Rabbi Yaakov Bender is the rosh yeshivah of Yeshivah Darchei Torah in Far Rockaway, New York, and the author of Chinuch with Chessed (Mesorah Publications)
Up in the choir loft, alone, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers whispered to a 911 dispatcher on his cellphone. Below him, down in the sanctuary, eight of his congregants had been felled
“Hashem should help that this Rasha should have a Mapala Gedolah (big downfall).” These were the words HaGaoon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky said last year about Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav, after he ordered the expulsion of a Yeshiva in a despicable fashion�described by officials as “Kristallnacht”. (See video below) The prediction came true on Tuesday night, […]
(VIDEOS & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) A driver who appeared to be distracted by his cellphone caused a horrific fiery crash in Israel on Tuesday morning that left a family of 8 R”L dead in the vehicle he struck. According to Magen David Adom, two vehicles collided head-on�on Route 90 in the Dead Sea area,�with […]
Israelis are voting in municipal�elections across the country. In the closest watched race Tuesday, four candidates are hoping to become the next mayor of Jerusalem. Chareidi candidate Yossi Deutsch, Ofer Berkovitch, a young secular activist, is running against Moshe Lion, a longtime political activist, and Cabinet minister Zeev Elkin, who is supported by Prime Minister […]
Social media has caused panic in Brooklyn’s Jewish community, as word spread of an attempted stabbing at a Shul in Flatbush on Tuesday morning. But in fact, there was no
CNN’s Jim Acosta dared White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders to “have the guts” to call his network “Fake News” on Monday. �Shouldn�t you reserve the term �enemy� for people who are actually the enemy of the United States, rather than journalists?� Acosta began. �The president�s not referencing all media,� Sanders said. �He�s talking about […]
(SEE MORE ON THE VICTIMS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) With the first funerals set for Tuesday, the White House announced that Trump and first lady Melania Trump will visit the same
The flight data recorder from the helicopter that crashed with the Leicester soccer team�s owner on board is being examined by investigators, authorities said, as his family and players paid tribute Monday at a makeshift shrine. Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four others were killed when the aircraft spiraled out of control, crashed and burst in flames […]
Police responding to an active shooter call at a Pittsburgh synagogue were met almost instantly by a hail of automatic gunfire from a suspect firing an AR-15 rifle. Dramatic radio
Following the massacre at a synagogue in their city on Shabbos morning, a group of Jewish “leaders” in Pittsburgh, have published an open letter telling President Donald Trump not to
Dozens of Lubavitcher Yeshiva Bochrim, along with their Rabbeim gathered outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Monday afternoon, where 11 Jews were murdered in a Shabbos morning
David G. Greenfield, CEO of Met Council, was invited by COJO of Staten Island to speak at their annual legislative breakfast Sunday. Of course, yesterday was the day after the
(VIDEO AND PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) A fire was reported on Monday on Lapidot Street in Meah Shearim. Heavy black smoke emanated from the burning structure, and with the assistance of police, firefighters evacuated the neighboring girl�s school. A number of LP gas tanks which were on fire were extricated from the fire before they […]
(VIDEOS AND PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) Peleg protesters took to the streets once again, on Sunday night the eve of 20 Marcheshvan, protesting the drafting of women into the IDF.
As tensions between the Trump administration and the press continue, members of the media are getting support from an unlikely source – former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci. Scaramucci
The Pittsburgh Steelers football team held a moment of silence before their game Sunday against the Cleveland Browns, to honor the victims of the Shabbos morning massacre at Tree of Life Synagogue. A design based on the Steelers� helmet logo � inserting a Star of David and added the words, �Stronger than hate� � was […]
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