Bennett: Israel Could Beat COVID-19 Variant Without Lockdown
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Wednesday that the country can beat a concerning rise in new coronavirus cases without a nationwide shutdown, but that ...
HYPOCRITE: Black Fashion Podcaster Turned Civil Rights Activist Uses Anti-Semitic Tropes In Interview With Jewish Founder Of ManRepeller
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Fashion podcaster Recho Omondi has been under attack after her undisguised anti-Semitic diatribe during the course of an interview with socialite and ManRepell...
Under Pressure, Liberman Postpones Cancellation Of Day Care Subsidies
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman and Economic Affairs Minister Orna Barbivai announced Wednesday that the cancellation of day care subsidies for kollel stude...
Yad Le’Achim Organizes Camp For 60 Jewish Children Of Arabs, Including 9 Rescued From Gaza
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — More than 60 Jewish children whose fathers are Arabs and who were rescued in the last few years from Arab villages participated in special summer camps organi...
MK Eichler Quotes Letter From 12-Year-Old Chareidi: ‘Why Is Government Waging War On My Mother?’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — During the course of a speech in the Knesset plenum Monday, MK Yisrael Eichler read a moving letter by a chareidi child whose family would be hit by the new r...
US Officials Flag “Small” Reaction Risk With J&J Vaccine
WASHINGTON (AP) — Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine may pose a “small possible risk” of a rare but potentially dangerous neurological reaction, U.S. health officials said Mo...
Israeli High Court: Gender-Separate Academic Programs Are Legitimate But Female Lecturers Must Be Permitted
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Israeli Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Higher Academic Council can allow gender-separate programs for academic studies in order to enable the integra...
15 Years After Lebanon War, Critically Injured Soldier Now Runs Kayaking School
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — 15 years ago, Gilad Lahiani was a young soldier in the Nahal brigade. Lahiani, from the village of Odem in the Golan heights, loved rowing kayaks from the age...
Coronavirus Infects Vaccinated Leader At Florida Condo Site
MIAMI (AP) — A vaccinated Miami-Dade county commissioner who helped other local officials in Surfside following the collapse of a condominium building announced that he and his chi...
Pfizer To Discuss Vaccine Booster With US Officials Monday
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer says it plans to meet with top U.S. health officials Monday to discuss the drugmaker’s request for federal authorization of a third dose of its COVID-19 va...
Fauci: Too Soon To Say If Americans May Need Vaccine Booster
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. infectious diseases expert said Sunday “it is entirely conceivable, maybe likely” that Americans will need a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in ...
Israel Purchases New Batch Of COVID-19 Vaccines, Considers A Possible Third Dose
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced Sunday morning that a new batch of vaccines would be arriving from Pfizer in three weeks. Previously it had been fear...
NJ Co-Op Owners Want An Elevator They Can Ride On Shabbat. They’re Suing The Board That Said No
NEW YORK (JTA) — When Paul and Helaine Kurlansky first moved to Fort Lee, New Jersey, in 2019, they were excited at the prospect of hosting their children and grandchildren, who li...
FDA Trims Use Of Contentious Alzheimer’s Drug Amid Backlash
WASHINGTON (AP) — A month after approving a controversial new Alzheimer’s drug, U.S. health regulators on Thursday signed off on new prescribing instructions that are likely to lim...
Pfizer To Seek Ok For 3rd Vaccine Dose; Shots Still Protect
NEW YORK (AP) - Pfizer is about to seek U.S. authorization for a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine, saying Thursday that another shot within 12 months could dramatically boost imm...
Missouri Governor Doesn’t Want Door-To-Door Vaccine Help
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is pushing back on federal officials, saying he doesn't want government employees going door-to-door in his state to urge people t...
Global COVID-19 Deaths Hit 4 Million Amid Rush To Vaccinate
MARYLAND (AP) — The global death toll from COVID-19 eclipsed 4 million Wednesday as the crisis increasingly becomes a race between the vaccine and the highly contagious delta varia...
2 More Jewish Victims Identified At Champlain Tower Collapse Site
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Heavy winds and lightning from the hurricane closing in on the Florida coast hindered rescue efforts at the site of the Miami tower collapse, but rescuers succ...
Israel, South Korea Sign Mutual COVID-19 Vaccine Pact
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israel and South Korea signed a COVID-19 vaccine supply agreement on Tuesday, allowing for more effective use of present and future inventories for both countries...
Study: Vaccinated People Less Likely To Infect Others, Or Be Hospitalized From Infection By New Strains
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A study by the Tel Hashomer-Sheba hospital in conjunction with Harvard university states that people who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus even aft...