A terrible tragedy occurred at the atzeres in Jerusalem on Thursday afternoon when a 17-year-old yeshiva bochur fell to his death from a crane at a high-rise construction site on Shderot Shazar, near the entrance to Jerusalem. He fell from the tallest building in Jerusalem—a 40-story building—and was killed instantly. He was later identified as […]
Israel has received, via the Red Cross, the remains of two deceased hostages, which were handed over to an IDF and Shin Bet force inside the Gaza Strip. They were
Judges around the world are dealing with a growing problem: legal briefs that were generated with the help of artificial intelligence and submitted with errors such as citations to cases that don’t exist, according to attorneys and court documents. The trend serves as a cautionary tale for people who are learning to use AI tools at work. Many […]
With just days left before Election Day, a trio of new polls paints a sobering picture for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo — and a commanding one for Democratic Socialist front-runner Zohran Mamdani. According to the latest Quinnipiac University survey, Mamdani leads Cuomo by 10 points (43% to 33%), with Republican Curtis Sliwa pulling 14%. That […]
Hundreds of thousands of Chareidi men and bochurim have converged on Yerushalayim for a historic “Atzeres HaMillion” – a mammoth show of force decrying the continued targeting of Chareidim and
Anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders’ far-right Party for Freedom and the centrist D66 were tied with nearly all votes counted Thursday in the Dutch general election in an unprecedented neck-and-neck race
President Donald Trump described his face-to-face with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday as a roaring success, saying he would cut tariffs on China, while Beijing had agreed to allow
The dragnet tightened around the Louvre on Thursday. Five more people were seized in the crown-jewels heist — including a suspect tied by DNA — the Paris prosecutor said, widening the sweep across the capital and its suburbs. Authorities said three of the four alleged members of the “commando” team, as French media have dubbed the robbers, are now […]
At a wedding on Wednesday evening, the Satmar Rebbe of Kiryas Yoel, Rav Aharon Teitelbaum shlit”a, offered a pointed reminder about preserving the traditional minhagim of the chuppah. Following the chuppah, the Rebbe approached the singers and instructed that during the kallah’s seven hakafos around the chosson, they should sing only to the traditional words […]
The father of socialist mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani helped found the so-called Gaza Tribunal—a self-styled “court of conscience” that serves as a propaganda vehicle for Hamas sympathizers seeking to criminalize Israel and the West. Mahmood Mamdani, a 79-year-old Columbia University professor and longtime anti-Israel activist, attended the group’s inaugural meetings in London last year. The […]
Please forgive me if I sound like I am preaching. I do not write this as someone entitled to lecture on the weighty decisions that are the realm of the gedolim who guide us. I write simply as one who wishes to share an example where we can see the truth of what our gedolim have taught us. The […]
The United States is running out of pennies. President Donald Trump’s decision to stop producing the penny earlier this year is starting to have real implications for the nation’s commerce. Merchants in multiple regions of the country have run out of pennies and are unable to produce exact change. Meanwhile, banks are unable to order […]
The president of the Heritage Foundation is defending Tucker Carlson amid growing outrage over the former Fox News host’s friendly interview with Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes, doubling down in a defiant video message that frames the controversy as a test of conservative loyalty. Kevin Roberts, who leads the influential right-wing think tank, dismissed demands that […]
President Donald Trump appeared to suggest the U.S. will resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades, saying it would be on an “equal basis” with Russia and China. The Kremlin pointed out that a global test ban on nuclear test has remained in place, but warned that if any country resumes […]
Preparations are complete for the mass Chareidi tefillah rally, which will begin on Thursday at 2:30 at the entrance to Jerusalem, spanning the main entry roads: Sarei Yisrael, Malchei Yisrael,
It’s an unprecedented space streak: 25 years of people living off-planet without even a moment’s pause. The International Space Station marks a quarter-century of continuous occupancy this weekend, boasting a guest list of nearly 300 — mostly professional astronauts but also the occasional space tourist and movie director. The first full-time residents opened the hatch on Nov. 2, 2000. With only five years left […]
Rosh Yeshivas Slabodka HaGaon HaRav Moshe Hillel Hirsch left Bnei Brak early Thursday morning to travel to Jerusalem for the mass tefillah rally on Thursday afternoon. Before leaving at about
Israel Railways announced that the Jerusalem Yitzchak Navon train station will be closed on Thursday, beginning at 12:30 p.m., and will remain shut until the end of the mass tefillah
Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen is once again stirring controversy — this time by personally launching a “Palestine-themed” sorbet after parent company Unilever reportedly blocked the Vermont-based ice cream maker from releasing it under its brand. In a video posted on X, Cohen — wearing an apron and surrounded by smashed watermelons — announced […]
YWN regrets to inform you of the tragic petirah of R’ Noach Klein z”l, 84, who was struck by a vehicle at 18th Avenue and 49th Street in Boro Park
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