(PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) United Breslov, which maintains year-round responsibility for maintaining the tziyun of Rav Nachman of Breslov ZT”L in Uman, announced the completion of the new beis medrash for kohanim near the tziyun. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

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Yitzchak Elchanan ben Shmuel z”l, 17, a resident of Modi’in Illit, who drowned on 8 Shavuos in the Kinneret, was niftar on Friday night in Poriah Hospital in Tiveria. He remained in critical condition since his arrival in the hospital, with the family calling on the tzibur to be mispallel for his recovery. Yitzchak drowned […]

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The co-leader of the far-right nationalist Alternative for Germany party on Saturday dismissed the Nazi era as a “speck of bird poop” in German history, drawing swift condemnation from mainstream politicians and outrage on social media. Alexander Gauland said Germans must take responsibility for 12 years of rule by Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party, […]

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