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.

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.

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.”

(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 […]

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