YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of The Nasi of the Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah, and Rosh Yeshiva of Porat Yosef HaGaon HaRav Shalom Cohen ZT”L. He was 91.
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It is a sad story perhaps, but one that must be pointed out because it will be repeated time and time again. We must teach our children halacha, of that there is no question. But we must also teach the halachos of chessed and vahavta larayacha kamocha. These two […]
A customer at a restaurant and entertainment venue in suburban Dallas fatally shot a security guard after arguing over the business rules, police said. Derek Phillips, 47, of Arlington, died after being shot multiple times about 10 p.m. Friday at Brickhouse Lounge in DeSoto, police Lt. Chris Huerta said Saturday. Phillips, who was not armed, […]
Federal investigators havent been able to determine why a prominent personal injury attorney lost control of his plane and crashed in 2020, killing him and a passenger. The crash near Corfu, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) east of Buffalo, killed Stephen Barnes and his niece, Elizabeth Barnes. Stephen Barnes was half of Cellino & Barnes, […]
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has warned airlines that his department could draft new rules around passenger rights if the carriers dont give more help to travelers trapped by flight cancellations and delays. Buttigieg is asking airline CEOs to, at a minimum, provide lodging for passengers stranded overnight at an airport and give out meal vouchers […]
B”H Thousands of Jews without a local Mikvah?! The Mikvah of The Pocono Mountains As Rabbi Shmuel and Mrs. Chana Newman witnessed the Pocono Mountains fill up each year with
The NYPD is searching for two teenagers who attacked at least two frum Jews in Williamsburg this past Motzei Shabbos. In one incident, the teens chased a Jewish man in
A judge refused to grant bail Thursday to the man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie as the acclaimed author prepared to give a talk in western New York.
El Shafee Elsheikh, who was formally sentenced to life in prison Friday for a leading role in the beheading deaths of American hostages, had a somewhat whimsical nickname as a so-called Beatle that belied the viciousness of his conduct. In fact, he is the most notorious and highest-ranking member of the Islamic State group to […]
Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz said recently in closed conversations with Chareidi MKs that Gadi Eisenkot forced him to accept former religious affairs minister Matan Kahana in his newly formed Gantz-Saar-Eisenkot party, Arutz Sheva reported. The negotiations between Kahana and Gantz were lengthy due to the Chareidi MKs’ veto on joining a party that […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday announced criminal charges against 20 people for illegally voting in 2020, the first major public move from the Republicans controversial new election police unit. The charges mark the opening salvo from the Office of Election Crimes and Security, which from its conception drew widespread criticism from Democrats and voting […]
The “Butcher of Aleppo,” a notorious Revolutionary Guards commander who was expelled from Syria last November, was appointed to lead operations to kill Israelis in Turkey, Iran International reported on
At least 40 people have died and others are missing in flash floods triggered by intense monsoon rains in northern India over the past three days, officials said Sunday. The
Israeli security forces on Motzei Shabbos arrested three Palestinian women at the Eliyahu Crossing near Qalqilya who were allegedly about to commit a terror attack. The women had aroused the
Martin Kopf needs natural gas to run his familys company, Zinkpower GmbH, which rustproofs steel components in western Germany. Zinkpowers facility outside Bonn uses gas to keep 600 tons of zinc worth 2.5 million euros ($2.5 million) in a molten state every day. The metal will harden otherwise, wrecking the tank where steel parts are […]
Somali authorities on Sunday ended a deadly attack in which at least 20 people were killed and many others wounded when gunmen stormed a hotel in the capital. It took Somali forces more than 30 hours to contain the fighters who had stormed Mogadishus Hayat Hotel on Friday evening in an assault that started with […]
Berlin police have opened a preliminary investigation against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas over his comments this week that Israel had committed 50 Holocausts against Palestinians. The remarks, during a news conference in Berlin alongside German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, sparked outrage in Germany, Israel and beyond. Police confirmed a report Friday by German daily Bild that […]
Terrorists in the Arab town of Silwad opened fire on Motzei Shabbos at an Israeli bus full of passengers traveling on Route 60 next to the Ofra yishuv in Binyanim.
The Nasi of the Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah, HaGaon HaRav Shalom Cohen, was sedated and ventilated overnight Motzei Shabbos in the ICU at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital. The doctors decided to
The daughter of a Russian nationalist ideologist who is often referred to as Putins brain was killed when her car exploded on the outskirts of Moscow, officials said Sunday. The Investigative Committee branch for the Moscow region said the Saturday night blast was caused by a bomb planted in the SUV driven by Daria Dugina. […]
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