Month February 2022
A proposed expansion of a national park into east Yerushalayim has aroused fierce opposition from churches that claim it would strip their ownership of property in the area, The Times… Read more » The post National Park Expansion Plan in… Continue Reading →
Jerusalem (JNS) – An Israeli farmer has grown the heaviest strawberry ever recorded, according to Guinness World Records. The accomplishment was widely reported over the weekend. The strawberry, which weighs 289 grams and is seven inches long and 13 inches… Continue Reading →
A state commission of inquiry into corruption in the procurement of submarines from Germany took another step forward on Sunday with the appointment of former High Court president Asher Grunis… Read more » The post Former High Court President Grunis… Continue Reading →
Israel sent a batch of chickpeas to the International Space Station over the weekend to experiment with the possibility of growing them in a zero gravity environment, according to The… Read more » The post Israel Sends Chickpeas into Space… Continue Reading →
Defense Minister Benny Gantz told the Munich Security Conference on Sunday that he foresees a “two-entity” solution of the Mideast conflict, but not the two-state solution supported by the international… Read more » The post Gantz Endorses “Two-Entity” Solution appeared… Continue Reading →
Israel’s two chief rabbis — Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau and Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef — have sent a letter to cabinet ministers exhorting them to retreat from a… Read more » The post Chief Rabbis Warn Ministers Against… Continue Reading →
Israeli President Isaac Herzog is set to depart on Thursday for a state visit to Greece at the invitation of the President of the Hellenic Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou. The following… Read more » The post President Herzog Set to Depart… Continue Reading →
This once-bustling city in northern Arizona has a troubled relationship with rain. Winslow needs it, but just a little can overwhelm a levee system that officials have pleaded with the federal government for years to fix. Local officials believe a… Continue Reading →
This once-bustling city in northern Arizona has a troubled relationship with rain. Winslow needs it, but just a little can overwhelm a levee system that officials have pleaded with the federal government for years to fix. Local officials believe a… Continue Reading →
Krystal Guerra’s Miami apartment has a tiny kitchen, cracked tiles, warped cabinets, no dishwasher and hardly any storage space. But Guerra was fine with the apartment’s shortcomings. It was all part of being a 32-year-old graduate student in South Florida,… Continue Reading →
CISA has compiled and published a list of free cybersecurity services and tools to help organizations reduce cybersecurity risk and strengthen resiliency. This non-exhaustive living repository includes services provided by CISA, widely used open source tools, and free tools and services… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — Gabriel Bach, a prosecutor in the 1961 trial of notorious Nazi Adolf Eichmann who went on to serve on Israel’s Supreme Court, has died. He was 94. The Israel Judiciary Authority on Friday announced his passing. It… Continue Reading →
Have you always wished you could suggest a successful shidduch start to finish? You are not alone. Join us Sunday Evenings starting tonight via Zoom as Mrs. Naomi Cohen, a highly sought after Shadchan and Dating Coach, will guide us, aspiring… Continue Reading →
It is with great sadness that we inform you of the petirah of HaRav Yerucham Kaplan zt”l, the rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Mikdash Melech, and in his later years, mashgiach in Yeshiva Bais HaTalmud. The son of HaRav Mendel Kaplan… Continue Reading →
A federal judge has rejected efforts by former President Donald Trump to toss out conspiracy lawsuits filed by lawmakers and two Capitol police officers, saying in his ruling that the former president’s words “plausibly” led to the riot on Jan…. Continue Reading →
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s prime minister said Sunday that the emerging deal over Iran’s nuclear program is less stringent than the previous agreement, which was left in tatters after the U.S., goaded by Israel, withdrew. World powers have… Continue Reading →
Dear VIN News: When are we going to wake up and realize that the Democrats have turned our society into a place of hate? Antisemitism is out of control. Every day there is another incident, some monster yells a slur,… Continue Reading →
President Joe Biden has publicly stated that that he is “convinced” that Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to invade Ukraine, after a continued buildup of forces at the Ukrainian border. NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg echoed the same sentiment on… Continue Reading →
LONDON (AP) — People with COVID-19 won’t be legally required to self-isolate in England starting in the coming week, the U.K. government has announced, as part of a plan for “living with COVID” that is also likely to see testing… Continue Reading →
A Wisconsin child has died of a rare condition linked to COVID-19. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Friday the child is the first in the state to die of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome. State health officials said the child died sometime… Continue Reading →
Harav Yerucham Kaplan of Bensonhurst, beloved rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Mikdash Melech, was niftar Sunday morning after a long illness. He was in his 80’s. Rav Yerucham was born in… Read more » The post BDE: Harav Yeruchem Kaplan of… Continue Reading →