A Thai foreign worker was murdered and seven people were injured on Monday at midday from an anti-tank missile launched by Hezbollah at the Margaliot moshav, located in the Upper Galil near Israel’s northern border. The missile hit an orchard near the moshav. All of the injured victims are foreign workers from Thailand; two are […]
YWN regrets to inform you of the petirah of Rav Yekusiel Yehuda Meisels zt”l, the longtime Rav in Seagate, who was niftar at Maimonides Medical Center on Sunday night at the age of 95. Rav Yekusiel Yehuda was born in Wodzisław (Veitz) to the town’s rav, Rav Tzvi Hersh and Henya Zissel, the daughter Rav […]
Israeli officials are increasingly doubtful about reaching a hostage and truce agreement before the start of Ramadan, according to Hebrew media reports. Unnamed officials cited in the reports suggest that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has no intention of agreeing to a temporary ceasefire in the coming days. Instead, Israel believes Sinwar aims to escalate violence […]
Nikki Haley has won the Republican primary in the District of Columbia, notching her first victory of the 2024 campaign. Her victory Sunday at least temporarily halts Donald Trump’s sweep of the GOP voting contests, although the former president is likely to pick up several hundred more delegates in this week’s Super Tuesday races. Despite […]
In a major sign of trouble for Democrats, the latest New York Times/Siena College poll reveals a growing preference among the electorate for Donald Trump over President Joe Biden. The poll indicates a clear lead for Trump, with 48% of respondents favoring the former president over Biden’s 43%, marking Trump’s largest lead over Biden since […]
A small but substantial chunk of Republican primary and caucus voters say they would be so dissatisfied if Donald Trump became the party’s presidential nominee that they would not vote for him in November’s general election, according to AP VoteCast. An analysis of the data shows that many of those voters were unlikely to vote […]
Chief Rabbi HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Yosef issued a p’sak regarding what day the IDF soldiers should be mekayeim the mitzvos of Purim in the Gaza Strip, which is a location that may have been surrounded with a wall at the time of Yehoshua. In a lengthy teshuva that examines the halachic position of the Gaza […]
Health officials are investigating whether there’s a link between two new RSV vaccines and cases of a rare nervous system disorder in older U.S. adults. The inquiry is based on fewer than two dozen cases seen among more than 9.5 million vaccine recipients, health officials said Thursday. And the available information is too limited to […]
Self-loathing and despicable Sen. Bernie Sanders is calling on the Biden administration to end all U.S. funding for the Netanyahu-led Israeli government. “Hundreds of thousands of children are facing starvation. Stop this war right now – no more money for Netanyahu’s government,” Sanders said in a post on X. Along with his post, Sanders shared […]
Older U.S. adults should roll up their sleeves for another COVID-19 shot, even if they got a booster in the fall, U.S. health officials said Wednesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Americans 65 and older should get another dose of the updated vaccine that became available in September — if at least […]
The IDF has announced the completion of a two-week-long operation in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, during which troops from the 401st Armored Brigade and additional forces from the 162nd Division destroyed Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad sites and killed more than 100 terrorists. According to the IDF, the operation resulted in the destruction […]
French authorities are searching for an assailant who attacked a man leaving a synagogue in Paris, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said late Saturday. Darmanin said the alleged attack on a man in his early 60s was “a new antisemitic attack that occurred in Paris” Friday evening. “Everything is being done to apprehend the perpetrator of […]
The biggest winner of the Republican primary season so far, besides Donald Trump, might be Tim Scott. The South Carolina senator failed in his own bid for president. But his enthusiastic campaigning for the former president has been generating buzz about Scott’s prospects as Trump’s potential pick for a running mate. Scott played a starring […]
First Lady Jill Biden’s “Women for Biden-Harris” tour speech was disrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters on Saturday morning. According to NBC News and eyewitness videos, Biden was interrupted four times during her remarks. One activist yelled “It’s a genocide, Jill!” before being removed by security. Biden focused on issues important to female voters, including abortion and […]
Malaysia’s government said Sunday it may renew the hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 after a U.S. technology firm proposed a fresh search in the southern Indian Ocean where the plane is believed to have crashed a decade ago. Transport Minister Anthony Loke said Texas-based Ocean Infinity has proposed another “no find, no fee” […]
In a world where uncertainty looms and anti-Semitism shows its face more boldly than ever, the decision to invest in a home in Israel is not just wise—it’s exhilarating! Whether you’re eyeing a move through Aliyah in the future, seeking a vacation spot, or aiming for a solid investment, it’s time to start planning. But […]
Classes in about 100 schools in the southern city of Sderot opened on Sunday for the first time since October 7th. The residents of the hard-hit city were evacuated to other areas shortly after the war began. About 60% of students from kindergarten through 12th grade have returned to the city, according to the Sderot […]
Members of the Peleg Yerushalmi took to the streets on Sunday, protesting over the recent discussions regarding drafting Yeshiva students into the IDF. Dozens of protestors, mostly teenaged Bochrim, shut down Route 4 near the Coca Cola Factory in Bnei Brak. The highway was shut for more than two hours, and police clashed with the […]
A ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has sunk in the Red Sea after days of taking on water, officials said Saturday, the first vessel to be fully destroyed as part of their campaign over Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The sinking of the Rubymar, which carried a cargo of fertilizer and […]