Month April 2024
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong has long been a major producer and consumer of great food, and a great amount of plastic and Styrofoam to go with it. That’s going to change as new legislation aiming to stop the… Continue Reading →
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Jewish Tunisians who organize an annual pilgrimage to one of the world’s oldest synagogues are planning a scaled-down event next month, citing concerns about security less than a year after a deadly shooting there shook their… Continue Reading →
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(JNS) – Israel Defense Forces Military Intelligence Directorate head Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva on Monday announced his resignation over his failure to prevent Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre. Haliva decided to retire months ago following the intelligence failures that contributed to… Continue Reading →
[SPONSORED] West Berlin, NJ – Diggerland USA is the only construction theme & water park in the US and is open Friday, April 26 for Pesach Chol HaMoed, 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. There are over 40 exciting and unique… Continue Reading →
(JNS) – Britain will continue to support Israel against “reckless” attacks by Iran and its terrorist proxies in the region, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak vowed in his annual Passover holiday statement on Monday. “My thoughts are with those who lost… Continue Reading →
The following memo provides important information about הפסח עליו שעבר חמץ at various establishments. In general, it is difficult to make definitive statements about the acceptability of purchasing chametz from specific stores after Pesach because of practical and halachic ambiguities…. Continue Reading →
A Special Haggadah Shel Pessach Feature Shiur by Horav Michoel Sorotzkin about the secrets of the Chachamim on the Seder Night.
?מה נשתנה הלילה הזה “Why is this night different, citizens of Israel? On this night, 133 of our dear brothers and sisters are not around the Seder table, and they are still held hostage by Hamas in hellish conditions. We… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — On Erev Pesach, a truly miraculous event occurred as two terrorists arrived by car in the Romema neighborhood of Jerusalem. The two ran over a group of chasidim who were burning Chametz at the side of the… Continue Reading →
The head of IDF military intelligence resigned on Monday over the failures surrounding Hamas’ unprecedented Oct. 7 attack, the military said, becoming the first senior figure to step down over his role in the deadliest assault in Israel’s history. Maj…. Continue Reading →
The Shin Bet, along with police and IDF, have announced the arrest of the terrorist responsible for the killing of 14-year-old Binyamin Achimeir HY”D in the West Bank earlier this month. Ahmed Dawabsha, 21, a resident of the West Bank… Continue Reading →
Three individuals sustained light injuries in a car-ramming terror attack in Jerusalem on Monday morning. The perpetrators, Palestinian terrorists teenagers, were captured following a brief manhunt. Amid the chaos, a makeshift submachine gun discovered at one scene underscored the potentially… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman The Talmud (Brachos 43b) tells us that during the month of Nissan, when one goes out and sees trees blossoming recites the blessing, “Who has not left lacking in His world etc.” [The blessing is recited… Continue Reading →
(JNS) — The Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) denied a report on Sunday by the British Daily Mail that intelligence gathered by Israel’s internal security service is leading to fears that only 40 hostages out of the 133 still being… Continue Reading →
(JNS) — The Israeli State Attorney’s Office filed an indictment against Sabah Haniyeh, the sister of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. Sabah Haniyeh, 57, an Israeli citizen who lives in the Bedouin town of Tel Sheva, near Beersheva, was charged with… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Tesla knocked roughly a third off the price of its “Full Self Driving” system — which can’t drive itself and so drivers must remain alert and be ready to intervene — to $8,000 from $12,000, according… Continue Reading →
New York City Mayor Eric Adams today released the following statement in response to the ongoing protests occurring at Columbia University: “I am horrified and disgusted with the antisemitism being spewed at and around the Columbia University campus — like… Continue Reading →
Following the story on Motzei Shabbos that the United States was planning on placing sanctions against the IDF’s Netzach Yehuda (Chareidi) battalion, the military has released the following statement to YWN: The IDF Netzach Yehuda Battalion soldiers are currently participating… Continue Reading →