Month February 2022

With the world starting Daf Yomi Behalacha today, the Virtual Halacha Program is starting an initiative to encourage others to join together to learn the daily limmud.        We follow the “Daf Hayomi Behalacha” (Dirshu) schedule. In less… Continue Reading →

Northern Europe was battered by the third major storm in five days, with heavy rains and high winds on Sunday and Monday killing at least two more people, disrupting travel… Read more » The post Northern Europe Battered by Third… Continue Reading →

Russian forces killed a group of five saboteurs who breached the country’s southwest border from Ukraine on Monday, news agencies quoted the military as saying, in an accusation that Kyiv… Read more » The post Russia Claims Border Breach From… Continue Reading →

More than 50% of Israelis fear anti-Semitism and hide being Jewish when traveling abroad, while also feeling that Israel is not doing enough to fight anti-Semitism online, a study by… Read more » The post Fearing Anti-Semitism, 59% of Israelis… Continue Reading →

A makeshift memorial set up following the tragic hit-and-run death of a 15-year-old girl in Flatbush has been vandalized with a swastika, sparking outrage from officials and community members alike. As YWN previously reported, on January 17th, Antonina Zatulovska was… Continue Reading →

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Following efforts put forth by the Treasury to get Chareidim into the workforce, polling company Direct Pulse investigated trends within the Chareidi community over the past two years, and on Motzei Shabbos publicly published their findings with regard to the… Continue Reading →

According to a member of Israel’s government, Labor MK Emilie Moatti, significant progress has been made toward reaching a deal between Israel and Hamas regarding the return of two Israeli civilians and the bodies of two IDF soldiers to Israel… Continue Reading →

CLICK HERE to watch the video from Harav R’ Moshe Weinberger Shlita The Jewish community in Ukraine is in a state of chaos! Kehilas Beis Ahron V’yisroel of Kiev has fled to Medzhybizh in an attempt to escape a terrible… Continue Reading →

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Rav Yaakov Herzog, the “Rav of Saudi Arabia” and a resident of the Ramat Shlomo neighborhood of Jerusalem, recently visited the Islamic Republic. Rav Herzog, who lived in Brooklyn until he was 12 and has a US passport, wasn’t afraid… Continue Reading →

[COMMUNICATED]  With war looming on the border, the Ukrainian Jewish community is preparing for impact. Concerns include safety, food, and other supplies necessary for survival. Looting has already had an impact on the availability of kosher food, and without imports… Continue Reading →

Today, President’s Day – officially known as “Washington’s Birthday” – is a federal holiday. Most federal employees have the day off. Locally, Municipal offices are closed. Most public schools, universities and banks are also closed. There is also no trash… Continue Reading →

The Health Ministry reported on Monday said that the country’s average daily COVID-19 death toll has reached 50 in February. The ministry reported that 38 COVID-19 patients succumbed to complications… Read more » The post Israel Counts Average of 50… Continue Reading →

A school board member in Montgomery County, Virginia stormed out of a meeting after a parent put her hypocrisy on public display. The parent excoriated the board members for forcing children to continue masking while in school. “We sat here… Continue Reading →

Israel on Monday said it successfully tested a new naval air defense system, intercepting a series of threats in what officials called a key layer of protection against Iran and… Read more » The post Israel Successfully Tests Naval Air… Continue Reading →

The Judicial Selection Committee on Monday selected four new Supreme Court justices to the High Court, reordering the 15 justice body which sits atop the judicial branch. The four are… Read more » The post Judicial Selection Committee Appoints Four… Continue Reading →

Thanks to the persistence of a Jewish member of Parliament, religious Jews who are detained in Belgian prisons will now be allowed to wear a head covering or kappel anywhere… Read more » The post Jewish Prisoners in Belgium to… Continue Reading →

Scientists warned the British government on Monday not to weaken the country’s ability to monitor and track the coronavirus after Prime Minister Boris Johnson ends the requirement for people in… Read more » The post Scientists Cautious as England Set… Continue Reading →