Month February 2023
NEW YORK (JTA) – The Brooklyn Nets traded Kyrie Irving to the Dallas Mavericks, a team whose Jewish owner had spoken up about the star guard’s antisemitism controversy last year. Mark Cuban, known as one of the NBA’s most outspoken team… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu led a tree-planting ceremony on Monday to mark Tu Bishvat in the Neve Ya’akov neighborhood of Jerusalem, where a Palestinian terrorist killed seven people last month. Netanyahu was joined by Jerusalem Mayor Moshe… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israeli security forces on Sunday night arrested the terrorist cell responsible for an attempted mass shooting at a restaurant near Jericho last month, according to the Israel Defense Forces. Israeli forces came under fire during the arrest… Continue Reading →
LONDON (AP) — Tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance staff walked off the job in the U.K. on Monday in what unions called the biggest strike in the history of the country’s public health system. The walkout is the… Continue Reading →
DARKUSH, Syria (AP) — A steady stream of injured were flowing into an overwhelmed hospital in the town of Darkush, in rebel-held northwestern Syria on Monday, after a deadly earthquake struck the region. Mothers hovered over crying children. Amid the… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a continuation of the counterterrorism operation begun on Saturday night near the city of Jericho, the IDF and Shin Bet operatives conducted a further arrest operation in the Aqabat Jabr refugee camp in the city. During… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a move to try and solve the shidduch crisis in Chasidic yeshivos in Israel, a benefactor of the Orayso yeshiva in Jerusalem opened a special office adjacent to the yeshiva and is offering $5000 dollars to… Continue Reading →
THE DEFINITIVE RAP: Muppets in Moscow, Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia
If you think your job is tough, today’s episode will leave you shocked. Baila Sebrow, producer and host of The Definitive Rap Show sat down with American TV producer Natasha Lance Rogoff to discuss her memoir, Muppets in Moscow: The… Continue Reading →
BOCA RATON (VINnews) – The victims of last week’s double fatal crash near the intersection of Kimberly Blvd. and U.S. 441 have been identified. Arie and Zahava Oberlender were both from Long Island, New York, but maintained a residence in… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews Podcast) — A recent History Regents exam was biased against Israel, asking questions which implied the Jews have no historic or Biblical right to control Israel, and showing a map that distorts Jewish history. The NY Post… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the wake of the devastating earthquake which rocked southern Turkey early Monday morning, killing at least 568 people on both sides of the Turkish-Syrian border, Israel’s leaders have offered their condolences as well as humanitarian aid…. Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the S’fas Tamim Foundation The unvarnished truth is that any society that deifies a Charles-Manson-like mass-murderer instead of seven murdered victims including a 14 year old child has so turned morality upside down that it… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the S’fas Tamim Foundation The unvarnished truth is that any society that deifies a Charles-Manson-like mass-murderer instead of seven murdered victims including a 14 year old child has so turned morality upside down that it… Continue Reading →
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A small earthquake rumbled through western New York early Monday, alarming people in a region unaccustomed to such shaking but apparently causing no significant damage. The U.S. Geological Survey preliminarily reported a 3.8 earthquake centered east… Continue Reading →
AZMARIN, Syria (AP) — A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkey and Syria early Monday, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing more than 1,500 people. Hundreds were still believed to be trapped under rubble, and the toll… Continue Reading →
AZMARIN, Syria (AP) — A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkey and Syria early Monday, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing more than 1,300 people. Hundreds were still believed to be trapped under rubble, and the toll… Continue Reading →
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook southeast Turkey early Monday and was followed by another strong temblor. It was felt in several provinces in the region and knocked down a number of buildings, reports said. The U.S…. Continue Reading →
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY (VINnews) — Following the unspeakable massacre of 7 Jews by a terrorist in Neve Yaakov, elementary schools throughout the Palestinian Authority have held ceremonies to honor the terrorist who carried out the attack. Sadly, this type of indoctrination… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials have offered to brief congressional leaders on their investigation into the classified documents found at former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence, people familiar with the matter said Sunday. A briefing could come as soon as… Continue Reading →
SEATTLE (AP) — A stolen yacht. A dramatic Coast Guard rescue. A dead fish. And the famed home featured in the classic 1985 film “The Goonies.” Combined, Oregon police called it a series of “really odd” events along the Pacific… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – The Magen David Adom (MDA) medical emergency response group has signed a partnership agreement with U.S.-based Hatzolah Air to jointly provide medevac hospital services in Israel. Hatzolah Air, headquartered in New York, operates a fleet of medivac… Continue Reading →