Watch: Bnei Brak Residents Welcome Soldiers, Invite Them To Shabbos Meals
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — After the Israeli government decided to impose a total lockdown on Bnei Brak and declared it a "restricted zone" in order both to prevent the spreading of cor...
Doctor Warns of Bnei Brak ‘Catastrophe’, Army Begins To Evacuate Patients
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — A doctor who was transferred to working on the Bnei Brak coronavirus epidemic spoke to the Makor Rishon newspaper and said that "a catastrophe is developing i...
Policemen Dress Up As Chareidim, Bust Clandestine Minyan
RECHASIM (VINnews) — Two members of the Zevulun police department went undercover as Chareidim in order to find out the whereabouts of a clandestine minyan taking place inside a sh...
Calls To Fire Litzman For Violating His Own Ministry’s Regulations And Praying In A Shul
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — After Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman tested positive Thursday morning for coronavirus, politicians and public figures including the prime minister wer...
Jewish Girls High School In Long Island Closing For Good Due To COVID-19
LONG ISLAND (VINnews) — The Midreshet Shalhevet high school for girls has announced that they unfortunately will not be reopening their doors in September of 2020.
The school ma...
Watch: Bnei Brak Residents Berate People Davening Outdoors, Calling Them ‘Murderers’
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — Tempers flared in Bnei Brak as frightened residents shouted at people davening in a local park and near a local synagogue, calling them "murderers" and "evil ...
Israeli HMO Director Estimates There Are 75,000 Coronavirus Carriers In Bnei Brak
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — The director of the Maccabi HMO, Professor Ran Sa'ar, said Thursday that "Maccabi treats about a half of the residents of Bnei Brak and according to various i...
MDA To Provide Plasma From Recovered COVID-19 Patients To Treat Sick Patients
JERUSALEM (VINnews) —Israel's Magen David Adom (MDA) first aid organization aims to treat severely ill coronavirus patients with a new 'passive vaccine' taken from donated plasma o...
Doctors : People Endangering Their Lives Unnecessarily To Avoid Coming To Emergency Rooms
TEL AVIV (VINnews) — A heavy silence permeates hospital emergency rooms in the last few weeks. Doctors claim that people are avoiding emergency rooms even when it is imperative for...
Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman And His Wife Contract Coronavirus, Netanyahu Isolated
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel's Health Minister Yaakov Litzman and his wife tested positive for coronavirus Thursday. Both reported that they feel well and will remain isolated in t...
Israel Declares Face-Masks Obligatory In Public
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel announced new steps Wednesday evening in an attempt to curb the further spread of coronavirus in the country, with the number of positive COVID-19 pati...
Shuli Rand Defends Chareidi Community From Media Attacks: ‘Do You Think We Want To Die?
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli singer Shuli Rand responded sharply on his Facebook page to the numerous media attacks on the Chareidi public in Israel over the past few days. Rand, ...
Some People Just Don’t Get It: Shuls Are Off Limits, Period!
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — As reported previously, Bnei Brak is the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in Israel, with one out of every three people being tested there for COVID-19 e...
Home Command Soldiers Deliver Food Parcels To Needy And Isolated Families In Bnei Brak
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — In the wake of the efforts by police and security forces to enforce public health regulations in Chareidi enclaves, Home Command soldiers entered Bnei Brak T...
Israelis Could Face Random Coronavirus Tests At Supermarkets
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Health Ministry and the Weizmann Institute of Science will conduct random sample coronavirus tests in supermarkets to determine where the virus is spread...
Watch: Police Hand Out 100,000 NIS In Fines In Beit Shemesh Over Public Health Directives
BEIT SHEMESH (VINnews) — Police issued tens of fines in Beit Shemesh as some groups still continued to ignore the public health directives and congregate or open non-essential busi...
IDF Converts Armored Vehicle Assembly Lines To Make Medical Equipment
JERUSALEM (Israel Hayom) — The Israeli Defense Ministry’s Rehabilitation and Maintenance Center at Tel Hashomer, outside Tel Aviv, is familiar to every member of the Israel Defense...
Marriott Says New Data Breach Affects 5.2 Million Guests
NEW YORK (AP) - Marriott says guests’ names, loyalty account information and other personal details may have been accessed in the second major data breach to hit the company in les...
Western Wall Stones Sanitized After Notes Removed
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Western Wall stones were cleaned and sanitized ahead of Passover.
Every year, the prayer notes tucked between the stones in the wall are removed at Passove...
Italy Asks Israeli Health Ministry To Allow Use Of Clip About ‘Chain Of Infection’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Italian officials asked Israeli health ministry officials to allow the mass usage of a clip regarding the 'chain of infection' which explains how COVID-19 can...