Month January 2023
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a move which received the approval of leading Religious Zionist rabbis, parents in a Givat Shmuel school have moved their children into a separate class outside the school in protest over a transgender girl studying with… Continue Reading →
Happening Now! Machon Yerushalayim Annual Sales Event Features Exciting New Releases, Timeless Classics Torah scholars, teachers and laymen have been eagerly anticipating Machon Yerushalayim’s Annual Sales Event, from now through 22 Teves (Jan. 15) at selected Judaica bookstores. This is your chance… Continue Reading →
President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday finalized regulations that protect hundreds of thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways, repealing a Trump-era rule that federal courts had thrown out and that environmentalists said left waterways vulnerable to pollution. The… Continue Reading →
A Sefer Torah fell to the floor on Shabbos morning before Kriyas HaTorah in Yeshivas Ponevezh in Bnei Brak. According to a report by B’Chadrei Chareidim, the unfortunate incident occurred in the yeshivah’s Ohel Kedoshim hall. The Sefer Torah was… Continue Reading →
Congress has failed so far to create a path to residency for Afghans who worked alongside U.S. soldiers in America’s longest war, pushing into limbo tens of thousands of refugees who fled Taliban control more than two years ago and… Continue Reading →
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi on Sunday urged Israel’s new hardline government to refrain from “any measures” that could inflame regional tensions, in a phone call congratulating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his return to office. The… Continue Reading →
King Charles III awarded the knighthood, one of the UK’s highest honors, to British Chief Rabbi Rav Ephraim Mirvis, a statement by the UK cabinet office said on Friday. According to the statement, Rabbi Mirvis was appointed as Knight Commander… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Shacharis: 8:00 amMincha: 4:15 pmMaariv: 4:30 pm Dr. Yaakov FinestoneSon Yaakov will be sitting at the queens address on Monday and Tuesday. Wed,Thursday and Friday he will be sitting at his home at 951 E 23rd street… Continue Reading →
A provision in the recently signed defense spending bill mandates that the United States work to ease Ukraine’s debt burden at the International Monetary Fund, which could create tensions at the world’s lender-of-last-resort over one of its biggest borrowers. The… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) – The tourism minister of Israel’s new hardline government on Sunday promised to invest in developing the West Bank, calling the area “our local Tuscany.” Haim Katz made the comments days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government… Continue Reading →
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Reb Boruch Harar Z”L of Flatbush / Lakewood. He was approximately 85. Reb Boruch was part of a group of Moroccan Bochrim who had been brought from Morocco to the Mirrer… Continue Reading →
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians woke up to a grim 2023 Sunday, reeling from more sirens and fresh missile attacks as the death toll from Russia’s massive New Year’s Eve assault across the country climbed to at least three. Shortly… Continue Reading →
Taxes will fall and minimum wages rise for residents in numerous states as a variety of new laws take effect Sunday that could impact people’s finances and, in some cases, their personal liberties. Some new laws could affect access to… Continue Reading →
The first order signed by the newly sworn-in Religious Services Minister following Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s return to power on Thursday was the freezing of former minister Matan Kahana’s kashrus reforms. The first and foremost goal of Shas MK Michael… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — A man from Wells, Maine wielding a machete attacked three police officers at the New Year’s Eve celebration in New York City, authorities said, striking two of them in the head before an officer shot the… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — In a stunning physical achievement which also succeeded in raising a significant sum for charity, a British man succeeded in running 365 marathons during the year of 2022- a marathon every day. During this period, he… Continue Reading →
The Afghan woman ran down the street towards her friend’s apartment as soon as she heard the news: the White House had publicly weighed in on her family’s case. Surely her child, who she says was abducted by a U.S…. Continue Reading →
Rav Elya Meir Sorotzkin zt”l became a rosh yeshivah at a very young age and, with “blood, sweat and tears,” as he would often say, built his yeshiva into a premier institution, and, more importantly, built individual talmidim. Because he personally went through the painstaking process of… Continue Reading →
South Korea’s military confirmed it test-fired a solid-fueled rocket Friday after its unannounced launch triggered brief public scare of a suspected UFO appearance or a North Korean missile launch. The Defense Ministry said in a statement that the rocket launch… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — An unusual initiative of a couple from Beitar Illit caught the imagination of a large number of Israeli chareidim. The couple wrote that a group was organizing to create a chareidi community in Cyprus, which would have… Continue Reading →
Elon Musk has a long list of accomplishments under his belt, including leading a number of cutting-edge technology companies into stratospheric territory. And now he’ll be known for something he’s probably less proud of: being the only person ever to… Continue Reading →