Yeshiva World News

U.S. Adds 130,000 Jobs in January, but Major Revisions Slash Past Payrolls

U.S. employers added a surprisingly strong 130,000 jobs last month, but government revisions cut 2024-2025 U.S. payrolls by hundreds of thousands. The unemployment rate fell to 4.3%, the Labor Department said Wednesday. The report included major revisions that reduced the number of jobs created last year to just 181,000, a third the previously reported 584,000 […]

Hassett Touts Surge in Private-Sector Jobs After Strong January Report

NEC Director Kevin Hassett on the January jobs report: “Private sector jobs, which is our main focus right now because we’ve been reducing government employment, they went up 170,000—they absolutely blew out any expectation whatsoever. It’s really a remarkable, strong number.”

Trump Hails Strong Jobs Report, Urges Lower U.S. Borrowing Rates

TRUMP: Just in: GREAT JOBS NUMBERS, FAR GREATER THAN EXPECTED! The United States of America should be paying MUCH LESS ON IT’S BORROWINGS (BONDS!). We are again the strongest country in the world, and should therefore be paying the LOWEST INTEREST RATE, by far.

Teen Gunman Wounds Three in Two-Hour High School Attack in Southern Thailand

A 17-year-old with a gun opened fire at a public high school in southern Thailand and briefly took people hostage Wednesday in a two-hour attack that left at least three people injured, police and local officials said. Police also wounded the assailant in a gunbattle at the Patongprathankiriwat School in Songkhla province before taking him […]

ENDS TONIGHT! Maalin Bakodesh! Elevating Torah, One Talmid at a Time!

מעלין בקודש ELEVATE! Please give generously and help the Yeshiva of St. Louis (MTI) elevate the growth of every student as they are מעלין בקודש! With a student body from close to 35 cities across the United States, Yeshiva of St. Louis serves as a preeminent Mesivta and Bais Medrash that educates and encourages our […]

IDF Kills Hamas Terrorist Behind 2004 Be’er Sheva Bus Bombings

The IDF and Shin Bet announced that Basel Himouni, a Hamas terrorist responsible for the 2004 Be’er Sheva bus bombings, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza last week. •⁠ ⁠Himouni is known for sending the two suicide bombers who murdered 16 Israeli civilians and injured over 100. •⁠ ⁠He was arrested in 2004 […]

“All Of Netanyahu’s Success Is Due To His Charedi Grandchildren, Who Learn Torah All Day”

Channel 14 journalist Yinon Magal and Maariv reporter Ben Caspit co-host a daily radio program on Radio 103FM. Despite his secular appearance, Magal, who is Shomer Shabbos, has views that are more Chareidi than those of some Chareidim. In their daily confrontation on Wednesday, the two debated whether Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is connected to […]

FAA Lifts El Paso Airspace Shutdown After Brief Counter-Drone Test

UPDATE: The FAA lifted the temporary airspace closure over El Paso on Wednesday morning, reversing a decision issued only hours earlier that had halted flights for 10 days. The restriction, which took effect late Tuesday night, had suspended all commercial, cargo, and general aviation traffic to and from El Paso International Airport. According to reports, […]

13-Year-Old Jewish Boy Attacked in Paris; One Suspect Arrested

A 13-year-old Jewish boy was brutally attacked on Monday evening in Paris’s 18th arrondissement while on his way to shul. Five thugs assaulted him, beat him, threatened him with a knife, and robbed him while shouting antisemitic slurs. It happened at around 7:20 p.m. on Boulevard de la Chapelle. The boy told the police that […]

Russia Says It Will Honor Nuclear Limits if U.S. Does After New START Expires

Moscow will observe the limits of the last nuclear arms pact with the United States that expired last week as long as it sees that Washington is doing the same, Russia’s top diplomat said Wednesday. The New START treaty expired Feb. 5, leaving no restrictions on the two largest atomic arsenals for the first time in more […]

Antisemitism in Paris: Jewish Boy Brutally Assaulted On Way To Shul

A 13-year-old Jewish boy was brutally attacked on Monday evening in Paris’s 18th arrondissement while on his way to shul. Five thugs assaulted him, beat him, threatened him with a knife, and robbed him while shouting antisemitic slurs. According to the Paris prosecutor’s office, the incident took place at around 7:20 p.m. on Boulevard de […]

FDA Refuses to Consider Moderna’s mRNA Flu Vaccine Application

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is refusing to consider Moderna’s application for a new flu vaccine made with Nobel Prize-winning mRNA technology, the company announced Tuesday. The news is the latest sign of the FDA’s heightened scrutiny of vaccines under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., particularly those using mRNA technology, which he has […]

“DEATH TO AMERICA!”: Iran Marks 47th Anniversary Of 1979 Revolution Amid U.S. Pressure and Protest Anger

Iran marked the 47th anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution on Wednesday as the country’s theocracy remains under pressure, both from U.S. President Donald Trump who suggested sending another aircraft carrier group to the Middle East and a public angrily denouncing Tehran’s bloody crackdown on nationwide protests. The commemoration represented a spit-screen view of life in […]

Wave Of Arrests Continue: 4 Yeshiva Bochurim Arrested In Past 24 Hours

The Notnim Gav organization on Wednesday announced the arrests of four yeshivah bochurim in the past day. One bochur was arrested at his home by the military police in Hod HaSharon. Overnight, Israel Police officers arrested two yeshivah bochurim, one in Givat Ze’ev and one in the Ramot neighborhood of Jerusalem, and handed them over […]

FAA Mysteriously Closes Airspace Around El Paso, Texas, Citing “Special Security Reasons”

The Federal Aviation Administration is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport. A notice posted on the FAA’s website said the temporary flight restrictions were for “special security reasons,” but did not provide additional details. The closure does not include Mexican […]

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