An 80-year-old former officer with communist East Germany’s secret police, the Stasi, was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for the murder of a Polish man at a border crossing in divided Berlin 50 years ago. The Berlin state court said in its ruling that there was no doubt that the then-first lieutenant shot […]
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign is using GoFundMe to rally its network of deep-pocketed backers and everyday donors around the survivors of his July assassination attempt and Hurricane Helene’s destruction, bucking more traditional avenues of emergency relief. The two high-profile fundraisers — organized by the Republican nominee’s national finance director — have drawn more than […]
Following the expansion of the war happening in the North of Israel, soldiers were recruited into the reserves to fight for our land and protect the people. The holidays are
The following was posted by YWN on Erev Yom Kippur. Please take a moment to read it. As Yom Kippur approaches and we all seek to increase our zechusim so that we may be zocheh b’din, YWN would like to inform our readers of an incredible opportunity to help tip the scales in our favor. YWN has only […]
Sergeant Koren Bitan, a 19-year-old soldier from Rosh Haayin, was killed in Gaza battling Hamas terrorists. Bitan was serving in the 450th Battalion of the Bislamach Brigade and the 94th
Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan visited Vienna on 14-15 October 2024, marking his second official visit to Austria since assuming leadership of the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in August 2021.
The IDF has ramped up targeted operations against terrorist infrastructure in southern Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. Leveraging precise intelligence, IDF soldiers are conducting localized raids to dismantle Hezbollah terror
IDF soldiers have built a sukkah in the Netzarim Corridor, which separates northern and southern Gaza, ahead of Sukkos, set to begin on Wednesday evening. This marks the first time a sukkah has been constructed in Gaza since Israel’s disengagement from the area in 2005, during which approximately 8,000 Jewish residents were forced from their […]
A health care spending surge looms in the new year, and Business Group on Health is helping employers understand it. The nonprofit found in a recent survey that large employers expect the cost to treat patients will jump nearly 8% next year before they make coverage changes to address it. That’s the highest growth rate […]
In the early 2000s, Jewish travelers preparing for Sukkot faced an unexpected and frustrating obstacle: many had their lulavim and esrogim confiscated at border posts. These essential ritual items, used
The IDF has announced that they have killed of Muhammad Kamel Naim, the head of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force’s anti-tank missile unit, in a targeted airstrike in Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon. According to the IDF, Naim was responsible for directing anti-tank missile fire into Israel. The IDF released footage of the strike that eliminated Naim. The […]
The father of one of the Golani soldiers who survived the Hezbollah drone strike at the training base in Binyamina on Sunday evening shared the neis his son had experienced in the zechus of Mayim Achronim. The father told Kol B’Ramah Radio on Monday afternoon: “Last week, they decided to have the soldiers eat in […]
The IDF confirmed that after alarms went off in Tel Aviv and over 180 communities across central Israel, three rockets were detected entering Israeli territory from Lebanon. All rockets were successfully intercepted by Israel’s defense systems, and no injuries were reported, according to Magen David Adom. In retaliation, Israeli Air Force jets targeted and struck […]
Russia said Monday that it has captured the village of Levadne in southern Ukraine as it probes for weaknesses along the war ’s roughly 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) front line, including in eastern areas that are the main focus of Moscow’s military effort before winter arrives. Ukrainian authorities, meanwhile, reported no nighttime Shahed drone attacks on the […]
A new report from Rutgers University estimates that about 40.2 million eligible voters in the quickly approaching U.S. presidential election are disabled. Add those who cohabitate with people who have a disability, and you’re looking at close to one-third of the voting population for an election in which health care is among the key campaign issues. […]
Three kedoshei elyon had one common concept when it came to learning Torah – they were the Ohr Hachaim Hakadosh (Rabbi Chaim ibn Attar 1696-1743) when he came to Eretz Yisroel; the
The Nobel memorial prize in economics was awarded Monday to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson for research that explains why societies with poor rule of law and exploitative institutions do not generate sustainable growth. The three economists “have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity,” the Nobel committee of […]
A Russian court on Monday convicted a French citizen of collecting military information and sentenced him to three years in prison. Laurent Vinatier, who was arrested in Moscow in June, earlier admitted guilt, setting the stage for a fast-tracked trial. His lawyers’ asked the court to sentence him to a fine. In his remarks before […]
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen strongly denied committing any wrongdoing at a Paris court Monday as she and her National Rally party stand trial over the suspected embezzlement of European Parliament funds. The nine-week trial is a critical juncture for Le Pen, expected to be a strong contender in France’s next presidential election in […]
Amid the searing tragedy that occurred on Sunday evening when a Hezbollah drone exploded in the dining room of a Golani Brigade training base, killing four soldiers and wounding dozens,
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