Yahadus HaTorah (United Torah Judaism), the Chareidi Ashkenazi party in Israel, is known for their catchy jingles they create anew for every election every few years months – a considerable feat considering how many new jingles they had to come up with over the past year. They’ve done it again for the March 23 elections, with popular Israeli singers Ruli Dickman and Mendy Weiss singing this year’s month’s tune. The song hones in on the message that Chareidim in Israel should vote for UTJ because it’s the party that puts Hashem and His Torah at the forefront and is supported by the Gedolim. It also mentions issues important to Chareidim – yeshivos, kehillos, and combatting anti-religious incitement. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

The FBI has released new video showing someone placing two pipe bombs outside the offices of the Republican and Democratic national committees the night before the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. The explosive devices were placed outside the two buildings between 7:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 5 and were located by law enforcement the next day. U.S. Capitol Police and agents from the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were called to the Republican National Committee’s office around 12:45 p.m. on Jan. 6. About 30 minutes later, as the agents and bomb technicians were still investigating at the RNC, another call came in for a similar explosive device found at the Democratic National Committee headquarters nearby.

A person was murdered on Ave M and East 19th just after midnight, Thursday morning. Sources tell YWN that the victim, was an African American teen, was transported by Flatbush Hatzolah to Community Hospital in traumatic arrest with CPR being performed. He was pronounced dead minutes after arriving at the emergency room. A weapon and shell casings have been retrieved, and an investigation is underway. Police were interviewing a group of teens who appeared to have been with the victim when he was shot. They did not appear to be local residents. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Following a year when the Ponevezher Rosh Yeshivah barely left his home due to his caution against contracting the coronavirus, HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelelstein delivered a shiur in heichel Ohel Kedoshim next to Ponevezh on Tuesday evening. Only those who have been vaccinated or have recovered from the coronavirus were allowed into the shiur. The shiur is the first of a special “masa chizuk” in upcoming days, during which the Rosh Yeshivah will deliver shiurim in other yeshivos and heichalei Torah.

Shocking video shows the moment two New York City police officers were wounded ‒ and miraculously survived ‒ while answering a 911 call for a person shot in Brooklyn over the weekend, officials said. “This incident, I’m sure everybody could understand, could have been a lot worse,” Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison said Monday during a news conference. “By the grace of God, our heroic officers will be going home.” New York Police Department (NYPD) brass shared the harrowing footage of the attack from 9:15 p.m. Sunday, when three officers and one sergeant were responding to a report of a man shot at a Crown Heights apartment building, Harrison said. Police arrived to find the suspect exiting the apartment “wearing a blanket over his shoulders,” Harrison said.

Ben Shapiro, the Orthodox Jewish talkshow host, surprised many in the Orthodox Jewish community on Tuesday, when he and and singer Eitan Katz both tweeted a video of them performing Katzs’ hit son “L’maancha” together. Katz was on his guitar, while Shapiro played his violin. YWN has in the past reported that the two were classmates in high school. Shaprio has previously played “Le’mancha” for his audience, and revealed that he actually played a few violin lines on his first album. Ben Shapiro (born January 15, 1984) is an American conservative political commentator, writer, and lawyer. He is the host of a podcast, The Ben Shapiro Show, that is downloaded 15 million times per month and is widely regarded as a top program for young conservative listeners.

President Joe Biden appeared to forget the name of the Pentagon and the name of the Secretary of Defense on Monday. It happened when Biden was announcing the nominations of two female generals for promotion to four-star commands, hailing the nominees as “two outstanding and eminently qualified warriors and patriots.” “And I want to thank the sec – the, the, ah former general. I keep calling him general, but my, my – the guy who runs that outfit over there,” Biden said. “I want to make sure we thank the secretary for all he’s done to try to implement what we just talked about. And for recommending these two women for promotion.” See the video below: MOMENTS AGO: Biden announces 2nd and 3rd women in the history of the U.S. military to lead combatant commands.

Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein addressed the New York State Assembly during the vote o Friday to revoke Governor Cuomo’s extraordinary Executive powers. In his passionate address Assemblyman Eichenstein described the Governor’s draconian lockdown measures. “It is important to reflect right here on the floor of the People’s House that only Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods, be it in Brooklyn, in Queens, in Rockland County, in Orange County, on Staten Island, only Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods were singled out by this Governor and placed in full lockdown red zones in an effort to take revenge against my community,” said Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein. Assemblyman Eichenstein continued, “It is with that in mind, Mr.

SpaceX’s futuristic Starship looked like it aced a touchdown Wednesday, but then exploded on the landing pad with so much force that it was hurled into the air. The failure occurred just minutes after SpaceX declared success. Two previous test flights crash-landed in fireballs. The full-scale prototype of Elon Musk’s envisioned Mars ship soared more than 6 miles (10 kilometers) after lifting off from the southern tip of Texas on Wednesday. It descended horizontally over the Gulf of Mexico and then flipped upright just in time to land. The shiny bullet-shaped rocketship remained intact this time at touchdown, prompting SpaceX commentator John Insprucker to declare, “third time’s a charm as the saying goes” before SpaceX ended its webcast of the test.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed what he called an “outrageous” joke made recently by “Saturday Night Live” star Michael Che that many deemed “anti-Semitic.” Netanyahu told “Fox & Friends” on Thursday that he thought the joke related to Israel’s coronavirus vaccine rollout was “so false.” “Israel is reporting that they’ve vaccinated half of their population. I’m going to guess it’s the Jewish half,” Che said last month on the show’s “Weekend Update” segment. “That’s outrageous,” Netanyahu said on Thursday, speaking from Jerusalem. “In fact, I brought vaccines and went especially to the Arab communities, the Arab citizens of Israel and vaccinated as many as we can,” he added.