Month April 2024
A dinner hosted by UC Berkeley Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and his wife, Professor Catherine Fisk, for graduating law students turned into a heated confrontation on Tuesday night. The incident occurred when a Palestinian American law student, Malak Afaneh,… Continue Reading →
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) intercepted 1,503 firearms at airport security checkpoints during the first quarter of 2024, which ended March 31. This total represents an average of 16.5 firearms per day detected at TSA checkpoints, comparable to firearm detections during… Continue Reading →
Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara refused the government’s request to allow separate representation for the court debate regarding the recruitment of bnei yeshivos due to the irreconcilable gaps between her and the government’s positions. Baharav-Miara based her refusal on the fact that… Continue Reading →
BERLIN (AP) — German police on Thursday offered a reward and asked possible witnesses to come forward with information regarding an arson attack on a synagogue in the northern city of Oldenburg last week. Police are offering 5,000 euros ($5,364)… Continue Reading →
Fewer Americans File for Jobless Claims as Labor Market Continues to Shrug Off Higher Interest Rates
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for jobless benefits last week as the labor market continues to thrive despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts to cool it. The Labor Department reported Thursday that filings for unemployment claims for the week ending… Continue Reading →
China on Thursday announced rare sanctions against two U.S. defense companies over what it said is their support for arms sales to Taiwan, the self-governing island democracy Beijing claims as its own territory to be recovered by force if necessary…. Continue Reading →
Touro University’s computer science program was ranked in TechGuide’s top 25 list of “Best Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science Programs for 2024, along with MIT, Stanford, Princeton, and Harvard. The list highlights colleges and universities that excel in providing educational… Continue Reading →
YERUSHALAYIM • BNEI BRAK • BEIT SHEMESH • BEITAR • KRIYAT SEFER • LONDON THE UNIQUE SHAS YIDEN SYSTEM SHOWS RESULTS 160 DAYS MORE LEARNING per year than the average kollel! Learning 7 DAYS/WEEK incl. erev Shabbos & Shabbos, erev Yom Tov & Yom Tov Each… Continue Reading →
Jackson Township officials have announced today that they have closed on a much anticipated land swap agreement with a private school developer, preserving over 30 acres of land near Leesville Road as open space. Mayor Reina stated that ”by closing… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch, Rosh Yeshiva of Slabodka and a leader of the Lithuanian community in Israel, made a historic request of yeshiva students during the current Bein Hazmanim period, both due to the security situation and… Continue Reading →
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NEW YORK (VINnews) — In a surrealistic display of ant-American rhetoric and incitement held on April 5th in Dearborn Michigan, protesters chanted: “Death to America!” and “Death to Israel!” The protest, marking International Al-Quds Day, was streamed live on Dearborn.org… Continue Reading →
Real estate tycoon Truong My Lan was sentenced Thursday to death by a court in Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam in the country’s largest financial fraud case ever, state media Vietnam Net said. The 67-year-old chair of the… Continue Reading →
A deceased 20-30 foot long Humpback whale was found in the surf in Long Beach Township, NJ this morning. Long Beach Township Police and the Marine Mammal Stranding Center are currently on scene. “This is an active situation and we… Continue Reading →
On Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized limits on certain common types of PFAS chemicals in drinking water. It is the first time a nationwide limit on so-called forever chemicals has been imposed on water providers. EPA Administrator Michael Regan… Continue Reading →
Are you ready for some exciting reading? ArtScroll BOOKBOX contains a carefully curated collection of books to enhance your Pesach reading experience. Valued at over $200, these boxes are each just $89.99, plus free shipping in the USA – a… Continue Reading →
Kav Halacha Network will be hosting a livestreamed Q & A for Pesach TONIGHT. Questions will be answered by Hagaon HaRav Shmuel Felder Shlit”a, followed by Rav Yaakov Heineman, and a number of other Kav Halacha Rabbonim. Tonight, Thursday April 11th,… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VIN Podcast) — President Biden has gone full throttle — he’s thrown Israel under the bus like no president ever before. Biden has repeatedly disparaged Bibi Netanyahu. Now he is demanding a halt in fighting with no pre-conditions,… Continue Reading →
The IDF overnight Thursday launched an operation in the Nuseirat refugee camp area of the central Gaza Strip, eliminating terrorists and destroying terror infrastructure. Before the forces entered the area, Air Force fighter jets attacked dozens of Hamas terror bases… Continue Reading →
Interior Minister Moshe Arbel: 1500 Charedim Per Year Must Enlist, Immoral Situation Cannot Continue
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In recent days both the Ashkenazi and Sefardi rabbinic leadership has insisted that there will be no compromises regarding the draft law, with the Sefardi rabbis even going as far as rejecting all compromise regardless of whether… Continue Reading →
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he is considering a request from Australia to drop the decade-long U.S. push to prosecute Wikileaks founder Julian Assange for publishing a trove of American classified documents. For years, Australia has called on the… Continue Reading →