Yeshiva World News

Republican lawmakers are exploring three different health care proposals to navigate the fallout of the Affordable Care Act tax subsidies.

Jewish leaders across New York are pressing the City University of New York for a stronger response after a Muslim campus leader staged a walkout targeting a Jewish representative during an interfaith event. In a letter sent Tuesday to CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez, a coalition of Jewish community officials and elected leaders accused […]

Sec. Scott Bessent on how President Trumps tax cut helps Americans in 2026: “They’re going to be getting very large refunds in the First Quarter… which could be between $1,000-$2,000 per household. Then, they’ll change their withholding, and they’ll get a real increase in their wages.”

HAPPENING NOW: Thousands of yidden from across the Tri-State area are attending the 14th annual OJBA Business Expo at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, NJ.

UPDATE: After a full day of searches, contact has been restored with the Israeli yacht that disappeared in the Cyprus area. The vessel, which left Ashdod on December 2 en route to Greece, and may have turned back due to weather conditions, was located and is now on its way to Israel.

Closing arguments are underway in the trial of Linda Sun, a former aide to two New York governors accused of using her position to get kickbacks for her family in a PPE fraud scheme and acting as a foreign agent.

A Jewish delegation visited two historic synagogues yesterday in Aleppo’s Al-Jamiliya and Bab al-Nasr neighborhoods, the first such visit in decades. The sites, including the old Jewish school, had been locked for many years and were opened under heavy security, with streets closed during the visit. The delegation recently received permission from the Syrian government, […]

The Trump administration must stop deploying the California National Guard in Los Angeles and return control of the troops to the state, a federal judge ordered Wednesday in an emphatic ruling. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco granted a preliminary injunction sought by California officials, but also put the decision on hold until […]

The rockets manufactured in an Arab city near central Israel by a terror cell busted by the Shin Bet in recent months could have been used in terror attacks on Israeli communities along the seam line, in the Sharon, and even in central Israel, Maariv reported. Meanwhile, terror militias operating in southeastern Syria—funded and assisted […]

Two four-story buildings collapsed overnight in the Moroccan city of Fez, killing 19 people in the second fatal collapse there this year, authorities said on Wednesday. Morocco’s state news agency reported the two residential buildings housed eight families. Sixteen people were injured in the collapse and sent for treatment at a nearby hospital. Authorities said […]

The inaugural Agudah National Action Summit, held December 1–2, brought together over 1,500 participants from across the broad spectrum of Torah Jewry under the banner of Agudath Israel of America. The enthusiasm and unity that filled the two-day event underscored the community’s drive to strengthen themselves and the broader Klal. The Summit featured eight specialized […]

SPEAKER JOHNSON: “I am absolutely delighted that Jasmine Crockett is running for Senate in Texas. I think it’s one of the greatest things to happen to the Republican Party in a long, long time. She is the face of the Democratic Party, she and Mamdani. Good luck with that.”

Kids and adult’s in Saudi Arabia were seen enjoying the floodwaters, as heavy rain left parts of the area submerged.

Study Finds Instacart Charging Different Prices for the Same Items A new study found that Instacart charges different prices for the same grocery staples inside the same stores. Researchers compared identical household items and discovered that shoppers were sometimes shown multiple prices for the exact same product. The report also noted that Instacart’s sorting tools […]

At least 19 people were killed and 16 others injured when two adjacent four-story residential buildings collapsed overnight in the Al-Mustaqbal neighborhood of Fez, in Morocco.

Workers at the Fresh Del Monte production facility in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England competed today for a Guinness World Records™ title to see who could peel and slice a pineapple the fastest.

The Federal Reserve is expected to decide Wednesday whether to cut interest rates, a move that would significantly impact homebuyers and car shoppers…

Cambodian troops fired BM-21 multiple-rocket launchers from a civilian area in Oddar Meanchey Province, targeting the border region of Thailand’s Si Sa Ket Province.

Rain fell for the first time in months in Iran’s capital Wednesday, providing a brief respite for the parched Islamic Republic as it suffers through the driest autumn in over a half century. The drought gripping Iran has seen its president warn the country it may need to move its government out of Tehran by the […]

It seems like every day, and sometimes several times a day, news reports are published about the crimes of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, whom the government tried to dismiss long ago but was prevented from doing so by the Supreme Court. An i24News report on Wednesday revealed that Baharav-Miara’s senior aide, Adv. Chagai Harush, recused […]