SHOCKING: Ger Tzedek Takes His Own Life After Israel Doesn’t Recognize His Conversion
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 rec...
Israeli Murdered In LA Shooting Attack Early Wednesday After Apparent Poker Dispute
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 na...
Omer Bar-Lev To Secular Press: ‘I Didn’t Apologize To Chareidim’, But His Letter And Yaron Angel Suggest Otherwise
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 ...
After U.S. VP Attacks Judicial Reforms, Israeli Foreign Minister Says “I Bet She Didn’t Read A Single Clause Of It’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In an apparent allusion to Israel's proposed judicial reforms, US Vice President Kamala Harris stressed the importance of an independent judiciary during a sp...
WATCH: Highlights From Gur And Belz Weddings, 17 Sivan 5783
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Two gigantic weddings took place in Jerusalem Tuesday, as both the Belzer Rebbe and the Gerer Rebbe married off grandchildren in their respective Batei Midras...
ADAMS’ NYC: ‘Health’ Dept Sets Up Vending Machines to Dispense Free Crack Pipes
NEW YORK CITY (Yaakov M / VINnews) — New York City is setting up new vending machines which will dispense free merchandise. They will not be giving out soda or candy bars, but crac...
MIRACULOUS: Baby Recovers From Cardiac Arrest and Coma (CHILLING AUDIO)
FAR ROCKAWAY (Yaakov M / VINnews) — A one year old baby has recovered from a coma after suffering cardiac arrest, b’Chasdei Hashem. The boy’s miraculous recovery took place after a...
Chagit Leviev, CEO Of Leviev Group USA: Lubavitcher Rebbe Told My Father To Revive Jewish Life In Former USSR
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Chagit Leviev, president and CEO of Leviev Group USA and daughter of billionaire Lev Leviev, spoke at the Arutz Sheva Jerusalem Conference in New York, and dis...
At Adirei Torah Assembly, Rabbi Meir Zvi Bergman Offers Shidduchim Segulah From His Father-In-Law Rav Shach
NEW YORK (VINnews) — In a moving assembly which took place at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Rabbi Meir Tzvi Bergman, the son-in-law of the late Ponovezh Rosh Yeshiva Rav Shac...
Jerusalem Post Conference Is Latest Israeli Event In New York To Be Disrupted By Protests
NEW YORK (JTA) — Leading up to its New York City conference, the Jerusalem Post tried to avoid the anti-government protests that had bedeviled other recent gatherings where Israeli...
Gur, Belz To Celebrate Weddings On Tuesday In Jerusalem, Vizhnitz To Hold Wedding In New Square
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The three largest chasidic groups in Israel- Gur, Belz and Vizhnitz- are set to hold weddings on the same day, Tuesday June 6th, although the Vizhnitz event w...
Israeli Hospital To Allow Same-Sex Couples To Share Maternity Dept. ‘To Ease Connection Between Fathers And Baby’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In an unprecedented step which will infuriate Israel's religious and conservative community, same-sex couples and single men whose infants are born via surrog...
ANALYSIS: Explaining The Politics Behind The Forthcoming Chief Rabbinate Elections In Israel
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In order to comprehend the situation regarding the Israeli chief rabbinate elections, which are slated to take place this summer but will likely be postponed ...
Omer Bar-Lev And Yaron Angel Visit Rav Edelstein Shiva And Offer Written Apology- Angel’s Boycott Ends
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — For nearly an entire month, the chareidi community in Israel has unanimously avoided consuming items from Angel's bakery, the famous and most prominent bakery...
Israeli Under-20 Soccer Team Reaches Semi Final Of Junior World Cup- ‘Mondialito’
JERUSALEM (VINnews)— In a major sports upset, Israel's youth soccer team stunned the world Saturday night by eliminating the Brazilian team in the quarterfinals of the FIFA U20 Wor...
New Details Emerge About Lone Terrorist Who Killed 3 Israeli Soldiers On Egyptian Border
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — New details have emerged about the deadly attack on the Egyptian border early Saturday morning, in which a lone terrorist killed three IDF soldiers, Ori Yitzh...
Law Giving Preference To Army Vets In Negev And Galilee Will Also Recognize ‘Value Of Torah Study’ As Criterion
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A bill dubbed "the value of Zionism" submitted by the Jewish Force party last week was postponed due to fears by chareidi MKs that it would harm the value of ...
3 Israeli Soldiers Killed After Egyptian Policeman Opens Fire On Them At Southern Border
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a terrorist attack which occurred on Israel's Southern border early Saturday morning, an Egyptian policeman shot and killed two Israeli soldiers who were m...
The Sacklers, Jewish Family Behind OxyContin, Will Pay $6B In Deal That Shields Them From Lawsuits
NEW YORK (JTA) – The Sackler family, the Jewish billionaires whose marketing of the painkiller drug OxyContin fueled the United States’ ongoing opioid epidemic, will receive full i...
WATCH: News Anchor Who Became Religious Through Edelsteins, Breaks Down In Tears At Rav Gershon’s Passing
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — One of the high-profile Baal Teshuva families in Israel, Eden Harel and Oded Menashe, became religious after becoming acquainted and close to the Edelstein br...