Month May 2021
KIRYAS JOEL (VINnews) – Rabbi Akiva Gancz, a beloved and highly respected figure throughout the entire Satmar community, passed away today in Kiryas Joel at the age of 95. A founding father of the Satmar Cheder under the guidance of… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) – A man was killed Saturday in the central city of Ramat Gan after Hamas fired close to 30 rockets towards central Israel in a large afternoon barrage on the sixth day of fighting between the Israeli military… Continue Reading →
PARIS (AP) — French riot police fired tear gas and used water cannons Saturday in Paris as protesters supporting Palestinians in the Gaza Strip defied a ban on marching in the French capital. Thousands of people marched peacefully in other… Continue Reading →
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel slammed the Gaza Strip with airstrikes, in a dramatic escalation that included bombing the home of a senior Hamas leader, and pulverizing a high-rise that housed The Associated Press and other media. The… Continue Reading →
Not even 2 weeks have passed since the tragic events at Meron on Lag B’Omer, and Klal Yisroel are still reeling from the loss of 45 precious neshamos. We understand that we do not understand why. However, in the face… Continue Reading →
Israel Police has completed its preparations for Shavuos across Yerushalayim and especially at the Kosel, according to Police Spokesperson. Israel Police, Border Police and additional security forces will be deployed… Read more » The post Increased Security to Be Deployed… Continue Reading →
Iran‘s foreign minister canceled a visit with his Austrian counterpart to show displeasure that Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s government had flown the Israeli flag in Vienna in a show of solidarity,… Read more » The post Iranian Minister Cancels Austrian Visit… Continue Reading →
The operator of the nation’s largest gasoline pipeline — hit on May 7th by a ransomware attack — announced Saturday that it has resumed “normal operations,” delivering fuel to its… Read more » The post Pipeline Operator Says ‘Normal Operations’… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Motzoei Shabbos that Arab rioters who attack Jews and behave like terrorists will be treated as such. Speaking in an address broadcast live, Netanyahu… Read more » The post Netanyahu: Arab Rioters Who Behave… Continue Reading →
The IDF said that it prevented an attempted infiltration along the Israel-Lebanon border in the late hours of Friday night. According to the IDF, military lookouts identified several suspects cutting… Read more » The post Tensions in North Rise Amid… Continue Reading →
Four people have been arrested in connection with subway slashings and assaults early Friday — a series of crimes that’s sharpened the ongoing debate over safety and policing in New York City’s transit system. At least four men were wounded… Continue Reading →
An unusual study that had thousands of heart disease patients enroll themselves and track their health online as they took low- or regular-strength aspirin concludes that both doses seem equally safe and effective for preventing additional heart problems and strokes…. Continue Reading →
China landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time on Saturday, a technically challenging feat more difficult than a moon landing, in the latest step forward for its ambitious goals in space. Plans call for a rover to stay… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this evening (Saturday, 15 May 2021): “It has been five days since Hamas brazenly fired rockets at Jerusalem and other Israeli cities in a totally unprovoked attack. This past week, millions of Israelis were forced into… Continue Reading →
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The IDF at the weekend bombed the Gaza home of senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya, the deputy to local leader Yahya Sinwar. Following the strike, the Gaza-based terror group began… Read more » The post Rockets Pound South, One Dead… Continue Reading →
Republicans say they won’t raise taxes on corporations. Democrats say they won’t raise taxes on people making less than $400,000 a year. So who is going to pay for the big public works boost that lawmakers and President Joe Biden… Continue Reading →
Israel slammed the Gaza Strip with airstrikes on Saturday, in a dramatic escalation that included bombing the home of a senior Hamas leader, killing a family of 10 in a refugee camp — most of them children — and pulverizing… Continue Reading →
Early Friday, just after midnight, the Israeli military put out an ominous statement to the media: “IDF air and ground troops are currently attacking in the Gaza Strip.” IDF air and ground troops are currently attacking in the Gaza Strip…. Continue Reading →
Hundreds of rockets were fired at southern and central Israel on Shabbos and a man in the Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat Gan was killed in a direct rocket strike on a residential building. “A large number of MDA members… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] TWO IMPORTANT MESSAGES Due to to the terrible situation in Eretz Yisrael, Yad L’Achim has arranged for a special tefillah to take place Erev Shavuos in Mezhibuzh at the kever of the Baal Shem Tov. The talmidei Chachamim will… Continue Reading →