Mordi Harush, a former chareidi from a family in the Sanhedria area of Jerusalem, has become a professional bodybuilder who regularly enters competitions.
Despite this, he has announced via his Facebook page that he is withdrawing from a competition, which he describes as “my dream” in order not to be Mechalel Shavuos.

(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com)
The case of the sandwich shop in Lakewood flying an Israeli flag on Israel’s Independence Day and the alleged statement of the mashgiach of the store’s hechsher has made international waves.
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A rocket was fired into the Iraqi capital’s heavily fortified Green Zone Sunday night, landing less than a mile from the sprawling U.S. Embassy, an Iraqi military spokesman said.

The Israel Police has always been attentive to social media, which led to the opening of searches and the detention of suspected animal abuse, as a donkey was found in Be’er Sheva on Shabbos with a swastika painted on it.

The summer weather that has been felt in recent days is nothing compared to what is predicted to happen here on Lag B’Omer. The weather forecast published for the coming days shows that Lag B’Omer is going to be an extremely hot day, with temperatures in Tiveria expected to reach 44C (111F).

Mashgiach Mir Yeshiva HaGaon Rav Aharon Chadash, who was hospitalized last month in Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem after not feeling well, was released last week to his home in the Beis Yisrael neighborhood of the city.
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Thousands of chareidim in Yerushalayim took to the streets of on Shabbos to protest the mass Chilul Shabbos surrounding the Eurovision Song Contest hosted in Tel Aviv.
The protestors were on HaNeve’im Street until the corner of Shivtei Yisrael Street, accompanied by the Toldos Aharon Rebbe Shlita and his chassidim.

Soon after Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., went against the GOP consensus by claiming President Trump committed “impeachable conduct” in the form of obstruction of justice, another known Trump critic took the opposite position.
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YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of HaRav Yehuda Eber Rosenberg Z”TL, a man who devoted his entire life to Tzedakah and Chesed.
Many people will recognize the face of the Niftar, as he was a fixture at Levayos and Chasunos, where he collected millions of dollars over the past 50 years for various Aniyim, as well as the Vishnitzer Mosdos.

It’s happened. Again. Jews harassed for the horrible crime of being Jewish on the streets of New York City. This time it was two Hasidic thirteen-year olds in Boro Park, near the post office (at 12 avenue and 51 street).