Month February 2023
ALBANY (VINnews) — For the first time ever, the capital city of Albany has a kosher kitchen located in a hotel. Ezra Friedlander, a well-known askan, tweeted a video of the exciting new kosher dining location, conveniently located in the… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.S. on Monday criticized new Israeli plans to build thousands of new homes for Jewish settlers in the West Bank, but gave no indication it would take any action against its close Middle Eastern ally. Israeli… Continue Reading →
NEW YOTK (JNS) – From Feb. 8-13, some 4,000 shluchos, Chabad women emissaries, from more than 100 countries gathered in and around the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn for the annual Kinus HaShluchos, whose agenda included workshops, speeches and Shabbat… Continue Reading →
BEIRUT (AP) — A baby girl born under the rubble of her family’s home in northern Syria after last week’s devastating earthquake was in good health Monday and being breast-fed by the wife of the director of the hospital where… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans kicked off an investigation Monday into the origins of COVID-19 by issuing a series of letters to current and former Biden administration officials for documents and testimony. The Republican chairmen of the House Oversight Committee… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — With few confirmed details from President Joe Biden’s White House, the downing of three unknown aerial objects in as many days by U.S. fighter jets has prompted wild speculation about what they were and where they came… Continue Reading →
Sometimes, when a company discontinues a beloved food, fans take to the social-media streets, lamenting the loss or even petitioning the cruel corporate gods for its return. But there was little audible uproar when Pepsi last month stopped making its… Continue Reading →
The Queen of England, who in response to a request for life advice, she commented, “If I had to give only one piece of advice, it would be to invest in human connections. There is nothing more important in life than… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) – United Hatzalah of Israel inaugurated today its air medical unit (medevac) comprised of three helicopters and 30 flight paramedics. The unit will provide immediate air medical assistance in the north, center, and south of Israel. The helicopters,… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — A man driving a U-Haul truck swerved onto sidewalks and plowed into scooter riders in New York City on Monday, injuring multiple people before police were able to pin the careening vehicle against a building following… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — A man driving a U-Haul truck swerved onto sidewalks and plowed into scooter riders in New York City on Monday, injuring multiple people before police were able to pin the careening vehicle against a building following… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Monday defended the shootdowns of three unidentified objects in as many days even as it acknowledged that officials had no indication the objects were intended for surveillance in the same manner as the… Continue Reading →
About 19 million U.S. employees had no plans to go into work the day after the Super Bowl, according to a new survey. Nearly one in five people surveyed, or 26.6 million people, said they’ll be missing at least a… Continue Reading →
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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — An Israeli border police officer was wounded on Monday in a stabbing attack carried out by a 13-year-old terrorist during a check on a bus near the Shuafat checkpoint in northern Jerusalem. The officers boarded the bus… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Police have stopped a U-Haul truck and detained the driver after reports that the vehicle struck multiple pedestrians in New York City on Monday. The driver of the truck fled the scene after mounting a sidewalk… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — 91-year-old Bertha “Betty” Shane died last week during a fire at her home in the Hampstead suburb of London in the UK. Mrs. Shane died childless and with very little family but dozens of people responded… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — IDF forces as well as Shin Bet operatives and police units collaborated Monday in an arrest operation in Shechem in which the terrorists suspected of murdering Staff Sergeant Ido Baruch were apprehended. Baruch was conducting a security… Continue Reading →
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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A stormy session took place Monday morning in the Knesset’s law committee, as the coalition brought its controversial judicial reforms to vote in the committee. Opposition MKs climbed on tables, sang “We have no other country” and… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A family who have been outed as missionaries in Phoenix, Arizona and other places in the US recently arrived in Israel under a different name and settled in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Nahlaot. The family dresses in… Continue Reading →