syria to “eliminate” Islamic State group fighters and weapons […]
