DISGRACEFUL: Friends of Murdered Terror Victim Forced to Leave Israel, Desecrate Shabbos
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Five members of the South African Jewish community who flew to Israel to offer consolation to the family of Eli Kay HyD, who was murdered in the terror attack...
Israel Bars Tourists, Reinstate Quarantine Rules To Contain New Virus
JERUSALEM (VINnews) - The Israeli government voted to ban all foreigners from entering Israel as part of an effort to stem the spread of the new South African "Omicron" variant, on...
The Post Corona Wedding Redo: Rav Yitzchok Zilberstein Shlita
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
All her life, the Kallah was looking forward to her wedding. We can well imagine what was in her head: the Kaballas Panim with the stunningl...
Israeli Man Wanted In Italy Cable Car Custody Case Arrested
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Police in Cyprus have arrested an Israeli man wanted by Italy for having helped spirit the 6-year-old lone survivor of a cable car accident out of Italy and ...
SHOCK: Rav Shteinman’s Grave Desecrated on Eve of Yahrzeit
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — On Friday morning, cemetery visitors were shocked to discover the matzeiva of Rav Aharon Leib Shteinman zt”l desecrated. Vandals placed black paint on the mat...
Hikind Defends Ilhan Omar, Calls Republican Joke ‘Despicable’
NEW YORK (VINnews) — In a rare move, former NY Assemblyman Dov Hikind is defending antisemitic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. In a tweet Thursday, Hikind blasted Republican Congresswoma...
Israel Warns Of ‘Emergency’ After Detecting New Virus Strain
JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Israel is "on the threshold of an emergency situation” on Friday after authorities detected the country’s first case of a new c...
Rights Group: Israel Puts Jerusalem Settlement Plan On Hold
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli authorities appear to have put plans to build a large Jewish settlement at an abandoned airport in east Jerusalem on hold, at least for now, a rights group...
As More Israelis Choose Pure Olive Oil To Light The Hanukkah Menorah, Counterfeiters See An Opportunity
JERUSALEM (JTA) — In a supermarket here, Ohad David makes a beeline for the most expensive olive oil in the store.
He takes three bottles of the award-winning Midnight Coratina ...
Fierce Backlash After Ombudsman Calls for Removal of Chief Rabbi
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Former Supreme Court justice Uri Shoham, who serves as Israel's Ombudsman for Judges, has called to oust Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef after a complaint...
Israeli Envoy To Return To Poland
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israel’s Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday it would return the country’s chargé d’affaires to Poland following “signals” from Warsaw that it was seeking rec...
Rav Chaim: ‘We Must Vaccinate Children’
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — On Thursday, HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky instructed parents to vaccinate children, aged five and above, against COVID-19.
Rav Chaim came to that conclusio...
Poland To Have No Ambassador In Israel, Amid Tepid Ties
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday that the European Union nation will have no ambassador in Israel for the time being, bringing the mission level down t...
Israel Pushes For Better Iran Deal Amid Military Buildup
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Israel’s defense minister said Thursday he hopes a better nuclear deal will come out of upcoming talks between world powers and Iran, but that Israel is hedgi...
New 9000-Unit Chareidi Neighborhood Approved At Atarot On Jerusalem’s Northern Perimeter
JERUSALEM — The Jerusalem City Council’s Planning and Building Committee authorized Wednesday a plan for a new neighborhood which is slated to house tens of thousands of chareidi J...
Western Wall Arrangement Includes Three-Tiered Mix-Gender Plaza For Non-Orthodox Prayer
JERUSALEM (VINnews)— Religious Affairs Minister Matan Kahana (Yemina) appeared to be reneging on his support for the 2016 Western Wall compromise deal which would allow the constru...
Report: Israel And US Are Splitting Up Attacks In Syria Against Iranian-Linked Groups
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israel and the United States are likely dividing up responsibility for attacking targets related to the Iranian-led Shi’ite radical axis in Syria, a new report fr...
Israeli Official: Latest Hamas Terror Infrastructure ‘The Most Dangerous In Recent Years’
JERUSALEM (JNS) - The large-scale Hamas terror plot uncovered by the Shin Bet intelligence agency and broken up in recent weeks is “the most dangerous tactical-operational infrastr...
Israel Plans Large Settlement At Shuttered Jerusalem Airport
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is moving ahead with plans to build a massive Jewish settlement on the site of a long-abandoned airport that the Palestinians had hoped would one day servic...
Israeli Court Rejects Gaza Man’s Appeal In Deadly Strike
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal from a Palestinian man who was seeking an apology from Israel over a 2009 tank strike that killed three of h...