The head of the Rosh Yehudi outreach organization announced on Thursday morning that he is canceling the gender-segregated Yom Kippur tefillos in Gan Meir in Tel Aviv despite the Supreme Court’s ruling on Wednesday ordering the Tel Aviv Municipality to allow it. Rosh Yehudi issued a statement saying: “Despite the fact that the court ruled in our favor, following  fears of provocations, Rosh Yehudi  will hold the Yom Kippur tefillos at the shul on Bar Kokhba 54 and not in Gan Meir.” The statement was issued following threats by far-left activists who announced that they would come to the Gan Meir area on Yom Kippur to disrupt the tefillos with loud music and more.

NYPD Commissioner Tom Donlon is expected to resign in the coming days, multiple sources familiar told Politico. Donlon, who was appointed by Mayor Eric Adams just last month, is reportedly preparing to vacate his position amid growing uncertainty about his future with the department. Donlon’s tenure began after the resignation of former Commissioner Edward Caban. Caban was forced to step down following a federal investigation that targeted both him and his brother, James Caban, over allegations of running a protection racket. The scandal intensified when federal agents seized the Caban brothers’ phones as part of their probe, raising questions about the NYPD’s leadership.

The new Sephardi Chief Rabbi HaGaon HaRav Dovid Yosef paskened that IDF soldiers in active combat in southern Lebanon are forbidden from fasting on Yom Kippur. In response to a shaila about the matter, HaRav Yosef wrote: “The matter is clear that soldiers who are in active combat are forbidden from fasting on Yom Kippur and they should not be machmir on themselves.” HaRav Yosef added that the soldiers should not eat in shiurin (שיעורין). “They do not need and should not eat in shiurin but should eat normally,” he wrote.

In a major counterterrorism operation, Israeli authorities have dismantled a plot by five Arab Israeli citizens to carry out a devastating car-bombing attack at Tel Aviv’s Azrieli Mall. The plot, which was orchestrated under the banner of the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group, was foiled through a joint effort by the Israel Police and the Shin Bet security service, according to a statement released on Thursday. The suspects, all residents of Taybeh in central Israel, had formed a terror cell aligned with ISIS. The five individuals were arrested following a month-long covert investigation led by the Lahav 433 serious crime unit.

The IDF announced on Thursday morning that a reserve soldier from the 5030th Battalion of the Alon Brigade was killed in battle with Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon. He was identified as Sgt. Maj. (res.) Ronny Ganizate, H’yd, 36, from Givat Shmuel. He is survived by his wife Shoshanah and three children. His service in Lebanon was his third round of reserve duty since the war began, over 200 days of service. His death increased the death toll of soldiers killed in battle from the start of the war to 731. Another reserve soldier from the same battalion was seriously wounded in the same incident. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

After Yahya Sinwar was chosen to replace slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh this past August, he sent an order to the Hamas leader in the Shomron to revive the practice of suicide bombings in Israel, Arab intelligence officials told the Wall Street Journal. Several days later, a Palestinian tried to blow up a shul in Tel Aviv but b’chasdei Hashem and in the zechus of limmud Torah, the bomb prematurely exploded, killing only him. “What a blessing it is that my bones become shrapnel that blow apart the usurping Zionist Jews,” said the attacker, Ja’far Sa’d Saeed Muna, a member of Hamas’s armed wing, in a video released later by Hamas.

The Biden administration is reportedly frustrated by Israel’s refusal to share information about its planned retaliation to Iran’s recent missile attack, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Citing unnamed U.S. officials, the report indicates that Washington has been left in the dark about Jerusalem’s next steps, echoing tensions from a previous uncoordinated Israeli operation. Last month, Israel surprised the U.S. by assassinating Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah without informing the White House in advance. In the aftermath, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin expressed his frustration during a blunt phone call with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

Tens of thousands of children from all across the globe will storm shaarei shomayim on behalf of Klal Yisroel during Misaskim’s annual Aseres Yemei Teshuva asifa on Tuesday, November 9th – a gathering started by legendary askan R’ Yanky Meyer z”l. As in recent years, the main assembly will be held at 1 PM in the Bobover beis medrash on 15th Avenue and 47th Street, where thousands of boys will be davening together and will be joined by gedolim, roshei yeshiva and rabbonim. Hundreds of boys’ and girls’ schools worldwide will be taking part in the asifa via satellite hookup, with more than 12,000 children participating in Boro Park alone.

A rocket barrage fired by Hezbollah at Kiryat Shmona on Wednesday afternoon critically injured two people. MDA paramedics found a man and a woman in their 40s, unconscious and in critical condition. About 20 rockets were fired at the city. This is a developing story. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

For the second day in a row, Hezbollah fired a heavy rocket barrage at the Haifa area early Wednesday afternoon. Following numerous explosions and reports of direct hits in the suburbs of Haifa, MDA reported that two people were injured by shrapnel, including a 16-year-old in light to moderate condition and a 50-year-old man who was lightly injured. Additionally, a motorcycle driver in his 30s was lightly injured in a traffic accident at the time of the siren. One rocket fell in a cemetery in Kiryat Bialik, causing power outages in the city. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)