The NYPD was investigating a homicide in Flatbush on Sunday evening. YWN that the NYPD and Flatbush Hatzolah were called to East 21 Street between Avenue P and Quentin Road, reporting a victim laying on the floor unconscious. Flatbush Hatzolah Paramedics found the victim in traumatic arrest, who was the victim of a stabbing. He was rushed to nearby Community Hospital with a stab wound to the chest, where he was pronounced dead a short while later. The NYPD requested a Level 1 Mobilization response, and Detectives were investigating. The NYPD tells YWN that they are looking for a white male who fled on foot. The identity of the victim was unknown, but sources tell YWN that it did not appear that Chevra Kaddisha services were needed in this incident.

The office of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has transferred its powers to the Supreme Leader’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei, according to a report by Iranian journalist Mohamad Ahwaze. Ahwaze, who posted the report on Twitter, stated that Iranian sources have confirmed the transfer of power to Khamenei’s son, adding that “those close to Khamenei, 81, are very concerned due to his health condition at theis time.” Khamenei’s 51-year-old son, Sayyid Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei, who oversees several security and intelligence departments in Iran, has long been identified as a possible successor to his father.

Rudy Giuliani, who has led President Trump’s legal challenges to try and overturn the election, has tested positive for coronavirus, the president said Sunday. “.@RudyGiuliani, by far the greatest mayor in the history of NYC, and who has been working tirelessly exposing the most corrupt election (by far!) in the history of the USA, has tested positive for the China Virus. Get better soon Rudy, we will carry on!!!” Trump tweeted. Giuliani, 76, has spent the last month traveling the country fighting the election results in states including Pennsylvania, Michigan and Arizona on behalf of the president.

Rosh Yeshivas Brisk, HaGaon HaRav Meshulam Dovid Halevi Soloveitchik was released from the hospital ten days ago and transferred to a private ICU unit at his home on Eli HaCohen street in Jerusalem, B’Chadrei Chareidim reported. The Rosh Yeshivah, 99, was released from the hospital after testing negative for the coronavirus but the transfer to his home was not publicized so as not to cause the public to decrease their tefillos, the report said. The Rosh Yeshivah continues to be in critical condition and in great need of Klal Yisrael’s tefillos. “The situation of HaRav Dovid is considered critical, worse than when he was in the hospital,” Rav Shimon Yosef Muller, a neeman beiso of HaRav Dovid’s household told B’Chadrei. “The Rosh Yeshivah is suffering from severe inflammation.

Continental Glatt Kosher Meats Corp., doing business as First Choice Kosher Meat & Deli Inc., a Spring Valley, N.Y. firm, is recalling approximately 61,504 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) meat and poultry products that were produced without the benefit of federal inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The RTE meat and poultry items were produced on various dates from June 26, 2020, through Nov. 20, 2020, with various sell-by dates ranging from October 2, 2020, through April 18, 2021. [View Labels] Bulk boxes containing two, 7-8 lb. pieces of “Beef Salami Bulk.” Boxes containing 12, 1-lb. chubs of “SATMAR Beef Salami SMOKED FLAVOR ADDED.” Bulk boxes containing two, 7-8-lb.

A Frum woman was thrown off a Delta flight on Wednesday for not being compliant with mask-wearing. But the passenger tells YWN that she was 100% compliant, and thinks she was the victim of blatant anti-Semitism. The woman – who wishes to remain anonymous at this point – tells YWN her experience as follows: “I was on Delta Flight 5610 from Chicago O’Hare to JFK Airport on Wednesday. I had my siddur open and was praying. The flight attendant, Erica Green, angrily pushed my siddur down and told me to pull up my mask to comply with guidelines. My mask was up but she walked away without allowing me to show her. I brushed it off assuming she didn’t see me correctly. She came back with another flight attendant and they both got extremely angry at me.

Police arrested a number of Jewish business owners in Antwerp, Belgium after the businessmen were congregating inside a single store and asked to disperse. The owner of the store, an upscale jewelry store that is owned by a prominent member of the Jewish community, had apparently invited his friends in to have a Lechayim to celebrate the engagement of his daughter. The police, noticing the large gathering inside a single location, which was against the Coronavirus regulations of the country entered the store and asked the participants to leave. According to reports from the scene, a number of those gathered refused to leave and began to scuffle with the police, who used extreme force in order to subdue and arrest a number of those present.

A large Charedi wedding took place on Thursday night in the city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The wedding came just a few months after the historic signing of the Abraham Accords that normalized relations between Israel and the UAE. For the first time, dozens of Charedim from Israel and New York set foot on the sands of the Muslim country. Among the notable people who attended were Rav Sholom Ber Sorotzkin, Rosh Yeshiva of Ateres Shlomo, and Chassidic music sensation Motti Steinmetz. Dudi Rubinstein from the Tourist Agency “Chul Mehudar” told BeChadrei Charedim that: “The reason that they held the wedding in Dubai, is that both Israel and the U.S. are causing problems for large weddings due to Corona regulations. In Dubai, everything is better.

On Thursday, at the home of Hagaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, the Gadol Hador’s family held a vort for Rav Chaim’s great-grandson, the son of Rabbi Avraham Yeshaya. In addition to the family, musical talent Reb Moshe Mordechai (Mona) Rosenbloom, participated and played an accordion for the event. Earlier in the day, HaRav Kanievsky went to Sheba Hospital in Tel HaShomer in order to visit his son Rabbi Shlomo Kanievsky, who is hospitalized. Eli Bruner from Ezer M’Zion accompanied Rav Kanievsky, as did Professor Yitzchak Kreiss, the CEO of the hospital and other high-ranking medical staff from the hospital. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

As state officials in Georgia insist that no fraud took place during last month’s election, President Donald Trump’s legal team presented seemingly shocking footage to state senators, which they say reveals blatant cheating. With Georgia’s counties due to certify their results before noon on Friday, Trump is far from conceding. At a hearing before the State Senate on Thursday, Trump campaign lawyer Rudy Giuliani asked witnesses to present evidence of alleged election fraud to Republican lawmakers, with one video in particular standing out.