Patel’s FBI Steps Up Global Fugitive Hunt as Extraditions Surge: ‘We Will Give Them...
FBI Director Kash Patel has sharply expanded the bureau’s efforts to capture fugitives overseas and return them to the United States, with the agency...
Netanyahu Faces Continuing Shabbos Backlash Over Interview Set to Air Friday Night: ‘A Disgrace’
Israeli Prime Minister Binyomin Netanyahu is facing sharp criticism from the right over a prerecorded television interview scheduled to air on Friday night, with...
Israeli High Court Unanimously Strikes Down Law Freezing Arrests of Chareidi Bnei Yeshivos
Israel’s High Court of Justice on Thursday unanimously struck down legislation that had frozen arrests and other enforcement measures against Chareidi bnei yeshivos who...
Ofer Winter Unveils Chareidi Draft Plan: ‘There Is No Need for a Draft Law’
Ofer Winter, chairman of the newly established Amcha Yisrael party, unveiled a three-part proposal for bringing Chareidim into the IDF, arguing that Israel does...
Vance Draws Red Line on Iran Talks: ‘Stop Acting Like Crazy People’
Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that the United States will refuse to reopen negotiations with Iran as long as Tehran continues attacking commercial...
Major Breakthrough in Degel HaTorah-Agudas Yisroel Talks Ahead of Knesset Elections
Significant progress was reported Thursday in negotiations between Degel HaTorah and Agudas Yisroel over the makeup of their joint electoral slate for Israel’s 26th...
More Details from the Historic White House Gathering as President Trump Meets Rabbonim Ahead...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump welcomed a delegation of rabbonim to the White House on Thursday for a historic pre-Rosh Hashanah gathering that brought...
Trump Takes Mail-Ballot Fight Back to Supreme Court as Midterm Voting Begins
The Trump administration returned to the Supreme Court on Thursday in an urgent effort to revive new restrictions on mail ballots, asking the justices...
Following Flatbush’s Lead, Passaic Shuls Unite for Community-Wide Pre-Selichos Seder
Following in the footsteps of Flatbush, where more than 30 shuls have joined together for an extraordinary community-wide pre-Selichos seder, Passaic is now launching...
“ARE YOU TWINS?”: Trump Brings Satmar Rebbes Together: Brothers Shake Hands and Speak at...
In a dramatic and highly unusual moment in the Satmar world, the two Satmar Rebbes, Rav Aharon Teitelbaum and Rav Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, spoke...
Historic White House Summit Brings Rebbes Together With Trump
Leading Rebbes and communal activists from the frum community traveled to Washington on Thursday for an extraordinary White House gathering with President Donald Trump,...
JD STICKS WITH TUCKER: Vance Says He Won’t Turn On ‘Friend’ Carlson Over Trump,...
Vice President JD Vance defended his friendship with Tucker Carlson on Thursday, saying he has no intention of abandoning the conservative commentator simply because...
House Bill Would Stop SNAP Benefits in Restaurants
A Republican congressman introduced legislation Thursday that would prevent restaurants from accepting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, seeking to eliminate a decades-old program that...
Trump Fires Back at Munitions Shortage Reports, Says U.S. Has ‘Virtually Unlimited’ Ammunition
President Donald Trump on Thursday forcefully pushed back against reports that six months of fighting with Iran have dangerously drained U.S. weapons inventories, insisting...
Trump Warns Canada Against Making Him ‘the Enemy’
President Donald Trump sharply intensified his criticism of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday, warning that portraying Trump and the United States as...
Netanyahu Tells IDF Brass: Toppling Iran’s Regime Is Now Israel’s ‘Main Task’
Israeli Prime Minister Binyomin Netanyahu told Israel’s military leadership Thursday that bringing down the Iranian regime is now the country’s primary remaining objective, saying...
K’hal Adath Jeshurun of Washington Heights to Hold Hachtarah of New Rov
K’hal Adath Jeshurun (KAJ/“Breuer’s”) of Washington Heights, in Upper Manhattan, is one of the most unique and iconic shuls in America. Founded in 1939...
ICE Agent Federally Charged With Lying About Shooting of Venezuelan Immigrant
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has been hit with federal charges for allegedly lying about the circumstances surrounding his shooting of a Venezuelan...
Trump Administration Moves to Strip Tax-Exempt Status From Schools Over Race-Based Policies
The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled a sweeping proposal that could strip thousands of private schools, colleges and universities of their federal tax-exempt status...
Netanyahu Releases Minute-by-Minute October 7 Timeline, Disputes Reports on When He Was Briefed
Israeli Prime Minister Binyomin Netanyahu’s office on Thursday released a detailed, minute-by-minute account of his actions during the opening hours of the October 7...
Toronto Orthodox Rabbis Bar Funerals for Those Who Choose Assisted Death
A sharp debate has erupted within Toronto’s Jewish community after the city’s Orthodox rabbinical council announced that its rabbis will not officiate at funerals...
Antisemitism Surges in Spain as Jewish Children Require Police Protection to Attend School
Antisemitic incidents in Spain rose sharply in 2025, with Jewish community leaders warning that hostility and discrimination have become an increasingly routine part of...
Anti-Israel Flotilla Plans New October Push to Breach Gaza Naval Blockade
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition is preparing another attempt to reach the Gaza Strip by sea in October, with organizers planning stops across several European...
Report: IDF On Brink of Budget Crisis
The IDF is confronting a growing budget crisis that is already affecting military operations, with several tank battalions set to be taken out of...
Secret Sardinia Talks: Witkoff Met UAE Security Chief as U.S. Tightens Noose on Iran
White House envoy Steve Witkoff secretly met with United Arab Emirates National Security Adviser Sheikh Tahnoon Bin Zayed al Nahyan last weekend to discuss...
Major Shakeup Under Consideration in Degel HaTorah: Gafni and Maklev Could Be Replaced
A dramatic changing of the guard may be taking shape within Degel HaTorah, with serious discussions underway in the homes of Gedolei Yisroel over...
Netanyahu Draws Chareidi Criticism for Giving Interview Set to Air on Shabbos
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is facing criticism in the Chareidi community after giving an extensive prerecorded interview to i24NEWS that the network plans...
Rubio Draws Red Line on Iran: ‘Never’ a Nuclear Weapon as U.S. Vows More...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared Wednesday that the United States will not permit Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon and will continue using...
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By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
What separates man from beast? Well, there are many things that separate man from beast, but one of them is...
Trump: Iran’s Economy Is Totally Shot, It’s Just a Question of Time
President Donald Trump said Wednesday evening that Iran has been left militarily weakened and economically devastated by the latest wave of U.S. strikes, declaring...
Sons of Vizhnitzer Rebbe Issue Urgent Call for Mass Tefillah Amid Concern Over His...
Amid continuing concern over the health of the Vizhnitzer Rebbe, his three sons issued an emotional and unusual appeal Wednesday to tens of thousands...
Massive Data Breach May Have Exposed Tens of Millions of U.S. and Canadian Driver’s...
The FBI is investigating a potentially massive data breach involving digital copies of tens of millions of driver’s licenses belonging to people across the...
Skverer Yungerman Released From Military Prison in Time for Son’s Bris, as Rebbe’s Son...
A Skverer yungerman who was arrested earlier this week while attempting to resolve his military status was released from an Israeli military prison on...
Rav Yisroel Meir Yosef Fadida zt”l, Beloved Mashgiach Who Endured Years of Suffering, Passes...
Rav Yisroel Meir Yosef Fadida zt”l, the longtime mashgiach of Yeshivas Ohel Yosef Heichal Tzvi, part of the Ohr Gaon mosdos in Bnei Brak,...
Ofer Winter Reverses Course on Chareidi Draft: Now Demands Law After Saying ‘No Law...
Ofer Winter, chairman of the Amcha Yisrael party and a retired IDF brigadier general, announced Wednesday that passage of a Chareidi draft law will...
Poll: Surprising Percentage of Democrats Say Americans Spend Too Much Time Focusing on 9/11...
A new YouGov survey conducted ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks found that 13% of Democrats believe Americans devote...
Matzav Inbox: A Different Perspective On the Litvishe Demographic Question
Dear Matzav Inbox,
I read the recent piece about President Trump’s rabbinic guest list and the wake-up call it supposedly represents for the Litvish world....
Elon Musk Predicts 1 Billion Humanoid Robots Could Outproduce Humanity Within a Decade
Elon Musk predicted during a virtual appearance at the G20 that more than 1 billion humanoid robots could be operating within the next decade,...
Deleted Email Details Alleged Trump-Targeting Push Inside Letitia James’ Office: “Find and Pursue Crimes”
A New York prosecutor has accused state Attorney General Letitia James’ office of instructing employees to seek out potential crimes involving President Donald Trump...
Lawyer Blasted for Calling Charlie Kirk ‘Hateful’ While Defending Accused Assassin Tyler Robinson
PROVO, Utah — An attorney representing accused Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson came under sharp criticism Tuesday after telling a Utah court that Kirk...
EXPOSED: Mamdani’s Secret Influencer Network Revealed, Raising Questions Over Taxpayer Money and Signal Chats
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration has built a network of nearly 200 social media influencers who receive City Hall talking points, updates and content through...
NYC Schools Crack Down on Classroom AI
New York City is sharply restricting the use of generative artificial intelligence in its public schools, barring nearly 600,000 younger students from using the...
Trump Floats Renaming Strait of Hormuz “Trump Strait” as US-Iran Fighting Flares Again
President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that the Strait of Hormuz be renamed the “Trump Strait,” pointing to what he described as American control of...
Police Begin Examining Haaretz Journalist After Yair Netanyahu Complaint Over Miami Security Disclosures
Israel Police have begun examining allegations against Haaretz journalist Uri Misgav after Yair Netanyahu accused him of publishing sensitive information about his Miami residence,...
Judge Blocks Trump’s New Birthright Citizenship Order in Latest Legal Setback
A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing President Donald Trump’s latest executive order restricting birthright citizenship, dealing another legal...
New Chareidi Party of Draft Evaders Reportedly Forming Ahead of Knesset Elections
A new Chareidi political party made up of men who have evaded military service is reportedly being organized ahead of Israel’s upcoming Knesset elections,...
ALAHU AKHBAR: Mamdani Visits Boro Park Ahead of Rosh Hashanah, Confronted by Jewish Woman...
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani visited Boro Park on Wednesday ahead of Rosh Hashanah, touring a prominent Judaica store and meeting with...
