Month February 2022
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Democratic mayoral candidate in Kentucky’s largest city said he is “shaken but safe” after a man stormed his campaign headquarters Monday morning and fired a weapon point-blank at him. Craig Greenberg, who is running for… Continue Reading →
Hamodia is saddened to report the petirah of Rabbi Moshe Handelsman, zt”l, who was niftar Monday evening 14 Adar I/February 14 at the age of 92. He was born in Czernowitz, Romania in… Read more » The post BDE – Rabbi Moshe Handelsman,… Continue Reading →
We regret to inform you of the Petirah of Reb Moshe Handelsman Z”L of Lakewood. Reb Moshe Z”L, father of Reb Michal of Lakewood, served as the longtime executive director at the Mir Yeshivah in Flatbush. He was approximately 98… Continue Reading →
LONDON (VINnews) — The terrifying spree of assaults against Charedi Jews in the UK continues. On Friday afternoon, a Charedi man was assaulted in a north London apartment building. Surveillance footage shows the attacker arguing with the victim, pointing at… Continue Reading →
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Reb Moshe Handelsman Z”L, longtime Executive Director of the Mirrer Yeshiva in Flatbush. He was in his high 90’s. The Niftar was a Holocaust survivor who joined the Hanhalah of the… Continue Reading →
Chief Rabbi of Israel HaRav Yosef Yitzchak wrote a letter to Jews in Ukraine, and all Jews living in the Diaspora, to pay heed to the threat of war as a call to move to Eretz Yisrael. The letter, entitled:… Continue Reading →
In their latest destination in their recent wanderings in the Balkan area of southeast Europe, a group of Lev Tahor members is now residing in North Macedonia. As YWN reported, Lev Tahor members left Bosnia a week and a half… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — The accounting firm that prepared former President Donald Trump’s annual financial statements says the documents, used to secure lucrative loans and burnish Trump’s image as a wealthy businessman, “should no longer be relied upon” after New… Continue Reading →
Texas began early voting Monday in 2022′s first primary following a rushed rollout of tougher restrictions and the return of hundreds of mail ballots, dealing Republicans a clumsy debut of voting rules they tightened across the U.S. over the past… Continue Reading →
(By David Jasphy) My grandmother, Pola Jasphy, a Holocaust survivor, was aided by a woman named Jadwiga Grochowska and her 7-year-old daughter Miroslawa. My grandmother looked for her later in life in order to thank her but she could not… Continue Reading →
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Monday the U.S. suspension on avocado imports and recent environmental complaints are part of a conspiracy against his country by political or economic interests. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador put forward the conspiracy… Continue Reading →
President Joe Biden couldn’t have been more blunt about the risks of cyberattacks spinning out of control. “If we end up in a war, a real shooting war with a major power, it’s going to be as a consequence of a… Continue Reading →
As previously reported on TLS, Jackson residents over the past two weeks have been receiving their Aid In Lieu checks. These checks should be for $500 per eligible child who attends school. Over the past few days, Jackson Askonim have… Continue Reading →
El Al will begin a trial on organized in-flight minyanim during its long-haul flights between Tel Aviv and the United States. Under the trial, the minyanim will be held in the galley in the back of the aircraft and will… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — The accounting firm that prepared former President Donald Trump’s annual financial statements says the documents, used to secure lucrative loans and burnish Trump’s image as a wealthy businessman, “should no longer be relied upon” after New… Continue Reading →
ISRAEL (VINnews) — In what could be a historic development, El Al is going to experiment with organized tefilah services on flights to and from Israel. As reported in Globes, the airline has informed staff that it will conduct a… Continue Reading →
Last night, Super Soul held its third annual event for the homeless in Toms River. Super Soul parties, founded by Meir Kay, are making a difference in the lives of countless people experiencing homelessness. “Ever since I saw a cardboard… Continue Reading →
ISRAEL (VINnews) — Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, Chief Rabbi of Tzfas, has refused a request to meet with the Shin-Bet. As Ramadan approaches, the Israeli national security service’s Jewish Department asked for Rabbi Eliyahu’s cooperation, to help calm tensions which have… Continue Reading →
A five-month-old baby passed away at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem on Monday after contracting COVID. The baby suffered from serious underlying issues and his condition deteriorated after contracting COVID and he began having breathing difficulties. The doctors fought… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JTA) – UJA-Federation of New York created a $250,000 fund to beef up security at at least 50 small synagogues in Brooklyn. Monday’s announcement follows a spate of street attacks on visibly Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn, as well… Continue Reading →
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