KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia unleashed a new missile onslaught on Ukraine’s battered energy grid Wednesday, robbing cities of power and some of water and public transport, too, compounding the hardship of winter for millions. The aerial mauling of power supplies also took nuclear plants and internet links offline and spilled blackouts into neighbor Moldova. […]

A yeshivah bochur’s life was saved by his hat as the shrapnel that he found after the attack penetrated his hat rather than his head. The bochur, a resident of Givat Zeev, attends Yeshivas Pinsk-Karlin. After his life was saved, he davened Shacharis in a shul in Yerushalayim and afterward the mispallelim danced in honor of the neis he experienced. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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Fervent tefillos have been taking place in yeshivos, shuls and heichelei Torah across Israel for HaGaon HaRav Shimon Badani, the head of the Moetzet Chachmei Torah, who was hospitalized on Monday night in very serious condition after he lost consciousness and was successfully resuscitated. HaRav Badani is currently sedated and ventilated and is being treated in the ICU of Mayanei HaYeshua Hospital in Bnei Brak. His condition took a turn for the worse on Wednesday and he is in great need of rachamei Shamyaim. HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein has called to the public to daven for the refuah of HaRav Badani. The Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah called to the public on Tuesday evening to gather at the Kosel on Wednesday, Erev Rosh Chodesh Kislev for an atzeret tefillah for HaRav Badani’s refuah.

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — One Israeli was murdered and 19 people injured in 2 separate explosions Wednesday morning. The first one occurred at a bus stop near the exit to Jerusalem. The explosive device was hidden in a bag which had been left at the bus stop, injuring eight people, two of them critically. One of […]

WASHINGTON (Yaakov M / VINnews) — Antisemite Ilhan Omar released a statement in response to Republican leader Kevin McCarthy’s heroic pledge to strip her from the House Foreign Affairs Committee.  Below are her comments, as well as our response.  From the moment I was elected, the Republican Party has made it their mission to use […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for the imminent handover of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns to a congressional committee after a three-year legal fight. The court, without comment, rejected Trump’s plea for an order that would have prevented the Treasury Department from giving six years of tax returns […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel’s laboring coalition negotiations appear to have made some progress Monday, as Religious Zionism leader Betzalel Smotrich agreed to relinquish his demand for the Defense Ministry and become finance minister in the emerging government. Smotrich had demanded the Defense Ministry, which would have given him significant control over Judea and Samaria and […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — During the course of Israel’s coalition negotiations, UTJ and Religious Zionism have demanded that the agreements with Likud will include a declaration that gender separation at public events and public services will not be deemed discrimination. Israel’s current discrimination law allows for separation of genders in education and on beaches but not […]

This year, for the 19th year on YWN, tens of thousands of viewers from around the world will be able to view the International Kinus HaShluchim banquet live on a broadcast made possible by the organizers of the Kinus. The live streaming webcast begins at 4:30PM on Sunday, Nov. 20, and is taking place at the The New Jersey Conference and Expo Center in Edison, NJ. The highlight is always the traditional roll call of countries and regions which is followed by spirited dancing. As we have done for many years, YWN will be bringing you thousands of photos, as well as extensive video and photo coverage from the massive event. The nearly week-long event is giving most of Chabad’s 5,646 Shluchim the opportunity to meet with friends and colleagues who they have not seen for years.