About a month and a half before her petirah, Rebbitzen Kanievsky, a’h, explained at a conference how she and HaRav Chaim, z’tl began reciting Birchos Hashachar together. A video of
A geniza recently found in Cairo’s ancient Jewish cemetery has been seized by the Egyptian Antiquities Authority, ignoring the opposition and outcry from the Jewish community. The seizure of the
Baruch Ben-Yigal is the father of Amit Ben-Yigal, h’yd, the 21-year-old IDF soldier who was murdered by an Arab during an operation in an Arab village west of Jenin on Lag B’Omer 2020. Amit was his only child and his whole world. After HaRav Chaim’s petirah, Ben-Yigal told Channel 14 News about his moving meeting with HaRav […]
With inflation raging and state coffers flush with cash, governors and lawmakers across the U.S. are considering a relatively simple solution to help ease the pain people are feeling at the gas pump and grocery store — sending money. At least a dozen states have proposed giving rebate checks of several hundred dollars directly to […]
President Joe Biden and Western allies pledged new sanctions and humanitarian aid on Thursday in response to Vladimir Putin’s assault on Ukraine, but their offers fell short of the more robust military assistance that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pleaded for in a pair of live-video appearances. The leaders spent Thursday crafting their next steps to counter […]
New York City’s mayor exempted athletes and performers — including Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving — from the city’s vaccine mandate Thursday, while keeping in place the rule for countless other workers who faced losing their jobs for refusing to get vaccinated. The city’s sweeping vaccine mandate still applies to many, including private workers and […]
A top prosecutor who resigned from Manhattan DA’s investigation into Trump’s business practices wrote in his resignation letter that he believes Trump broke a number of laws. “The team that has been investigating Mr. Trump harbors no doubt about whether he committed crimes — he did,” Mark Pomerantz wrote. Pomerantz wrote that the crimes were […]
Three Muslim Americans have filed a lawsuit alleging that U.S. border officers questioned them about their religious beliefs in violation of their constitutional rights when they returned from international travel.
Please extend your hand and help the young widow who has been left alone with her four children, the oldest being 8 years old and the youngest a baby. With
Among the thousands of people being Menachem Avel the Kanievsky Mishpacha was R’ Shlomo Werdiger, chairman of Agudath Israel’s Board of Trustees Reb Shlomo told YWN that the family related how the Gadol Hador ZATZAL was overjoyed to be given the honor to recite the Kaddish at the last Siyum HaShas, which was broadcast via video. […]
The U.S. and its allies said Thursday they’re moving to block financial transactions with Russia’s Central Bank that involve gold, aiming to further restrict the country’s ability to use its international reserves because of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Putin has been building his gold stockpile since 2014. Here’s how these sanctions would work: HOW […]
The northern London town of Edgeware has been overtaken by hate, with multiple reports in recent weeks of residents throwing eggs at Jews, a Jewish watchdog group says. Antisemites have
Avraham Fried fans, put your hands together for a historic night of music and celebration!!! For the very first time in the USA, Avraham Fried will perform live in concert
As Russia launched its war in Ukraine last month, exhausted and frightened refugees streamed into neighboring countries. They carried whatever they could quickly grab. Many cried. They still do. The
Since the Petira of the Sar Hatorah, Hagaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky ZATZAL, there have been Hespeidim taking place in every single Yeshiva in the world. Many Shuls and Batei Midrashim
As President Joe Biden meets with key allies in Brussels to coordinate a stronger response to Russia’s monthlong assault on Ukraine, a new poll shows Americans have yet to rally around his leadership. Concern about Russia has swelled and support for a major U.S. role in the conflict strengthened in the last month, but Biden’s […]
The yeshuos that HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, z’tl, wrought could fill the pages of a long tome, with the nissim so ubiquitous that similar themes even repeat themselves. When a Rosh Yeshivah went to HaRav Elyashiv, z’tl, with a heartbreaking shaila about a chassan who was diagnosed with cancer right before his wedding, Reb Elyashiv […]
Ivanka Trump funded and arranged for one million meals to be delivered to Ukrainian refugees on the Poland-Ukraine border, Fox News reported on Wednesday. A source close to Trump told
For the first time in his life, a hard-working father was going to stick out his hand and beg passerby for tzedakah CLICK HERE TO DONATE Before Purim, Keren Hashviis
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