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.

it is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing of Rebbetzin Chaya Sarah Koledetzky a”h, who passed away at the age of 80.
She was a long-time resident of the Givat Shaul neighborhood and the devoted wife of Rav Zelig Koledetzky, the legendary founder and gabbai of the Chanichei HaYeshivos Shul, Ohel Yonasan.
Her levayah took place today and she was laid to rest at Har HaMenuchos.

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.

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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.

It felt much longer, but the U.S. stock market needed just a few weeks to roar all the way back to where it was on President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day.” That’s when he shocked Wall Street by announcing much steeper tariffs than expected on nearly all U.S. trading partners. Those tariffs unveiled on April 2 were so severe that they raised fears Trump did not worry about causing a recession in his attempt to reshape the global economy. Within just four days, the S&P 500 fell about 12%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost nearly 4,600 points, or about 11%. This past Friday, though, the S&P 500 rallied 1.5% for a ninth straight gain and pulled back to where it was on April 2.

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.

In a revelation that may reshape historians’ understanding of the Holocaust’s origins, nearly 800 newly unearthed recordings and transcripts of post-World War II interrogations have been published, including a staggering confession from one of the Nazis’ most notorious war criminals. Among the digital files released Saturday by the Hoover Institution is a recording of SS officer Bruno Streckenbach, a man long suspected of overseeing some of the most gruesome crimes of the Third Reich. In the tape, Streckenbach admits that Adolf Hitler himself issued the explicit order for the “Final Solution” — a grim confirmation in what has long been a contested historical debate.

By December 31, 2025, a seismic shift in Israel’s mobile infrastructure will sever lifelines for up to a million users, including tens of thousands of Charedim, unless swift action is taken. In what could become one of the most disruptive transitions in Israeli tech history, the Ministry of Communications is mandating a full shutdown of the country’s aging 2G and 3G cellular networks. While framed as a necessary leap toward high-speed 4G and 5G, the move risks plunging vulnerable populations—especially the elderly, low-income families, and Charedim—into sudden, silent isolation. The shutdown isn’t just a technical milestone.

In recent days, IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir reportedly cautioned government ministers that a large-scale ground offensive in Gaza could endanger the lives of the hostages still held by Hamas, according to a Channel 13 report.
“In a plan for a full-scale maneuver, we won’t necessarily reach the hostages,” Zamir said, as quoted by the network. “Keep in mind that we could lose them.”
Zamir also acknowledged that Israel’s two core objectives in the war — eliminating Hamas and recovering the hostages — are not easily compatible. “The war’s two goals of defeating Hamas and rescuing the hostages,” he said, “are problematic in relation to each other.”

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(JNS) – “Gangs” affiliated with the Hamas terrorist group have been looting humanitarian aid meant for civilians in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas said over the weekend. Abbas condemned the “looting and theft carried out by criminal gangs targeting warehouses and storage facilities of humanitarian aid,” speaking in an official statement published […]

Opposition leader Yair Lapid urged Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara on Sunday to immediately crack down on chareidi-run telephone hotlines that he claims are actively encouraging draft dodging. Speaking at a press conference, Lapid said those operating such services “should be treated as criminal offenders.”
When asked by The Times of Israel about a growing number of organizations—including one reportedly connected to Yerushalayim Affairs Minister Meir Porush—that offer guidance to chareidi individuals on how to evade military service, Lapid said that if the Attorney General fails to act, his Yesh Atid party will escalate the matter to the police.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s defense ministr

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said Saturday that he wants to step down as chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway at the end of the year. The revelation came as a surprise because the 94-year-old had previously said he did not plan to retire. Buffett, one of the world’s richest people and most accomplished investors, took control of Berkshire Hathaway in 1965 when it was a textiles manufacturer. He turned the company into a conglomerate by finding other businesses and stocks to buy that were selling for less than they were worth. His success made him a Wall Street icon. It also earned him the nickname “Oracle of Omaha,” a reference to the Nebraska city where Buffett was born and chose to live and work.

We know of times in galus that Klal Yisroel was forced to take a stand and fight for our Torah true Yiddishkeit to survive. Today, there is a real fight for the survival of our Torah values happening right now! The woke left, Conservative and Reform movements are doing everything they can to ensure that Kedushas Eretz Yisroel does not remain intact. They have harnessed the power inherent in the WZO, an entity that controls billions of dollars of funds in Eretz Yisroel, to meet their agenda. Changing what geirus looks like, kashrus standards, kosher marriages, the integrity and kedusha of mekomos hakedoshim like the Kosel, suing the Torah world in Israel Supreme Court, challenging traditional family values.

In a blistering interview Friday night, Vice President JD Vance unloaded on Democrats, dismissing them as rudderless, reactionary, and entirely defined by their obsession with opposing President Donald Trump. His sharpest rebuke? That Trump himself is now effectively leading the Democratic Party. Speaking with Fox News anchor Bret Baier on Special Report, Vance skewered the opposition’s lack of vision and mocked growing speculation that far-left firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could make a play for the White House in 2028. “President AOC — the stuff of nightmares,” Vance said dryly, before quipping that Baier had “ruined [his] sleep for the evening” just by floating the possibility. Vance wasn’t just offering humor.

Record-breaking rains drenched southern Israel from Eilat to Ein Gedi, with rare downpours including 17.6mm in just 5 minutes at Nachal Arugot, marking the most intense rain event in the region since 1987.

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