In a few short weeks, lomdei Daf Yomi around the world will complete the 13th cycle of the 7.5-year- limud program. In Eretz Yisrael, the program surrounding a main united siyum still does not exist.
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One of the heads of the Neturei Karta, Yisroel Meir Hirsch, published a video last week during the rocket attacks on Israel that raised the ire of hundreds of thousands of Israelis.

The Williamsburg community is near gridlock on Sunday afternoon, as the Satmar Rebbe prepares to leave on a trip to visit Eretz Yisroel.
Many streets of Bedford Avenue have been closed all day Sunday with no parking on either side, as thousands of Satmar Chassidim will wish the Rebbe farewell as he leaves to the airport.

Michael Bloomberg on Sunday reversed his longstanding support of the controversial “stop-and-frisk” police strategy ahead of a potential Democratic presidential run, a policy he embraced as New York’s mayor even though it disproportionately impacted people of color.

There is now a genuine fear that Chairman of the Blue & White Party, MK Benny Gantz, will present President Reuven Rivlin with his minority government to prevent a third round of elections.
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Deep in the heart of the conservative South, Louisiana’s voters reelected Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards to a second term, shocking Republicans who had hoped to reclaim the seat on the strength of President Donald Trump’s popularity.

Tehillim is needed for a United Hatzalah volunteer who was involved in a serious crash in Holon on Friday.
United Hatzalah President Eli Beer tells YWN that the volunteer was responding to an emergency on his Ambucycle, when a vehicle struck him.

Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, pointed her finger at President Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani while detailing her sudden removal from her diplomatic post during Friday’s nationally-televised impeachment testimony, as the president fired back in realtime and said every place she worked “turned bad.”

Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, is being investigated by federal prosecutors for possible campaign finance violations and a failure to register as a foreign agent as part of an active investigation into his financial dealings, according to three U.S.

President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to block a subpoena for his tax returns, in a test of the president’s ability to defy investigations.
The filing Thursday sets the stage for a high court showdown over the tax returns Trump has refused to release, unlike every other modern president.