A pregnant Jewish woman was rushed to the hospital after being stalked, suffocated and viciously punched in the Stamford Hill neighborhood of London. The attack took place on Manor Road in Stamford Hill at 6:30pm on the 19th of March. A pregnant woman and her unborn baby survived the terrifying attack after a male suspect attacked her from behind, placed a pillow over her head and proceeded to punch the victim several times in the vicious unprovoked attack. Shomrim and the police are urgently appealing for witnesses and anyone with information on the suspect – who fled the scene – to immediately contact police.

A new Israeli study found that the Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus is highly effective in protecting pregnant women. A Yisrael Hayom report last week said that the study, carried out by the Kupat Cholim Maccabi on two-thirds of the Kupah’s pregnant clients, shows that the vaccine is 97% effective in protecting pregnant women. The percentage of unvaccinated pregnant women who contracted the coronavirus while pregnant was 8.1% versus 0.05% of the vaccinated pregnant women. All of the 62 pregnant women who have been hospitalized with the coronavirus in Israel (of whom 41 are still hospitalized) were unvaccinated. Two Arab-Israeli sisters, aged 23 and 31, recently passed away within three weeks of each other after contracting the coronavirus while pregnant.

HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein answered questions about voting in a video published on Motzei Shabbos by the United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party. The campaign representatives began by saying: “After this difficult year of dealing with the coronavirus, many people feel that the Chareidi representatives weren’t there for them.” HaRav Edelstein: “Voting for Gimmel is a declaration, Hashem Hu HaElokim, Moshe Emes V’Toraso Emes. Not voting is saying that you’re unconcerned about making a Kiddush Hashem, you’re not sharing in making a Kiddush Hashem. They’re being oseik in Kiddush Hashem, and you’re running away from it.” “If you don’t vote Gimmel, you’re preventing a Kiddush Hashem.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump, suspended from Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, plans to launch his own platform in two to three months, one of his senior advisers told Fox News on Sunday. Jason Miller, a spokesman for Trump’s 2020 campaign, told the network that Trump would re-enter the social media space with a new platform of his own that would “completely redefine the game.” “I do think that we’re going to see President Trump returning to social media, probably in about two or three months here, with his own platform,” Miller told Fox News on Sunday. “This is something that I think will be the hottest ticket in social media. It’s going to completely redefine the game.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas traveled to the US-Mexico border on Friday with a group of bipartisan senators. Typically on such a trip, a cabinet secretary and lawmakers would be accompanied by reporters or a member of the White House press pool to feed notes back to newsrooms. But on this trip, the Biden administration blocked that from happening. It’s part of a larger pattern of restricted media access at the southern US border – despite promises of transparency and the fact that at least 14,000 migrant children are detained in federal custody amid a surge in migrants attempting to enter the country.

A Chareidi employee of Kol Chai Radio was attacked by a secular man on the bus on his way to work from his home in Kfar Chabad to Bnei Brak on Sunday morning. The man screamed at him: “The coronavirus is because of you!” and then physically attacked him, punching him in his stomach and his face, leaving him with bleeding wounds. The other passengers on the bus forced the attacker, who was about 20, off the bus. When the bus reached Bnei Brak, the passengers called Hatzalah, who arrived at the scene and provided medical assistance to the man and then evacuated him to Mayanei HaYeshua Hospital. “This is a direct result of [Avigdor] Lieberman’s incitement against the Chareidi community and the Jewish mesorah,” the UTJ party responded to the report of the incident.

Anti-Semitic NY Post columnist Steve Cuozzo slanders Orthodox Jewish community with outrageous false claims. It seems the NY Post, is back to one of its favorite pastimes, attacking the City’s Orthodox Jewish community. In a completely bigoted op-ed totally devoid of reason, Steve Cuozzo asks why Manhattan’s Covid positive rate is so much lower than the rest of the city. Astoundingly, he then proceeds to suggest that this may be due to ” large, often mask-less ultra-Orthodox gatherings ” and that “Manhattan has none of the huge Hasidic congregations found in Brooklyn and Queens.” In other words, Cuozzo is saying that it is the Orthodox Jews who are somehow responsible for the higher covid rate across the entire city of NY.

A woman who currently works in the office of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he engaged in innaproppoarte behavior to her and another aide, according to a newspaper report published Friday. Alyssa McGrath told The New York Times the allegations, who reported it just before Shabbos. “He has a way of making you feel very comfortable around him, almost like you’re his friend,” Ms. McGrath told the newspaper. “But then you walk away from the encounter or conversation, in your head going, ‘I can’t believe I just had that interaction with the governor of New York.’” McGrath is the first current aide to come forward publicly to join mounting allegations of misconduct against Cuomo.

Today Andrew Yang, Democratic Candidate for Mayor of New York, released the following statement: “Last night, at a forum, I used a poor choice of words on BDS and it has caused pain to many people. BDS does not recognize the right of Israel to exist. Not recognizing Israel’s right to exist is anti-Semitic. I strongly oppose BDS, as I’ve said countless times. I’ll talk to leaders over the coming days before Pesach to make sure they know what’s in my heart. I look forward to traveling to Israel as Mayor and furthering the strong economic ties between Israel and NYC.” Orthodox Jewish NY State Assemblyman Daniel Rosenthal also released a statement to YWN. Rosenthal endorsed Yang earlier this week.

President Joe Biden tumbled three separate times trying to board Air Force One Friday as he and Vice President Kamala Harris departed the nation’s capital to meet with local leaders in Atlanta following a series of deadly shootings. The president was briskly climbing the stairs to the presidential jet before appearing to trip, attempting to gather himself, then tripping again. A reporter in the pool following Biden reported that it’s a windy day at Andrews Air Force Base. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)