A most unusual sight in Flatbush quickly set social media ablaze yesterday as people witnessed something quite extraordinary. A caravan of Hatzoloh ambulances and other vehicles from multiple neighborhoods were spotted speeding through Kensington heading towards the Prospect Expressway. With lights ablaze, enquiring minds found it hard to fathom what kind of horrific event was unfolding that necessitated such a large response. For those in the know however, nothing could have been further from the truth. For most, the annual pilgrimage to say Tashlich between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is a routine event, a rite of passage of sorts, one often recorded annually for posterity. For some, Tashlich has the potential to be the event of a lifetime.

An Israeli security guard was lightly injured in a car ramming attack at the Qalandiya checkpoint near Jerusalem early Thursday afternoon. MDA paramedics treated the victim at the scene and evacuated him to Shaare Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem. The terrorist was neutralized by security forces at the scene. A large number of additional Israeli security forces arrived at the scene. An initial investigation revealed that the terrorist was an Israeli-Arab resident of the Kafr Aqab neighborhood of east Jerusalem (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

The X (Twitter) account of Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of former President Donald Trump, fell victim to an apparent hacking incident on Wednesday, sending out numerous false messages, including one that falsely announced the death of his father, former President Donald Trump. The fabricated message, which declared the passing of the former president, read, “I’m sad to announce, my father Donald Trump has passed away. I will be running for president in 2024.” These words instantly ignited a frenzy of concern and confusion among social media users and the wider public. However, it’s important to clarify that the message was entirely untrue.

The vile former prime minister Ehud Barak said in an interview with CBS in New York on Tuesday that some people may lose their lives in the “civil rebellion” against the current government. Barak said: “We will block this attempt on the life of Israel’s democracy and we will win. It might take time, ups and downs, some people might lose their lives along the way.

Republican presidential nomination frontrunner Donald Trump has long claimed that he could end the Russia-Ukraine war in a single day. Now, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is telling him to put up or shut up. In an interview with CNN on Tuesday, Zelensky was asked about Trump’s claims that he would be able to mediate a deal between the warring countries. “The former president, former President Trump, he told NBC News on Sunday that he would get — if he were elected president again — he would get you and Putin together and make what he called a fair deal,” host Wolf Blitzer said to the Ukrainian leader. “He said something could have been negotiated with Crimea and other parts of the country.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met with President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday. Biden began the meeting by saying: “You’ve heard me say, many times, if there were no Israel we’d have to invent one. I think without Israel, there’s not a Jew in the world that’s secure.” “I think Israel is essential. And I look forward to discussing all of this with you, and working together with your team, to fulfill as Ben-Gurion said, the dream of generations.” “I suffer from, oxymoron, Irish optimism. If you and I 10 years ago were talking about normalization with Saudi Arabia, I think we’d look at each other, like, Who’s been drinking what?” Netanyahu: “Good Irish whiskey.” Biden: “Good Irish whiskey. That’s the reason why I’ve never had a drink.

Boro Park Shomrim took down a violent criminal on Tuesday night, after the suspect bludgeoned a victim before robbing him at a train station. The incident unfolded at the train station located at New Utrecht and 43rd Street, when the perp approached a man and hit him over the head with a metal wrench, knocking him unconscious and causing a severe head injury. The perp then robbed the man before fleeing. A female bystander who watched the violent robbery take place began shouting for help, and her cries were heard by nearby Shomrim members, who immediately sprang into action. Video from the scene shows multiple Chasidic men clad in black and white giving chase to the suspect before the footage ends.

A leftist mob in Tel Aviv violently attacked Rav Yigal Levinstein, the head of the pre-military mechinah in Eli, and Yisrael Zeira, the head of the Rosh Yehudi organization, on Tuesday evening in Tel Aviv. The leftists were protesting against Zeira in the wake of the decision of the Tel Aviv municipality to ban mechitzos at the Yom Kippur tefillah led by Rosh Yehudi at Dizengoff Square every year. The frenzied mob attacked the two men as Rav Levinstein left a building where he delivered a shiur. The men had to be protected from the crowd, who tried hitting and kicking them, and verbally assaulted them, by police officers. Some of the protesters even tried hitting them with their flagpoles. Anyone who passed by the area who was wearing a yarmulke was attacked as well.

After cases of whooping cough in Israel doubled in the past three months, the Health Ministry recently issued new guidelines for Kupot Cholim and hospitals, stressing the need to urge vaccination among infants and pregnant women. According to data published by the ministry, there were 615 cases of whooping cough in Israel from January to July 2023, compared to only 18 cases in the same period last year. Kan News reported that the Health Ministry is recommending that every person over the age of 18 receive at least one dose of the pertussis vaccine. The Health Ministry’s message to the Kupot Cholim stated: “Pregnant women should be encouraged to vaccinate against whooping cough between weeks 27-36 of their pregnancy.

In the wake of the Tel Aviv municipality’s decision to ban a mechitzah between men and women at the Yom Kippur tefillah at Dizengoff Square, an urgent administrative appeal was filed against the municipality. “The decision marks a new low in the in the history of the State,” the appeal by the Freedom and Human Dignity Forum in Israel states. “Since the British Mandate, there has never been a prohibition on a mechitzah in Eretz Yisrael – until now.” “The tefillah had become a focus of attraction for a broad and diverse public. Religious, traditional, secular – anyone who is interested found their place in the moving tefillah in the city’s streets.