Israel has reported that 137 hostages are still being held in the Gaza Strip, while 110 have been successfully returned home. Among those still in captivity after the truce that
The Military Police announces that they will launch an investigation into the death of Yuval Castleman, an armed civilian who was shot by a soldier during Thursday’s terror attack in
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman HISTORICAL CONTEXT Chanukah occurred during the time of the Second Beis HaMikdash approximately in the year 3596/165 BCE. That is 2188 years ago as of 2023. The Seleucid Greeks (or Syrian Greeks) ruled and enacted decrees against Klal Yisrael, outlawing the Jewish religion. The Greeks forbade Torah study and the observance […]
Translated and Annotated by Rabbi Yair Hoffman This past Thursday, Hamas murderers opened fire at a Givat Shaul bus stop, injuring eleven and murdering three people in cold-blood. Among them was a remarkable Torah scholar who was a dayan in Ashdod – Rav Elimelech Wasserman zt”l and HY”D. One can see from the Torah below […]
A New York appeals court Thursday reinstated a gag order that barred Donald Trump from commenting about court personnel after the former president repeatedly disparaged a law clerk in his
The IDF has renewed combat against Hamas in Gaza. A statement from the IDF said: “Hamas violated the operational pause, and in addition, fired (rockets) toward Israeli territory. The IDF
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The surviving community members of Nir Oz was informed on Thursday that one of their neighbors, Aviv Atzili, was killed on October 7th and is not being held hostage in
A man who shot and killed at least one terrorist Thursday morning in the midst of the terror attack on Thursday at a Jerusalem bus stop, killing 3, was tragically
The IDF has confirmed that six Israeli hostages have returned to Israel. This latest development follows an earlier release of two Israeli hostages by Hamas, totaling eight releases for the
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a meeting on Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi to discuss
A report from the Washington Post, citing an anonymous high-ranking Israeli official, revealed that Pope Francis and President Isaac Herzog of Israel had a strained telephone conversation last month. During
A Senate Judiciary Committee business meeting Thursday morning quickly devolved into a partisan shootout as Republicans on the upper chamber’s legal affairs panel kicked off a revolt against Democrats hoping to authorize subpoenas related to their Supreme Court ethics probe. After weeks of delays, the Judiciary Committee was finally set Thursday to debate and vote […]
In a surprising twist to the post-election discourse, Bloomberg has issued a correction regarding an article that erroneously suggested Argentina’s President-elect, Javier Milei, is converting to Judaism. The correction clarified
Mark Fisher, a leading figure in the Black Lives Matter movement in Rhode Island, has thrown his support behind former President Donald Trump for the 2024 presidential race, saying the
“A colossal kiddush Hashem, were the words that came to mind when I observed the first Amud HaYomi test last week,” related Rabbi Moshe Fisher, Co-Director of Dirshu’s operations in
Israeli police and IDF troops have thwarted a large-scale attempt to smuggle 137 firearms into Israel from Jordan, marking the largest weapons bust ever on the Jordanian border. The successful operation was the culmination of months of surveillance by the police’s Magen anti-smuggling unit, which had been tracking a gun smuggling ring responsible for numerous […]
The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation measure cooled last month, the latest sign that price pressures are waning in the face of high interest rates and moderating economic growth. Thursday’s report from the Commerce Department said prices were unchanged from September to October, down from a 0.4% rise the previous month. Compared with a year ago, […]
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‘Fargin Ah Yid’: Three simple words…but not so simple to do. ‘Yitzchok Perlstien’ a name synonymous with Chessed and awareness in Torah values specifically his incredible awareness campaign and successes
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