Eliyahu Dahan, who was seriously injured in the Ramat Eshkol terror attack over two weeks ago had a moving reunion with the person who was the first to arrive at the scene and administer first aid, saving Dahan’s life. Channel 12 News arranged the meeting between, Shimon Levi, himself a survivor of the Beis Yisrael terror attack in 2002, and Dahan at Shaarei Tzedek Hospital. “I owe you my life,” a moved Dahan said to Levi. “B’ezrat Hashem, I should be zocheh to stand on my two feet to come thank you.” At the end of the visit, Levi, who composed the song “אין דבר רע יורד מן השמים כי הכל לטובה” and sang it together with famed singer, Yaakov Shwekey, sang the very apropos song together with Dahan. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

With Donald Trump preparing to announce a 2024 run for the presidency, the former president is already garnering mockery and disdain for his antics. In a Saturday rally, Trump derisively referred to star conservative Ron DeSantis as “De-Sanctimonious,” taking a dig at who will likely be his top opponent for the GOP nomination just days before DeSantis is up for reelection as governor of Florida. The move angered conservatives, including many who have been staunch allies of Trump. “DeSantis is an extremely effective conservative governor who has had real policy wins and real cultural wins. Trump isn’t going to be able to take this one down with a dumb nickname. He better have more than that up his sleeve,” said Daily Wire commentator Matt Walsh.

(By: Sandy Eller) Well over a thousand people flocked to Hatzalah & EMS Expo 22, a two day event for the emergency medical services industry featuring classes, vendors, demonstrations, awards and a variety of other opportunities. The Hatzalah EMS Expo debuted last year as the first EMS trade show in the New York City area, drawing over 500 Hatzalah volunteers as well as members of other agencies. The event was so successful that it was clear that this year’s expo needed to be moved to a larger venue to accommodate a massive global turnout that included Hatzalah branches, EMS agencies and first responders. Held on October 30th and 31st at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus and presented by Cross River, the expo was a microcosm of the Hatzalah universe.

In a Wednesday night address, President Joe Biden warned that Republicans are fascists and want to establish authoritarianism in the United States. Liberals ran with the message. On MSNBC, presidential historian Michael Beschloss went all-in on this deranged assertion. “Six nights from now, we could all be discussing violence all over this country. There’s signs that may happen, may God forbid, that losers will be declared winners by fraudulent election officers, or secretary of state candidates, or governors, or state legislatures,” Beschloss claimed.

Hagaon Harav Shaul Alter shlit”a, the venerated Rosh Yeshiva of Mosdos Pnei Menachem, will be returning to the United States next week to spread his inimitable love, chizzuk, and inspiration to the tens of thousands in the U.S. who are now his followers. The rosh yeshiva is scheduled to be in Boro Park for Parshas Chayei Sarah, where thousands are already expected to join the davening and his tish. Excitement is already building for his visit, with dozens of askanim already making preparations for the enormous crowds expected to flock to Boro Park for and on Shabbos to see and hear from the gadol. Rav Shaul shlit”a is also expected to visit various other cities on the East Coast, including Lakewood. Details of those visits have not yet been officially released.

The UTJ MKs went to the home of the Gadol HaDor, HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein, on Wednesday to share the good news of the success of the right-wing bloc in the polls, including the Chareidi parties. “We came to thank the Rosh Yeshivah who succeeded in arousing the public and bringing them to the polls,” UTJ chairman Moshe Gafni said. The Rosh Yeshivah replied: “It’s Kavod Shamayim.” MK Yaakov Asher then noted that the majority of MKs in the emerging coalition are Shomer Shabbos. Watch the video below: (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

As the election results showed a clear right-wing victory on Wednesday, the Rosh Yeshivah of Kisei Rachamim, HaGaon HaRav Meir Mazuz instructed that Tachanun shouldn’t be recited. After Shemoneh Esrei of Mincha Gedolah in his Beis Medrash in Bnei Brak, Rav Mazuz told the chazzan to skip Tachanun. The Rosh Yeshivah explained: “We’re b’simcha that we won and we need to thank HaKadosh Baruch Hu. There were those who thought that Lieberman, yimach shemo v’zichro, would swallow us all. He fought against Torah and religion.” (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

After Shacharis on Wednesday morning at the main shul in the Ramat Elchanan neighborhood of Bnei Brak, HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Zilberstein led the shul in reciting Mizmor L’Todah to thank Hashem for the election results. “Rabboseinu say that in the future all the korbanos will be revoked except for the korban todah,” HaRav Zilberstein said. “But the korban todah can’t be revoked, it will always exist.” “Hakadosh Baruch Hu is showing us a bit of a ‘beaming face,’ [‘פנים שוחקות’] so come let us say together Mizmor L’Todah. We can’t bring korbonos so at least let’s recite Mizmor L’Todah.” Rav Zilberstein then proceeded to recite Mizmor L’Todah with great emotion passuk by passuk as the congregation recited after him. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

YWN has already published numerous videos of impersonating NYC employees ripping down Lee Zeldin for Governor signs all over Jewish communities in NYC. But now YWN has footage of NYC employees as well as a New York State Assemblyman doing the same. If this isn’t a sign of utter desperation, we don’t know what is. The first video below is New York State Assemblyman Peter Abbate, Jr, who was caught red-handed tearing down Lee Zeldin signs in Bensonhurst Brooklyn. The Assemblyman made special mention of the “disgrace in Boro Park at how many signs there are over there.” The next video is a New York City Sanitation employee driving down Avenue N near Nostrand Avenue, stopping his car, and yanking a sign from in front of a private home.

An Arab man tried to force a Chareidi woman in her 20s into his car on a street in Tiveria on Tuesday. B’Chasdei Shamayim, she managed to escape from him and she immediately reported the incident to the police. The woman later said: “He attacked me from behind and tried to pull me into his car. I fought him and I managed to free myself from him. I was saved by a neis, it could have ended in a disaster – I fell on the street while I was struggling with him a second before a bus passed and I was almost run over. I went through the worst nightmare of my life.” The woman reported the incident to the police, who quickly arrived at the scene and began carrying out searches.