Yeshiva World News

Urgent Warning To AG & IDF: Halt Discriminatory Enforcement Against Sephardi Bnei Yeshivos

Adv. Yoav Lalum, chairman of the Noar K’Halacha organization, sent an urgent letter to IDF Chief of the General Staff Eyal Zamir and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, demanding that they immediately intervene and halt what he says is military enforcement targeting only members of the Sephardi community. The letter was sent following the renewed arrests […]

Warning Signs Multiply: The U.S. Consumer Is Slowing, and Businesses Are Feeling It

Last week’s data told a clear story: the U.S. consumer is still standing, but looking increasingly tired – and businesses are starting to absorb more of the pain. What We Learned Last Week Retail sales: On the surface, retail sales barely grew. Once you adjust for inflation, Americans actually bought less stuff than the month […]

GAME CHANGER: Israel’s Revolutionary “Iron Beam” Defense System to Hit the Battlefield by Year’s End

Israel’s most ambitious and closely watched defense project in years is no longer theoretical. The Defense Ministry announced Monday that the “Iron Beam” laser-interception system has officially completed its development and testing phase and will begin deployment to the IDF at the end of the month — a milestone defense officials say will fundamentally change […]

Trump Intends to Pardon Ex-Honduran President Convicted in Massive Drug-Trafficking Case

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who went from close U.S. ally in the war on drugs to a poster child for presidential corruption in Central America, is on the verge of becoming once again a friend of the United States with President Donald Trump’s intention to pardon him. The 57-year-old former two-term president was sentenced […]

Cyber Monday Expected to Hit Record $14.2 Billion as Shoppers Chase Deep Discounts

Deals promoted as some of the best of the holiday season are expected to keep people across the United States glued to their computers and smartphones as the post-Thanksgiving shopping marathon wraps up on Cyber Monday. It’s no secret that buying things online is now a staple of many people’s everyday routines. And year after […]

After International Outrage: Dublin Drops Plan To Rename Herzog Park

The Dublin City Council has decided to withdraw its plan to remove the name of “Herzog Park,” named after Israel’s sixth President Chaim Herzog. The council planned on renaming the park—located next to the country’s only Jewish school—as “Free Palestine Park” or “Hind Rajab Park,” after a girl killed in Gaza. The revocation of the […]

Palestinian Authority Continues To Funnel Payments To Terrorists

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has continued to transfer “pay to slay” payments to terrorists and their families despite PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s public promise to end all stipends to terrorists, the UK’s Telegraph reported. Abbas personally reassured UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer that the PA would completely cease all terrorist stipend payments. In reality, however, […]

MAILBAG: Want to Stop the Shidduch Crisis? Make Our Boys Men Again

Recently, a respected community member lamented that our boys don’t even have the courage to propose. Many enter marriage without ever facing real responsibility—sheltered, financially dependent, and untested—while young women gain independence, work experience, and life skills. Many girls feel they are ahead of the boys, creating frustration, imbalance, and tension in the shidduch system. […]

Argentina Bets Big on Israel Alliance, Unveils Latin America’s Version of the Abraham Accords

Argentinian President Javier Milei has formally launched what his government is calling the Isaac Accords, a framework designed to bind Latin American governments more closely to Israel through coordinated political, economic and cultural cooperation. The announcement came during a high-visibility meeting in Buenos Aires with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, who is touring the region […]

US Envoy Witkoff to Visit Moscow for Ukraine-Russia Peace Talks

US envoy Steve Witkoff will travel to Moscow on Monday as part of ongoing efforts to advance Ukraine–Russia peace talks. According to Fox News, this trip comes amid growing momentum in negotiations involving U.S., Russia, and Ukraine, following recent rounds of discussions in Geneva and Florida.

Segev Kalfon Describes 738 Days of Beatings, Starvation, Psychological Torture and Pressure to Convert to Islam Under Hamas Commander

A newly surfaced account from former Gaza hostage Segev Kalfon reveals harrowing details of his two years in Hamas captivity, marked by constant beatings, starvation, psychological torment, and repeated pressure from a Hamas battalion commander to convert to Islam. Kalfon, a 27-year-old baker from Dimona kidnapped from the Nova Music Festival on October 7, spoke […]

Teens Show Profound Distrust of the News Media, According to Newly Released Survey

Cat Murphy, a college student, has wanted to be a journalist since she was 11. Many of her friends don’t understand why. When they engage with the news — if they do — they hear a cacophony of voices. They don’t know who to believe. Reporters are biased. They make mistakes. Besides, why would you […]

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