The helicopter crash that killed Iran’s president and foreign minister has sent shock waves around the region. Iranian state media said on Monday that President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, and others have been found dead at the site after an hourslong search through a foggy, mountainous region of the country’s northwest. […]

Iran’s first Vice President Mohammad Mokhber was appointed as acting president of the Islamic Republic on Monday after the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash in the country’s northwest. Mokhber, 68, largely has been in the shadows compared to other politicians in Iran’s Shiite theocracy. Raisi’s death under the constitution thrust Mokhber […]

As news headlines flash around the world about the deaths of President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, frum Jews can’t help but see the Yad Hashem. Not only did Hakadosh Baruch Hu perform incredible nissim when Iran launched an unprecedented attack on Israel, firing over 300 missiles with over 60 tons of explosives […]

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman The pelvic surgery happened over the weekend at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center’s Ichilov Hospital. And, yes, there were protests. A captured Hamas terrorist who murdered innocent people on Oct. 7 needed pelvic surgery was initially refused treatment. In the past, such procedures occurred within the prison hospital system.  The Tel […]

It’s official: Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian are dead. The helicopter they were flying in over Iran’s East Azerbaijan province crashed in freezing, rugged terrain during atrocious weather conditions, including rain and dense fog, on Sunday afternoon local time. The search for Raisi and his sorry fellow helicopter riders took some […]

Iranian Red Crescent announced on Monday that authorities have located the wreckage of the helicopter which carried Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. The head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society, Pir Hossein Kolivand, said rescue teams were around 1.25 miles away from the crash site. An offical photo of the wreckage […]

HaGaon HaRav Dov Landua spoke words of hesped at Ponevezh Yeshivah on Thursday night on the yartzheit of Rosh HaYeshivah HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein z’tl. After the hesped, HaRav Landau spoke about the draft law hanging over the heads of the Chareidi sector. “At this opportunity, I’m turning to all those who are considering legislating […]

Israel is currently defending yet another bogus case against it filed by the pro-Hamas South African government at the International Court of Justice (IJC) at the Hague. It should be noted that a group of 160 lawyers has issued a call to the Biden administration to launch an investigation into South Africa’s ruling party, the […]

Iranians are glued to their TV screens and smartphones as they awaited updates on the fate of President Ebrahim Raisi after his helicopter crashed en route to Tehran from Azerbaijan at around 1 PM local time, with more than 13 hours passing since he went missing, and still no sign of him. Thousands of Muslim […]

In a world that seems to be filled with hatred and antisemitism in recent months, it is comforting to realize that there are still some decent people in the world who don’t hate Jews. On Thursday, for the first time since October 7th, the UN Security Council council held a session focused only on the […]