A pair of West Ham United fans have been arrested following a sickening video showing them targeting a chasidic man with an anti-Semitic song on a recent flight. The 55- and 26-year-old men have been arrested and charged over the incident, which shocked Jews and gentiles alike. “West Ham United is appalled by the contents of the video circulating on social media and condemn the behaviour of the individuals involved,” a team spokesman said. “We continue to be unequivocal in our stance – we have a zero-tolerance approach to any form of discrimination. Any individuals identified will be issued with an indefinite ban from the club.

Over 10,000 people were in Borough Park this Shabbos to join in the tefillos and tishen of the Gerrer Rosh Yeshiva, Hagaon Harav Shaul Alter. A massive tent capable of holding thousands of people was hastily erected at 18th Avenue and 52nd Street on Friday as the number of expected visitors rose dramatically. Yet, despite the tent’s size, it was unable to hold all who wished to see Rav Shaul Alter. The festivities began Friday afternoon with a packed mincha followed by a short shiur from Rav Shaul’s brother, Rav Daniel, and then maariv. Friday night tish with the rosh yeshiva began at 10 PM; by 10:20, tish organizers had to lock the doors, as the tent simply could not hold any more people without posing a serious security risk.

An oil tanker truck exploded near Sierra Leone’s capital, killing at least 98 people and severely injuring dozens of others after large crowds gathered to collect leaking fuel, officials and witnesses said Saturday. The explosion took place late Friday when the tanker collided with another truck as it was pulling into a gas station near a busy intersection in Wellington, just east of the capital of Freetown, according to the National Disaster Management Agency. “Both drivers came out of their vehicles and warned community residents to stay off the scene while trying to address a leakage emanating from the collision,” the agency said. In this deeply impoverished country, however, crowds still rushed in to scoop up the fuel, witnesses said.

Hundreds of religious people came to the Kosel on Friday morning for Tefillas Shacharis of Rosh Chodesh Kislev to protest the planned provocation of Reform Labor MK Gilad Kariv and the Women of the Wall group. Dozens of religious MKs were planning on physically blocking Kariv from repeating what he did last month – using his immunity to smuggle a Sefer Torah into the women’s section of the Kosel and reading it in a mixed group.

Hagaon HaRav Shaul Alter’s visit to America continued Thursday in Monsey and Lakewood, with throngs of people vying for a glimpse of the Gerrer rosh yeshiva attending his shiurim and other public appearances. On Thursday, Rav Shaul Alter flew from the heliport in Lower Manhattan aboard philanthropist Louis Scheiner’s helicopter to Monsey, where he delivered a shiur to well over 1,000 people at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim. The Gerrer rosh yeshiva then went to a parlor meeting fundraiser at Louis Scheiner’s home, by 75-100 philanthropists who donated massive sums of money to Rav Shaul Alter’s mosdos.

An NYPD helicopter followed a private chopper from Brooklyn to Lakewood, after the helicopter landed in a vacant lot on the corner of Carroll St. and Troy Ave. in Crown Heights, picked up passengers, and took off heading for New Jersey. According to highly credible sources YWN has been in contact with, the private helicopter received authorization from the JFK control tower to land and take off from the lot in Crown Heights, but the pilot did not notify the NYPD, resulting in the police giving chase. Footage obtained by The Lakewood Scoop shows the NYPD helicopter landing at the Lakewood Municipal Airport near the private helicopter which had just landed.

Thirty members of the group of 72 Lev Tahor members who have been held in a building near Istanbul Airport in Turkey since Tuesday morning, have entered Romania, Kikar H’Shabbat reported on Wednesday night. Other reports, including Turkish media reports, stated that all the members of the group were sent to Bucharest at their own request after spending three days in Istanbul. The Turkish report added that the group members held 19 Canadian passports, 24 American passports, 1 Portuguese passport, and 28 Guatemalan passports. Komşu kabul etmemişti!

A juror in Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial was dismissed Thursday after a court security officer reported that the man told a joke about the police shooting of Jacob Blake, which set off protests in the Wisconsin city where Rittenhouse is accused of shooting three people. Kenosha County Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder said the security officer reported the remarks earlier this week. Prosecutor Thomas Binger said the remarks as shared showed racial bias. Blake, who is Black, was shot by a white Kenosha police officer and left partially paralyzed. JUST IN: Juror excused from Kyle Rittenhouse trial after he made a joke about the police shooting of Jacob Blake.

State Senator Simcha came out swinging against NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio’s vaccine mandate which has caused numerous firehouses to close as firefighter hesitate to get vaccinated. “The Mayor’s vaccine mandate flies in the face of science and restricts perfectly reasonable options, with disastrous consequences,” Senator Felder said. “In the name of public safety, hospital wards and police precincts are understaffed, fire stations are closed, rats are festering in the garbage that is piling up across the city; and they want us to believe that this is in everyone’s best interest!” “The mandate is a punitive policy that punishes people for making individual health decisions.

The Gerrer Rosh Yeshiva, Hagaon Rav Shaul Alter, is continuing his historic, whirlwind visit to the United States, visiting various rabbanim and mosdos, and meeting with numerous chasidim eager to be in his presence. Rav Shaul on Tuesday visited Yeshiva Yagdil Torah, the flagship Gerrer yeshiva in Borough Park, where he delivered a shiur and spoke to the yeshiva’s younger talmidim, followed by visits to the elder of the admorim, the Rachmastrivka Rebbe. The Rosh Yeshiva also held meetings with the Bobov-45, Bobov-48, and Kossover Rebbes, and attended a massive kabolas panim event in Borough Park, attended by well over 1,000 people.