Israel Eases Some Lockdown Measures As Virus Cases Decline
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel decided on Thursday to relax some of the restrictions imposed during a monthlong nationwide lockdown that was meant to drive down a raging coronaviru...
Netanyahu: Despite ‘Major Success’ Of Lockdown, Exit Must Be Gradual
JERUSALEM (JNS) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opened Thursday’s coronavirus Cabinet meeting by lauding what he called the “major success” of the nationwide lockdown, ...
Father Of Bride At Wedding Disrupted By Police Is From Terror-Stricken Family
GIVAT ZEEV (VINnews) — Rabbi Uri Pollack, the father of the bride at the private wedding disrupted by police Wednesday night, is a well-known Talmid Chacham who studied previously ...
Givat Zeev Wedding Evokes Angry Responses Against Police Brutality, But Wedding Continues
GIVAT ZEEV (VINnews) — The wedding in Givat Zeev north of Jerusalem which was violently broken up earlier Wednesday evening could serve as a watershed event in relations between th...
Audio: Karlin Stolin’s Grand Rabbi Slams Haredim Who Disobey COVID Medical Directives
JERUSALEM (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - For the second time in two days, a prominent Israeli rabbi has publicly lamented the lack of adherence to health guidelines amidst the ongoing pan...
Video: Police Brutally Break Up Givat Ze’ev Private Wedding, 2 Injured
GIVAT ZEEV (VINnews) — After MK Yitzchak Pindrus's attempt to establish a national enquiry into police brutality failed in the Knesset Wednesday and a previous attempt failed earli...
Why Did Rabbi Kanievski Bless the Ayalon Prison’s Staff?
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — Chareidi prisoners in the religious section of the Ayalon jail have sent the names of the prison's commanding officer and its rabbis to Rabbi Chaim Kanievski ...
Watch: Inspectors Descend On New York’s Jewish Communities
NEW YORK (VINnews) — As of late, the Boro Park and Flatbush communities have been subjected to groups of inspectors, looking to fine and/or shutter businesses that aren't following...
Germany Would Share Europe-Only COVID Vaccine With Israel, Citing ‘Special Relationship’
BERLIN (JTA) — Germany has pledged to include Israel in Europe’s deal for a future vaccine against the COVID-19 virus, in keeping with Germany’s “special relationship” with Israel ...
Cuomo Book On NY Pandemic Outbreak Short On State Missteps
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo condemned the federal government's coronavirus response and lauded his own leadership efforts in a new book released Tuesday that offers a few...
The Man Behind The Faces Of COVID Twitter Account Wants To Help America Face Its Grief
NEW YORK (JTA) - When Alex Goldstein first set out to memorialize Americans who died of COVID-19, he was overwhelmed by the vastness of the task ahead.
That was in March, when f...
Rav Asher Weiss: ‘We Cannot Say That Our Hands Didn’t Spill This Blood’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic Rabbi Asher Weiss, the head if the Darkei Horaah Beis Din and one of the most prominent poskim in Israel, has ...
More Than 50% Of Israel’s Older COVID-19 Patients (65+) Are Chareidim
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — The Chareidi population in Israel constitutes about 12% of the population. Most of its members are young as it is a growing community which has only recently ...
Clandestine Chareidi Organization Treats Coronavirus Patients From Home- With Great Success
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A hidden cellar in the Meah Shearim neighborhood in Jerusalem has become the headquarters for a clandestine battle taking place with COVID-19, according to a ...
Palestinian Peace Negotiator Saeb Erekat Tests Positive For The Coronavirus
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Chief Palestinian peace negotiator Saeb Erekat has tested positive for the coronavirus.
The Palestine Liberation Organization made the announcement Thursday on...
UK Unveils 3-Level Lockdown Plan; Liverpool At Highest Risk
LONDON (AP) — The British government carved England into three tiers of coronavirus risk on Monday in a bid to slow a resurgent outbreak, putting the northern city of Liverpool int...
Israeli Army Opens Two Coronavirus Wards For Civilians In Rambam Hospital In Haifa
HAIFA (JTA) — The Israel Defense Forces opened two civilian coronavirus wards in an underground parking complex designed to be used for medical purposes during wartime.
The open...
Iran Shatters Its Single-Day Record For Virus Deaths, Cases
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — For the second day in a row, Iran shattered its single-day record for new deaths and infections from the coronavirus, with 272 people confirmed dead among more ...
Director Of Gateshead Special Needs School Is Honored By Queen Of England
GATESHEAD (VINnews) — A rabbi who established a school for children with special needs and disabilities has been granted an MBE (Member of the British Empire) in the Queen's Birth...
Op-Ed: When Hashem Wants Outdoor Minyanim And Short Hakafos, We Must Do His Will
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Most of the Chareidi community in Israel, which numbers close to a million people, celebrated Hoshana Rabba and Simchas Torah in a subdued manner this year, w...