NBA Silver Who Is Jewish, Says He Doesn’t Believe Kyrie Irving Is Antisemitic
(AP) - NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has “no doubt" that suspended Brooklyn guard Kyrie Irving is not antisemitic, he said at a conference on Thursday, while LeBron James took to Tw...
WATCH: In Bizarre Rant, Candace Owens Calls Mein Kampf a ‘Historical Textbook’, Defends Sale of Antisemitic Film
CALIFORNIA (Yaakov M / VINnews) — Black conservative commentator Candace Owens, who works for Ben Shapiro’s “Daily Wire”, seemed to condone (and almost promote) the reading of Hitl...
Stealing the Wedding Place Card
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Sefas Tamim Foundation
“Are you going to the wedding tonight?”
“Yes. Would you like a ride?”
“No, actually. I was wondering if you could do m...
Popular Chasidic Rabbi Urges Followers to Eliminate Wedding Invitations
BROOKLYN (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - A charismatic Chasidic rabbi who has amassed a following of thousands within the Breslover community has declared war on wedding invitations, descr...
Israel’s Far-Right Kingmaker Booed After Paying Tribute To Rabbi Meir Kahane
JERUSALEM (AP/Vinnews) — A far-right Israeli lawmaker, whose surging popularity helped propel former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu back to power in last week's general election...
Nike Founder: Kyrie Relationship Likely Finished For Good Over Anti-Semitic Material
NEW YORK (AP) - The relationship between Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving and Nike is likely severed for good, the shoe giant's co-founder told CNBC.
“I would doubt that we go b...
New Jersey Teen Arrested For Threat That Prompted FBI Warning To Synagogues, Jewish Community
NEW JERSEY (Justice Dept/VINnews) - A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man was arrested today for transmitting via the internet a manifesto containing threats to attack a synagogue an...
WATCH: Mike Lawler: ‘I would like the Republican party to move on from Trump’
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Congressman Mike Lawler, the Republican who defeated top Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney in a massive upset in Rockland County, discusses his huge victory on CNN...
KFC Germany apologizes for ‘treat yourself’ chicken promotion tied to Kristallnacht
GERMANY (JTA) — The German branch of international fast-food chain KFC apologized to customers Wednesday for sending out a promotional message tied to the anniversary of Kristallna...
Ryan Turell Makes Historic Debut In NBA’s G League As First Ever Orthodox NBA Player
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Ryan Turell, the 6-foot-7 former Yeshiva University forward, made history Monday night when he became the first orthodox Jew ever to make a professional appear...
Dating Stories and the Parsha – Parshas Vayeirah
And Hashem appeared to him in the Plains of Mamre and he sat in the opening of his tent in the hottest part of the day.”
Somewhat humorous dating stories that actually occurre...
Krystallnacht and the Kindertransport
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
Tonight is the anniversary of Krystallnacht - an event which prompted British Jewry a few days later to do something extraordinary. The opera...
Israeli Coalition: Deri Set To Become Finance Minister, Smotrich Defense Minister
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In an election interview just a few days before the Israeli election, Defense Minister Benny Gantz burst out laughing when told of Religious Zionism leader Be...
Kalman Yeger Warns of Lawsuits Over “Social Justice” Ballot Measures
NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VINnews) — Brooklyn Councilman Kalman Yeger says that two ballot propositions to ensure racial equity which passed on Election Day could be a magnet for lawsui...
In Backing Zeldin For Governor, NY’s Orthodox Community Showed Its Limitations — And Its Strength
NEW YORK (JTA) - One day after Kathy Hochul was elected to her first full term as New York’s governor, a prominent Hasidic leader explained why he bet on what turned out to be the ...
Satmar Rebbe Says Many Jews Brainwashed By Trumpism
NEW YORK (VINnews) - Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum, one of just two Chasidic rabbis to endorse Governor Kathy Hochul’s election campaign, wasted no time making a public statement today, d...
THE DEFINITIVE RAP: The Journey To The Real You; Interview with Rabbi David Green
People love taking trips to places of interest and even exotic places. But the one place that people should take a trip to and visit is their soul. It takes a long trip and lots of...
BREAKING: Bomb Threat Against JCC in Edison
NEW JERSEY (VINnews) — A Jewish community center in Edison was evacuated due to a bomb threat, according to police, as first reported by News 12 in New Jersey.
The threat was re...
Newly Discovered Photos Show Nazi Kristallnacht Up Close
JERUSALEM (AP) — Harrowing, previously unseen images from 1938's Kristallnacht pogrom against German and Austrian Jews have surfaced in a photograph collection donated to Israel's ...
Kristallnacht Survivors Warn About Antisemitism, Hate Speech
BERLIN (AP) — Holocaust survivors from around the world are warning about the reemergence of antisemitism as they mark the 84th anniversary on Wednesday of Kristallnacht — the “Nig...