Month August 2022
Thousands of people participated in the levaya for Hagaon HaRav Shalom Cohen, z’tl, on Monday afternoon in Jerusalem. A bittul melacha was announced for the time of the levaya. The levaya began at Yeshivas Porat Yosef on Rechov Yosef ben… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — MK Itamar Ben Gvir has selected Rabbi Amichai Eliyahu, son of Tzfat chief rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, for the No. 4 slot on his Otzma Yehudit party’s electoral slate. Rabbi Amichai Eliyahu, who heads the Organization of Community… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman There is a great debate out there as to how we should be looking at certain areas of halacha. Before we get to that debate, however, a brief introduction is in order. Rav God’l Eisner zatzal… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rabbi Shalom Cohen, who passed away Sunday night at the age of 91, was the undisputed leader of the Sephardic Torah world during the past nine years since the passing of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. Rabbi Cohen was… Continue Reading →
Yoshua Hersh Glick, a father of nine from Williamsburg, New York, who was critically injured in the Jerusalem terror attack a week ago, is Baruch Hashem beginning to recover. When Reb Glick arrived at Shaarei Tzedek Hospital following the attack,… Continue Reading →
In response to reports over the weekend that Otzma Yehudit chairman Itamar Ben-Gvir is considering offering a spot on his list to Jonathan Pollard, Pollard said on Sunday that he has no intention of entering political life. “It’s important to… Continue Reading →
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YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of The Nasi of the Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah, and Rosh Yeshiva of Porat Yosef HaGaon HaRav Shalom Cohen ZT”L. He was 91. The Rosh Yeshiva was hospitalized recently and his condition deteroiated… Continue Reading →
WILLIAMSBURG (VINnews) — A group of teenagers terrorized Williamsburg last night, attacking Jews in at least two separate occassions. The first incident occurred late Motzei Shabbos, just as the clock struck midnight. Video footage shows the teens chasing a Jewish… Continue Reading →
A customer at a restaurant and entertainment venue in suburban Dallas fatally shot a security guard after arguing over the business’ rules, police said. Derek Phillips, 47, of Arlington, died after being shot multiple times about 10 p.m. Friday at… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — In the bloody years when killings peaked in New York City, Detective Louis Scarcella built a reputation for closing cases. A second-generation cop who smoked cigars, ran marathons, worked a side job at a Coney Island… Continue Reading →
Federal investigators haven’t been able to determine why a prominent personal injury attorney lost control of his plane and crashed in 2020, killing him and a passenger. The crash near Corfu, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) east of Buffalo, killed… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The director of the Shaarei Tzedek hospital, Prof. Ofer Marin, visited Rabbi Yehoshua Hersh Glick, a 46-year-old father of nine from Williamsburg who was very seriously injured in last Saturday night’s terror attack at David’s tomb. Glick… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JNS) – Shelley Greenspan’s resume runs the gamut from Capitol Hill to the private sector, presidential races and nonprofits. She has worked for AIPAC and Amazon, and campaigned for Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden. Late last month, the Jewish… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JNS) – Shelley Greenspan’s resume runs the gamut from Capitol Hill to the private sector, presidential races and nonprofits. She has worked for AIPAC and Amazon, and campaigned for Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden. Late last month, the Jewish… Continue Reading →
B”H Thousands of Jews without a local Mikvah?! The Mikvah of The Pocono Mountains As Rabbi Shmuel and Mrs. Chana Newman witnessed the Pocono Mountains fill up each year with close to 100,000 Jewish visitors and tourists, the need for… Continue Reading →
The NYPD is searching for two teenagers who attacked at least two frum Jews in Williamsburg this past Motzei Shabbos. In one incident, the teens chased a Jewish man in the area of Lee Ave. between Taylor Street and Roebling… Continue Reading →
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. government is planning to review the environmental effects of operations at one of the nation’s prominent nuclear weapons laboratories, but its notice issued Friday leaves out federal goals to ramp up production of plutonium… Continue Reading →
LONDON (AP) — For years, global health officials have used billions of drops of an oral vaccine in a remarkably effective campaign aimed at wiping out polio in its last remaining strongholds — typically, poor, politically unstable corners of the… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Last Monday evening just after 8:00 p.m., a man approached a United Hatzalah ATV helping an elderly person traverse the sand by the Sanz Beach in Netanya and told the volunteer EMT driver that his son had… Continue Reading →
El Shafee Elsheikh, who was formally sentenced to life in prison Friday for a leading role in the beheading deaths of American hostages, had a somewhat whimsical nickname as a so-called “Beatle” that belied the viciousness of his conduct. In… Continue Reading →