Month February 2023
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg wants the nation’s freight railroads to immediately act to improve safety while regulators try to strengthen safety rules in the wake of a fiery derailment in Ohio that forced evacuations when toxic chemicals were released and… Continue Reading →
Russian President Vladimir Putin gave no sign Tuesday he would change strategy in the Kremlin’s bloody war in Ukraine, and ratcheted up tensions with the West by suspending Moscow’s participation in the last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — After the recent devastating earthquake in Turkey, a delegation of ZAKA voluntary emergency response teams from Israel scoured the ruins of Antakya, Turkey, searching for the remains of the president of the tiny, 2,200-year-old Jewish community. After… Continue Reading →
Former congressman and current Fox News host Trey Gowdy took failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake out to the woodshed over the lies about Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that she has been pushing. Lake has been falsely claiming that DeSantis… Continue Reading →
Intel had a meeting scheduled with government officials in Jerusalem on Monday about its plans to expand its investments in Israel by an additional $20-25 billion, Calcalist reported. However, according to the report, the company delayed the meeting after realizing it… Continue Reading →
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan spoke today at a special Security Council meeting on the Middle East and the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. In his speech, Ambassador Erdan criticized the members of the Council for calling the meeting to… Continue Reading →
An impressive and incredible event was held on Sunday night honoring the 250 heroes of Flatbush Hatzolah and their families who sacrifice so much so their father/husband can perform his lifesaving duties. Until now, Flatbush Hatzolah held an annual membership… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JTA) — The Israeli government’s controversial judicial reform plan cleared a major hurdle as its parliament, the Knesset, voted to advance a key piece of the plan. The 63-47 vote took place early Tuesday morning, following a second… Continue Reading →
The death toll in Turkey and Syria rose to eight in a new and powerful earthquake that struck two weeks after a devastating temblor killed nearly 45,000 people, authorities and media said Tuesday. Turkey’s disaster management authority said six people… Continue Reading →
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NEW YORK (VINnews) — Allison Josephs, founder of the “JewInTheCity” blog, called out the New Jersey Department of Health over an ad that linked Jews celebrating Purim with the spread of Covid. 1) @njdeptofhealth platforms should include positive messages about… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (Agudath Israel / VINnews) — This morning, the New York Times published yet another lengthy, prejudicial article against Orthodox Jews, this time targeting Kiryas Joel, a village which “is almost entirely populated by Hasidic Jews.” The Times focuses… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JNS) – Accusations of Islamophobia came almost immediately after the U.S. House of Representatives voted earlier this month to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from its Foreign Affairs Committee. The vote followed repeated promises from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy… Continue Reading →
A chizzuk event for women was held at Binyanei HaUma in Jerusalem on Sunday evening following the end of shiva for the kedoshim of the Ramot terror attack. Close relatives of the kedoshim spoke, including Devorah Paley, mother of Asher,… Continue Reading →
The United States on Monday signed on to a UN Security Council statement expressing “dismay” over Jewish settlements being built in Yehuda and the Shomron. “The Security Council reiterates that continuing Israeli settlement activities are dangerously imperiling the viability of… Continue Reading →
The United States on Monday signed on to a UN Security Council statement expressing “dismay” over Jewish settlements being built in Yehuda and the Shomron. “The Security Council reiterates that continuing Israeli settlement activities are dangerously imperiling the viability of… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JNS) – The International March of the Living announced meeting the first “Soul to Sole” crowdfunding goal to conserve 8,000 shoes belonging to Jewish children who perished at Auschwitz-Birkenau. The group is partnering in the endeavor with the… Continue Reading →
The government agency responsible for tracking down contaminated peanut butter and defective pacemakers is taking on a new health hazard: online misinformation. It’s an unlikely role for the Food and Drug Administration, a sprawling, century-old bureaucracy that for decades directed… Continue Reading →
The government agency responsible for tracking down contaminated peanut butter and defective pacemakers is taking on a new health hazard: online misinformation. It’s an unlikely role for the Food and Drug Administration, a sprawling, century-old bureaucracy that for decades directed… Continue Reading →
Rosh Yeshivas Slabodka HaGaon HaRav Dov Landua wrote a letter on Monday in which he called to daven for the refuah sheleimah of his fellow Rosh Yeshivah, HaGaon HaRav Moshe Hillel Hirsch, who was diagnosed with a serious illness last… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the only current U.S. senator to have visited space, Mark Kelly knows something about unexplained objects in the skies. Back in his aviator days, Kelly saw Mylar party balloons fly by his cockpit. And once when… Continue Reading →