Rav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita Answers 10 Shidduch Questions
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
Today, Rav Chaim Kanievsky shlita answered ten shidduch questions posed by Rabbi Yair Hoffman on behalf of a number of singles. The questions...
BREAKING UPDATE: Not all That Glitters is Gold: Star of “My Unorthodox Life” Files for Divorce
UPDATED WEDNESDAY FEB 9 at 5:15 PM
MANHATTAN (VINnews) — It’s official. Julia Haart, star of Netflix's "My Unorthodox Life", has filed for divorce after 3 years of marriage.
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Israeli Fire And Rescue Services Require Volunteers To List ‘Parent 1’ And ‘Parent 2’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the wake of the public controversy over MDA's donor forms requiring donors to register 'Parent 1' and 'Parent 2' in place of their father and mother and th...
BDE: 23-Year-Old Boro Park Chasan Dies Less Than A Month From Wedding To Nickolsburg Rebbe’s Granddaughter
NEW YORK (VINnews) — 23-year-old Yaakov Yitzchak Grosinger tragically succumbed, apparently to COVID-19 complications on Wednesday after being hospitalized with pneumonia and COVID...
HORROR: Two Young Sisters Go Missing After Family Rejects Gerrer Chassidus
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — Two sisters, ages 17 and 14, have been missing from their homes for the past week.
According to the girls’ family, the disappearance occurred after the par...
Outrage After “Sickening” Teacher Makes Students Perform Nazi Salute
ALABAMA (VINnews) — A disturbing image has surfaced of a High School instructor teaching students about the Nazi salute, and allegedly having them perform the vicious gesture while...
Biden’s Pick To Combat Antisemitism Finally Gets Hearing
WASHINGTON (AP) — Describing herself as an “equal-opportunity foe of antisemitism,” President Joe Biden's pick to monitor and combat prejudice against Jews around the world finally...
Honduras’ New Vice President Has History Of Antisemitic Remarks
TEGUCIGALPA (JTA) - Honduras’ newly sworn-in vice president and his wife have a history of making antisemitic remarks, but Jewish leaders in the region have not sounded an alarm.
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Judge Rejects Claim By Jewish Son Of Muslim That He Has Nothing Against Jews: ‘Your Actions Prove Otherwise’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A Jewish youth growing up as a Muslim participated in a lynch against a Jewish person in Jerusalem, according to a Jerusalem District Juvenile Court ruling.
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Liberman Blames Chareidim For Cost Of Living Hike: ‘50% Not Participating In Workforce’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — During a Yisrael Beitenu faction meeting, Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman claimed that the real culprit for the wave of price hikes in Israel is the chareid...
ONCE AGAIN: Israeli Police Brutally Arrest Chareidi Not Wearing Facemask In Supermarket
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Time and again during the course of the current pandemic, Israeli police have taken coronavirus regulations to extreme levels and violently arrested citizens ...
Agudah Protests Antisemitic Cartoon in Monsey Newspaper
MONSEY (VINnews) — An antisemitic ad has been published in one of the largest newspapers in Rockland County, the Journal News (aka Lohud).
The Agudath Israel has released a stat...
Texas Rabbi Who Faced Down Hostage-Taker To Appeal To Congress For Security Funds
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, who faced down a hostage crisis at his Texas synagogue, will join a Jewish federations movement appeal to Congress to double securit...
German Broadcaster DW Urged To Act Against Antisemitism
BERLIN (AP) — An independent panel said Monday that Germany's state-funded broadcaster Deutsche Welle was right to suspend five employees and recommended further action against eig...
Top Rabbi Says Rumors Are False, He DOES Oppose Rabbi Melamed’s “Peninei Halacha” Seforim
ISRAEL (VINnews) — A leading Posek says that contrary to rumors and media reports, a letter he signed against Rabbi Melamed did mean to include the Peninei Halacha seforim.
Rabb...
Holocaust Survivors Up In Arms Over Planned Auction Of Nazi Memorabilia
Holocaust survivors and those involved in efforts to maintain the memory of the Shoah are up in arms over plans to put some 20 Nazi artifacts up for auction next week.
Among the...
Dovi Soiefer Was Attacked By Two Rottweilers -This Was His Unusual Request From Their Jewish Owner
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Dovi Soiefer, a Jewish salesman, arrived in Miami for a business conference - "the ECAP Health Conference" this week, looking forward to productive business me...
Government Defends Plan to Eliminate Kosher Cell Phones: ‘Israel Not a Shtetl’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — An explosive meeting took place between Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel and Charedi representatives, to discuss the potentially devastating plan to elimin...
Incredible Story Told Over by the Brisker Rav
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
This story was told over by the Brisker Rav, Rav Velvel Soloveitchik zt"l (1886-1959) to Rav Shalom Ben Tzion Felman zt"l (1934-2015) about Ra...
Man Yelled at Yeshiva Kids: ‘All of You Should be Killed’
CHICAGO (VINnews) — Another antisemitic incident which took place in Chicago has surfaced. It took place in January, when a man viciously threatened a group of yeshiva kids, yellin...