?Over the past eight days, tens of thousands of players have spun our dreidel an incredible number of times. We’ve received heartwarming messages from families, classrooms, and groups of friends who have played together, enjoying the thrill while supporting an amazing cause. Today is Zos Chanukah. Our dreidel is out of spins—but the Jackpot […]
As Israel marks more than 800 days of war, another deadly front has quietly eclipsed even battlefield losses: the nation’s roads. With 443 people killed in traffic accidents since the start of 2025, Israel is now facing its deadliest year on the roads in two decades, according to figures released by the National Road Safety […]
Nine people have died and at least 10 others were wounded after a group of gunmen carried out a shooting at a South African pub during the early hours of
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrived at Bondi Beach on Sunday night expecting to save face. Instead, he walked into a stinging public rebuke. As thousands gathered to mourn the 15
Rabbi Avraham Idan, the Rosh Yeshivah of the Ateret Halevi Yeshiva in Jerusalem, was violently arrested after he happened to pass by the area where the clashes were taking place
A Kremlin envoy said peace talks on a U.S.-proposed plan to end the nearly four-year war in Ukraine were pressing on “constructively” in Florida, while the Ukrainian president said they were moving “quickly.” The talks are part of the Trump administration’s monthslong push for peace that also included meetings with Ukrainian and European officials in Berlin earlier […]
Power was restored Sunday morning to the bulk of the 130,000 homes and businesses in San Francisco impacted by a massive outage on Saturday that caused major disruptions in the
This Chanukah arrived after very challenging times – both the war in Israel, and the horrific massacre in Australia. It is clearly a moment for reflection during a holiday that
Saudi Arabia has quietly expanded access to its only store that sells alcohol, allowing wealthy foreign residents to buy booze in the latest step in the once-ultraconservative kingdom’s experiment in liberalization. There’s been no official announcement of the decision, but word has gotten out, and long lines of cars and people can now be seen […]
Attorney-General Gali Baharav Miara has escalated her frenzied battle against Chareidim and the Olam HaTorah, now even spreading her poison to Bnei Torah from abroad. She is considering halting all
A Syrian-Australian man who risked his life to stop an ISIS-inspired terror massacre at Sydney’s Bondi Beach is now being viciously attacked in Arab media and online forums—denounced as a “traitor” for saving Jewish lives. Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, a local shop owner and father of two, was shot five times after charging toward a […]
The Trump administration is quietly shopping an ambitious, multibillion-dollar vision to remake Gaza into a high-tech Mediterranean hub. The plan has drawn interest from regional power brokers even as it collides with the hard political reality of Hamas’ continued grip on the enclave. Dubbed internally as a long-range redevelopment roadmap, the plan would pour as […]
The Women of the Wall group “recruited” an IDF reserve soldier to attempt to smuggle a Sefer Torah into the women’s section of the Kosel, in violation of the regulations
HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Batzri provided an update on the condition of his father, HaMekubal Rav Dovid Batzri, Rosh Yeshivas HaShalom, who is hospitalized in serious condition in Hadassah Ein Kerem
Supreme Court Justice Alex Stein slammed Israel’s Probation Service after it submitted an early positive report in the case of Mark Feigel, the main suspect in the serious arson incident near Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s residence in September. Stein said that the Probation Service acted on its own initiative to submit a supplementary report, even […]
YWN regrets to inform you of the petirah of Mrs. Malkie Mitnick, a”h, of Flatbush. She was the daughter of Rav Elya Kanarek shlit”a – the Rosh Hayeshiva of Peekskill – and Rebbetzin Rifka Leah Kanarek, and a granddaughter of the Roshei Yeshiva, Rav Shaul Brus zt”l and Rav Yisroel Eliezer Kanarek zt”l. Mrs. Mitnick a”h […]
A Russian missile strike on port infrastructure in Odesa in southern Ukraine killed eight people and wounded 27, Ukraine’s emergency service said Saturday, as a Kremlin envoy was set to travel to Florida for talks on a U.S.-proposed plan to end the nearly four-year war, The discussions are part of the Trump administration’s monthslong push […]
President Donald Trump on Saturday endorsed Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman just one day after Rep. Elise Stefanik abruptly dropped out of the race. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump called Blakeman “MAGA all the way” and said he has been with him “from the very beginning,” issuing his first formal […]
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