Month January 2021

A twin suicide bombing killed at least 13 people and wounded more than 30 in a Baghdad market on Thursday in the first such attack in years, security and medical… Read more » The post Rare Twin Suicide Attack Kills… Continue Reading →

The coronavirus reproduction rate in Israel has fallen below 1 for the first time in at least a month and a half, an update Thursday morning by the Health Ministry… Read more » The post Israel’s Reproductive Rate Falls Below… Continue Reading →

The United States seeks to lengthen and strengthen the nuclear constraints on Iran through diplomacy and the issue will be part of President Joe Biden’s early talks with foreign counterparts… Read more » The post White House Says Biden Will… Continue Reading →

We regret to inform you of the sudden Petirah of Mrs. Chani Kellner A”H. She was 49. The Kellners have resided in the Forest Park neighborhood for the last 22 years. Mrs. Kellner A”H leaves behind her husband R’ Shmuel,… Continue Reading →

Three National Guard members on a training flight were killed Wednesday when their helicopter crashed in a farmer’s field in western New York. The craft, a UH-60 Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopter, crashed around 6:30 p.m. in Mendon, New York,… Continue Reading →

Three National Guard members on a training flight were killed Wednesday when their helicopter crashed in a farmer’s field in western New York. The craft, a UH-60 Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopter, crashed around 6:30 p.m. in Mendon, New York,… Continue Reading →

The Union of Hospital Directors sent a letter to Health Minister Yuli Edelstein and demanded additional beds be added to the departments of internal medicine, geriatric medicine, and Covid-19 wards in hospitals across the county. In the letter that they… Continue Reading →

Three new senators were sworn into office Wednesday after President Joe Biden’s inauguration, securing the majority for Democrats in the Senate and across a unified government to tackle the new president’s agenda at a time of unprecedented national challenges. In… Continue Reading →

Outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman arrived on Wednesday night at the Kosel in order to daven Maariv at the same time that the inauguration ceremony for President-elect Joe Biden was taking place in Washington. Ambassador Friedman came with… Continue Reading →

A large force of police officers broke up a wedding that was being held in Beit Shemesh on Wednesday night in violation of the Covid-19 regulations. The wedding took place in the neighborhood where many Chareidi extremists live and violence… Continue Reading →

A large force of police officers broke up a wedding that was being held in Beit Shemesh on Wednesday night in violation of the Covid-19 regulations. The wedding took place in the neighborhood where many Chareidi extremists live and violence… Continue Reading →

A large force of police officers broke up a wedding that was being held in Beit Shemesh on Wednesday night in violation of the Covid-19 regulations. The wedding took place in the neighborhood where many Chareidi extremists live and violence… Continue Reading →

Secretary of State nominee Antony Blinken confirmed Jerusalem as the capital of Israel during his confirmation hearing at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday. In his introductory remarks, Blinken, who is Jewish, spoke about his late stepfather’s escape from… Continue Reading →

NEW YORK (VIN News Editorial) – Once again, Governor Andrew Cuomo took advantage of an opportunity to cast aspersions on the Jewish community, using his Inauguration Day press briefing to paint COVID as a problem stemming from the Jewish community…. Continue Reading →

After consulting with HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky on Wednesday and speaking with leaders of Jewish kehillos around the world, Israel’s Chief Rabbi Rav Dovid Lau declared Thursday as a day for a world tefillah to end the pandemic. The tefilla… Continue Reading →

A Massachusetts-based political scientist and author is accused of secretly working for the government of Iran while lobbying U.S. officials on issues like nuclear policy, federal authorities said Tuesday. Kaveh Lotfolah Afrasiabi was arrested by FBI agents at his home… Continue Reading →

Growing up in the Ukraine, little Leah Viner wasn’t sure what it meant to be Jewish. She knew she was different, but apart from that, it was a mystery. When Rav Shlomo Baksht started his legendary kiruv movement in Odessa,… Continue Reading →

[COMMUNICATED] YERUSHALAYIM • BNEI BRAK • BEIT SHEMESH • BEITAR • LONDON SHAS YIDEN HAS CHANGED THE WAY THE TORAH WORLDVIEWS MASTERING SHAS & KNOWING IT B’AL PEH THE UNIQUE SHAS YIDEN SYSTEM SHOWS RESULTS 160 DAYS MORE LEARNING per year than… Continue Reading →