Israeli Court Exonerates Monsey Child Safety Activist for Describing Convicted Pedophile as an Armed Terrorist
MONSEY (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - Five years after being sued for libel for warning Har Nof parents on social media to consider a convicted sex offender in their neighborhood as dange...
Police Officer Gunned Down In Jewish Florida Neighborhood
EMERALD HILLS, FLORIDA (VINnews) — A 28-year-old police officer was shot and killed in the line of duty on Sunday night in Hollywood, Florida.
The tragic incident unfolded in th...
After Excelling In Evening Classes, 600 Russian Jewish Youths Fly To Dubai For Unique Jewish Experience
NEW YORK (VINnews) — 600 Russian Jewish youths from numerous locations in Russia flew on special chartered flights to Dubai as part of a unique experience spearheaded by “YaHaD”, t...
Portugal Honors Diplomat Who Saved Thousands From Nazis
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal paid official homage Tuesday to Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a Portuguese diplomat who during World War II helped save thousands of people from Nazi ...
Of Thrift Shops, Extra Simcha Food, and Agunos
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
Virtually everyone has heard someone use the expression, “Hey, that’s Bal Tashchis!”
That expression is rather famous. But the expression ...
Israeli Scuba Diver Discovers Ancient Crusader Sword
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli scuba diver has salvaged an ancient sword off the country's Mediterranean coast that experts say dates back to the Crusaders.
Israel's Antiquities Au...
Ex-Nazi Camp Secretary, 96, Appears In Court For Indictment
BERLIN (AP) — A 96-year-old former secretary for the Stutthof concentration camp’s SS commander appeared before a court in northern Germany on Tuesday to formally hear the charges ...
Ramat Gan Mayor Says City Will Sponsor Two Posters With Women For Every One Defaced
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Ramat Gan mayor Carmel Shama-Hacohen announced in a Facebook post that his municipality would fund two posters with pictures of women for every poster defaced...
German Israeli Singer At Crux Of Anti-Semitic Hotel Incident Accused Of Fabricating Story
BERLIN (JNS) - Gil Ofarim, the German Israeli singer who accused the Westin Hotel in Leipzig, Germany, of refusing him service because he wore a Star of David pendant is now being ...
U.K. Government Kills 2-Year-Old Jewish Toddler Alta Fixsler [WATCH LEVAYA HERE]
MANCHESTER (VINnews) — In a tragic and outrageous turn of events, the life of a 2-year-old Jewish girl was ripped away on Monday by the U.K. government.
At this point, most read...
Man Arrested In Fatal Shooting Of South Florida Officer In Jewish Community of Hollywood
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — An 18-year-old man is accused of fatally shooting a Florida police officer during an altercation, officials said Monday.
Officers responded Sunday night t...
Sites Where Germans Killed Jews Are Dedicated In Poland
WOJSLAWICE, Poland (AP) — The Polish witnesses of the German crime in Wojslawice lived for decades with the memories of their Jewish neighbors executed in 1942. They remembered a m...
The Wild, Wild, Kosher Hotel Heter
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
A “heter” means a leniency, or a dispensation to allow something that might otherwise be considered forbidden.
It happened at a Pesach hote...
City Transformer, Israeli Compact Car Company, Teams Up With United Hatzalah In $22M Deal
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli automotive company City Transformer, creator of a compact electric car which can shrink in size to squeeze through traffic and into parking spaces, ha...
3 Shuvu Banim Members Arrested In Connection To 2 Unsolved Murder Cases In Jerusalem 30 Years Ago
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli police arrested three members of the Shuvu Banim sect on suspicion of involvement in two unsolved murders which took place in the 1980's. The three su...
WATCH: Interview With Nitsana Darshan-Leitner: How Shurat HaDin Law Center Targets And Bankrupts Funding For Terror Groups
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — There’s a saying in politics, “when something doesn’t make sense or look right, Follow the money….and you’ll usually find your answer.
In movies, if you wa...
Rescuers: Last Jew Of Kabul Making His Way To Israel
JERUSALEM (AP) — The man known as the last Jew of Kabul could soon be heading to Israel, after agreeing to grant his estranged wife a religious divorce in a Zoom call — a precondit...
Israeli Leaders Mourn UK Lawmaker Killed In Suspected Terror Attack
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israeli leaders from across the political spectrum sent their condolences to the family of British lawmaker Sir David Amess on Saturday, following his murder the ...
Watch: Two Robbers Force Boro Park Driver To Open Trunk, Make Off With Over $1M Of Jewelry
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Two robbers attacked a man sitting in his car in Boro Park and forced him to open the trunk which contained over a million dollars worth of jewelry in two bags...
Rav Aharon Kotler zt”l on Empathy – Posted for Rochel Imeinu’s Yartzeit
by Rav Aharon Kotler zt”l
Translated by Rabbi Yair Hoffman
It is Rochel Imeinu's yartzeit. She was noted, among other things, for empathizing greatly with her sister Leah. ...