The Gvir versus the Rosh Kollel: a Halachic Analysis
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
I was once asked to translate for a well-respected Rosh Kollel from an illustrious Torah family. The conversation went something like this:
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Polish, Israeli Govts Condemn Anti-Semitic Display In Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Israeli and Polish government officials on Saturday condemned an antisemitic incident involving Polish nationalists chanting “Death to Jews” on Poland's Indep...
Rockland County Legislators Condemn Hateful Remarks By Haverstraw Man
ROCKLAND COUNTY (VINnews) — Rockland County Legislators Michael Grant and Jay Hood Jr. have released a statement saying the anti-semitic comments made during a public hearing on a ...
Myanmar Court Sentences Jewish US Journalist To 11 Years In Jail
BANGKOK (AP) — A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Friday sentenced U.S. journalist Danny Fenster to 11 years in prison with hard labor, the maximum penalty under three charges, d...
Folding that Shabbos Talis
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
It is Shabbos morning after Shacharis in shul and a man is putting away his tallis. Mr. A approaches him with an admonishment: “You know, you ...
Gov. Hochul Calls Out Anti-Semite Who Threatened To Run Over Jews At Haverstraw Town Meeting [VIDEO]
HAVERSTRAW (VINnews) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has responded after an anti-Semitic man was caught on film at a Rockland County meeting threatening to run over jews.
In the vi...
Murderer Of Holocaust Survivor Mireille Knoll Sentenced To Life
PARIS (JNS) - A French court on Wednesday sentenced Yacine Mihoub to life in prison, with no possibility of parole for 22 years, for the 2018 murder of Holocaust survivor Mireille ...
US Rescue Forces Working With Israelis At Disaster Site In Surfside, Fla., Visit Israel
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Rescue forces from the United States that worked with the Israeli delegation this summer at the condominium collapse disaster site in Surfside, Fla., arrived in I...
In Speech To Jewish Group, NY Gov. Kathy Hochul Calls Out Democrats Who Are ‘Questioning Our Commitment To Israel’
NEW YORK (JTA) - In what was billed as her first speech to a Jewish audience as New York’s governor, Kathy Hochul vowed to fight hate crimes and criticized fellow Democrats over th...
An 18-Year-Old Suspect Was Arrested In Austin Synagogue Arson Case
TEXAS (JTA) - A suspect has been arrested related to a fire set at an Austin synagogue, Congregation Beth Israel, on Oct. 31.
Franklin Barrett Sechriest, 18, was arrested Wednes...
Study: Increased Consumption Of Fruit, Vegetables,Legumes, Tea And Coffee Cuts Dementia Risk By A Third
NEW YORK (VINnew) — Eating an 'anti-inflammatory' diet of fruit, vegetables, tea and coffee could cut the chances of getting dementia by a third, according to a Greek study reporte...
WATCH: A Young German Discovers His Father’s Nazi Past, Then Converted To Judaism And Served In The IDF
NORTH MIAMI BEACH (VINnews) — Dr. Bernd Wollschlaeger, who grew up as a Catholic in Bamburg Germany, is the author of “A German Life: Against All Odds - Change is Possible,” which ...
Store Manager, Former EMT, Saves Unconscious Customer: ‘It’s A Humbling Experience To Save A Life’
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Eli Siegel, general manager of the Baltimore-based Market Maven supermarket, is a former volunteer firefighter and EMT. On Tuesday, Siegel's skill and expertis...
Let’s Not Allow COVID to Throw Out Our Torah Values
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
Last month, President Joe Biden announced his vaccine mandate plan. The immediate repercussions according to Check Point Software Technologie...
Schultz Under Fire For Comparing Starbucks To Holocaust Prisoners
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Starbucks is known as a company that cares about its employees. Yet in a recent effort to convey that message, Howard Schultz may have gotten carried away.
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Chasidic Board of Rabbis Issues Electric Scooter Ban
BROOKLYN (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - Citing multiple reports of serious and even life-threatening injuries, the Central Rabbinical Congress of the U.S.A. and Canada, also known as the ...
Sheikh Jarrah Family Recognizes Rights Of Jewish Owner, Will Continue To Live There Another 10 Years
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — While the sides in the disputed properties at the Shimon Hatzadik-Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood await a decision by Israel's Supreme Court, one family from the n...
The Naw Shvahs: Do You Care?
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
There are two types of people in the world:
Those who care about distinguishing between Naw Shvahs and other Shvahs
And those who don’...
A Post-Covid Kosherfest
NEW JERSEY (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - It was a somewhat smaller but increasingly exuberant experience at Kosherfest 2021, the two day expo returning to Secaucus after a one year hiatu...
Yair Lapid’s Sister-In-Law Was Messianic Jew, Is This Why He Proudly Claims Descent From Jesus?
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Does Israel's foreign minister and alternative prime minister Yair Lapid have missionary connections? Is this why he proudly stated recently that he is descen...