As reported by YWN when the Sefer Torah was stolen in Far Rockaway, NY, the NYPD has made an arrest and recovered the Torah! Detectives of the NYPD’s Major Case Squad worked diligently on this complex case to bring the individual responsible, Saul Colon of Queens New York, into custody. NYPD Deputy Chief Richie Taylor of the Community Affairs Bureau told Yeshiva World News that immediately after this crime occurred, Police Commissioner Edward Caban, Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey, Deputy Commissioner Mark Stewart & Chief of Detectives Joe Kenny personally ensured that all appropriate investigative police resources were utilized to bring the offender into custody, which resulted in this arrest and recovery of the Torah.

Hezbollah has announced that it fired numerous Katyusha rockets at Israel. The terrorist group, supported by Iran, stated that this recent strike targeted Moshav Beit Hillel as a retaliation for Israel’s assaults on Kfar Kela and Deir Siriane in Lebanon, which it alleges caused injuries to civilians. A significant number of the rockets were intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome defense system. According to Israeli local officials, several rockets struck areas near Beit Hillel, with Ynet news site reporting that the attacks caused fires in the vicinity. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Following an altercation in front of Gombo’s Bakery on Main Street in South Fallsburg, an individual is in serious condition after being stabbed. Catskills Hatzolah was called for mutual aid by the local EMS system, and Hatzolah Paramedics treated the victim. A medevac landed at the Fallsburg High School to airlift the patient to a trauma center. A name for Tehilim was not needed in this incident. A suspect is in custody, and Fallsburg Police and other law enforcement personnel are on the scene investigating the incident. THIS STORY WAS FIRST PUBLISHED ON THE CATSKILL SCOOP STATUS CLICK HERE SIGN UP TO THE CATSKILL SCOOP WHATSAPP STATUS TO BE INFORMED OF CATSKILL NEWS IN LIVE TIME (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

President Joe Biden on Thursday announced the release of 24 detainees, including high-profile Americans such as Paul Whelan, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, and Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva. The historic prisoner swap with Russia marks the largest exchange since the Cold War, concluding intense negotiations by the Biden administration. During a press conference following the announcement, President Biden was questioned about former President Donald Trump’s criticisms of the deal.

Former President Donald Trump boasted at a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday about his mugshot becoming the “number one selling” of all time. Addressing the crowd, Trump said, “I’m being indicted for you. Did you like my mugshot? Did you like the mugshot? My father’s looking down, my mother and father, they’re looking down because they’re definitely in heaven. They made heaven, they’re great. They’re looking down and saying, ‘I can’t believe my son took a mugshot, this is unbelievable.'” He continued, “But it’s the number one-selling mugshot in history. It beat Elvis! And it beat Frank Sinatra, did you know that? Frank Sinatra had a big one, did you know he got arrested for something? And I think Elvis had a fight at a gas station or something.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump attacked Senator Chuck Schumer in a speech at a recent rally, accusing him of being complicit with Hamas and its terrorism. “He refused to shake the Prime Minister’s hand. Chuck Schumer has become a Palestinian,” Trump told the crowd. “He has become a proud member of Hamas.” “Nancy Pelosi, likewise, has denounced the speech, in shameful terms,” he added. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

An outrageous video shows an employee of the Officeworks store in Elsternwick, a suburb of Melbourne, refusing to carry out a laminating job because she is “pro-Palestine.” In a typical display of utter ignorance, she couldn’t even explain why being pro-Palestine meant that she couldn’t laminate the page, which was an article in the Australian Jewish News about a group of Australians who traveled to Israel to help victims of the October 7 Hamas assault. And of course, she definitely didn’t explain why her personal views prevented her from carrying out her job and treating her customers equally.

At the National Association of Black Journalists annual convention in Chicago, former President Donald Trump engaged in a tense exchange with ABC News reporter Rachel Scott over the characterization of Vice President Kamala Harris as a “DEI hire” and her racial identity. The discussion began with Scott questioning Trump about accusations from some Republicans that Harris, the first Black and Asian American woman to serve as vice president, was chosen for her race rather than her qualifications. Scott asked Trump, “Some of your own supporters, including Republicans on Capitol Hill, have labeled Vice President Kamala Harris as a DEI hire. Is that acceptable language to you?

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) took a swipe at comments made by Donald Trump during this Sunday’s fundraiser hosted by the Sephardic community in Deal, New Jersey, after YWN reporter Moshe Schwartz published footage from the event on X. “The Democrats hate Israel. The Democrats largely hate the Jewish people,” Trump said in the video posted by Schwartz. “It’s time for the Jewish people to step up and vote for the Republicans and for Donald Trump, and we’re gonna save Israel.” In response, the ADL accused Trump of improperly injecting religion into politics. “At this moment of heightened antisemitism, our political leaders must come together to fight it. Religion should not be weaponized for partisan gains,” the ADL wrote on its official X account.

Statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this evening (Wednesday, 31 July 2024), at the Kirya in Tel Aviv [translated from Hebrew]: “Dear citizens of Israel, good evening. Since the beginning of the war, I have made it clear that we are in a fight against Iran’s axis of evil. This is an existential war against a stranglehold of terrorist armies and missiles that Iran would like to tighten around our neck. In my address to Congress several days ago, I noted that the three main arms of this axis of evil are Hamas, the Houthis and Hezbollah, the three H’s. We have recently struck crushing blows on each one. Three weeks ago, we attacked the Hamas chief-of-staff, Muhammad Deif.