President Joe Biden on Monday formally raised the nation’s cap on refugee admissions to 62,500 this year, weeks after facing bipartisan blowback for his delay in replacing the record-low ceiling set by former President Donald Trump. Refugee resettlement agencies have waited for Biden to quadruple the number of refugees allowed into the United States this […]
Sergeant Rami Alwan, a Druze Israel Police officer who rescued Rav Avigdor Chiyut and his 10-year-old son Shmuel during the Meron disaster came to the Chiyut home in Bnei Brak
As YWN reported, eleven-year-old Ze’ev Mordechai Kubetschick of Bnei Brak, who was seriously injured in the Meron disaster and was sedated and ventilated, has Baruch Hashem made a swift recovery and has already been released from the hospital. A B’Chadrei Charedim report revealed the unbelievable story of how one Hatzalah volunteer’s refusal to give up […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a midnight deadline on Tuesday to put together a new coalition government — or be looking at the possibility of leading his Likud party into the opposition for the first time in 12 years. Netanyahu has struggled to secure a parliamentary majority since March 23 — when elections ended […]
Iranian police on Tuesday started investigating the death of a Swiss diplomat who died after reportedly falling from a high rise in the capital of Tehran. The Swiss woman, in
ENDORSED BY: RAV NASANEL BRANDSDORFER, BEDATZ EIDA HACHAREIDIS ????? ?? ??? ????? This past Lag B’Omer 5781, the entire Jewish world was shocked to learn about the events on ?? ?????. We all cried. We all davened. We all gave. Instead of pointing fingers, Klal Yisroel turned inward, and asked a special question only the […]
Bill and Melinda Gates said Monday that they are divorcing but would keep working together at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the largest charitable foundations in the world. In identical tweets, the Microsoft co-founder and his wife said they had made the decision to end their marriage of 27 years. “We have […]
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The following fifteen rulings from Rav Elyashiv are culled from the newly released volume of Ashrei HaIsh on Choshain Mishpat (pages 408-410). Some of these rulings may be somewhat surprising. The sefer has haskamos from the leading Gedolim of Eretz Yisroel. The reader is reminded that to check with […]
By Yehudit Garmaise For centuries, Jewish pilgrims have been travelling to Meron on Lag B’Omer, but on Friday, Meron came to Boro Park Center (BPC) when the Berko Brothers
Israel’s State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman announced on Monday that he is opening a special investigation into the Meron tragedy, one of the worst civilian disasters in Israeli history. Israel’s State Comptroller acts as a watchdog to the Israeli government and works in conjunction with the State Audit Committee of the Knesset. “This was a disaster […]
Reb Shimon Matlon, z’l, a 37-year-old Breslover chassid, a father of 11, and a Rebbe in a Talmud Torah in Beitar Illit, lost his life in the Meron disaster. His
The condition of one of the yeshivah students wounded in the drive-by terrorist shooting attack at a bus stop at the Tapuach Junction in the Shomron on Sunday is still
Former President Donald Trump will find out this week whether he gets to return to Facebook in a decision likely to stir up strong feelings no matter which way it goes. The social network’s quasi-independent Oversight Board says it will announce its ruling Wednesday on a case concerning the former president. Trump’s account was suspended […]
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Several days have passed since the Meron tragedy and more and more testimonies of the unfathomable moments of that night are being told. The youngest son of the Shotzer Rebbe,
The last Meron victim to be buried was the Argentine bachur Avraham Daniel Ambon, 21, z’l, a talmid of Yeshivah Heichal Yitzchak (Landau) in Jerusalem, whose levaya was held on
To our Dear Brothers and Sisters. Even in the toughest of times, the strength and resolve of Klal Yisroel is inspiring. We cannot thank you enough for showing up this past week, and opening your hearts to ALL Hatzalah branches, in such an incredible display of achdus! There were several Hatzalah branches in Israel, as well […]
New Jersey will lift all COVID-19 outdoor gathering limits and remove a 50% capacity limit on indoor restaurants and bars beginning on May 19 as long as social distancing can be maintained, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday. Murphy said the state’s positive coronavirus trends have enabled the state to make the change. “This […]
8-year-old Ari Goldberg of Beitar Illit, the son of Rav Elazar Goldberg Z”L who was killed in the Meron tragedy, was found playing this morning with playmobile toys in his
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis moved to suspend all remaining COVID-19 restrictions imposed by communities across his state, signing into law on Monday freshly passed legislation giving him sweeping powers to invalidate local emergency measures put in place during the pandemic — including mask mandates, limitations on business operations and the shuttering of schools. “We don’t […]
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