Late-night comedian Stephen Colbert joked about Ukrainian civilians taking control of Russian military vehicles, saying it’s a “great opportunity” to open a new organization – Tanks4Tots, a riff on Oorah’s legendary Kars4Kids. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)    
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A large delegation greeted the arrival of about 100 Jewish orphans from Zhytomyr at Ben-Gurion Airport on Sunday, including Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, his wife Gilat, Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked, and Absorption Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata. The flight was sponsored by Chabad of Romania. A total of three special flights are landing at Ben-Gurion Airport on Sunday with about 300 immigrants from Ukraine. The Rav of Zhytomyr and western Ukraine, HaRav Shlomo Wilhelm and his wife, serve as parents to the children along with the devoted staff. Rabbi Shlomo Wilhelm (my uncle) and the 120 orphans from Zhytomir

After Russia’s space agency was hit with a cyberattack carried out by hacking group Anonymous, Russia warned that hacking its satellites is an act of war. Anonymous said Wednesday that it had hacked into Russian satellites so that the military has “no more control over their spy satellites.” Russia’s space chief Dmitry Rogozin denied that there was any breach of its agency, and issued a chilling message. “I want to warn everyone who tries to do it that it is essentially a crime, which should be toughly punished,” he said.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis expressed his frustration with face masks to a group of high school students who were wearing them at a press conference he held at the University of South Florida. As he walked up to the podium, DeSantis first approached the students behind the microphone who were wearing face masks. “You do not have to wear those masks,” DeSantis told them. “I mean, please take them off. Honestly, it’s not doing anything and we’ve gotta stop with this COVID theater. So if you want to wear it, fine, but this is ridiculous.” The students were from Middleton High School and had joined DeSantis at the press conference as part of their education on the topic of cybersecurity. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

As war continues to rage in Ukraine, a group of 100 Jewish orphans from the northwestern Ukrainian city of Zhytomyr was rescued and brought to safety in Romania. Israel’s Ambassador and Consul in Romania David Saranga and Roni Shabtai spearheaded the rescue operation and were assisted by the governor of Suceava district in Romania [who was eager to help in light of the fact that his late wife was treated for cancer in Israel four years ago.] The situation in Zhytomyr is currently extremely dangerous – a Russian missile hit a residential building in the city overnight Tuesday, killing 4 civilians, including a child. The group’s 430-mile journey by bus took two days due to the dangers on the roads and multiple forced stops.

If you thought questions about President Biden’s mental fitness were going away anytime soon, think again. During his first State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday night, President Joe Biden made a massive flub, referring to Ukrainian people as the “Iranian people.” “Putin may circle Kyiv with tanks, but he’ll never gain the hearts and souls of the Iranian people,” Biden said to a baffled Congress. WATCH:
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In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with Jews on both sides of the conflict, Chief Rabbi of Russia HaRav Berel Lazar issued a special letter to the Jews of Russia calling for them to share in the pain of their brethren. “Shalom is one of the names of Hakadosh Baruch Hu and we daven to Him every day that there will be peace between people and between nations, and that’s also His ratzon – that we’ll do whatever is in our power for a life of shalom between all,” HaRav Lazer wrote. “We call to daven that blood will not be spilled, chalilah, and of course, to provide as much support as possible to whoever is facing particular difficulties, including those who were forced to leave their homes, who now need physical assistance and emotional support.

Certain acts are so brazen, you can only laught about it. After the Israeli government expressed its support for Ukraine on Wednesday, the Russian mission at the United Nations responded angrily that it doesn’t recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights. Just hours later, Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops into Ukraine, a country he has no legitimate basis to be in and which Russia most definitely has no recognized sovereignty. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

A NYPD officer was shot in the foot on Saturday, and is now hospitalized in stable condition. A spokesman for the NYPD said the shooting occurred in Harlem near W. 126th Street and Broadway at around 5:30 pm. NBC reports that law enforcement is now searching for three suspects in connection with the shooting. The shooting marks the seventh police-involved shooting in the past 36 days, and comes as crimes spike in New York City and numerous other major US cities. President Joe Biden visited the Big Apple on Thursday to meet with Mayor Eric Adams and discuss how the federal government can help lower the surge of gun violence in NYC and across the nation. Watch as NYPD executives provide an update to the off-duty NYPD Police Officer shot in Manhattan.

The Anti-Semitic Amnesty International organization said Tuesday that Israel has maintained “a system of oppression and domination” over the Palestinians going all the way back to its establishment in 1948, one that meets the international definition of apartheid. With the release of a 278-page report compiled over a period of four years, the London-based rights group joins Human Rights Watch and the self-hating Israeli rights group B’Tselem in accusing Israel of apartheid – both “within its borders and in the occupied territories”. Their findings are part of a growing international movement to redefine the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a struggle for “equal rights” rather than a “territorial dispute”.