I boarded a plane at 6 am from Los Angeles to NY this morning. It was too early to daven before we left. I didn’t want to daven at 2:30 when we landed because I was going straight to the Ohel. I made sure I had an exit row bulkhead. I knew with this plane configuration, I would have plenty of room to daven. About an hour after takeoff, I stood up, took out my Tallis and tefilin, and started davening. The plane was pretty quiet, most people sleeping, and it was really a pleasant davening. As I was taking off my Rashi tefilin, a stewardess approached. I could see she was uncomfortable and said, “You know you will have to sit down soon.” I told her I was just about done and thought nothing more of it. As I looked up, a gentleman was standing, talking to his son and pointing toward me.

President Joe Biden’s closing remarks during his speech at the National Safer Communities Summit in Connecticut on Friday caused a wave of confusion among the audience and sparked renewed questions about his mental capacities. Speaking to gun safety advocates and survivors of gun violence at the University of Hartford, Biden concluded his address with the peculiar phrase, “Alright? God save the Queen, man.” Shortly after, “God Save The Queen” started trending on Twitter, with many expressing their bewilderment and pointing out the latest instance of Biden’s obviously declining cognitive health. Had Biden made a reference to Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s monarch who passed away last September? Yes, he absolutely had.

Many of us aren’t very familiar with guns, how they work, and the differences between various types of firearms. Thankfully, Joe Biden is here to educate us all. During a speech, the president was discussing gun control, and unleashed the following beauty, succinctly telling us all we ever have to know about guns: “Put a pistol on a brace, it turns into a gun — makes it more — you can have a higher-caliber weapon, higher-caliber bullet coming out of that gun!” Biden exclaimed. And there you have it. All you’ll ever need to know about the thing – the shooty machine thingy Joe was babbling about. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Former prime minister Ehud Barak was a guest on a Channel 12 news show over the weekend, and he engaged in his usual hate talk about Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, saying, among other things, that the prime minister “is weak.” However, this time, Barak, who served the shortest term as prime minister in Israeli history apart from Naftali Bennett, was challenged by a member of the panel, political commentator Danielle Roth-Avneri, who countered that “‘this weak man’ has been prime minister for many years, which you have tried to continue to be.” Barak responded by saying: “I ask to silence this panel member, this show has an editor.” But Roth-Avneri refused to be silenced and slammed Barak for his call for a civil rebellion: “It’s unbelievable that you call on live TV for a civil rebe

The once grandiose Pines Hotel, formerly a prominent establishment in the Catskill Mountains’ renowned “Borsht Belt,” was consumed by a massive blaze and destroyed, early Sunday morning. The abandoned hotel, located on Laural Avenue in South Fallsburg, has been closed since 1998 due to financial struggles and structural damage. In recent years, the Pines Hotel, once a symbol of luxury and leisure, fell victim to financial hardships and structural deterioration, leading to its closure over two decades ago. Despite several attempts to revive the property, including proposals for residential development, ownership disputes and various challenges prevented any progress. There were previously arson fires at the property, with homeless and drug users living at the property.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday claimed that Jews think Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky isn’t Jewish. “I have a lot of Jewish friends,” Putin said at an economic forum in Saint Petersburg. “They say that Zelensky is not Jewish, that he is a disgrace to the Jewish people.” “This is not a joke and not an attempt at irony, because today neo-Nazis, Hitler’s disciples, have been put on a pedestal as heroes of Ukraine,” Putin added, the TASS Russian News Agency reported. Putin admitted that Zelensky “has Jewish blood” but ” covers for these freaks, these neo-Nazis, with his actions.” (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

President Biden sparked a wave of social media mockery after making remarks that seemed to hint at a grand plan to construct a railroad stretching from the Pacific Ocean “across” the Indian Ocean. Speaking at the League of Conservation Voters’ annual dinner in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday evening, Biden revealed, “We have plans to build a railroad from the Pacific all the way across the Indian Ocean. We have plans to build in Angola, one of the largest solar plants in the world. I could go on, but I’m not. I’m going off script.

A Baltimore-based Amazon user had his access to the company’s smart home features suspended for a week due to an accusation that his doorbell intercom made a “racist remark” toward a delivery driver. Brandon Jackson, an engineer at Microsoft and a black man, shared his experience on Medium, expressing his disbelief over the incident and raising concerns about his continued use of Amazon products. Following the incident, Amazon has since restored access to Jackson’s account and released a statement emphasizing their commitment to preventing similar occurrences in the future. Jackson revealed that on May 25, he discovered he had been locked out of his Echo Show account, rendering him unable to interact with the connected devices.

Who were the four Likud MKs who disregarded the instructions of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday and voted via secret ballot for the opposition MK to serve on the Judicial Selection Committee? In a video that circulated on social media after the vote, Likud MK Yuli Edelstein is seen approaching opposition leader Benny Gantz after the vote and whispering in his ear. Gantz then approached Chili Tropper, a member of his party who reportedly was in touch with the “rebels” earlier in the day and whispered in his ear.

By: Sandy Eller The world of kosher took on a new vibe at the two day JFood kosher food expo, a two day event where favorites such as ice cream and rugelach shared space with unexpected items like dandelion yogurt and robotically-spun cotton candy. 6,700 attendees flocked to JFood, a Compass Conferences event held at Edison’s New Jersey Expo Center on June 13th and 14th and featured approximately 200 booths representing more than 500 brands. Day one of the show was a business-to-business event geared to supermarkets, restaurants, caterers, schools and camps, while the second half of the event was consumer-focused and open to the general public.  The two day format was a win-win for everyone said Shmiel Stern, CEO of The Compass Crew.