Month June 2023
AP Exclusive: Drone Footage Of Collapsed Dam Shows Ruined Structure, Devastation And No Sign Of Life
KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Exclusive drone footage of the collapsed Ukrainian dam and surrounding villages under Russian occupation show the ruined structure falling into the flooded river and hundreds of submerged homes, greenhouses and even a church — and no… Continue Reading →
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norwegian officials said the smoke from Canadian wildfires that has enveloped parts of the U.S. and Canada in a thick haze is expected to pour into Norway on Thursday. Atmosphere and climate scientists with the Norwegian… Continue Reading →
PRAGUE (JNS) – A delegation of parliamentarians from 10 European countries on Wednesday denounced the E.U. policy of exclusively labeling goods made in Israeli territory, calling it a violation of the universally recognized definition of antisemitism. The hot-button declaration by… Continue Reading →
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Pat Robertson, a religious broadcaster who turned a tiny Virginia station into the global Christian Broadcasting Network, tried a run for president and helped make religion central to Republican Party politics in America through his… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – The Israel Defense Forces on Thursday demolished the home in Ramallah of the terrorist responsible for deadly twin bombings in Jerusalem in November, according to the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit. During the raid in the Palestinian Authority’s de facto administrative capital,… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — On air quality maps, purple signifies the worst of it. In reality, it’s a thick, hazardous haze that’s disrupting daily life for millions of people across the U.S. and Canada, blotting out skylines and turning skies… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a shocking story of bureaucratic heartlessness, a Russian Ger Tzedek who had converted in Russia in the Beis Din of Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, which is recognized by Israel’s chief rabbinate, took his own life after Israeli… Continue Reading →
PARIS (AP) — An attacker with a knife stabbed several very young children and at least one adult, leaving some with life-threatening injuries, in a lakeside park in a town in the French Alps on Thursday before he was arrested,… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A 40-year-old Ashkelon resident was murdered in a Los Angeles shooting attack early Wednesday. According to Ashkelon media reports, the resident, who was named as Amir Lahaziel, lived in the US in recent years with his… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a Yediot Aharonot interview to be published Friday, Angel bakery director Omer Bar-Lev hotly denies having apologized to the chareidim, despite the letter of apology which he and Yaron Angel brought to the Edelstein family. It… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The Lexmark printer company once commissioned Dr. Aric Sigman, a British psychologist, to write a study about fonts and how the use of a particular font might influence what the reader thinks about the… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VIN Podcast) — Democrats have set up vending machines in New York City which dispense free crack pipes and other drug paraphernalia, and maybe even free syringes. (This is not a Babylon Bee headline). ALSO: Why don’t the… Continue Reading →
In fallout from the debt ceiling deal, Speaker Kevin McCarthy is suddenly confronting a new threat to his power as angry hard-right conservatives bring the House chamber to a halt, reviving their displeasure over the compromise struck with President Joe… Continue Reading →
House conservatives staged a mini-revolt Tuesday in retaliation for Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s leadership on last week’s vote to raise the debt ceiling, the right wing banding together to block progress on a mixture of bills and vent their frustration. Led… Continue Reading →
(VINnews Podcast) — Rabbi Leo Dee is a truly amazing individual. He joined the VIN podcast to share his wisdom, emotions, and recent life experiences, in the wake of the unspeakable loss of his wife Lucy and daughters Maia and… Continue Reading →
Former Vice President Mike Pence opened his bid for the Republican nomination for president Wednesday with a firm denunciation of former President Donald Trump, accusing his two-time running mate of abandoning conservative principles and being guilty of dereliction of duty… Continue Reading →
Hatzolah rushed a critically injured patient to Maimonides Medical Center after a devastating car accident on Ocean Parkway and Ave. M in Flatbush on Wednesday night. Sadly, the man’s life was unable to be saved. The horrific scene unfolded around… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) and Israel’s Finance Ministry have successfully completed the proof of concept phase for a digital Israel Bond traded on a dedicated blockchain platform, the TASE announced on Tuesday. The development positions… Continue Reading →
PITTSBURGH (Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle via JTA) — When Judy Clarke delivered her opening statement to the jury that will determine the fate of the man charged with committing the massacre in the Tree of Life synagogue building, she did not… Continue Reading →
Is It A ‘Skip’ Or A ‘Pause’? Federal Reserve Won’t Likely Raise Rates Next Week But Maybe Next Month
Don’t call it a “pause.” When the Federal Reserve meets next week, it is widely expected to leave interest rates alone — after 10 straight meetings in which it has jacked up its key rate to fight inflation. But what… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The yearslong feud between congressional Republicans and the FBI is reaching a new level of rancor as lawmakers prepare a resolution to hold bureau director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress. Rep. James Comer, the Republican chairman… Continue Reading →