Month December 2022
NEW YORK (VINnews) — 27 people have died in the snow blizzard which hit the city of Buffalo, NY, and the surrounding region of Erie county this week. This figure, which is unfortunately expected to rise, represents a large proportion… Continue Reading →
Buffalo was set to emerge from a deep freeze Wednesday, bringing some relief but also the tragic possibility of finding more victims amid melting snow from the area’s deadliest storm in decades. Officials said more than 30 people so far… Continue Reading →
Southwest Airlines has canceled *ANOTHER* 2,500 flights Wednesday as the company is still reeling from a weekend winter storm that other major U.S. carriers have already recovered from. As of this morning, 2,507 Southwest flights have been canceled, compared to… Continue Reading →
The township of Forestburgh in Sullivan County has been slapped with a federal discrimination lawsuit over an alleged conspiracy to block Lost Lake Resort – a sprawling development whose developer is gearing it to Jewish families. A 3.3 square mile… Continue Reading →
A 97-year-old woman is appealing her conviction in Germany of being an accessory to more than 10,000 murders when she was a secretary to the commander of the Nazis’ Stutthof concentration camp during World War II. In a Dec. 20… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Attorney Yossi Weizman, a chareidi lawyer who is the deputy-president of Israel’s Bar Association, spoke on Radio Kol Chai about the growing incitement against the chareidi community in Israel. Attorney Yossi Weizman said that “the situation… Continue Reading →
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presented new plans to further bolster his military power next year at a meeting of top political officials, state media reported Wednesday, in an indication he’ll continue his provocative run of weapons displays. Kim’s… Continue Reading →
As travel springs back and China begins dismantling the last remaining Covid-19 curbs, one stark truth is beginning to emerge – the world is running desperately short of planes, Straits Times reports. With carriers from United Airlines Holdings to Air… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — One patient at the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva was found dead after a fire broke out in a hospital ward early Wednesday morning. The fire was apparently caused by a cigarette which ignited a mattress in… Continue Reading →
Benjamin Netanyahu’s incoming government put West Bank settlement expansion at the top of its list of priorities on Wednesday, vowing to legalize dozens of outposts and annex the territory as part of its coalition deal with its right-wing allies. The… Continue Reading →
Ukraine has bought some 1,400 drones, mostly for reconnaissance, and plans to develop combat models that can attack the exploding drones Russia has used during its invasion of the country, according to the Ukrainian government minister in charge of technology…. Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Two people have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in rolling a burning dumpster down Yechezkel street during a demonstration before Chanukah. The dumpster slammed into 40-year-old Mirel Daslowski, a member of the Karlin chasidic group, seriously… Continue Reading →
China says it will resume issuing passports for tourism in another big step away from anti-virus controls that isolated the country for almost three years, setting up a potential flood of Chinese going abroad for next month’s Lunar New Year… Continue Reading →
The act of purchasing mezuzos or tefillin (“sta”m”) can sometimes seem time consuming and confusing. However, as a recent controversy demonstrates, it is an act strewn with landmines. Unlike our careful purchase of food—which comes with kosher certification, thus giving… Continue Reading →
The question about every piece of sound and fury that comes out of Washington, DC, is whether it signifies anything. The recent closing statements and final report of the January 6 Committee (technically called the United States House Select Committee… Continue Reading →
One would think that someone who runs one of the most well-known Jewish trade shows would be the type of person who seeks the spotlight. But that doesn’t apply to Meilech Weber, founder of the OJBA trade show for builders… Continue Reading →
Nothing could better capture the hatefully unhinged state of much of the electorate these days than the sneering reactions of some to former vice president Mike Pence’s Chanukah wishes. “Happy Hanukkah!” read the Pence tweet. “May the light that shines… Continue Reading →
Pennsylvania’s top elections official fully certified results from the November vote late last week after recount petitions in some counties had delayed the process, the Department of State said Tuesday. An agency spokesperson said acting Secretary of State Leigh Chapman… Continue Reading →
A top aide to President Mahmoud Abbas was heard in newly released recordings on Tuesday cursing the Palestinian leader and insulting other members of the Palestinian leadership. The purported remarks by Hussein al-Sheikh, a senior official who is seen as… Continue Reading →
Israel Police on Tuesday arrested a second person suspected of being involved in overturning a dumpster that careened out of control and severely injured a Chareidi mother of 11 almost two weeks ago. The first suspect was arrested on Sunday…. Continue Reading →
President Joe Biden signed into law Tuesday a bill requiring the federal Bureau of Prisons to overhaul outdated security systems and fix broken surveillance cameras after rampant staff sexual abuse, inmate escapes and high-profile deaths. The bipartisan Prison Camera Reform… Continue Reading →