Month May 2021
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Moroccan Prime Minister Saadeddine Othmani congratulated Hamas on its “victory” over Israel. Othmani wrote to Hamas’ political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, on Saturday to congratulate him on “the victory achieved by the Palestinian people and their resistance,” the… Continue Reading →
Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Israel on Tuesday morning at about 8 a.m. and was greeted on the tarmac at Ben-Gurion Airport by Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and Israel’s Ambassador to the U.S. Gilad Erdan. Blinken is on… Continue Reading →
Elisheva (Marcus) Kaminetsky, Future Lawyer, Named Valedictorian at Touro’s Lander College for Women
Elisheva (Marcus) Kaminetsky is a perennial student who plans to become a professor someday. “If I could be paid to be a student for the rest of my life, I would be happy to do that,” she says. Her love… Continue Reading →
ERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel at the start of a Middle East tour aimed at shoring up the Gaza cease-fire. He will face the same obstacles that have stifled a wider peace… Continue Reading →
Defense Minister Benny Gantz issued instructions for the resumption of humanitarian aid transfer to Gaza Strip for the first time since Operation Guardian of the Walls ended. The supplies were… Read more » The post Israel Resumes Transfer of Humanitarian… Continue Reading →
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Monday the appointment of David Barnea as the new head of the country’s spy agency, the Mossad. Barnea, a former longtime Mossad operative, will succeed Yossi Cohen as head of Israel’s intelligence agency on… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Danielle Wolfson was an anonymous Israeli lawyer until last week, when she became the first Israeli woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. The 43-year-old Wolfson’s achievement is even more remarkable since just 10 years ago… Continue Reading →
Syria’s foreign minister blamed Israel for mysterious attacks over more than a year targeting oil tankers heading to Syria, saying they violate international law and will not go unpunished. Faisal Mekdad told Lebanon-based Al-Mayadeen TV in an interview aired late… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — At a special event organized at the Knesset by UTJ leader Moshe Gafni to express appreciation for the heroic work of Chareidi volunteers during the period of coronavirus, opposition leader Yair Lapid spoke and expressed his jealousy… Continue Reading →
Avraham Fried – Eloikainee / אברהם פריד – אלקינו Song Composed & Produced by Eli Gerstner (EG Productions) Arranged by Yoeli Dikman Executive Producer: Jeremy B. Strauss (Strauss Music LLC) Mixed by Eli Gerstner & Yoeli Dikman Mastered by Eli… Continue Reading →
Moderna‘s COVID-19 vaccine was shown to be effective in adolescents aged 12-17 and showed no new or major safety problems in a clinical trial, the developer said on Tuesday, potentially… Read more » The post Moderna Says Its COVID-19 Vaccine… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Rav Mordechai Gross is a huge Posek in Israel who is legendary for the thousands of people who have come to him for Brachos and immediately saw their long-awaited yeshuos come true before their very eyes. It’s rare for… Continue Reading →
The Transportation Ministry is offering refunds to those who bought tickets to travel to Meron this year on Lag BaOmer. All the passengers who did not reach the destination or… Read more » The post Refunds for Unused Meron Tickets… Continue Reading →
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, Chaim V’Chessed has dealt extensively with the difficulties involved in obtaining US passports. In fact, this is a worldwide problem, affecting American citizens both at home and abroad. The problem has been felt particularly acutely in… Continue Reading →
If there’s one place where people could fear the coronavirus more than a vaccination needle, it’s the Far Rockaway section of Queens: Nearly 460 residents of the seaside neighborhood have… Read more » The post In NYC’s Furthest Flung Neighborhood,… Continue Reading →
Opposition leader Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid Party finalized a coalition agreement with Avigdor Liberman’s Yisrael Beytenu Party overnight Monday, the party said Tuesday. The agreement includes matters of religion and… Read more » The post Lapid, Liberman Sign Deal; ‘Change’… Continue Reading →
Rabbi Mendy Steiner saya he was the victim of a hate crime in NYC. He was on his way to work around 10:30 a.m. Friday at his office on 39th Street and 7th Avenue in Manhattan when he says a… Continue Reading →
Tens of thousands of people were evacuated Tuesday in low-lying areas of two Indian states and moved to cyclone shelters to escape a powerful storm barreling toward the eastern coast.… Read more » The post Thousands Evacuated in India as… Continue Reading →
Ahmad Fahd, a Palestinian from the al-Amari refugee camp near Ramallah, was killed Monday night by security forces to arrest terrorist operatives in one of the al-Bira neighborhoods. A source… Read more » The post Palestinian Whose Brothers Wanted by… Continue Reading →
Police arrested a 25-year-old man Monday accused of knocking a Jewish man to the ground and assaulting him with a group of others. Faisal Elezzi and several others allegedly surrounded Joseph Borgen on Broadway on Thursday, then punched, kicked and… Continue Reading →