WATCH: The “Palestinian Issue” Discredited by the Abraham Accords and Historical Facts; With Peter Baum
Interview with Peter Baum, Member on the Board of Deputies of British Jews, and Chairman of Southend Friends of Israel.
Peter Baum has written numerous columns about the falsene...
After Brief War Wedding And 77 Years Marriage, Iowa Couple Repeat Ceremony In Style- With Wedding Gown
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Royce and Frankie King got married in 1944 without any fanfare. Royce was on a two-day leave before serving overseas. There was no time to prepare a major affa...
Watch: Thieves Steal ATM In Sderot Using Car Hook
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Despite all precautions taken at ATM's to prevent theft from taking place, thieves in the town of Sderot found a simple low-tech method to remove the contents...
Katie Couric Reveals That Her Mother Was Jewish In New Autobiography
NEW YORK (JTA) - Katie Couric reveals in her new autobiography that her mother was Jewish, contrasting her mother’s upbringing with that of her father, who was apparently proud of ...
A Moving ‘Reunion’ For Descendants Of Holocaust Survivors
WESTLAKE, Texas (AP) — Anna Salton Eisen found the old pictures of Jewish prisoners who survived the Holocaust in a folder her late father, George Lucius Salton, kept most of his l...
Beit Shemesh: Chareidi Mother Of 9 Murdered By Mentally Unstable Son, Police Demand Autopsy
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A chareidi mother of 9 from the Ramat Avraham neighborhood in Beit Shemesh was tragically murdered by her mentally unstable son on Friday morning.
Police a...
3 Years After Pittsburgh Synagogue Attack, Trial Still Ahead
PITTSBURGH (AP) — As the three-year mark since the massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue approaches, survivors are planning now-familiar annual rituals of remembrance, the crimina...
Messianic Father And Son Masquerading As Orthodox Jews Performed Conversions, Marriages In US
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A father and son masquerading as Orthodox rabbis have been accused of being secret evangelical Christians, according to a report by the Jewish Chronicle.
Mi...
Rare Biblical ‘Balsam’ Engraving Found On 2,000-Year-Old Seal In Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (JNS) - The Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Thursday the discovery in eastern Jerusalem of an ancient amethyst seal bearing the first known depiction of the pla...
Florida Jewish Community Sends Food To Police Precinct After Officer Was Shot Nearby
HOLLYWOOD,FL (JTA) - When a police officer with the Hollywood Police Department was shot and killed during an armed robbery Sunday, it hit the local South Florida Jewish community ...
Israel, UAE Sign Historic Deal To Collaborate On Space Projects Including Determining Time Of New Moon
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel and the UAE signed a historic deal Wednesday to collaborate on space missions including the Israeli rocket ship Beresheet 2 which is bound for the moon...
Gidon Sa’ar Submits Bill To Prevent MK Under Indictment From Forming Govt., Likud: ‘Anti-Democratic Law’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli Justice Minister Gidon Sa'ar revealed Tuesday the text of a bill which would bar a Knesset member charged with a serious crime from forming a governme...
FM Lieberman’s New Tax On Disposable Plastic Targets Chareidim: ‘Let Them Use A Dishwasher’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman searched for creative ways to improve the budgetary situation while at the same time targeting the chareidi communi...
Ancient Jewish Prayer Book Sells For Record-Breaking $8.3 Million
NEW YORK (JNS) - A medieval Jewish prayer book sold for $8.3 million at the Sotheby’s auction house on Tuesday, fetching the highest price ever paid for a Hebrew manuscript.
Kno...
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...