Israel came to a standstill on Thursday morning as a two-minute siren sounded nationwide at 10 a.m., marking Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Pedestrians stood still, drivers exited vehicles and public transportation halted in a powerful display of collective memory for the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust.

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Americans’ trust in President Donald Trump to bolster the U.S. economy appears to be faltering, with a new poll showing that many people fear the country is being steered into a recession and that the president’s broad and haphazardly enforced tariffs will cause prices to rise. Roughly half of U.S. adults say that Trump’s trade policies will increase prices “a lot” and another 3 in 10 think prices could go up “somewhat,” according to the poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. About half of Americans are “extremely” or “very” concerned about the possibility of the U.S. economy going into a recession in the next few months.

BANGKOK (AP) — China on Thursday denied U.S.

Rav Dov Landau, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Slabodka in Bnei Brak, was taken to Maayanei Hayeshua Medical Center early Thursday morning after suffering a fall at his home during the night.
The incident occurred at his residence on Rechov HaRav Sher in Bnei Brak. The rosh yeshiva experienced significant pain following the fall, raising concerns that he may have sustained a fracture.
Due to the incident, Rav Landau was unable to attend Shacharis at the yeshiva this morning.

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Eve Kugler, a Holocaust survivor who became a journalist and later one of Britain’s most active speakers on Holocaust education, has passed away at age 94, according to a Jewish Chronicle re

At a stirring asifa held at Binyanei HaUma in Yerushalayim, Slabodka Rosh Yeshiva Maran Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch delivered a heartfelt message of chizuk, warning against efforts in today’s society to dismantle the Torah world.
The annual gathering was organized by a leading kiruv organization and was attended by prominent roshei yeshiva, rabbanim, and mekarvim.

Russia attacked Kyiv with an hourslong barrage of missiles and drones, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 70 in its deadliest assault on the Ukrainian capital since last July and just as peace efforts are coming to a head. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said after the attack he is cutting short his official trip to South Africa and returning home as the city reeled from the bombardment that kept residents on edge for about 11 hours. It appeared to be Russia’s biggest attack on Kyiv in nine months, and Zelenskyy branded it as “one of (Russia’s) most outrageous.” Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko announced that Friday would be an official day of mourning day in the capital.

In a ruling handed down by the Lod District Court, the Belzer chassidus has been ordered to pay NIS 24 million in damages to nine former students who were subjected to abuse at its Talmud Torah in Tel Aviv.
Judge Zvi Weitzman ruled that both the institution and its mechanchim must compensate the students, who suffered both physical and emotional mistreatment while enrolled at the school. At the time of the abuse, the boys were between the ages of three and ten.

A fast-moving wildfire engulfing part of New Jersey’s Pine Barrens was expected grow Thursday, with smoke affecting the air quality in the New York City area before rain arrives this week, authorities said. Higher-than-normal pollution levels were expected Thursday in New York City, Rockland and Westchester counties, and in Long Island’s Nassau and Suffolk counties, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation advised Wednesday. The fire is roughly 54 miles (87 kilometers) south of New York City. It said “going indoors may reduce exposure” to problems such as eye, nose and throat irritation, coughing, sneezing and shortness of breath.

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman In a concerning development, HaGaon HaRav Dov Landau, the esteemed 95-year-old Rosh Yeshivah, was admitted to Mayanei HaYeshua Hospital early Thursday morning after experiencing a fall at his

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