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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Eytan Stibbe will be only the second Israeli to go to outer space. The former Israeli fighter pilot, who shot down four Syrian planes during the first Lebanon...

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rabbi Yitzchok Zilberstein, the rabbi of Ramat Elchonon, gave an interesting ruling in his weekly shiur regarding a family who had lost their son in the Meron...

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — At a somber Meron scene on the steps where 45 holy neshamos lost their lives in the horrific tragedy on Lag Ba'Omer, 150 Hatzalah volunteers who were desperat...

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The lawyer representing the Israeli Parks Authority told the Justice Ministry that he sees no issue with providing separate swimming hours in national parks, ...

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A rare bronze oil lamp, the first of its kind to be found in Israel, has been discovered recently buried within the foundations of a building dating to the Ro...

MERON (VINnews) — New details emerged over the mass casualties at Mt. Meron israel during Interview with Avi Abelow from The Pulse of Israel Podcast, about the largest civilian cas...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Joseph Zalman Kleinman, a Holocaust survivor who survived the Auschwitz death camp and testified against Adolf Eichmann in the Nazi commander's trial in Jerusalem,...

BERLIN (AP) — Berlin police arrested a 53-year-old German man on suspicion of sending dozens of threatening letters to politicians, lawyers and journalists that were signed with th...

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A moving and tear-filled meeting took place between the son of the Shotzer Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Moskowitz, and Rabbi Meir Nachman Elhadad, the father ...

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — During the last few days it has become clear that many different sources in government and official positions had warned in the past that the Lag Ba'Omer cele...

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — On Tuesday evening the mandate granted to Prime Minister Netanyahu will expire and frantic last minute efforts are still being made to form some kind of right...

MERON (VINnews) — For the victims of Meron, there is no future. No chasuna to look forward to, no children to raise, no legacy to leave behind at the end of a life well lived. O...

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Today, Alan and Baila from the VINnews Podcast 'The Definitive Rap' sat down for an exclusive interview with Itamar Marcus, Founder of Palestinian Media Watch...

BALTIMORE (VINnews) - An Orthodox man was shot dead last in the heart of Baltimore’s Jewish community. The incident took place between Park Heights Avenue and Reisterstown Road ...

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The following article will probably be viewed by some as controversial - but it must be expressed.  It is also not a blame the victim thought ...

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — 3 people in their 20's were injured when a car driving past the Tapuach junction in central Shomron opened fire on them from point-blan range. One of the woun...

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A number of former senior police officers testified Saturday night that they were under intense pressure by different politicians regarding the celebrations a...

New York (Jewish Week via JTA) — Among the 45 people killed in the crush of bodies at a Lag b’Omer celebration in northern Israel were at least six Americans with ties to the New Y...

JERUSALEM (AP) — At least 10 children and teens younger than 18 were among 45 ultra-Orthodox Jews killed in a crowd crush at a religious festival in northern Israel, according to a...

The funeral of Eliezer Tzvi Joseph, 26, of Kiryas Joel, New York. A Satmar Hasid, he was the father of four children. He was amongst victims in the Israeli crowd crush at Meron. ...