Israeli Coalition Continues To Flounder As Rebel MKs Stall Legislation, Make Fresh Demands
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel's faltering coalition continued to flounder at the end of the week, as a number of rebel MKs continued their defiant stances despite attempts by their ...
I Closed My Eyes And Asked G-d For A Sign – Rabbi Yossi & Chana Madvig – Chabad Of Oswego New York
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Neither of us come from an Orthodox Jewish background. I was raised in a Conservative/Reform home and did not have much of an education. In fact...
Brazilian Jewish School Takes In Hospital Patients Escaping A Fire
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — A Jewish school here took in over 150 patients escaping a hospital fire, many of them in sick beds, on Wednesday.
The fire broke out in the Hospital São L...
NY State Supreme Court Sides With Mother In Dispute Over Son’s Williamsburg Yeshiva Education
NEW YORK (JTA) - A New York State Supreme Court justice ruled in favor of an Orthodox Jewish mom who said her son was denied an adequate secular education at his Brooklyn yeshiva.
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All About Lying and How to Stop It
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
A woman who is in the process of a divorce had explained to her husband that her lawyer had told her that she should lie and say that her husb...
Paladino: Saying Hitler ‘Kind Of Leader We Need’ Was Mistake
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Carl Paladino, a Republican running for Congress in western New York, said Thursday he was wrong to invoke Adolf Hitler when he said in an interview last year ...
Holocaust Memorial Chairman Thanks Pope For Opening Archives
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The chairman of Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial said he thanked Pope Francis on Thursday for giving scholars access to the Holy See’s World War II-era ar...
Felder Warns: Don’t Get Arrested! Annual Safe To Drive Initiative Starts Today
NEW YORK (VINnews) - “Summer after summer, my office gets dozens of calls from people whose loved ones were arrested and locked up for driving with a suspended license. At that poi...
Ron Desantis To Speak At Chelsea Piers On Sunday Following Jewish Museum Flap
NEW YORK (JTA) - A conservative Jewish think tank will hold a daylong conference at Chelsea Piers on Sunday, one month after asserting that it was blocked from holding the event at...
Mystery Drone Hovers Above Gerrer Rebbe at Wedding (VIDEO)
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Participants at two weddings were astonished after a drone was seen hovering above the Gerrer Rebbe during the ceremonies.
According to Kikar Shabbos, the ...
Boston Jews Say A Pro-Palestinian Group’s Map Of Local ‘Zionist Leaders And Powerhouse NGOs’ Is A Guide To Antisemitism
BOSTON (JTA) - A Jewish arts group. A Jewish high school. A Jewish newspaper. A synagogue network. A major Jewish philanthropy that directs funds to mental health, homelessness pre...
Lie Traps – Hurdles that Medical Doctors May Face
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for Sfas Tamim Foundation
The Chofetz Chaim wrote a monograph on the idea of always ensuring that people speak the truth and avoid lying at all costs It w...
LISTEN: Rav Uren Reich On The Fighting In Gur: A Jew Who Hits A Jew Is A Rasha And Does Not Count Toward A Minyan
LAKEWOOD, NJ (VINnews) — Rav Uren Reich shlita, as part of a weekly shiur, felt obligated to speak up against the recent violence in the Gerrer kehilla.
He expressed his dismay...
Rabbanim And Leading Community Figures Join The Official L’chaim And Kvi’as Mezuzah At The New Offices Of The Renowned Marketing And Advertising Firm FriedCo Media
After years at the head of the media world, the company led by the incomparable Yoel Fried, is moving to an expanded space in order to accommodate its growth and ambitious plans fo...
Disappointment for Blooming Grove Yeshiva Parents as Court Reverses Busing Ruling
NEW YORK (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - An Albany appellate court’s reversal of a previous ruling mandating busing for nonpublic school students on days when public schools aren’t in sess...
An Open Letter About The Conflict In Gur By Zvi Gluck
NEW YORK (VINnews/Zvi Gluck) - As a member of a family whose Gur roots run deep, I have tried hard, over the last few years, to distance myself from the conflict that has been maki...
‘It’s Never Too Late To Begin’: Social Media Influencer Movingly Describes His Search For Judaism
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a moving post presented on his Facebook page, Semyon Grafman, a social media celebrity in Israel, shared with his followers his feelings on trying to find ...
IDF Opens Advanced Combat Units To Female Soldiers, Angering Religious Zionist Rabbis
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The IDF announced Tuesday that certain advanced combat units will be opened to women for the first time, although not all elite units will be available to the...
Moscow’s Chief Rabbi In Exile After Refusing To Back Putin’s War On Ukraine, Relative Says
LONDON (JTA) - As the head of a large European rabbinical group, Pinchas Goldschmidt regularly travels in and out of Moscow, where he has worked since 1993 as the city’s chief rabb...
Youtube Deletes Video of Orthodox Jewish Rioter at Capitol (VIDEO)
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Youtube has deleted a video of a Jewish rioter at the Capitol on January 6th.
The widely-seen video, published by the NY Post, vanished one day before a pri...