In a moving scene by the Kosel last week, an English-speaking Holocaust survivor told his story, surrounded by a group of American yeshiva bochurim from Camp Yaaleh Yerushalayim.
Rabbi Shmuel Beller, 92, grew up in the Polish town of Oświęcim which later became the most notorious concentration camp associated with the Holocaust – Auschwitz.

ATLANTA, Georgia — A police officer is out of a job and her friend faces felony charges after the officer let her friend borrow her badge and gun to get free snacks from QuikTrip, police said.

Divers and search crews were still looking Tuesday for nine missing people after at least 25 were confirmed dead when a boat packed with scuba divers caught fire near an island off the Southern California coast.

According to the NY Post, NYC’s Mayor DeBlasio spent just seven hours working at City Hall in the month of May.
The Post report says the Mayor showed up at his office six times in the entire month of May.
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The almanah of the late R’ Pinchas Menachem Pashwazman, a 21-year-old Gerrer chosid who was killed by a Hamas rocket attack in Ashdod in May, gave birth to her second son on Monday night.

Practically parking itself over the Bahamas for a day and a half, Hurricane Dorian pounded away at the islands Tuesday in a catastrophic onslaught that sent floodwaters up to the second floors of buildings, trapped people in attics and chased others from one shelter to another.
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A 90-year-old man is in a critical condition after a fire ripped through his house in Sydney Australia, Tuesday morning.
Sources tell YWN that Hatzolah of Sydney was performing CPR on the victim when he was pulled out of the home.
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Dear Houston Community,
With much gratitude to Hashem, following four years of intense planning and coordination by the executive board and other volunteers, hundreds of schooling and training hours by the first responders, and hours of practice by the dispatchers we are excited to announce that Hatzalah of Houston is now operational and available to respond to medical emergencies.

Hurricane Dorian unleashed massive flooding across the Bahamas on Monday, pummeling the islands with so much wind and water that authorities urged people to find floatation devices and grab hammers to break out of their attics if necessary.

YWN regrets to inform you of the Pertira of Hagaon HaRav Naftali Shmerler ZATZAL after an illness. He was 64.
Rav Shmerler was the Av Beis Din of Machzikei Hadas in Zurich Switzerland, and one of the Rabbonim of Biyan.