President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday threatened 100% tariffs against a bloc of nine nations if they act to undermine the U.S. dollar. His threat was directed at countries in the
During a Black Friday shopping trip with his grandson Beau and family, outgoing President Joe Biden drew attention after being spotted carrying a book critical of Israel. The book, The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017, by Columbia professor emeritus Rashid Khalidi, critiques the Zionist movement as […]
Joe Biden is wrapping up his final Thanksgiving holiday as president on Nantucket, a family tradition that this year seems to be part of a broader farewell to his time
In the latest disturbing display of antisemitic academic bias, the Oxford Union voted overwhelmingly in favor of the inflammatory motion that “Israel is an apartheid state responsible for the genocide of Palestinians.” With a vote tally of 278 to 59, the result not only raises serious questions about the integrity of the debate but also […]
The first big snowfall of the season is blanketing towns along Lake Erie in upstate New York and northwestern Pennsylvania in the middle of the hectic holiday travel and shopping
Thousands of Syrian insurgents fanned out inside Aleppo in vehicles with improvised armor and pickups, deploying to landmarks such as the old citadel on Saturday, a day after they entered
Hamas released a video on Shabbos of Edan Alexander, an American-Israeli soldier who was abducted by the terror group and has been held hostage in Gaza since October 7. Alexander
The IDF on Motzei Shabbos announced the death of an IDF soldier who fell in battle in Jabalaya in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday. He was identified as Staff
A handful of Massachusetts lawmakers are hoping to persuade their colleagues to support a proposal that would make the state the first to adopt a ban meant to eliminate the use of tobacco products over time. Other locations have weighed similar “generational tobacco bans,” which phase out the use of tobacco products based not just on a […]
President-elect Donald Trump is set to create a National Energy Council that he says will establish American “energy dominance” around the world as he seeks to boost U.S. oil and gas drilling and move away from President Joe Biden’s focus on climate change. The energy council — to be led by North Dakota Gov. Doug […]
British lawmakers are expected to vote Friday on a law proposed to help terminally ill adults end their lives. The contentious bill would allow adults expected to have fewer than six months to live to request and be provided with help to end their life, subject to safeguards and protections. Members of Parliament (MPs), who have […]
restated by Rabbi Yair Hoffman We are so very fortunate to have Gedolei Torah in our midst where we can draw life-giving water from their insights, wisdom, and deep Gemorah shiurim. The following is from a Vaad given last year on Parshas Todos. In memory of R’ Tzvi Dovid ben R’ Moshe The Initial Difference […]
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army in 1944 as a massacre in a letter addressed to the Senegalese authorities. Macron’s move, on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the World War II killings in Thiaroye — a fishing village […]
Syrian insurgents breached Syria’s second largest city Aleppo after blowing up two car bombs on Friday, and were clashing with government forces on the city’s western edge, according to a
The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah, brokered by the United States and France, represents a huge setback for the Iranian-backed terror group, according to analysis from two leading U.S.
Canada’s antitrust watchdog said Thursday it is suing Google over alleged anticompetitive conduct in the tech giant’s online advertising business and wants the company to sell off two of its ad tech services and pay a penalty. The Competition Bureau said that such action is necessary because an investigation into Google found that the company […]
Dr. Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, a senior UAE official, attended the shiva in Kfar Chabad for Rabbi Zvi Kogan HY’D, the Chabad Shliach killed in a suspected terror attack in the UAE last week. Speaking to Kogan’s family, Al Nuaimi reaffirmed the UAE’s commitment to “openness and peace” and pledged to uphold the rabbi’s legacy. […]
A 17-year-old has been charged with the murder of Israeli national Aviv Broek, a 21-year-old locksmith who was gunned down and robbed while on the job in Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman Mi Ka’Amcha Yisroel! A recent article highlighting an impromptu Sheva Brachos on an airplane highlighted the universal brotherhood that Klal Yisroel feels for each other. The article stated, “Passengers on El Al Flight LY10 departing John F. Kennedy International Airport on Wednesday experienced an extraordinary in-flight celebration when the flight transformed […]
It is with deep pain and regret that YWN informs you of the petirah of Harav Mordechai Zev Jofen zt”l, Rosh Yeshivas Bais Yosef in Brooklyn. Rav Mordechai Zev zt”l, a great-grandson of the famed Alter of Novardok, was a tremendous talmid chochom, famous for his genius, unparalleled hasmada, depth and breadth in learning, and […]
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