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Former Bnei Brak principal wanted in Israel for sex crimes against children arrested by ICE

Farkas appeared before the Clarkson S. Fisher US Federal Courthouse in Trenton on April 21, where it was ruled that he would remain in federal custody.

ICE Homeland Security Investigations agents and US Marshals arrest Yechiel Yehoshua Farkas, former Bnei Brak principal, in Lakewood, New Jersey, April 30, 2026.
ULTRA-ORTHODOX Jewish men block a road during a protest against the jailing of seminary students who failed to comply with an army recruitment order in Bnei Brak, April 28, 2026.

Ultra-Orthodox draft protesters break into military police chief's yard, block highway

Nesiah Karadi, an 11-year-old girl from Bnei Brak, was declared dead following a three-week battle in the ICU after being struck by an Iranian missile, April 24, 2026

Child wounded in Bnei Brak missile strike dies after weeks in ICU

A ‘MOHEL’ holds a scalpel as he performs a circumcision

Third complaint filed against man suspected of causing infant's death after circumcision


Netanyahu greeted with insults, jeers on visit to B'nei Brak

Locals boo'd Netanyahu and chanted insults, calling him a heretic in both modern Hebrew (kofer) and mishnaic Hebrew (apicorus).

 BENJAMIN NETANYAHU attends a conference in Jerusalem, last week.

Palestinian arrested on suspicion of stabbing Israeli near Bnei Brak

The victim, 47-years-old, suffered serious head wounds after being stabbed on a pedestrian bridge near Bnei Brak on Tuesday.

 The bridge where a 47-year-old Israeli was stabbed, July 5, 2022.

IDF demolishes home of Bnei Brak terrorist amid clashes

Two Palestinians died following armed clashes as IDF troops enter Yabad, near Jenin.

The house of the terrorist who killed five Israelis in Bnei Brak on March 29 is demolished by an explosion, on June 2, 2022.

Gur Hassidic factions fight for second night in a row, clash with police

Fighting between factions of the Gur Hassidic sect have taken place at different cities over the past few nights as tensions rise in the community.

 Grand Rabbi Yaakov Aryeh Alter of the Gur Hassidic Dynasty and Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men at the wedding of Grand rabbi Yaakov Aryeh Alter grandson in Jerusalem on February 19, 2019.

The Israeli ‘balaboosta’ in New York

Admony was born in Bnei Brak, an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood near Tel Aviv, to a long lineage of balaboostas, a family that became religious when she was around eight.

 EINAT ADMONY: I started out as a fine-dining chef. Opening street food falafel was shocking for me.

Jewish Agency sponsors funeral trip of Ukrainian Bnei Brak terror victim's widow

The families of those Ukrainians who died will receive an aid grant courtesy of the organization’s Fund for the Victims of Terror.

 POLICE OFFICERS secure the scene of Tuesday night’s deadly terror attack in Bnei Brak.

Haredi Bnei Brak considers naming street after Christian 'hero of Israel'

Ultra-Orthodox Jews mourn Christian-Arab officer who halted Bnei Brak terror attack.

 Amir Khoury

Three ladies, three lattes: Rav Chaim Kanievsky's funeral

You ask the questions, the three latte ladies provide the answers!

 THOUSANDS ATTEND the funeral of Rav Chaim Kanievsky in Bnei Brak, March 20.

‘We Are Strong:’ Israelis undeterred by wave of terror

Security presence reinforced across Israel ahead of Easter, Passover, and Ramadan holidays.

 Scene from a security incident at Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem on March 30, 2022.

From the US to Turkey, world stands united with Israel against terror

"We condemn this terrorist attack," tweeted the Turkish embassy • PA head Mahmoud Abbas: "The killing... will only lead to a deterioration ahead of Ramadan."

 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas looks on during a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (not pictured) in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank March 27, 2022.