After Israeli leftists spent hours protesting on the streets this week and threatening a civil war, the coalition succeeded in passing a judicial reform bill overnight Wednesday. No other country in the world has a judicial selection process like Israel, with a leftist echo chamber responsible for electing its judges, shackling the elected government.  And the bill that passed overnight, a watered-down version of the original bill, is not enough to change the composition of the courts and its authoritarian power –  it is only a tiny baby step to correcting what is wrong with the judicial system and restoring autonomy to the government.

Israel will move its clocks forward by one hour overnight Thursday, marking the start of daylight saving time (DST). The switch will take place at 2 a.m., with the time jumping to 3 a.m. The six-hour time difference between Israel and the US for the past several weeks will now revert to a seven-hour time difference. DST will remain in effect until standard time resumes on October 26, 2025. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s auto tariffs are a “direct attack” on his country and that the trade war is hurting Americans, noting that American consumer confidence is at a multi-year low. Trump said earlier Wednesday that he was placing 25% tariffs on auto imports and, to underscore his intention, he stated “This is permanent.” “This is a very direct attack,” Carney responded. “We will defend our workers. We will defend our companies. We will defend our country.” Carney said he needs to see the details of Trump’s executive order before taking retaliatory measures. He called it unjustified and said he will leave the election campaign to go to Ottawa on Thursday to chair his special Cabinet committee on U.S. relations.

President Donald Trump told Newsmax that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has faced intense criticism from his own party for failing to stop the Senate from passing a temporary funding bill, which ultimately avoided a partial government shutdown. Schumer had originally promised to rally his Democratic colleagues to oppose the bill by blocking the cloture motion, which requires 60 votes to end a filibuster and move the legislation forward for a full vote. However, as pressure mounted over the looming government shutdown, Schumer changed his stance, leading to calls for him to step down from his leadership role.

Family getting up: Wednesday (4/02/25)AM Rebbetzin Gittel BauskWife Reb. Gittel will be sitting in Israel until Monday night.

The revelation that President Donald Trump’s most senior national security officials posted the specifics of a military attack to a chat group that included a journalist hours before the attack took place in Yemen has raised many questions. Among them are whether federal laws were violated, whether classified information was exposed on the commercial messaging app, and whether anyone will face consequences for the leaks. Here’s what we know so far, and what we don’t know. ___ KNOWN: Signal is a publicly available app that provides encrypted communications, but it can be hacked. It is not approved for carrying classified information.

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Governor Kathy Hochul of New York made it clear on The David Pakman Show that her state will not participate in large-scale deportations, stressing that state law enforcement will not collaborate in such operations. “We’re not going to allow this mass deportation,” Hochul stated, emphasizing that her cooperation will only extend to situations where a warrant exists or when an individual is listed on a terrorism watch list.

Family getting up: Tuesday (4/01/25)AM Mr. Yoel Smith Son

The judge overseeing the civil lawsuit involving a Signal group chat among members of Trump’s cabinet regarding Houthi attacks is the same judge who previously intervened to prevent the administration from deporting individuals suspected of being members of the Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang. James Boasberg, the chief judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, was appointed by Obama and is currently handling the case brought by the organization American Oversight against five cabinet members, as reported by Politico’s Kyle Cheney.

Long-threatened tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump have plunged the country into a global trade war — all while on-again, off-again new levies continue to escalate uncertainty. Trump is no stranger to tariffs. He launched a trade war during his first term, taking particular aim at China by putting taxes on most of its goods. Beijing responded with its own retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products ranging from fruit to automotive imports. Trump also used the threat of more tariffs to force Canada and Mexico to renegotiate a North American trade pact, called the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, in 2020.

The London-based newspaper Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported that Israeli officials are allegedly using the ongoing talks as a pretext to push forward a plan that would force Palestinians out of Gaza. “There are attempts to embarrass Cairo through an Israeli plan aimed at advancing the forced displacement agenda,” one of the sources was quoted as saying.

(By Alexandra Segal) There’s something about watching history in the making. Seeing a moment in time, knowing you were there as it occurred, and that it would be remembered as monumental for all time. I think it’s safe to say that I, along with close to 6,500 other women felt like we were part of a historic moment, between this Sunday and Monday nights. In an opulent theater built for royals — the Kings Theatre — in the heart of Brooklyn, girls and women of all ages and backgrounds flooded from near and far (many flying in from Chicago, Switzerland, Toronto, Florida, Texas and other places) to hear the soulful sounds of one Shaindy Plotzker, a 28-year-old powerhouse who commands the stage and captivates every audience, event single time.

The Williamsburg kehilla is eagerly awaiting the opening of a magnificent new shul on Throop Avenue, a project spearheaded by noted philanthropist Reb Yoeli Landau. With Pesach fast approaching, efforts are in full swing to ensure every detail is completed on time—including the construction of the mikvah. R’ Yoeli has gone to extraordinary lengths to guarantee the mikvah is filled with kosher water in time for Pesach – by bringing in fresh snow trucked in from the Jay Peak Resort in Vermont! The snow, transported by Imperial Marble, was brought in via a refrigerated truck to ensure it remained pristine and untouched, in accordance with halachic requirements.

On Thursday morning, Hamas declared that Abdul Latif Al-Qanou, their spokesperson, had been killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Jabalia region of northern Gaza. Israel has not issued a statement regarding the claim.
This follows a Sunday operation carried out by the IDF and Shin Bet in the Khan Yunis area, where Ismail Barhoum, a senior figure in Hamas’ financial and institutional operations, was killed. Barhoum played a significant role in Hamas’ political bureau and was closely involved in military strategy, directly influencing the group’s operations.
In his role, Barhoum managed Hamas’ financial activities within Gaza, overseeing the allocation of resources to the group’s military wing, as well as financing and organizing terrorist attacks against Israel.

Hamas confirms that their spokesman, Abdel Latif al-Qanou, was killed in an IDF airstrike on his tent in Jabaliya, north of Gaza today. The IDF has not yet commented on this.

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