Kiddush Hashem: Jewish Organizations Team Up To Support Florida Hurricane Victims
FLOIDA (VINnews) — With the destruction left by the aftermath of Hurricane lan, Hatzalah South Florida has joined together with Chesed Shel Emes, Yedidim and local Rabbinical leade...
WATCH: Florida Rabbi and Son Rescue Orlando Family by Boat
ORLANDO (Chabad.org/) The devastation caused by Hurricane Ian has extended far beyond Florida’s Gulf Coast. When Rabbi Yosef Konikov of Chabad-Lubavitch of South Orlando learned th...
Rabbi Yitzi And Rochel Loewenthal, Chabad Of Copenhagen, Denmark – Why Is The Rebbe On My TV?
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While some stories remain unverified, the claim that Denmark and its people went to great lengths to protect their Jewish population during WWI...
One Plate on a Small Table
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
It is a picture that describes it all - one plate at a small table. It depicts the harsh reality in an almost intolerable situation.
They e...
POLITICAL ROUNDUP: Desantis under investigation for busing illegals. Did Fauci help create Covid? Trump accused of (bogus) fraud
In today's exciting episode, Yaakov discusses:
Two top scientists say Fauci funded the research that developed Covid, then lied to Congress about it
The latest fraud char...
Lev Tahor Leaders Released By Mexican Court: ‘They Are Wrongly Pursued- No Human Trafficking’
NEW YORK (VINnews) — In a new development in the Lev Tahor saga, the two cult leaders who were still in custody were reportedly released Thursday by a Mexican court, signifying tha...
Rav Avrohom Genechovsky on Emes
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Sefas Tamim Foundation
Rav Avrohom Genechovsky zt”l (1936-2012) was the rosh yeshiva at the Tchebiner Yeshiva, Kochav M’Yaakov, in Yerushalayim. T...
Holocaust Survivor Who Escaped Synagogue Massacre Dies
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Judah Samet, a Holocaust survivor who narrowly escaped a shooting rampage at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018, died Tuesday. He was 84.
Samet, who survived the B...
PSA: Fair Lawn Chinese Kosher Express Has No Connection To Manalapan Scandal
FAIR LAWN, NJ (VINnews) — Following misleading info that has been circulating, the Fair Lawn Va’ad Ha-Rabbanim have released a statement to the public asserting that the Fair Lawn ...
WATCH: Members Of Lev Tahor Escape Mexican Shelter
HUIXTLA, Mexico (AP) — About 20 members of an extreme ultra-orthodox Jewish sect overpowered guards and escaped a government shelter in southern Mexico where they had been held sin...
Shaalvim Farmers Celebrate Return To Fields With Agronomist Who Has Kept 14 Shmitta Years
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — As the Shemitta year ended this week, the members of Kibbutz Shaalvim, a Poalei Agudath Yisrael (PAI) kibbutz, celebrated the momentous event with one of thei...
Lev Tahor Raid Assisted By Former Mossad Agents And Former Sect Members
NEW YORK (VINnews) — More details have emerged about the Friday raid at the Lev Tahor compound in Tapachula, situated in Mexico's Chiapas state in far southern Mexico, as well as t...
Jerusalem Judges Authorize Liberal Private Giyur, Online Utah Weddings
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Jerusalem District Court judge Tamar Bar-Asher ruled Wednesday that two converts from the private "Giyur K'Halacha" Beis Din must be recognized in the Law of ...
What to Know About Aseres Yemei Teshuvah
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
Hashem, in His Infinite Kindness has given us a gift in the Aseres Yemei Teshuva – the Ten Days of Repentance. How so? Not everyone, unfortu...
21 Crucial Things to Know About Tzom Gedaliah
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
The Tzom Gedaliah fast begins at 5:27 AM dawn degrees or at 5:36 AM dawn fixed minutes in NYC (All fasts other than Yom Kippur and Tishah B’...
Schwarzenegger Visits Auschwitz In Message Against Hatred
OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — Film icon Arnold Schwarzenegger visited the site of the Auschwitz Nazi death camp on Wednesday, meeting a Holocaust survivor and the son of Holocaust surviv...
Ukrainian Jewish Soldier Came From Front Line To Open Aron Kodesh For Avinu Malkeinu
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Ukrainian Jewish communities celebrated Rosh Hashana in a tense atmosphere, with many of them under fire from Russian weapons. Despite this, numerous people ca...
Brother Of Dizengoff Terrorist Eliminated During IDF Raid In Jenin, 4 Terrorists Killed, 9 Injured
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The IDF launched an attack Wednesday morning on the Jenin home of the family of the terrorist who perpetrated a deadly shooting attack in Tel Aviv earlier thi...
After Barricade Standoff and Shots Fired, Manhunt Ongoing for Aryeh Wolf’s Murderer (VIDEO)
WASHINGTON DC (VINnews) — The man who murdered Aryeh Wolf z”l has been spotted in Washington DC, and a police manhunt is underway following a shootout with officers.
On Tuesday ...
Mexican Authorities Raid Lev Tahor Compound, 26 Members Detained
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Mexican authorities raided a compound of the Lev Tahor cult along the Guatemalan border on Friday, rescuing a three-year-old Israeli boy whose father had escap...