Month February 2023
AMMAN (AP) — The United Nations regional humanitarian coordinator for the Syrian crisis said Thursday that the country’s death toll from last week’s deadly earthquake is likely to rise further as teams scramble to remove rubble in hard-hit areas. In… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Mrs. Hadassah Devorah (Hudi) TirnauerWife R’ Mordechai Aaron TirnauerBrother R’ Shloime TirnauerBrother Mrs. Frady SoferSister Mrs. Esther MendlowitzSister Mrs. Chana Mindel AppelSister Mrs. Sara Rivkah NeimanSister Mrs. Chaya Leah PolatcheckSister R’ Yoel Yitzchok TirnauerSon R’ Yehuda TirnauerSon… Continue Reading →
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — A massive fire broke out early Thursday at a nursery in central Florida, burning thousands of plastic pots that sent flames and plumes of thick, black smoke into the air. The fire broke out about 2… Continue Reading →
IDF forces and Border Police officers overnight Wednesday demolished the home of the terrorist Muhammed Al-Ja’abri who killed Ronen Hanania, h’yd in a terror attack in Kiryat Arba in October 2022. Israeli security forces arriveed in the city of Chevron… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Knesset passed a bill Wednesday revoking the Israeli citizenship and residency rights of terrorists who receive payments from the Palestinian Authority. The new law, which passed by a huge bipartisan majority of 94 against 10, would… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Among the stream of people who came to offer condolences and support to Mrs. Devorah Paley this week was Mrs. Miriam Peretz, who lost two of her sons in IDF combat operations. Mrs. Peretz told Mrs. Paley,… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VIN Podcast) — In his latest episode, Yaakov M discusses podcaster Joe Rogan’s comments in defense of Ilhan Omar. Rogan said of course “Jews are into money”, and he seemed to suggest that Omar did not say something bad… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Mr. Lenny LauerFather Gets up Wednesday Night Mrs. Annette LauerMother Gets up Wednesday Night Mr. Gershon MarkowitzHusband Sitting at Shaulzon 40/2 Har Nof, Jerusalem Mrs. Naomi Rachaeli TubDaughter Sitting at Tachemoni 6 Pardes Chana Mrs. Shifra SteindlerDaughter… Continue Reading →
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s Senate rejected Gov. Kathy Hochul’s nominee to be the state’s chief judge Wednesday, an extraordinary defeat for the state’s top Democrat delivered by legislative leaders in her own party. The vote rejecting Judge Hector… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JNS) – Sotheby’s auction house is selling a Hebrew Bible that Richard Austin, its global head of books and manuscripts, calls “undeniably one of the most important and singular texts in human history.” Codex Sassoon dates to the… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sitting aboard Air Force One last year, President Joe Biden was scanning the newspaper and spotted a ghostly photo of a child’s swing set engulfed in raw sewage. He didn’t just sigh or shake his head. Upon… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JNS) – For years, a former law partner at K&L Gates in Manhattan sent thousands of threats and harassing messages, often including racist and antisemitic attacks, to lawyers at the firm. Willie Dennis also physically threatened former coworkers’… Continue Reading →
(AP) – Millions of Americans mired in medical debt face difficult financial decisions every day — pay the debt or pay for rent, utilities and groceries. Some may even skip necessary health care for fear of sinking deeper into debt…. Continue Reading →
FALMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Rare and in some cases never before publicly seen video of the 1986 dive through the wreckage of the Titanic is being released Wednesday by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The more than 80 minutes of… Continue Reading →
In a stunning piece of political news out of Lakewood, Agudah NJ Director Rabbi Avi Schnall is resigning from his position at Agudath Israel of America, and intends to run for the New Jersey State Assembly. The news was first… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — In this newly released video, Jonathan Greenblatt slammed the New York Times over its vicious reporting against religious Jews. He blamed the agenda-driven newspaper, at least in part, for the recent surge in antisemitic attacks. Greenblatt… Continue Reading →
OHIO (VINnews) — A resident of East Palestine, Ohio, where dangerous toxic chemicals were released due to a train derailment, told radio host Glenn Back that “Norfolk Southern”, and EPA-associated agency testing the air for toxins, asked her to sign… Continue Reading →
OHIO (VINnews) — A resident of East Palestine, Ohio, where dangerous toxic chemicals were released due to a train derailment, told radio host Glenn Back that “Norfolk Southern”, and EPA-associated agency testing the air for toxins, asked her to sign… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Half of Americans in a recent survey indicated they believe national news organizations intend to mislead, misinform or persuade the public to adopt a particular point of view through their reporting. The survey, released Wednesday by… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Electric car giant Tesla will, for the first time, make some of its charging stations available to all U.S. electric vehicles by the end of next year, under a new plan announced Wednesday by the White House…. Continue Reading →
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Billionaire Elon Musk said Wednesday that he anticipates finding a CEO for Twitter “probably toward the end of this year.” Speaking via a video call to the World Government Summit in Dubai, Musk said… Continue Reading →