Month June 2023
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A charedi Jerusalem couple who were knocked to the ground by a police water cannon during a demonstration by the Jerusalem Faction at the entrance to the city were awarded 50,000 NIS in compensation. Eliezer Noach and… Continue Reading →
What if treating obesity could be as easy as popping an effective pill? That’s a notion that has long fueled hope for many of the more than 40% of Americans who are considered obese — and fueled criticism by those… Continue Reading →
MIAMI (JNS) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis gave Israel Hayom an exclusive interview on Thursday—his first to an Israeli outlet as an official candidate in the 2024 U.S. presidential race. He discussed a whole range of issues, while attacking the Biden… Continue Reading →
BROOKLYN (VINnews/Sandy Eller) – A Borough Park-based company that offers all-inclusive five star tours to Eastern Europe is facing a $5 million lawsuit over a 2021 plane crash in Ukraine that killed three yeshiva students and their pilot. Brooklyn Supreme… Continue Reading →
What the Titanic Submersible Saga and the Greek Migrant Shipwreck Say About Our Reactions to Tragedy
Across the span of nearly a week, the saga of a lost submersible that had gone into the depths of the ocean to see the Titanic wreckage rippled across the national and global conversation — culminating in news that the… Continue Reading →
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(AP) – Talk to someone who rode on the Titan submersible, and they’re likely to mention a technological glitch: the propulsion system failed or communications with people on the surface cut out. Maybe there were problems balancing weights on board…. Continue Reading →
MIAMI (VINnews/Sandy Eller) – It was a nail-biter of an Erev Shabbos this past week in Miami Beach, when a section of the eruv that crosses a well-traveled roadway broke just hours before Shabbos. Hatzalah South Florida member Mendel Sossonko… Continue Reading →
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Transgender people born in Kansas could be prevented from changing their birth certificates to reflect their gender identities if the state’s conservative Republican attorney general is successful with a legal move he launched late Friday. Attorney… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a brief freeze in construction on a wind turbine project in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights that set off a rare clash between Druze residents and police. Netanyahu said late Saturday… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — In this exclusive interview, renowned author and speaker Rabbi Elchanan Poupko offers a powerful, thought-provoking, entertaining analysis of the issues impacting the Jewish community. Rabbi Poupko discusses: The systemic, rabid antisemitism by CUNY faculty The Ryanair… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reprimanded National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Sunday for encouraging Jews to come and settle the unauthorized outpost of Evyatar in Samaria. Hundreds of Israeli Jews flocked to the outpost immediately following… Continue Reading →
BOSTON (AP) — The deadly implosion of the Titan submersible raises questions about whether the vessel exploring the Titanic wreckage was destined for its own disaster because of its unconventional design and its creator’s refusal to submit to safety checks… Continue Reading →
GEORGIA (VINnews) — On Shabbos, a shocking antisemitic incident took place in which neo-Nazis waving swastika flags chanted and harassed shul-goers outside a Chabad in Georgia. According to local media and social media posts, frightened shul-goers were confronted with the… Continue Reading →
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MOSCOW (AP) – Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was notorious for unbridled and profane challenges to authority even before the attempted rebellion that he mounted Saturday. The reported agreement for him to go into exile in Belarus would place him… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rabbi Leo Dee, who lost his wife and two daughters in a horrific terror attack in the Jordan Valley on Chol Hamoed Pesach, responded to the recent events including the deadly terror attack near Eli and the… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The government is expected to discuss Sunday a bill allowing Defense Minister Yoav Gallant to order the IDF not to conscript chareidi yeshiva students until a new draft law has been legislated. The deadline of July 1st… Continue Reading →