In the wake of the public uproar surrounding the World Zionist Organization (WZO) elections — and amid recent shocking revelations that the Conservative movement covertly ran a campaign within the chareidi community to undermine the Eretz HaKodesh slate — a recording has now surfaced documenting Rav Gershon Edelstein’s explicit directive encouraging American talmidim to vote for Eretz HaKodesh. Matzav.com has obtained this exclusive recording.

A young chareidi man who had been classified as a deserter for the past two years recently showed up at an IDF draft office seeking to enlist, but instead of being inducted, the IDF placed him under arrest and sent him to a military prison.
According to a report by journalist Yinon Shalom Yitach for i24news, the young man comes from a community where the idea of joining the IDF is virtually unimaginable. Nevertheless, when he voluntarily presented himself at the draft office in an attempt to enlist, the IDF refused to immediately process his induction and insisted that standard procedures be followed.

On the yahrtzeit of the tzaddik Rav Nesanel Weil zt”l, author of the Korban Nesanel commentary on the Rosh, Jews from various communities gathered at his gravesite in Karlsruhe, Germany to offer tefillos.
Organizers of the event described the atmosphere as deeply emotional and spiritually uplifting.

A major development has taken place at Yeshivas Brisk on Rechov Press in Yerushalayim, led by the rosh yeshiva, Rav Avrohom Yehoshua Soloveitchik. Over the past year, a new building has been purchased directly across from the yeshiva’s historic main building.
For many years, Brisk has flourished, attracting close to two thousand talmidim — bochurim and yungeleit — from across the global Torah world. The tremendous growth, however, resulted in severe overcrowding, forcing many talmidim to learn in batei medrash throughout the neighborhood. Some of these facilities were rented by the yeshiva itself, while others became informal hubs packed with Brisk talmidim.

Excitement is in the air at the Mir Yeshiva in Yerushalayim as preparations for the summer zman reach their peak. Over the bein hazmanim break, the yeshiva undertook a major renovation of its central beis medrash, which had not been refurbished in eighty years.
Workers labored around the clock — continuing even through the night — to ensure the project would be completed in time for the start of the new zman.

Agudath Israel is outraged by several ordinances recently passed and others that are being contemplated by the City of Linden designed to prevent Orthodox Jews from moving there, in line with the mayor’s recent comments to “keep our community from being taken over by guys with big hats and curls.” These discriminatory measures represent a blatant attempt to marginalize religious and minority communities under the guise of land-use regulation.

Chareidi demonstrators gathered on Monday outside the Tel Hashomer induction center to protest against the IDF’s efforts to enlist members of the chareidi community.
Footage shows activists sitting across the roadway, obstructing traffic, until police intervened and forcibly removed them.
The police issued a statement labeling the gathering “illegal,” although they emphasized that they “view the right to protest as a cornerstone of a democratic state and allow demonstrations as long as they are conducted within the law.”
They added, “However, the police will not allow any disturbances of public order, violations of freedom of movement, or behavior that may endanger public safety.”

At a special gathering organized by the “Chelki VeTorasi” movement for working yeshiva graduates, the Slabodka Rosh Yeshiva, Maran Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch, sharply criticized the classification and hierarchy that has emerged among some within the chareidi community. He stated emphatically that the label “second-class” for a working chareidi is completely incorrect.
The event, held in Rav Hirsch’s home, brought together rabbanim and organizers of Chelki VeTorasi, a group founded to support yeshiva graduates who have entered the workforce.

Marking the end of the shivah for the Rosh Yeshiva of Kisei Rachamim, Rav Meir Mazuz zt”l, a moving gathering took place at his gravesite for the unveiling of his matzeivah.
Admirers and talmidim, led by family rabbanim, including Rav Tzemach Mazuz and Rav Yitzchak Barda, president of Mosdos Yitzchak Yiranen, assembled for the solemn event ahead of the official hakamas matzeivah ceremony, which is scheduled to take place today.
According to the stirring wishes laid out in the Rosh Yeshiva’s will, the following deeply emotional inscription was requested to be engraved upon his matzeivah:
פ”נ

Jewish community leaders in Savannah, Georgia, acted quickly on Friday after spotting a social media post featuring a party flyer with what appeared to be an antisemitic message, JTA reports.
The flyer, which was allegedly aimed at students from the Savannah College of Art and Design, contained a list of party instructions embedded in micrographic text that spelled out the words “No Jews.”
As the flyer began circulating, Jewish leaders affiliated with both SCAD and the broader Savannah community immediately condemned it and demanded a response.
“We are proud as the Jewish community of SCAD and will not feel safe if nothing is done,” said SCAD Hillel in an Instagram statement.