The Albany Supreme Court just issued its decision in the closely-watched challenge to the regulations recently enacted by the State Education Department.

At about 7 p.m. on Thursday night, left-wing protesters began marching into Bnei Brak. Hundreds of police officers were deployed at all entrances to the city and inside it in preparation for the protest. The Bnei Brak municipality prepared refreshments for the protesters, including cholent, with a sign saying: “Refreshments and drinks for our brothers, the Tel Avivians.” In contrast, some protesters held provocative signs, with one saying: “HaRav Shach is ashamed of you.” Another held a sign saying: “Chareidi parasite – not at my expense.” Some protesters wore helmets in expectation of the response of city residents to their provocations. In the video below, B’Chadrei Chareidim reporter Yanky Farber provides an update (in English) from the scene of the protest.

Heroic Hasidic residents jumped into action Thursday morning after a fast moving blaze ripped though South Blooming Grove’s new “Mint Leaf” Supermarket. The fire started at around 10:30am at the supermarket on Mangin Road. Thankfully, no one was injured, but sources tell YWN that it took nearly 20 minutes for the fire department to get adequate resources to work on extinguishing the fire. Not wasting any time time, local residents jumped into action, and can be seen in the attached video attempting to douse the fire with water. Six locals, dedicated and selfless heroic South Blooming Grove residents Yoely Simon, Moshe Lazer Rottenberg, Kalmy Saal, Shmiel Falkowitz, Meilech Friedman, and Moshe Bernath were seen “manning the line” to help put out the fire.

Following the call of HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein to bnei yeshivos to stay far away from left-wing protesters in the city at the protest scheduled on Thursday at 7 p.m., Bnei Brak poskim and l’havdil politicians, even those from the opposition, have joined the call to prevent violence. The protests in Bnei Brak, which are purely anti-Chareidi and have nothing to do with judicial reform, have been condemned even by some of the leaders of the protests against the government. There have been reports that protesters will deliberately try to provoke residents with anti-religious provocations. Numerous social media users, even secular ones, slammed the planned protest in Bnei Brak as simply an attempt to spark a civil war.

Dovid Stern, the former US marine who was seriously injured in a shooting attack in Huwara on Sunday, was released from the hospital on Wednesday evening. Stern was traveling in his car with his wife in Huwara when an Arab shot at him 23 times. Stern heroically protected his wife while shooting back at the terrorist, wounding him and causing him to flee. Stern then tied a tourniquet and bandaged his own wound while continuing to drive until he reached an IDF post. Despite the fear that he sustained a serious head injury due to the blood pouring from his head, the bullet miraculously only grazed his head.

In yet another iteration of the incurable Trump Derangement Syndrome, anti-Trumpsters are foaming at the mouth as they await the former president’s expected indictment by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg. In fact, they’re so excited by the prospect of Trump sitting in jail that they simply can’t wait to see it. So to turn their fantasies into a semi-reality, they turned to artificial intelligence to help them feel the unrestrained joy and exuberance of seeing Donald Trump in shackles. Artificial intelligence image generating engines churned out multiple photos of the former president in varying states of distress, but all depicted one thing: Donald Trump being arrested – or trying to resist arrest – from law enforcement officers coming to mete out justice against their archenemy.

The Justice Ministry and the Board of Certified Public Accountants published data this week showing that Bais Yaakov girls were more successful at passing their CPA exams on their first try than all students at Israel’s leading universities. The accounting exams in Israel are notoriously difficult and according to the data, 96% of Bais Yaakov students who took the exam in the fall of 2022 for the first time passed, a higher percentage than any other academic institution. Only 67% of first-time applicants from Bar-Ilan University, 57% from Tel Aviv University, and 33% from Hebrew University passed the test. The Ruppin Academic Center fared better but even there, only 81% of students passed on the first try.

The Paley family held an emotional bris on Wednesday morning for their son who was born a month after the murder of their two sons Asher Menachem and Yaakov Yisrael, h’yd. The baby was named Yonasan Rafael. The bris was held at Ullmei Beis Yisrael in Jerusalem. Reb Paley recited the bracha of Shechiyanu in a broken voice choked with tears as the newborn’s wails could be heard in the background. HaMashgiach HaRav Don Segal, whom Reb Paley is very close to, served as the sandak. And after the tears came the simcha: דבורי פלאי חובקת את בנה העשירי לאחר שאיבדה את שני בניה הקטנים, רגע לפני הברית. pic.twitter.com/IANPDdn9Gu — Ariela Sternbach Maresky (@ariela770) March 22, 2023 (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office has “canceled” the federal grand jury meeting that was scheduled to take place Wednesday as former President Donald Trump faces a possible criminal indictment over alleged hush money payments, Fox news is reporting. The grand jurors were notified this morning and were put “on standby for tomorrow,” one of the sources told Fox News. And while nothing beyond Wednesday is set in stone, it is unlikely that the grand jury will meet at all this week, said one of the law enforcement sources, Business Insider reported. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Rockland County, NY – Ilan Fuchs, a Frum resident of Pomona, has won the election for Mayor on Tuesday. He has been serving as a trustee on the Village Board along with fellow resident of Pomona Mendy Lasker. Both are Lubavitcher Chassidism. Two other local residents, Joel Grunwald and Raanan Zidile, were elected to the Pomona Board in the same election. In a video message, Fuchs thanked all those who voted for him and pledged to continue to work for the community. “We won by a really large majority, thanks to all your help,” he said.