Iranian Jews danced with enthusiasm at Hakafos Shniyos in Tehran, the capital of the Islamic Republic. The hakafos took place at the Yosef Abad shul in Tehran. During the dancing, the mispallelim carried the Rav of Tehran, HaRav Yehuda Gerami, on their shoulders to the tune of “?? ?????? ?? ????.” (YWN Israel DeskJerusalem)
President Donald Trump is redoubling his efforts to end the war in Ukraine, announcing a second meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin one day before sitting down with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Recently, there has been discussion among some Jews that since Zohran Mamdani is a frontrunner for the mayoral election, perhaps we should work with him. Some feel that he won’t
Senate Democrats rejected for the 10th time Thursday a stopgap spending bill that would reopen the government, insisting they wont back away from demands that Congress take up health care benefits. The vote failed on a 51-45 tally, well short of the 60 needed to advance with the Senate’s filibuster rules. The repetition of votes […]
Some of the Hamas operatives who guarded Israeli hostages in Gaza were not hardened militants but teachers, doctors, and university professors who had been radicalized, according to a former captive who spent nearly 500 days underground in Hamas tunnels. In a chilling account following this weeks latest hostage release, Tal Shoham, one of the Israelis […]
U.S. stocks fell on Thursday, hurt by drops for midsized banks as worries flare about the loans theyve made. The S&P 500 slid 0.6% in its latest up-and-down day after erasing a morning gain. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 301 points, or 0.7%, and the Nasdaq composite lost 0.5%. Zions Bancorp. tumbled 13.1% after […]
Julie, the mother of freed hostage Bar Kuperstein, spoke with Army Radio on Thursday about the horrors her son endured during captivity in the Gaza Strip. She described a harrowing ordeal of torture and abuse, including prolonged starvation and repeated beatings. He sat across from me and told me everything, and I just criedrealizing how […]
Tensions are mounting among key Gulf states that once positioned themselves as stabilizing forces in the Middle East. In recent weeks, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain long viewed as the pragmatic wing of the Arab world have found themselves increasingly sidelined in President Donald Trumps Gaza reconstruction plan, even as […]
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