The speaker of Canada’s House of Commons apologized Sunday for recognizing a man who fought for a Nazi military unit during World War II. Just after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered an address in the House of Commons on Friday, Canadian lawmakers gave 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka a standing ovation when Speaker Anthony Rota drew attention to him. Rota introduced Hunka as a war hero who fought for the First Ukrainian Division. “In my remarks following the address of the President of Ukraine, I recognized an individual in the gallery. I have subsequently become aware of more information which causes me to regret my decision to do so,” Rota said in a statement.

Leftist protesters prevented Yom Kippur tefillos from taking place on erev Yom Kippur and Motzei Yom Kippur at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv. The organizers of the tefillos, the Rosh Yehudi organization, tried to use Israeli flags as an improvised mechitzah after a Tel Aviv court ruled that a mechitzah in a public space is illegal. The leftists confronted the participants, destroyed the mechitzah, and even cleared the chairs that the organizers had placed. Clashes developed between the participants and the leftists, with the leftists standing next to the area and screaming “Bushah, bushah.” Most of the participants left the area. One of the protesters was detained by the police and a group of leftists protested outside the police station where he was being questioned.

Seventeen year-old Rivka Shotkin is an adorable, vivacious, extroverted, typical teenager. Except she’s anything but typical. She’s paralyzed from the chest down following a horrific ski accident that left her paraplegic two years ago. Yet, even so, she lights up any room she rolls into. As a travel enthusiast, going on trips has posed somewhat of a challenge since Rivka became wheelchair bound. Not one to quit, she planned an action-packed trip down to Panama with her sister and two friends. After a lot of aggravation with their initial lodging, they had finally settled into the hotel room to discover the AC was broken. While the three girls peeled off their layers to try and get some relief from the heat, Rivka piled on sweaters. She was shivering and burning up with high fever.

Tens of thousands of people gathered at the Kosel before midnight on Motzei Shabbos to attend the erev Yom Kipper Selichos. The Selichos began with HaTaras Nedarim. The Selichos were recited by the Chazan Moshe Chavushah. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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For the first time since their founding, the Mossad and the Shin Bet agencies will recruit Chareidim for a new national service (Sherut Leumi) program, Kan News reported. The agencies will accept 200 Chareidi volunteers aged 21 and over, 100 for each agency. After undergoing specialized training, the volunteers will serve for two years. The program will be funded by the Intelligence Ministry and the National Service Authority. Last week, the heads of the Mossad and Shin Bet met with Intelligence Minister Gila Gamliel for the approval of the program. The program is expected to launch next month. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)  

In a stomach-churning display of self hatred and loathing of fellow Jews, a group of terrorist-supporting, anti-Israel, hate-filled figures from Neturei Karta met with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, aka the “Butcher of Tehran,” at the UN on Wednesday. Neturei Karta has long kissed up to despicable figures like Raisi, and are used as pawns by terrorists across the globe to justify their lust for Jewish blood. “I have heard that there are anti-Zionist Jews here, and this is a great thing,” Raisi said, highlighting his support for Jews who wish harm on other Jews.

The Tel Aviv District Court on Thursday rejected the petition against the Tel Aviv municipality’s ban on the use of mechitzos at the annual Yom Kippur tefillah at Dizengoff Square. The judge rejected the petition of the Freedom and Human Dignity in Israel Forum and stated that no gender segregation will be allowed in the public space on Yom Kippur. “The mitzvah of tefillah will not be harmed if the petitioners do not daven in the manner requested by them – separated by gender in the public space,” she wrote. Attorney Tzafnat Nordman, who represented the plaintiffs, stated: “A court in the Jewish state prohibits a mechitzah for Jewish tefillah. The first ban on a mechitzah in the sovereign Land of Israel, since the British and the Mufti.

A security guard was lightly wounded in a stabbing attack at the Givat HaMivtar light rail station in Yerushalayim. The 20-year-old guard was transported to Hadassah Mount Scopus for additional treatment. The terrorist was shot and neutralized by security forces at the scene. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
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(By Yisroel Besser. Columnist, Mishpacha Magazine, Best-selling author, and Co-founder, MKY) At a time of year in which reminders are so important and everybody’s looking for messages, Klal Yisroel got such a heartening, refreshing reminder on Wednesday night. Earlier this week Torah Umesorah started their annual campaign, a campaign with an ambitious goal of $10 million dollars needed to fund an umbrella organization that carries 400,000 kinderlach, in over 800 schools. An organization that inspires, encourages, motivates, trains, and bolsters the efforts of our most precious national resource – our mechanchim and mechanchos. Not just them, but school personnel at every rung of the ladder.

In a major shift of stance on Wednesday, Liberal Democratic New York Governor Kathy Hochul addressed the pressing issue of housing shortage for migrants within her state. During an appearance on CNN, she delivered a clear message to migrants, stating, “If you’re going to leave your country, go somewhere else.” Governor Hochul emphasized the need to disseminate the message that New York lacked the capacity to accommodate more migrants. She stressed, “We have to let the word out that when you come to New York, we’re not going to have any more hotel rooms. We don’t have capacity. We have to also message properly that we’re at our limit.