I was shocked and appalled at the recently conducted interview with the “chosson” of a frum Jewish girl who was exposed as non-Jewish and an inveterate liar. To be quite honest, the interview was so slanted and so sick that I am disgusted that YWN even posted the audio of it. Throughout the interview, Haliwa cast himself as a victim of circumstances. He grew up in Lebanon to Muslim parents, wanted to convert to Judaism but was having a hard time, and really wanted to be a nice, Jewish boy who could marry a Jewish girl. So, he says, of course he had to lie – what other option did he have? Sadly, some people are falling for his victimhood shtick.

Travelers will face security delays, especially during the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, because of construction at Newark Liberty International Airport’s Terminal A, officials said Monday. Transportation Security Administration officials said one third of the security checkpoints have been closed in the A1 concourse due to renovations. Longer wait times are possible during peak periods at the remaining checkpoints in the A2 and A3 concourses, the TSA said. Several flights are also being shifted to Terminal B. The greatest impact is for passengers flying on Air Canada, JetBlue, Alaska Airlines and American Airlines.

Black Lives Matter shirt: no problem. Pro-cop or pro-Israel shirt: don’t you dare. This is the lesson a New York City public school teacher learned at his woke Park Slope school, where he teaches English as a Second Language. The teacher, Jeffrey Levy, says that school principal Neal Singh ordered him to stop wearing a shirt emblazoned with the words “Proud Zionist” and a Star of David while in the school building, despite other staff members wearing shirts with messages supporting Black Lives Matter and women’s rights. Students and staffer had complained about his shirt, as well as another “Back the Blue” pro-police shirt Levy had previously worn.

The NYPD Hate Crimes Unit is investigating after a group of black men hurled insults and punched a 25-year-old Jewish man in Crown Heights. According to police, the Jewish man was standing in front of 711 Empire Boulevard when he was approached by a group of males who hurled anti-Jewish slurs, with one of the perps striking him in the head with his hand, breaking his glasses. Fortunately, the victim did not suffer any serious injuries, but the perps did manage to get away before Shomrim and the NYPD could get to the location. Crown Heights Hatzolah also responded to the scene, but the victim did not require any serious medical intervention.

A pilot who safely flew to space on Blue Origin’s New Shepherd spacecraft a month ago is now dead after crashing a small plane in New Jersey. Glen de Vries, 49, was an American businessman and co-founder of Medidata Solutions who blasted off for space last month alongside actor William Shatner and two others aboard Jeff Bezos’ company’s spacecraft. The Blue Origin flight lasted approximately 11 minutes and brought de Vries and the other crewmembers 60 miles above Earth, where they became weightless for around 4 minutes before plummeting back home. New Jersey State Police said they responded to a report of a small plane crash in Hampton Township in Sussex County on Thursday, where they found two victims – de Vries, and Thomas Fisher, 54, of Hopatcong, New York.

Senator Schumer visited the village of Kiryas Joel on Sunday afternoon, where he was welcomed by Village Administrator Gedalye Szegedin. Schumer, who was accompanied by Ezra Friedlander, had lunch in Kiryas Joel with Village Administrator Gedalye Szegedin and others where Szegedin gave the Senator an overview of the incredible growth of the Village and expressed his appreciation to the Senator for his help in ensuring the vibrancy of the community. Schumer also paid a visit to the home of the Satmar Rebbe of Kiryas Joel. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

A program to help people obtain driver’s permits during the COVID-19 pandemic by taking tests online may be rife with cheating, according to a published report. State motor vehicle workers told the Albany Times-Union that thousands of people may have taken advantage of the program instituted more than a year ago by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo as in-person testing was curtailed or became backlogged. Applicants sometimes have others take the tests for them, and in other cases complete them with perfect scores in less than seven minutes, workers said. The 50-question test normally takes about 45 minutes to an hour, they said.

In a stunning interview, the Black Lives Matter leader who threatened to unleash violence and “bloodshed” in New York City if Eric Adams doesn’t bow to his demands, refused to condemn riots and building burnings that have taken place after police-involved incidents. A heated exchange between Hawk Newsome and Fox News anchor Dan Bongino took place live on-air after Bongino asked the BLM activist if he would condemn violent riots. “No. What I’ll say is, I understand when a police officer unjustifiably kills someone, why people lash out. I understand that completely,” Newsome said. “I’m not going to condemn, nor am I going to condone it.” “Do you condone violence, or you condemn violence? You’re all over the place. Just condemn violence and burning of buildings down.

Rep. Jerry Nadler, a New York Jew who has represented Manhattan’s West Side in the House of Representatives since 1992, is considering hanging up his political cleats at the end of his current term, which concludes next year. Nadler, 74, has served as the powerful House Judiciary Committee chairman since 2019, but age and deteriorating health may finally be catching up to the congressman, who is often mocked for wearing pants that ride up near his chin. The congressman has been beset by health issues for a long time. He underwent gastric bypass surgery in 2002 after becoming so obese that he couldn’t practically use New York City’s subways. He also nearly collapsed during a 2019 press conference and had to be hospitalized.

YWN had made an editorial decision to ignore any further articles about the tragic story of a Lebanese Muslim man who deceived a frum woman from Flatbush into marrying him. This changed when “Eliya” Hawila went public on Motzei Shabbos in an interview with Zev Brenner on Talkline and stated he was considering filing harassment charges against YWN for being “unethical.” Although Haliwa seemed to have genuinely developed an interest in Judaism, he engaged in extremely unethical behavior when instead of making the effort to convert, he began lying about his background due to the fear of being rejected by his Jewish friends.