Jewish World
![Memorial Candle](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=700/2024/09/06/dad20b40-6c40-11ef-89f4-5d5f07a0d2ff__h599_w900.webp)
Rabbi Avremel Ausband's sudden collapse during Elul's first day leaves both the yeshiva stunned and the entire Torah world bereft.
![A Siddur A Week: A Siddur for the Halachic Woman - The Korban Minchah](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/09/06/07181520-6c35-11ef-89f4-5d5f07a0d2ff__h725_w896.png)
A Siddur A Week
The story of a major effort to provide a one-stop-shop siddur for women for the entire year, including halachot and Tehillim - and why it failed to take off.
![Lyle Culpepper](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/09/05/477b6f80-6b8c-11ef-89f4-5d5f07a0d2ff__h539_w591.jpeg)
Satire, Israel-Gaza War
L.E. Staiman entertains by blending humor with sharp, satirical commentary, often using absurdity to highlight real issues. His character Lyle Culpepper is a hilariously exaggerated persona of an "anti-Semitic lefty," poking fun at extreme views while exposing their flaws. Through Lyle’s antics, Staiman not only makes us laugh but also pushes us to think critically about antisemitism and misinformation.
![London buses at Golders Green bus stop](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/09/05/e0c51910-6b6f-11ef-a8a8-27fa25dcdbd2__h2848_w4272.jpg)
Golders Green, Antisemitism
Mayor Khan's 310 route, launched after Jewish residents report harassment, offers 20-minute service between communities but faces criticism as a "band-aid" solution to rising antisemitism in London.
![Flatbush Shomrim's safety patrol emblem](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/09/05/5b4f5320-6b6c-11ef-89f4-5d5f07a0d2ff__h4704_w3744.jpg)
Robbery, Tefilin, Shomrim
Flatbush Shomrim's volunteers played cat-and-mouse with the thief for over an hour, proving once again that in this tight-knit community, crime doesn't pay – but cooperation does.
![Hersch Goldberg Polin's parents Jon and Rachel at his funeral at Har haMenuchot cemetery in Jerusalem](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/09/05/58af6d30-6b67-11ef-89f4-5d5f07a0d2ff__h268_w400.jpg)
Hersch Goldberg-Polin, Shabbos Kestenbaum
None of us had ever heard Shabbos' unforgettable name until the blatant campus antisemitism that overtook ivy college campuses all over America.
![Blowing the shofar during Selichos in Meron](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/09/05/7f75dee0-6b58-11ef-89f4-5d5f07a0d2ff__h268_w400.jpg)
Elul
Don't let this precious time go to waste!
![Pidyon Peter Chamor ceremony](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/09/05/182f0ea0-6b44-11ef-89f4-5d5f07a0d2ff__h600_w900.webp)
Pidyon Peter Chamor
The city of Ashdod, Israel, had the zchus of the mitzvah "Pidyon Peter Chamor" – which is hardly ever done.
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Medical Emergency
A young child is in serious condition at Jersey Shore University Medical Center following shocking neglect by emergency medical service "Hatzulos Nefashos" in Jackson, New Jersey.
![Pecan orchard at sunset](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/09/04/046625c0-6adb-11ef-a8a8-27fa25dcdbd2__h1955_w2557.jpg)
Davening, Rain
Pecan farmer attributes sudden rainfall to yeshiva students' davening.
![A city stops to remember: Times Square's emotional display honors hostage victims](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/09/04/419cb7b0-6ad6-11ef-a8a8-27fa25dcdbd2__h3648_w5472.jpg)
Times Square, NYC, Hostages Displayed
Poignant campaign urges global action as images of murdered hostages take over New York’s heart.
![Sir Nicholas Winston](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/09/04/b75e29a0-6ad3-11ef-89f4-5d5f07a0d2ff__h2244_w3150.jpg)
Sir Nicholas Winston, Kindertransport
Holocaust survivors gather to celebrate the British man who saved over 10,000 Jewish children.
![Professor Shai Davidai](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/09/04/351dcd80-6ac2-11ef-a8a8-27fa25dcdbd2__h770_w801.jpeg)
Shai Davidai
Once a vocal critic of Israeli policies, Shai Davidai found himself thrust into the role of Israel's unlikely defender on Columbia's campus. He has subsequently received death threats for his advocacy.
![Ultra Orthodox Jews walk in Bnei Brak](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/09/04/48d46db0-6ab9-11ef-89f4-5d5f07a0d2ff__h268_w400.jpg)
Mamlachti Charedi School Framework
The Rav wrote a very strong letter, decrying the 'Mamlacht Charedi' education system.
![Haredim attend a protest in Jerusalem](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/09/04/0e249fc0-6a94-11ef-a8a8-27fa25dcdbd2__h268_w400.jpg)
IDF, Budget Cuts to Yeshivas
The gedolim are seeking overseas support as court rulings and policy shifts threaten yeshiva funding.
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Rabbi Yeshaya of Kerestir, Hungary
Three Hasidic yeshiva students are involved in a collision with a truck near the gravesite of Rabbi Yeshaya of Kerestir, Hungary. Emergency services airlift the critically injured to a local hospital.
![Thousands of Satmar kids in Beit Shemesh, Israel during the Satmar Rebbe Zalman Leib Teitelbaum's visit](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/09/03/2279cd80-6a15-11ef-89f4-5d5f07a0d2ff__h3000_w5040.jpg)
Satmar, Housing Crisis
A prominent Satmar businessman has agreed to sell 1,000 apartments at half their market value, potentially incurring a loss of $250 million.
![Yeshiva students study at the Kamenitz Yeshiva, in Jerusalem on August 22, 2023](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/09/03/8c929000-6a09-11ef-89f4-5d5f07a0d2ff__h268_w400.jpg)
Rabbi Dr Eliyahu Rips
Rabbi Rips' Torah code studies were the subject of great public interest and controversy.
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Orthodox newspaper, Anti Ben Gvir, Temple Mount
The ultra-Orthodox newspaper Yated Ne'eman has taken an unusual step against Itamar Ben-Gvir by publishing a front page with an advertisement in Arabic. This follows Ben-Gvir's recent comments about policy on the Temple Mount, which have once again stirred controversy.
![Chief UK Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/09/03/b7496e00-69b3-11ef-a8a8-27fa25dcdbd2__h3064_w4592.jpg)
UK Chief Rabbi, Arms Sales Suspension
Rabbi Mirvis warns decision will embolden Israel’s enemies, hinders hostage rescue.