If anyone still has any question what NYC has descended into under the leadership of Socialist Mayor Bill DeBlasio, one just need to see the attached videos. According to eye-witnesses who took to twitter to report what they saw, it happened on Tuesday when a large group of youths on bicycles shut down traffic at 5th Avenue & 21st Street in Manhattan. The car had Physician license plates and was occupied by a son who was taking his elderly mother to see the X-mas lights in Manhattan. The pack of thugs reportedly hung onto the moving car to “catch a ride” when the driver slammed on the brakes, causing one rider to crash. That is what apparently sparked the violent attack. Watch how the group began banging on the windows, the hood and doors.

The NYPD are searching for a man who allegedly wrote “derogatory phrases” at four Shuls over the past weekend. The NYPD tells YWN that that on Shabbos, December 26, 2020, between 12:20AM and 1:30AM, an unknown individual made graffiti using a marker on four different Shuls in Flatbush / Midwood. The four Shuls include the Young Israel of Midwood (1694 Ocean Avenue), the Bostoner Shul (2822 Avenue J), Rabbi Weinfeld’s Shul (2201 Avenue L) and Rabbi Kahn’s Shul (1720 Avenue J). At all locations the suspect made graffiti, and at Rabbi Kahan’s Shul, the suspect also damaged two cabinets, and removed approximately $20. The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating.

Jonathan and Esther Pollard landed in Israel early Wednesday morning a month after the US Parole Commission lifted restrictions on him and 35 years after he was arrested for spying for Israel. The Pollards emotionally kissed the ground upon disembarking their plane and stepping on Israeli ground. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met the Pollards at the airport and presented Pollard with his Israeli identity card. “This is an extremely emotional moment,” the prime minister said. “Yonatan and Esther are home.” בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה' אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ וְקִיְּמָנוּ וְהִגִּיעָנוּ לַזְּמַן הַזֶּה. התרגשתי לקבל היום את פניהם של יונתן ואסתר פולארד עם הגעתם לישראל ולהעניק ליונתן תעודת זהות ישראלית. עכשיו הם בבית.

Several days ago, Israel’s Chevros Kadisha requested of the Health Ministry that all their workers involved in caring for the bodies of the deceased be vaccinated against the coronavirus. The Chevra Kadisha noted that their 500 employees are at great risk due to the fact that they are handling the bodies of coronavirus victims. However, the Health Ministry rejected their request, Channel 12 News reported on Monday.

Diversity and Inclusion and Getting Assaulted in Target: Has the Pendulum Swung Too Far the Other Way? I was shopping with my wife at a Target store in Brooklyn, NY yesterday on Flatbush Ave. As we were headed out, my wife went to the checkout line to pay and I headed to the restroom. We were perhaps 25 feet from security at the front of the store. A women with a shopping cart at an angle going the “wrong way” blocked my natural path so I went in the opposite lane of shopper traffic. I attempted to pass two African American men in the other “lane” by going all the way to the outside.

A 31 year old Frum man is in critical condition, after he was struck by a drunk driver early Tuesday morning. Sources tell YWN that the victim was roller-blading, when he was struck by a vehicle on Ft Hamilton Parkway and 42nd Street at around 2:30AM. The driver tried fleeing the scene, but thankfully, the incident was witnessed by a passing police car from the 66 Precinct. Officers chased the vehicle to 10th Avenue and 44th Street, where the driver was taken into custody. One of his charges was DWI. FDNY EMS rushed the man to Maimonides Hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery for a serious head injury.

The Chareidi medical organizations that provide medical treatment for coronavirus patients at home say that there has been an unprecedented demand for oxygen machines and other medical equipment in recent weeks due to the surge in the infection rate, Kikar H’Shabbos reported. As YWN reported in the past, many coronavirus patients prefer to remain at home rather than being evacuated to the hospital and Chareidi medical organizations have been doing their utmost to assist these patients by providing medical care at home along with lending out oxygen machines and other medical equipment.

Israel has overtaken Bahrain in the percentage of its population that has been vaccinated against the coronavirus and is currently leading the world in its vaccination rate, Globes reported on Monday. Bahrain was the global leader in its vaccination rate until the end of last week. Since Bahrain was one of the first countries to approve the Pizer vaccine, independently of the FDA decision, Pfizer promised the tiny Gulf state rapid delivery of its vaccinations. According to Globes, Bahrain paid the same price for the Pfizer vaccines as Israel. Meanwhile, the rate of vaccinations in Europe is much lower, with the EU only beginning its vaccination campaign on Sunday of this week, albeit at a low volume.

The man believed to be responsible for the Christmas Day bombing that tore through downtown Nashville blew himself up in the explosion, and appears to have acted alone, federal officials said Sunday. Investigators used DNA and other evidence to link the man, identified as Anthony Quinn Warner, to the mysterious explosion but said they have not determined a motive. Officials have received hundreds of tips and leads, but have concluded that no one other than Warner is believed to have been involved in the early morning explosion that damaged dozens of buildings and injured three people. WATCH VIDEO: Officer Michael Sipos, one of the officers who responded to the explosion, had been issued a body camera just days earlier.

The governor said the state was investigating an incident of possible vaccination fraud, in a situation where a health care provider wasn’t following the priority population process. “Vaccines are valuable and there will be people who break the law and were looking at one health care provider who may have done that,” Gov. Cuomo said. “We want to send a clear signal to the providers that if you violate the law on these vaccinations, we will find out and you will be prosecuted.