Louis Har, one of the two hostages who was rescued by the IDF from Gaza last month, spoke to the Daily Mail about the harrowing experiences he endured. Har was abducted from Kibbutz Nir Yitzchak on October 7th together with four family members. He described their journey at gunpoint into Gaza in a white pick-up […]
Four of the largest school boards in the Canadian province of Ontario said Thursday they launched lawsuits against TikTok, Meta and SnapChat alleging the social media platforms are disrupting student learning. The lawsuits claim platforms like Facebook and Instagram are “designed for compulsive use, have rewired the way children think, behave, and learn” and teachers […]
The Powerball jackpot increased to an estimated $935 million after no one matched the six numbers drawn Wednesday night. The numbers selected were: 37, 46, 57, 60, 66 and the Powerball 8. The drawing came a day after a player in New Jersey won a $1.13 billion Mega Millions prize after 30 straight drawings without […]
Russia’s top investigative body said Thursday that another suspect has been detained as an accomplice in the attack by gunmen on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed 143 people. A statement from the Investigative Committee said the latest person detained was involved in financing Friday’s attack on the Crocus City concert hall in which […]
The IDF says it has killed over 200 Hamas gunmen at Gaza City’s Shifa Hospital, according to official reports. The IDF revealed that Hamas fighters had been taking cover in the hospital’s emergency room, repeatedly opening fire on troops over the past few days. Despite the chaos, the IDF took steps to ensure the safety […]
Two men, Elliott Knight and Michael Conley, have been arrested and charged with burglary in connection to the terrifying home invasion of a Jewish home in Staten Island in December. The suspects, both 28, were part of a group of four who targeted a family’s home, pistol-whipping the mother and concussing her 5-year-old daughter. The […]
A 2,000-person migrant caravan is en route to the US border, expected to reach El Paso, Texas, in the next few days, as videos online show crowds marching through southern Mexico, urged on by leaders. Organized by Mexican activists in Chiapas, the “Migrant’s Via Crusis” aims to ensure migrants’ safety. The group left Tapachula on […]
U.S. federal agencies must show that their artificial intelligence tools aren’t harming the public, or stop using them, under new rules unveiled by the White House on Thursday. “When government agencies use AI tools, we will now require them to verify that those tools do not endanger the rights and safety of the American people,” […]
Russia vetoed a U.N. resolution Thursday in a move that effectively abolishes the monitoring by United Nations experts of U.N. sanctions against North Korea aimed at reining in its nuclear program, though the sanctions themselves remain in place. Russia’s vote sparked Western accusations that Moscow was acting to shield its weapons purchases from North Korea […]
(SHIUR TONIGHT IN BROOKLYN) Reb Eli Stefansky is in the US for a series of events and live shiurim to kick off the first MDY Charidy campaign. There will be a series of live shiurim. Plus special women’s event for the wives of the lomdim. see all details belowFOR LIST OF ALL EVENTS VISIT https://www.charidy.com/MDYShiurTo see […]
New York State Senate Republicans have introduced a series of laws aimed at combating antisemitism, proposing that tearing down pro-Israel posters and flyers be classified as a misdemeanor. This move comes in response to a surge in antisemitic incidents. Under the proposed legislation unveiled on Wednesday, removing pro-Israel posters and flyers, which has become common […]
The cargo ship that lost power and crashed into a bridge in Baltimore underwent “routine engine maintenance” in port beforehand, the U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday, as divers recovered the bodies of two of six workers who plunged into the water when it collapsed. The others were presumed dead, and officials said search efforts had […]
Israel will switch from standard time to daylight time overnight Thursday-Friday, moving its clocks from 2 a.m to 3 a.m. The time difference between Israel and the east coast of the US will once again be seven hours. Daylight savings time will continue until October 27, 2024. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
A judge has recommended that conservative attorney John Eastman lose his California law license over his efforts to keep former President Donald Trump in power after the 2020 election. Eastman, a former law school dean, faced 11 disciplinary charges in the state bar court stemming from his development of a legal strategy to have then-Vice […]
A recent report by the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-se) has revealed alarming examples of anti-Israel incitement and glorification of violent jihad in textbooks used in schools run by the UN Palestinian refugee agency, UNRWA, in Gaza. Examples include a map of the Middle East that erases Israel’s existence, […]
A fundraiser for President Joe Biden on Thursday in New York City that also stars Barack Obama and Bill Clinton is raising a whopping $25 million, setting a record for the biggest haul for a political event, his campaign said. The eye-popping amount was a major show of Democratic support for Biden at a time […]
Roshei Yeshivos Slabodka HaGaon HaRav Dov Landau and HaGaon HaRav Moshe Hillel Hirsch were attending a kenes in Bnei Brak on Thursday evening when the Supreme Court issued a ruling to freeze funding to yeshivos as of Sunday morning HaRav Landau spoke at the kenes and issued a sharp message to the Court: “The yeshivos […]
In a bombshell ruling on Thursday evening, Supreme Court judges Uzi Fogelman, Yitzchak Amit and Noam Sohlberg issued an interim ruling to the government to freeze funding to yeshivos as of April 1 as the army exemptions for yeshiva bochurim are no longer legal. The judges adopted an even stricter view than Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara, […]
Former President Donald Trump attended the wake of slain NYPD officer Jonathan Diller Thursday afternoon at a Massapequa Park funeral home, while calling for law and order. “Such a sad, sad event. Such a horrible thing. And it’s happening all too often and we’re just not going to let it happen,” Trump said. “We need […]
