POTUS ON MIKE WALTZ: “He didn’t resign. You people are so bad. You’re trying to make a big deal out of something that’s not. You are so bad. That’s why nobody watches you anymore.”

In a sharply worded critique delivered during a private meeting, MK Moshe Gafni, head of the Degel HaTorah faction within United Torah Judaism, lashed out at Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich for what he described as a failure to prioritize the return of Israeli hostages. Gafni made it clear that, in his view, rescuing the captives must be the nation’s top concern.
“Anyone who abandons the hostages is sealing their fate to death. In Judaism, there is no concept of future pikuach nefesh. It’s now or never,” Gafni asserted, addressing senior representatives of the chareidi community.
The comments, made during a closed-door gathering, were first made public by Kol Barama radio.

President Trump mentioned Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio as potential successors during an interview broadcast Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” but stopped short of endorsing either one definitively.
In that same interview, Trump addressed previous speculation about seeking a third term, stating that he has no plans to pursue it. “It’s far too early to say that. But you know, I do have a vice president … and JD’s doing a fantastic job,” Trump said.
When asked further about Rubio, Trump chose not to commit, instead offering praise: “I don’t want to get involved in that. I think he’s a fantastic, brilliant guy. Marco is great. There’s a lot of them that are great,” he added. “We have a lot of good people in this party.”

The Israeli Ministry of Transport issued a statement today outlining new regulations intended to maintain seder at the kever of the Tanna Rav Shimon bar Yochai in Meron on Lag Ba’omer. To help manage the massive crowds expected to ascend to the holy site, visitors will be limited to a maximum stay of five hours within the site.

Seventy to eighty percent of mothers experience the “baby blues,” but a staggering one in seven go on to develop postpartum depression—making it the most common complication of childbirth. The perinatal period—from the start of pregnancy through the first year after childbirth—can be a time of great excitement and joy, but for many, it is also marked by mental health challenges. In frum communities, where we place a strong value on having children and have high birth rates, awareness of perinatal mood disorders is especially important. Postpartum depression is a form of clinical depression that occurs after giving birth, typically within the first few weeks or months, but can last for quite a while if untreated.

In a recent episode of his widely shared Q&A sessions, Harav Gershon Ribner shlit”a, addressed a question posed by a group of bochurim deeply concerned about their role in resolving the ongoing shidduch crisis. The bochurim, who identified themselves as a group not eager to leave their American yeshiva early, asked a straightforward yet loaded question: “We want to stay in our current yeshiva, but we also feel an achrayus to help solve the shidduch crisis. What should we do?” Rav Gershon’s answer was equally straightforward — and striking: The best way to help solve the shidduch crisis is to stay in your American yeshiva through fourth-year beis medrash and then go straight to BMG or another yeshiva where you can begin shidduchim. Skip Eretz Yisroel entirely.

President Donald Trump’s 2026 federal budget proposal includes sweeping cuts across domestic agencies and so-called “woke programs,” but one area is set for a major expansion: the creation of a “Golden Dome” missile defense system — a massive, U.S.-based version of Israel’s Iron Dome. The proposal, which outlines a staggering $113 billion increase to the Department of Defense budget — a 13% jump — includes a down payment on what the document calls a “next-generation missile defense shield that would protect the U.S. from missile threats coming from any adversary.” “Israel has it, other places have it, and the United States should have it, too,” Trump declared during his March address to Congress, in which he formally asked lawmakers to fund the initiative.

A lawsuit was filed in federal court in Manhattan by 57 Jewish and Israeli travelers, accusing United Airlines of antisemitic behavior after their flight to Tel Aviv in April 2023 was unexpectedly redirected back to Newark. The plaintiffs claim the airline had no valid justification for the decision and that they were collectively mistreated.

JUST NOW: A Jewish man was assaulted and called a “dirty Jew” by a violent individual at the Dunkin’ Donuts on Flatbush Avenue and Avenue L. Thanks to the swift response of Flatbush Shomrim, the suspect was quickly located and taken into custody by the NYPD on East 38th Street near Kings Highway. During the arrest, the suspect also bit an NYPD officer on the arm.