In the 1950’s the melamed of a young child discovered that the child knew the whole Torah. When the melamed started quoting a posuk, a Mishnah, or even rishonim, the
Authorities have arrested another talmid yeshiva for failing to report to an IDF induction center as required by law. The talmid is affiliated with the Peleg Yerushalmi. As a result, the Peleg rabbonim have announced protests will take place today, Thursday, 21 Menachem Av, in various cities around Israel. The Peleg announcement reads: “Because of […]
One of the heads of the Bnei David Yeshiva IDF Mechina, Rabbi Yigal Levinstein, is in the news again, this time calling on talmidim to protest the upcoming toeiva parade, scheduled to take place in Yerushalayim R”L on Thursday, 21 Menachem Av. According to the Walla News Levinstein is quoted telling his talmidim, “A vocal […]
A 14-year-old Charedi boy, who was vacationing with his family near the kibbutz of Degania Aleph, some 10 kilometers south of Tevaria, jumped off of a bridge and into the
MK (Machane Tzioni) Stav Shafir is calling on Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit to launch a criminal investigation against Bentzion Gupstein, who heads the Lehava organization, alleging he violated laws prohibiting
A resident of Beit Shemesh lost an envelope containing NIS 43,000 on a bus ride, money which he intended to deposit into his parents’ bank account. With the assistance of
House Speaker Paul Ryan was surprised and proud to find out he has Jewish roots. The Wisconsin Republican discovered his family history while filming a segment for the upcoming season
The Police Prosecution Unit on Wednesday, 20 Menachem Av, filed a request for detention without bail and an indictment against the suspect who attacked Beit Shemesh Mayor Moshe Abutbul this
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman earlier this week visited the family of terror victim Yotam Ovadia HY”D, who was murdered by and Arab terrorist in his home community of Yishuv Adam, on erev Shabbos. Unlike in previous administrations, which befriended the PA (Palestine Authority), in which a US Ambassador to Israel would not dare […]
In a week after Yossi Deutsch announced his intention to run for mayor of Jerusalem, and in light of the Shas party’s attempts to find a worthy candidate for mayor
Six years ago, a Russian-speaking cybersecurity researcher received an unsolicited email from Kate S. Milton. Milton claimed to work for the Moscow-based anti-virus firm Kaspersky. In an exchange that began
President Donald Trump is set to travel to Ohio to hold a campaign rally in support of Republican state Sen. Troy Balderson, who is running for Congress. Trump’s campaign says
An Amnesty International employee has been targeted with Israeli-made surveillance software, the human rights group said Wednesday, adding to a growing number of examples of Israeli technology being used to
This is the sixth year in which the “’Religious Community’ – Religious Community for the Gay Community” will march in the Jerusalem Toeiva Parade R”L, in solidarity, fraternity and support for the toeiva community. The group was founded six years ago by a number of religious women from Jerusalem, who explain they were fed up […]
The start of summer means the end of another successful year for Bnos One on One, an ongoing project of Bnos Agudath Israel of America that matches high school seniors
Passengers in plane crashes like the Aeromexico accident – in which no one died – have better chances of survival due to better aircraft construction and safety standards, experts say.
With all the business in one’s life and the constant turmoil in the world, it’s very easy to forget to thank Hashem for everything we DO have. Even more than
BD”E: Officials at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Hospital report on Wednesday, 20 Menachem Av, that the one-year-old child who drowned in a pail of water in the family’s Jerusalem home, in the Romeima neighborhood, was niftar earlier in the day. EMS was summoned during the evening hours, and CPR was started immediately, as the child was […]
The judge in Paul Manafort’s financial fraud trial warned prosecutors Wednesday against using the word “oligarchs” to describe wealthy Ukrainians, and admonished lawyers for spending so much time documenting the
The Yeshiva of Staten Island has sent out an alert asking people to be Mispallel for Rebbitzen Sheila Feinstein, who is in need of Rachamei Shaomayim. As YWN reported, Rebbitzen
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