Israel Chief Rabbis Recognizing R’Duvi Honig; L-R Chief Rabbis of Israel — Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef (Sephardic) Duvi Honig Founder /Ceo Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce and Rabbi Kalman Ber (Ashkenazi) Krakow, Poland — More than 200 rabbis and community leaders from around the world gathered this week in Krakow to commemorate the 25th anniversary of […]
Despite a police and Shin Bet gag order on the investigation and arrest of a suspect who damaged and set fire to Rav Yitzhak Yosef’s shul in Jerusalem on Sunday morning, some details have emerged. The suspect, from a chareidi family with rabbinic ties, is believed to have been working for the Iranian government, possibly […]
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was met with sharp questions and criticism Tuesday by lawmakers who demanded details on his move to deploy troops to Los Angeles, and they expressed bipartisan frustration that Congress has not yet gotten a full defense budget from the Trump administration. “Your tenure as secretary has been marked by endless chaos,” Rep. Rosa […]
Otzma Yehudit MK Yitzhak Kreuzer submitted a request to the Israel Police on Tuesday to launch a criminal investigation against Shikma Bressler, one of the leaders of the pre-October 7
The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a major Palestinian legal group for prisoners and detainees along with five other charitable entities across the Middle East, Africa and
The judge accepted the prosecution’s request on Tuesday to extend the detention of the suspect in the arson of HaRav Yitzchak Yosef’s shul, who was arrested by the police and Shin Bet on Monday evening. The suspect’s identity remains under a court-imposed gag order and cannot be published at this time. Until now, nearly all […]
The IDF successfully intercepted a ballistic missile launched at Israel by the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen on Tuesday evening. The missile disintegrated into multiple fragments after being struck by an
Pro-Hamas activist Greta Thunberg spoke to the press upon her arrival at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris after being deported from Israel. In her remarks, Thunberg claimed that Israel
Artificial intelligence is speeding up the work of America’s intelligence services, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Tuesday. Speaking to a technology conference, Gabbard said AI programs, when used
As the coalition teeters on the brink of collapse over the failure to legislate a Chareidi draft law, Education Minister Yoav Kisch on Tuesday morning announced his intention to expand
The U.S. and China held a second day of talks Tuesday in London aimed at easing their trade dispute, after President Donald Trump said China is “not easy” but the U.S. was “doing well” at the negotiations. A Chinese delegation led by Vice Premier He Lifeng met U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Treasury Secretary Scott […]
Naftali Bennett, who earlier this week completed the registration process for his “Bennett 2026” political party, intends to run in the next elections. As YWN reported last month, the raison d’être of Bennett’s new party is for all bnei yeshivos to enlist in the IDF. But apparently, Bennett has other plans for the Chareidi sector […]
President Donald Trump’s trade wars are expected to slash economic growth this year in the United States and around the world, the World Bank forecast Tuesday. Citing “a substantial rise in trade barriers’’ but without mentioning Trump by name, the 189-country lender predicted that the U.S. economy – the world’s largest – would grow half […]
A coordinated and unprecedented mobilization is underway across Orthodox Jewish communities in New Jersey, particularly in the Lakewood region, as voters head to the polls for Tuesday’s crucial primary elections. For weeks, leading rabbanim, askanim, and roshei yeshivah have been urging Orthodox Jewish voters to take part in today’s vote, with particular emphasis on supporting […]
MeThe U.S. logged 122 more cases of measles last week — but only four of them in Texas — while the outbreaks in Pennsylvania and Michigan officially ended. There were 1,168 confirmed measles cases in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. Health officials in Texas, where the nation’s biggest outbreak […]
A swearing-in ceremony was held on Tuesday at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem for 28 new dayanim. During the ceremony, President Isaac Herzog spoke and asked the Rabbanin to declare
The UK plans on implementing sanctions on Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir over statements the two ministers made on Gaza, The Times of London reported
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