Month January 2023
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The dayanim from the Jerusalem Regional Beis Din made a special visit to the Eitanim psychiatric hospital to release an aguna. The dayanim, together with a Sofer, witnesses and an emissary, succeeded in obtaining a get. The… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Israeli high court has acceded to the petitions against the appointment of Shas leader Aryeh Deri, disqualifying him from serving as a minister in Netanyahu’s sixth government. Deri is currently serving as health and interior minister… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Shacharis: 8:00 amMincha: 1:45 pmMaariv: 6:35 pm Mr. Mordechai chune RezmowitzSon Mrs. Sury KahanDaughter Will be at this address from Wednesday. Sitting in London before Mrs. Chany LabinDaughter Will be at this address from Thursday. Sitting in… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a moving and heartfelt prayer assembly which took place at the tomb of Yosef in Shechem Tuesday night, hundreds of people accompanied Benaya Peretz, who was very badly injured in a May 2021 terrorist attack, to… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — The Microsoft corporation is apparently seeking to lay off 11,000 employees this week, according to media reports Tuesday. The company is looking to cut 5% of its 220,000 workforce, following a trend in the technology arena after… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Israeli High Court is expected to announce its decision Thursday regarding petitions against the appointment of Shas leader Aryeh Deri to a ministerial position. Deri’s appointment as interior and health minister is being challenged at the… Continue Reading →
Rabbi Avi Wiesenfeld is the rosh yeshivah of Yeshivas Beis Dovid in Yerushalayim, the author of the popular Kashrus in the Kitchen and Pocket Halacha series, and rav and posek of the Kav Halacha Beis Hora’ah. And yet, as a… Continue Reading →
Chaim Weiss’ story is simple and inspiring—okay, maybe not so simple. I met Chaim at the OJBA trade show, and we sat down for a short conversation. What intrigued me was the simplicity and humility with which Chaim described how… Continue Reading →
Was it a cyberattack? That’s the question that was repeatedly asked last Wednesday when the US Federal Aviation Administration ordered all flights to stop taking off for 90 minutes because the transportation agency was having a computer problem with its… Continue Reading →
I’ve often thought that there should be a regular feature somewhere called “Fake News Roundup,” offering the most egregiously misleading news stories or public claims from the previous week. Were there such a column, last week’s could have presented things… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Shacharis: 9:00 amMincha: 3:30 pmMaariv: 6:00 pm R’ Yankel WeillSon R’ Moshe WeillSon R’ Biniomin WeillSon R’ Naftoli WeillSon Mrs. C Hocchauser Daughter Mrs. M KoenigDaughter Mrs. C ReichmanDaughter Mrs. R Reinhold Daughter Mrs. R KaffDaughter Mrs…. Continue Reading →
MANHATTAN (VINnews) — A post on social media describes a heartbreaking situation, in which the family of an Orthodox Jewish patient at Mt. Sinai hospital is being denied visitation access. In addition, the police were called to drag away the… Continue Reading →
6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 6 cloves garlic, minced, or 6 cubes frozen garlic ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon black pepper 8 baby lamb chops In a shallow dish, mix the oil, garlic, salt, and pepper. Remove 2 tablespoons… Continue Reading →
At the beginning of the hike and at certain points throughout, there was a lot of noise. One kid wanted a snack, and when one kid wants a snack, all the kids want a snack. Another wanted a drink of… Continue Reading →
SYDNEY (AP) — A Qantas flight from New Zealand landed safely at the Sydney Airport after it issued a mayday call over the ocean Wednesday. Emergency services rushed to the plane after Qantas Flight 144 arrived from Auckland, New Zealand…. Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (Yaakov M / VINnews) — Ever since the ‘Garage-gate’ scandal went public, many have wondered why the Justice Department treated President Biden with kid gloves and gave his lawyers complete autonomy, as opposed to President Trump, whose Mar-a-lago home… Continue Reading →
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A grocery store that features thousands of products made entirely of discarded plastic opens to the public on Tuesday. The Plastic Bag Store is a custom-built public art installation and film experience designed to encourage… Continue Reading →
SWITZERLAND (Yaakov M / VINnews) — Arthur Sulzberger, chairman of the New York Times Company, appeared as a panelist at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday. Ironically, the topic was the “clear and present danger of disinformation.” Now Sulzberger… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – While U.S. tech giant Intel is canceling the construction of a new development center in Haifa, another U.S. titan, Apple, plans to open a new facility in the same industrial zone in the near future. The Matam… Continue Reading →
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump will be joined by two of his highest-profile South Carolina supporters — U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and Gov. Henry McMaster — at the first public campaign event of his 2024 White House… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Tel Aviv University researchers have developed a biological sensor that sends electrical signals in response to odors, allowing robots to “smell.” The researchers first devised the mechanism, and then used a machine learning algorithm to identify odors… Continue Reading →