Josh Shapiro Launches Ads In Pennsylvania Governor’s Race With A Nod To Shabbat
PENNSYLVANIA (JTA) - Josh Shapiro, the Pennsylvania attorney general who is running for governor, launched his first TV ads on broadcast stations statewide on Tuesday and the first...
Israeli Researchers: COVID-19 Fueled Antisemitism
JERUSALEM (AP) — The coronavrius pandemic and Israel's overwhelming force during the Gaza war helped fuel a worldwide spike in antisemitism last year, Israeli researchers reported ...
Israel Court Convicts 7 Jewish Men For Wedding Video Celebrating Arson
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli court convicted seven Jewish men on Wednesday of inciting violence and terror and a slew of other charges for their involvement in a 2015 wedding in whi...
Chief Rabbi Lau And 15,000 Worshipers Gather At Tomb Of Yehoshua Bin Nun In Samaria
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — About 15,000 people came on Tuesday night to the tomb of Yehoshua Bin Nun and Kalev Ben Yefune, situated in the village of Kifal Hares . The worshipers marked...
EXPLAINER: Is Elon Musk’s Takeover of Twitter Good or Bad for Jews?
(VINnews / Yaakov M) — When Elon Musk acquires Twitter, his free-speech policies could be very beneficial for Jews.
Twitter claims to ban “hate speech”...unless the hatred is d...
ABSURD: Israeli Arab News Broadcaster On Govt. Channel Calls IDF Soldiers Murderers And Nazis
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In order for democracies to defend themselves against terrorist elements, they need first and foremost to prevent incitement to terror from being broadcast an...
When Religion Meets The Barbell: Women’s Powerlifting In Israel
Powerlifting competitions (known as “meets”) have been out of reach for many religious women who follow laws of modesty of dress, due to the federation requirement of competing in ...
Global Jewish Population Not Yet Recovered From World War II, According To Israeli Data
The global Jewish population remained lower in 2020 than it was on the eve of the Second World War, according to statistics released on Monday by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statist...
OPEN LETTER: The Case For Allowing Our Boys To Marry At A Younger Age
NEW YORK (VINnews/Akiva Lehman) — Dear Reader,
When speaking out to those close to me, I just get ridiculed. I am seen as an immature little boy who thinks that having a girlfrie...
Mariupol, One Of Putin’s Main Targets In Ukraine, Once Sheltered A Great Yeshiva
MARIUPOL, UKRAINE (JTA) — Barring a miracle, Mariupol, the beleaguered industrial center in eastern Ukraine, may henceforth be known only as the city that bore the brunt of Vladimi...
Orrin Hatch Wrote A Hanukkah Song And Wore A Mezuzah Around His Neck For 4 Decades
WASHINGTON (JTA) - Orrin Hatch, who died Saturday at the age of 88 from complications from a stroke after a lengthy political career that made him the longest-serving Republican in...
Number Of Antisemitic Incidents Surged In 2021, According To Latest ADL Tally
NEW YORK (JTA) - The number of antisemitic incidents recorded by the Anti-Defamation League in the United States in 2021 reached an all-time high, according to a new report by the ...
DISGRACE: Democrats Derail Legislation to Improve Holocaust Education in Public Schools
ALBANY (VINnews) — NY State Democrats have cancelled a bill that would have examined the quality of Holocaust education in public schools.
Several days before Holocaust Remembra...
Israeli Parliament Sanctions Critic Of PM Bennett, His Party
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli parliamentary committee has sanctioned a breakaway member of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's party, handing a small political victory to the Israeli le...
Israeli Police Probe Death Threat To Prime Minister’s Family
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police said Tuesday they have launched an investigation into a death threat made against the country's prime minister.
The police issued a statement say...
New York Democrat Legislators Block Bill To Supervise Holocaust Studies In State Schools
NEW YORK (VINnews) — New York Assembly Democrats succeeded in blocking legislation which would examine pedagogic methods of teaching the Holocaust in New York public schools, accor...
Lebanese Groom Elia Hawila Arrives In Israel, Declares: ‘I Hope I Merit To Kill Nasrallah, I Will Fight For Israel’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Lebanese groom who was exposed after his marriage to a Jewish girl from New York's Syrian community has now arrived in Israel - and is determined to rehab...
New Kivud Av v’Aim Opportunity
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
The Talmud Yerushalmi writes that honoring parents is of the loftiest of Mitzvos. A person is exempt from the observance of other Mitzvos when...
WATCH: Making The Good Even Better; Interview with Ari Brown New York State Assemblyman 20th District
NEW YORK (VINnews/The Definitive Rap) — We sometimes have guests on the show as they are in the midst of a campaign, and it’s always interesting to hear about what they propose in ...
VIDEO: Shots Fired Outside Popular Baltimore Shul
BALTIMORE (VINnews) — Multiple shots were fired outside one of the main Shuls in the Jewish area of Baltimore on Sunday.
According to the Baltimore Scoop, the incident started o...