The baal tefillah at the Caulfield Bais Medrash in Melbourne, Australia, on Motzei Shabbos strode up to the amud with vim and vigor, his energy giving onlookers no impression that he is well over 100 years old. R’ Berish Aurbach yb”l was there to daven for the amud on his mother’s 103rd yahrtzeit, and nothing was going to stop him.

Two Orthodox Jews were the victims of hate crimes in separate incidents that occurred in the Flatbush neighborhood on Shabbos afternoon.

Yoni Asher, whose wife and two young daughters were abducted to Gaza, joyously reunited with his family on Friday. Asher’s wife, 34, and children, 2.5 and 4, were visiting her mother that Shabbos on Kibbutz Nir Oz. At 10:30 a.m., she messaged her husband, who was at their home in central Israel, that terrorists had entered her mother’s home.

Singer Lipa Schmeltzer revealed that a major singing engagement scheduled for Thursday night was abruptly canceled due to publicized videos of him entertaining wounded IDF soldiers.

Hill Harper, a Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, was reportedly approached with a $20 million campaign contribution offer from businessman Linden Nelson. The catch: Harper was to withdraw from his Senate race and instead challenge Rep. Rashida Tlaib in the primaries.

Amichai Shindler of Kibbutz Kerem Shalom miraculously survived the October 7th massacre but was left with severe injuries. Kerem Shalom is a mixed religious-secular kibbutz that is less than 100 meters [.06 miles] from the Gaza Strip.

The IDF on Thursday released new footage from the body cameras of elite Egoz soldiers raiding the Shati camp in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip. The soldiers, with the aid of precise intelligence, directed Air Force strikes against terrorists, booby-trapped buildings that posed a danger to forces, and weapon depots.

Pro-Hamas supporters disrupted the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, with some individuals chanting “Palestine will be free” and gluing themselves to the street along the parade route.

The IDF on Thursday arrested Dr. Mohammad Abu Salmiya, the director of Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip, which has been exposed as a headquarters for Hamas.

The Hezbollah terror group in southern Lebanon launched a huge rocket barrage at the Upper Galil on Thursday morning, one of several barrages since the morning directed at various areas of the Galil. According to the IDF, the barrage of about 50 rockets was the largest since the start of the war.