“This is a great day for Israel. Tomorrow I will convene the government to approve the agreement that will bring all of our precious hostages home. I extend my gratitude to the heroic IDF soldiers and all the security forces whose courage and sacrifice have brought us to this day. I thank President Trump and […]
Hamas might not be able to find all the slain hostages in Gaza, three Israeli officials tell CNN. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has known that this is the case for months, say the officials. “It’s been the case from the outset that they [Hamas] have not had control over all of the hostages,” says Barbara […]
A 29-year-old man has been charged with sparking California’s deadly Palisades Fire, one of the most destructive wildfires in its history, authorities said Wednesday. Federal officials said Jonathan Rinderknecht, who lived in the area, started a small fire on New Year’s Day that smoldered underground before reigniting nearly a week later and roaring through Pacific […]
US President Donald Trump announces that Israel and Hamas have signed off on the “first phase” of his plan to end the Gaza war. “This means that ALL of the Hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw their Troops to an agreed upon line as the first steps toward a Strong, Durable, […]
The assailant in last week’s attack on a shul in the northwest of England that left two dead pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, police said Wednesday. The attacker, Jihad Al-Shamie, called emergency dispatchers during his deadly attack on Oct. 2. to express his commitment to the terror group, Counter Terrorism Policing North West […]
More than half of Jewish Americans say they have experienced antisemitism in the past year, with many now viewing such hostility as a normal part of Jewish life, according to
By Rabbi Eliezer Sandler The concept of the Yissachar-Zevulun Torah Learning Pact goes back well over 3,500 years, to the time of Yaakov Avinu and his sons. It is named
Swedish “climate activist” Greta Thunberg — apparently taking a break from yelling at clouds — was among 170 members of the so-called “Global Sumud Flotilla” deported from Israel this week, departing Ramon International Airport in southern Israel en route to Greece and Slovakia. Photos released by Israel’s Foreign Ministry show Thunberg and her fellow “peace […]
Walking down Avenue J in the day preceding sukkos, seemingly every vacant store is suddenly occupied and the sidewalks teeming with street vendors selling arba minim. From the aspiring bachurim
At almost every street corner and in front of virtually every bank on 13th Avenue, one cannot miss the fact that sukkos is around the corner. While some uninitiated passerby
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and 170 other members of the Global Sumud flotilla were deported from Israel on Monday, departing from Ramon International Airport in southern Israel on flights
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As young and old alike run about in the short time after shabbos to arrange the final preparations for sukkos in the streets of Yerushalayim, one can feel the simchas
Facing criticism from all sides, France’s new prime minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned less than 24 hours after naming his government and after less than a month in office, plunging the country into a deep political crisis. The French presidency said in a statement Monday that President Emmanuel Macron has accepted his resignation. Lecornu had replaced […]
As we prepare for the joyous nights of Simchas Beis Hashoeva in Crown Heights, we extend a warm welcome to all who come — including our friends and guests from neighboring communities — to join in the simcha and celebration. Crown Heights is proud to host these special nights, where Yidden gather together in unity […]
Defense Ministry Releases Updated Figures: Marking two years since Hamas’s brutal attack on October 7, 2023, Israel’s Defense Ministry has released new data on the nation’s fallen security personnel. Since the start of the war, 1,152 members of Israel’s security forces have been killed — including IDF soldiers, Israeli Police officers, Shin Bet agents, Prison […]
IDF soldiers stationed in Gaza discovered that the esrogim they received in their army-issued Sukkos kits were posul, according to a report by Doron Kadosh on Galei Tzahal. The IDF confirmed that some of the esrogim distributed to soldiers were indeed Posul, explaining that the issue stemmed from a “technical problem” in storage conditions handled […]
Hamas is pushing back hard on reports that it has agreed to disarm under international supervision, underscoring the fragility of renewed ceasefire efforts just as delegations from both Hamas and Israel head to Cairo for talks mediated by Egypt. Senior Hamas political bureau official Mahmoud al-Mardawi dismissed the reports Sunday night as “fabricated” and “baseless,” […]
Shortly before Yom Kippur, former Governor and current Mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo released a video statement to the frum media in which he purported to apologize for his discriminatory treatment of our shul’s and baatei midrashim during and after Sukkos 2020. For those who may have forgotten, Cuomo announced on chol hamoed Sukkos 2020 that […]
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