IsraAID CEO: Ukraine Refugee Crisis A Disaster Of ‘Almost Biblical Proportions’
IsraAID CEO Yotam Polizer is not a novice when it comes to mass disasters. The Israel-based humanitarian aid organization has responded to emergencies in 56 countries since 2001.
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Israel Says It Downed 2 Iranian Drones In Other Countries
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Monday that it used sophisticated F-35 stealth fighters to shoot down two Iranian drones in third countries a year ago, providing details...
Syria: 2 Civilians Killed In Israeli Airstrike Near Damascus
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Israel fired several missiles toward Syrian military positions near the capital Damascus Monday, killing two civilians and causing material damage, Syria's d...
Satmar Rebbe Urges Associates To Send Delegation To Aid Ukrainian Jewish Refugees
NEW YORK (VINnews) — The plight of Ukraine's estimated 200,000 Jews is concerning Jewish leaders worldwide, as communities wander on various routes under fire and with few physical...
WATCH: Violence Erupts as Police Clash with Protesters at Peleg Demonstration
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A protest in Jerusalem became violent on Sunday, as police officers tossed, beat, and kicked around members of Peleg Yerushalmi.
Protesters gathered to dem...
Israel To Set Up Field Hospital In Ukraine: Watch
Israel will set up a field hospital in Ukraine next week, according to the country’s Health Ministry.
“This is the least we can do to help the Ukrainian people in the face of a ...
IDF To End Holocaust Delegations To Poland, Chooses Lithuania Instead
JERUSALEM (JNS) - In a decision that could undermine already strained relations with Warsaw, the Israel Defense Forces will no longer send delegations to Poland to learn about the ...
Rabbi Moshe Bransdorfer Paskens: Bet Shemesh Neighborhood Must Celebrate 15th Adar As Well
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A new psak by Rabbi Moshe Bransdorfer states that members of the new Ramah Daled neighborhood in the city must celebrate Purim for 2 days.
A number of rabb...
Ukrainian Jewish Orphans Evacuated To Israel
JERUSALEM — A group of 100 Ukrainian Jewish orphans who were evacuated from the country after Russia invaded have landed in Israel.
The children arrived Sunday a few hours befor...
Two Policemen Injured In Old City Stabbing Attack, Terrorist Neutralized
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Two policemen were wounded in a stabbing attack which occurred in Jerusalem’s Old City early Sunday morning. The terrorist, a 19-year-old Arab from the Jerusa...
WATCH: Rav Chaim – May One Rely on Letters of the Chazon Ish?
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — In a rare video published on Kikar Shabbos for the first time ever, HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky is seen discussing whether "Kovetz Igros” of the Chazon Ish c...
Powerful Sheva Berachos Speech from Natan Sharansky about Ukraine
ISRAEL (VINnews) — Natan Sharansky, famed Israeli politician and former Soviet prisoner, spoke at a Sheva Berachos gathering in honor of Benaya and Neta Dickstein. Benaya's parents...
PM Bennett Flies Secretly To Moscow On Shabbos Morning, Meets With Putin For 3 Hours
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a highly unusual development, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett flew early Shabbos morning to Moscow together with Housing Minister Zev Elkin to meet ...
Harold “Smoky” Simon, One Of The IAF’s Founders, Dies At 101
Three days after he passed away at the age of 101, close to his 102nd birthday, tributes continue to pour in for Harold “Smoky” Simon on Thursday, one of the legendary founders of ...
Saudi Crown Prince: Israel Could Become ‘A Potential Ally’ If Palestinian Issue Resolved
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman said Israel could become “a potential ally” if the conflict with the Palestinians is resolved, Saudi state news agency (SPA) reported on Thur...
Ukrainian Refugee and Bereaved Holocaust Survivor Reunited With Her Last Remaining Relatives After Being Brought To Israel
Ben Gurion Airport - On Thursday, as part of its first-ever chartered humanitarian aid flight to assist Ukrainian refugees in Moldova, United Hatzalah airlifted 160 refugees bac...
After Being Given The Cold Shoulder, Israeli Distributor Takes Ben & Jerry’s To Court
Avi Zinger was so upset after Ben & Jerry’s pulled the rug out from under him that he never picked up the phone to speak with them. Instead, he’s taking them, and their parent ...
Zelensky: ‘I Don’t Feel The Israeli Prime Minister Has Wrapped Himself In The Ukrainian Flag’
Volodymyr Zelensky, the Jewish Ukrainian president under siege, said he was moved by pictures of Israelis standing in solidarity with his country during the Russian invasion — but ...
German Leader Visits Israel As Russia-Ukraine War Rages
JERUSALEM (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Israel on Wednesday, briefly leaving Europe as the continent's largest ground war in generations rages between Russia and Ukr...
Israel Seeks Diplomatic End To Ukraine War
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Israel’s president says his country is helping to push for a diplomatic solution to the war in Ukraine and is offering its services to achieve that.
President ...