Friday, March 29, 2024

Jewish

Rare First Temple-Period Document Repatriated To Israel

JERUSALEM (JNS) - The Israel Antiquities Authority has successfully repatriated a rare First Temple-period document from the United States, the IAA announced on Wednesday. The p...

Teacher Posthumously Honored In UK For Saving Children From Nazis In Prague

ENGLAND (JNS) - A bronze statue was unveiled in England in tribute to a British schoolteacher who helped 669 children in Prague escape Nazi persecution. Trevor Chadwick from Swa...

REPORT: UN refugee agency accepted $50 million from US-designated terrorist group

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GENEVA (JNS) — The U.N. agency responsible for assisting refugees globally has accepted $50 million in donations from a U.S.-designated terror organization, according to a report f...

Sisters Who Survived Holocaust Die Days Apart In Alabama

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Two sisters who survived the Holocaust as girls and moved to the United States afterward died just days apart in their adopted home of Alabama. The Alaba...

US Holocaust-Denier Reportedly Arrested For Hate-Speech Stunt At Auschwitz

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POLAND (JNS) - In a post on the platform Gab, Jon Minadeo II, from Petaluma, Calif., wrote, “Got handcuffed and arrested in Poland today for (((hate speech))) regarding Aushwitz (s...

On Jewish Issues, New UK Prime Minister Liz Truss Looks To Continue In Boris Johnson’s Footsteps

LONDON (AP) - Britain’s new prime minister says she has a lot of Jewish friends — and that she will be a friend to her country’s Jews and to Israel. Liz Truss replaced Boris Jo...

An Interesting Psak Regarding Paypal

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by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Sfas Tamim Foundation In late 1998,  Peter Thiel and Max Levchin founded a company called, "PayPal." (It was originally called Confinity). Venture ...

Police Arrest Suspect In Tel Aviv Assault On Yeshiva Student, Suspect Claims Post-Trauma

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Police have submitted an indictment for assault against a 26-year-old Pardes Chana resident who attacked Levi Bloi, a Chabad yeshiva student who was on his wa...

BDE: Rosh Yeshivas Chidushei Harim-Tel Aviv, A Mir-Shanghai Student, Passes Away At 103

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Torah world and in particular the Gur Chasidus mourn the passing of Rabbi Yosef Halevi Hurwitz, the Rosh Yeshiva of the Chidushei Harim yeshiva in Tel Avi...
In this April 26, 2018 photo, a Jewish boy walks to a yeshiva in the Brooklyn borough of New York. AP

Controversial Jewish Billionaire Blasts Yeshivas in NY Post Hit-Piece Filled with Lies, Hate, and Distortions

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — Jewish philanthropist Michael Steinhardt, co-founder of Birthright, who has been embroiled in multiple scandals, wrote a vicious hit-piece in the NY Post, seet...
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REPORT: Maimonides Hospital Lost $145M Last Year, May be Close to Collapse

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BROOKLYN (VINnews) — Boro Park’s Maimonides Medical Center may need to be “saved” even sooner than expected. In addition to its allegedly subpar conditions and poor record of tr...

Russia’s Rabbis Call For Peace In Ukraine

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MOSCOW (AP) — An array of Russian rabbis has called for an end to the fighting in Ukraine and expressed concern about the conflict creating tension for Jews in Russia. The Monda...

Rabbi Mutzafi: Riders Of Electric Bikes And Scooters ‘Are Suicidal, May Lose Their World To Come’

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rabbi Bentzion Mutzafi, one of the most prominent Sephardi poskim, spoke out sharply against riding on electric scooters and electric bicycles and termed such...

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu Visits Ramat Migron, Decries Selective Enforcement Against Jewish Outposts

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Security forces in the Binyamin region recently razed the Ramat Migron outpost for the third time in weeks - at the same time as Arabs from the nearby village...

WATCH: 60,000 Gur Chasidim Celebrate Wedding Of Rebbe’s Grandson

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Gur chasidic court celebrated Monday the wedding of the granddaughter of the Rebbe, daughter of his son Rabbi Yisrael Menachem Alter, to the son of Rabbi ...

BDE: Satmar Rebbe’s Gabbai, Rav Yidel Weinstock, Killed In Shocking Accident On NY State Thruway

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — In a horrific road accident which occurred late Monday night, Rav Yidel Weinstock, who had served as the Gabbai of the Beirach Moshe of Satmar as well as his s...

GESTETNER: Only Clowns Believe the ‘Corrupt’ FBI Raid on Trump was about National Security

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ROCKLAND (Yaakov M / VINnews) — Renowned political commentator Yossi Gestetner put out a tweet-storm, blasting the FBI raid on Trump’s Mar-a-lago estate. In one tweet, he said t...

OK Kosher Decertifies Manalapan Kosher Chinese After Owner Caught Buying Non-Kosher Meat

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MANALAPAN (VINnews) — The OK Kashrus agency has pulled its certification from Manalapan Kosher Chinese, located on Route 9 in Manalapan Township, NJ. The saga began after the ow...
FILE - Brooklyn assemblyman Dov Hikind in 2012. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)

Large Media Outlets Finally Notice Rampant Antisemitism in NYC

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NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VINnews) — The national media has finally picked up on a disturbing trend. Violent antisemitism is rampant in New York City, and the pitiful criminal justic...

VIN PODCAST POLITICAL ROUNDUP: Ben Shapiro tweets that Trump will hurt Republicans in November. Angry Joe Biden calls MAGA followers violent.

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN In the latest VIN News political roundup, Yaakov M discusses: Ben Shapiro says if Republicans focus on Trump, they will lose in November https://twitter...