Month September 2022
NEW YORK (AP) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank more than 1,250 points Tuesday, its steepest sell-off in more than two years, after a government report showed that inflation is maintaining a surprisingly strong grip on the U.S. economy…. Continue Reading →
With only three months left in the year, the House Jan. 6 committee is eyeing a close to its work and a final report laying out its findings about the U.S. Capitol insurrection. But the investigation is not over. The… Continue Reading →
Former Trump advisor Chris Christie claimed in an interview that the Justice Department and FBI had “no choice” but to raid the former president’s Mar-a-Lago estate. Christie was asked by ABC guest host Terry Moran about the Justice Department’s appeal… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — In a decision considered to be devastating by a large segment of the ultra-Orthodox community, the New York State Board of Regents voted to pass proposed substantial equivalency guidelines. Tuesday’s vote puts an end to a… Continue Reading →
PARIS (AP) — Lights on the Eiffel Tower will soon be turned off more than an hour earlier at night to save electricity, the Paris mayor announced Tuesday, as Russia’s war in Ukraine deepens an energy crisis in Europe. Mayor… Continue Reading →
Ukraine’s military claimed Tuesday for the first time that it encountered an Iranian-supplied suicide drone used by Russia on the battlefield, showing the deepening ties between Moscow and Tehran as the Islamic Republic’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers hangs… Continue Reading →
THE DEFINITIVE RAP: Is Criticism Against Israel and Zionism Antisemitic? Interview With Rabbi Uri Pi
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Everyone always has an opinion, and when people state what they think, it commonly also comes with their criticism. When Americans and even those who live in Israel strongly communicate to others about various issues pertaining to… Continue Reading →
A Jewish shepherd was seriously injured by a Palestinian Arab, who viciously beat him on his head with a hoe near the Ma’on yishuv in the Har Chevron Regional Council on Monday evening. During the incident, a mob of about… Continue Reading →
The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II returned to Buckingham Palace on Tuesday evening, making its way through a drizzly London as crowds lined the route for a glimpse of the hearse and to bid her a final farewell. People parked… Continue Reading →
Attorneys for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz began building their argument Monday that his birth mother’s alcohol abuse left him with severe behavioral problems that eventually led to his 2018 murder of 17 people at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High… Continue Reading →
Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Monday that she will be traveling to Israel in the coming months to lead a trade mission and to strengthen the alliance between the state of New York and the Jewish State. “I hope to… Continue Reading →
A Jewish man walking near Beach 25th Street and Beach Channel Drive in Far Rockaway was attacked by a suspected anti-Semite in an unprovoked attack on Tuesday afternoon. According to YWN sources, the 58-year-old Jewish man was approached by a… Continue Reading →
INDIA (JNS) – The Jewish community of Kerala, India, better known as Cochin Jews, has been shrinking ever since most of its members emigrated to Israel. Those who remain claim to be “the oldest diaspora community outside the Middle East.”… Continue Reading →
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz made clear Monday that he doesn’t expect an agreement with Iran in the immediate future to restore Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers, though he said there’s no reason for Iran not to sign up… Continue Reading →
MOSCOW (JNS) – Hamas politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh arrived in Moscow on Sept. 10 at the head of a senior delegation from the terror group for talks with Russian officials. Analysts speculate that Moscow’s invitation to Hamas, like an earlier… Continue Reading →
Producing food items in 2022 is more complex than it has ever been. Kashrus experts attest to this fact, explaining that manufacturing and producing food is incredibly multifaceted and complicated, and the application of halacha in this day and age… Continue Reading →
DAMASCUS (AP0 – The outbreak of cholera in Syria presents a serious threat to people in the war-torn country and the region, a U.N. official said Tuesday, adding that urgent action is needed to prevent further cases and deaths. The… Continue Reading →
Former White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said on Monday that he is disappointed by the Biden administration’s failure to expand the Abraham Accords that he helped broker in 2020 under former President Donald Trump. Speaking at an event in… Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles County resident with a compromised immune system has died from monkeypox, local health officials announced Monday. It’s believed to be the first U.S. fatality from the disease. The Los Angeles County Department of… Continue Reading →
Azerbaijani forces shelled Armenia’s territory on Tuesday in a large-scale attack that killed at least 49 Armenian soldiers and fueled fears of even broader hostilities. Azerbaijan and Armenia have been locked in a decades-old conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, which is part… Continue Reading →
PANAMA (JNS) – Senior ministers, members of parliament, mayors, religious leaders and heads of influential NGOs from across Central America last week expressed their solidarity and support for Israel and called to combat anti-Semitism. The declaration was the culmination of… Continue Reading →