An Orthodox Jewish professor wrote a scathing letter to the administration of Rutgers University for letting the campus turn into a hotbed of bigotry, the New York Post reported over the weekend. Rebecca Cypess, a music professor, is leaving Rutgers to become the dean of the undergraduate college at Yeshiva University after the “toxic culture” […]

Three Israelis were injured on Sunday afternoon by a rocket barrage launched by terrorists in Rafah at the Kerem Shalom border crossing area. At least 10 rockets were launched and several rockets exploded near an IDF facility and several people, likely soldiers, were injured. They received medical aid at the scene and were evacuated to […]

It is with deep regret that YWN informs you of the petirah of HaRav Yechiel Yitzchok Perr Zt”l, the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Far Rockaway. He was Niftar over Shabbos after an illness. He was 89. Rav Perr zt”l was born and raised in South Ozone Park, Queens, where his father, Rav Menachem Mendel Perr […]

A Saudi news site reported on Motzei Shabbos that Israel is no longer opposed to the release of murderous terrorist Marwan Barghouti on the condition that he is released to the Gaza Strip and not to the West Bank. Barghouti, the former leader of the Tanzim organization, was sentenced by an Israeli court in 2004 […]

Senior officials in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office are considering a comprehensive plan for Gaza’s post-war future. The plan, which has not been publicly announced, proposes shared oversight of the territory with an alliance of Arab countries, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, as well as the United States. According to […]

Kibbutz Be’eri announced on Thursday that Dror Or, a 49-year-old resident, was murdered during the Hamas-led terror attack on October 7. His body is being held in Gaza, bringing an end to hopes that he was being held hostage. Or was taken captive along with his two children, Noam (17) and Alma (13), when Hamas […]

Jewish students at Northwestern University met with members of Congress on Wednesday and told them about the “shocking and scary” antisemitic acts they have been exposed to on campus, the Washington Free Beacon reported. The university made headlines earlier this week when its president, Michael Schill, made numerous concessions to pro-Hamas students to convince them […]

The head of the IDF’s Personnel Directorate, Gen. Yaniv Asor, traveled to Bnei Brak before Pesach for a secret meeting with HaGaon HaRav Moshe Hillel Hirsch, the Rosh Yeshivah of Slabodka and one of the leaders of the Chareidi Litvak sector. The meeting was held on the background of the Supreme Court and the Attorney-General’s […]

President Joe Biden on Thursday defended the right to protest but insisted that “order must prevail” as college campuses across the country face unrest over the war in Gaza. “Dissent is essential for democracy,” he said at the White House. “But dissent must never lead to disorder.” “There is no place for hate speech…whether it’s […]

According to a report by Israel’s Channel 12, a source close to Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar has revealed that Sinwar views the latest hostage exchange and ceasefire proposal as a trap. The source quoted Sinwar as saying, “The proposal on the table to free the hostages is not an Egyptian proposal, but an […]