At Least 9 Former Nazis Died In The U.S. While Awaiting Deportation. 3 House Democrats Want To Know Why.
NEW YORK (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — In 1992, the Justice Department’s Office of Special Investigations learned that before moving to the United States, a Brooklyn potato chip...
Berlin Police Chief Sorry For Holocaust Memorial Press-Ups
BERLIN (AP) — Berlin's police chief apologized Monday for an incident in which officers were pictured practicing press-ups on a part of the German capital's memorial to the 6 milli...
Austin Police Investigate Possible Synagogue Arson Just A Week After Antisemitic ‘Vax The Jews’ Banners Displayed
AUSTIN (JTA) - Police in Austin, Texas are investigating a possible case of arson after a fire was lit outside a synagogue there Sunday night. The fire was discovered just one week...
For First Time Since March 2020, Israel Opens Borders To Vaccinated And Recovering Tourists
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — For the first time in over a year and a half, Israel is opening its borders to individual tourists who are vaccinated against COVID-19 or have recovered from ...
Jewish Student Groups To Rally Against Antisemitism After A Torah Owned By A Fraternity Was Destroyed
WASHINGTON (JTA) - A rally is set to take place at George Washington University Monday after a fraternity on campus said a small Torah used in its initiation process was damaged du...
Bnei Brak Man Was Allegedly a Kohen, Beis Din Ruling Enables Him To Stay Married to Divorcee
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A Bnei Brak man wished to discover the name of his grandfather and asked the Tel Aviv religious council to investigate for him. To his surprise, he was told t...
Protesters Posed As Neo-Nazis To Target The GOP Nominee In Virginia’s Governor Race
VIRGINIA (JTA) — Demonstrators posed as the antisemitic white supremacists who led a deadly rally in Virginia in 2017 in a stunt protest against the state’s Republican candidate fo...
Rabbi Schneur Zalman Blumenfeld, 58, Chief Chabad Emissary in Peru Dies at 58
LIMA (Chabad.org) - Rabbi Schneur Zalman Blumenfeld, director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Peru, who served Jewish residents and visitors to Lima for more than three decades by establish...
NY Lawmaker Urges Major Cable Providers To Expand Jewish Programming And Content
NEW YORK (JNS) - U.S Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-NY) has called on seven major cable providers to increase its Jewish-themed television programming and content around the country.
Ric...
Vaccine Mandates Compared To Holocaust In Kansas Hearing
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas labor leader on Friday compared President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates to the Holocaust that killed millions of Jews, and a top Republican law...
Agudath Israel’s Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah Protests Israeli Government Moves, Calls For Day Of Prayer
NEW YORK (VINnews) — The Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Agudath Israel of America has published a sharp critique of the Bennett government's new directives which are harming the charei...
School Boards Push Back Against Holocaust Education: Interview With Rabbi Abraham Cooper Of The SWC
LOS ANGELES (VINnews) — Last month in Texas, Gina Peddy, executive director of curriculum and instruction for the Carroll Independent School District, said, “We are in the middle o...
Guatemalan Court Authorizes Lev Tahor Leaders Yaakov And Shmuel Weingarten To Be Extradited To US
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A Guatemalan court authorized the extradition of the leader of the Lev Tahor cult, Yaakov Weingarten, as well as his brother Shmuel Weingarten to the US on cha...
Israel TV: Israeli Tax Money Funding Hamas In Gaza Via Member Of Israeli Arab Party Ra’am
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A shocking expose by Israel television's Ayala Chason reveals that the Israeli Arab party Ra'am, set to receive 50 billion NIS in funding for Arab-related pro...
BDE: Beit Shemesh Chareidi Man Stabbed To Death By Son During Shabbos Morning Quarrel
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Just a week after a chareidi woman was stabbed to death by her son in the city of Beit Shemesh, another tragic case of parricide shocked the same city. On Sha...
A Prolific Jewish Writer Has Collected 4,000 Tiny Dreidels Found By Eastern European Treasure Hunters
NEW YORK (JTA) - Even when Arthur Kurzweil sits by himself in his study, he doesn’t feel that he’s alone. After all, he has the dreidels — all 4,000 of them.
Kurzweil, 70, is a ...
The REAL REASON the League of Nations Failed
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
The League of Nations was the first worldwide governmental organization of nations. It’s purpose was to ensure world peace. The organization l...
New York’s Pension Fund Halts Investments In Ben & Jerry’s Parent Company Over Israel Stance
NEW YORK (JTA) - New York State’s state pension fund will divest its holdings in Unilever in response to the July decision by the conglomerate’s affiliate Ben & Jerry’s to rest...
Woman Now Thought To Be Afghanistan’s Last Jew Flees Country
JERUSALEM (AP) — For years, Zebulon Simentov branded himself as the “last Jew of Afghanistan,” the sole remnant of a centuries-old community. He charged reporters for interviews an...
Hey! Another Guy Offered Cash After We Had Agreed on a Price!
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
Dear Rabbi,
I read your articles quite often and enjoy the clarity. My name is Reuvain (fictitious). We are trying to purchase a home in,...