YWN regrets to inform you of the Petirah of the Kaliver Rebbe of Eretz Yisrael. The Rebbe was niftar in his Yerushalayim home a short time ago after CPR was performed.
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Two Syrian prisoners will be released in the coming days from Israel as a sign of goodwill to Russia on behalf of Israel for returning the body of Zachary Baumel.
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The NYPD has arrested a man wanted in Flatbush for inappropriately touching women the past few weeks.
Following a YWN article a few weeks ago warning the community about the man, Flatbush Shomrim’s 24 hour emergency hotline received literally hundreds of calls reporting sightings of the man.

People packed bakeries in Eretz Yisroel on Motzei Pesach, as they waited for the first available freshly baked bread and other bakery items.
The attached footage is a collage of multiple videos taken tonight around Eretz Yisroel.
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10:04 CET/11:04 PM IL: According to preliminary reports, one person entered Congregation Chabad in Poway, a shul Southern California, and opened fire, wounding an unknown number of people.
The San Diego Sheriff’s office reports one person in custody, calling this a “developing situation” adding, the man is custody is being questioned, not revealing additional sources.

US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman visited Hagaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, Hagaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein and Hagaon HaRav Berel Povarsky in Bnei Brak on Wednesday, Chol Hamoed Pesach.
Friedman asked the Ponovez Roshei Yeshiva to Daven for President Donald Trump.

Thousands participated in the ‘Kabolas Pnei Rabbo’ event in the Jerusalem Arena Stadium, which included the members of the Shas Moetzas Chachmei HaTorah, headed by HaGaon HaRav Shalom Cohen Shlita.
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While many people were either getting ready for Yom Tov, or others planning their last short Chol Hamoed outings, dozens of members of Flatbush Shomrim were busy searching for a missing person – and made a tremendous Kiddush Hashem in the process.

An 18-year-old Breslov Yeshiva Bochur R”L drowned in the Kinneret, on the last day of Chol Hamoed (Thursday).
Ariel Dovid Koslovsky Z”L, a resident of Mintz Street in Jerusalem, reportedly went swimming with two other boys in an unsupervised area of the Shikmim Beach.

With the entrance of former Vice President Joe Biden into the 2020 Democratic presidential contest on Thursday, the field is largely set, with all the big names included.
The sprawling Democratic field features candidates ranging from 37 to 77 years old; liberals and moderates; senators, governors and mayors; and an unprecedented number of women and minorities.