Month February 2023
ISRAEL (VINnews) — Rav Yitzchak Breitowitz held a Q & A session this week in which he addressed various fundamental issues. One question he was asked was if he believes that everyone should go to college. Listen to his response… Continue Reading →
(AP ) – Former Vice President Mike Pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel overseeing investigations into efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to a person with… Continue Reading →
Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu said a controversial Shas Party bill to criminalize “inappropriate behavior” at the Kosel will not be taken up by his government. In a video posted to social media on Thursday, the prime minister addressed the… Continue Reading →
The Shas Party, a member of the governing coalition, will introduce a bill to make “inappropriate behavior” at the Kosel a criminal offense. The legislation defines inappropriate behavior as conducting mixed prayer (men and women together), playing a musical instrument,… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — No shock. In 2022, the New York Times’ reporting indisputably showed an anti-Israel bias, as well as “consistent omission of information regarding threats Israel faced.” Not only is the newspaper biased against Israel when compared to… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] “Pull, pull gently!” “Slowly!” “Look, she’s alive! G-d saved her!” A dark-skinned little girl in a striped shirt is pulled out of the hundreds of pounds of Turkish rubble she has been trapped under for over 37 hours. She… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] “Pull, pull gently!” “Slowly!” “Look, she’s alive! G-d saved her!” A dark-skinned little girl in a striped shirt is pulled out of the hundreds of pounds of Turkish rubble she has been trapped under for over 37 hours. She… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com Seven years ago, tonight, Klal Yisroel had lost an extraordinary Rosh Yeshiva, a world-class Posek, and a remarkable Tzaddik – Rav Yisroel Belsky, zichron tzaddik v’kadosh livracha. I was once doing research in libraries… Continue Reading →
Today, the 25th of Shvat, is the Yahrtzeit of one of the Gedolei HaDor of his generation, who, unfortunately, has been almost forgotten. Rav Meir (Liv) Posner zt”l [1725 – to 25 Beshevat (February 3) 1807], was the author of… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – The ultra-Orthodox Shas Party, a member of the governing coalition, will introduce a bill to make “inappropriate behavior” at the Western Wall a criminal offense. The legislation defines inappropriate behavior as conducting mixed prayer (men and women… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted unanimously Thursday to condemn China’s balloon surveillance program as a “brazen violation” of U.S. sovereignty, a rare and swift bipartisan rebuke of Beijing as questions mount about the craft the U.S. says was part… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Tuesday (2/14/23)Morning Mrs. Nonna StelmachenkoWife Mr. Leonid NorBrother Mr. Eugene NorSon
Family getting up: Shacharis: 7: Rabbi yitzi borchardtSon Mr. shaul borchardtSon Mrs. tzipora kupermanDaughter
BRUSSELS (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that his country has intercepted plans by Russian secret services to destroy Moldova Speaking to European Union leaders in Brussels, Zelenskyy said he recently told Moldovan President Maia Sandu about the… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JTA) — Benny Chukrun, speaking in Hebrew on a wind-whipped day outside the Israeli embassy in the U.S. capital, had a message for his fellow protesters. “We have a special role in Washington. We have access to the… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — China’s military is likely behind a huge aerial spy program that has targeted more than 40 countries on five continents with high-altitude surveillance balloons similar to one the U.S. shot down over the Atlantic Ocean coast last… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — The mayor of Barcelona has severed her city’s official ties with Israel, accusing the country of “the crime of apartheid against the Palestinian people.” Wednesday’s decision by Mayor Ada Colau has little practical impact – with… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: R’ Shmiel PanethFather R’ Moti PanethBrother Mrs. Layie WernerSister Mrs. Tzippy PanethWife Mrs. Chanala GrunwaldDaughter Mrs. Esti GellisDaughter
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A Syrian boy filmed himself as he was stuck under the rubble after the earthquake which struck Turkey and Syria on Monday. “I don’t know if I’ll die or stay alive,” the boy says in the… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A Syrian boy filmed himself as he was stuck under the rubble after the earthquake which struck Turkey and Syria on Monday. “I don’t know if I’ll die or stay alive,” the boy says in the… Continue Reading →
NEW YORk (VINnews) — Rebbetzin Henya Federman, who nearly drowned while trying to save her baby daughter Shterna Sarah who fell in the marina at St. Thomas Island two months ago, has passed away at the age of 40. The… Continue Reading →