Dutch King Unveils Holocaust Name Monument In Amsterdam
AMSTERDAM (AP) — King Willem-Alexander officially unveiled a new memorial in the heart of Amsterdam's historic Jewish Quarter on Sunday honoring more than 102,000 Dutch victims of ...
Is The ADL Combating Or Koshering Antisemitism? Interview With Distinguished Professor Thane Rosenbaum
NEW YORK (VINnews) — We have just finished Aseres Y’mei T’shuva, the 10 Days of Repentance, the period of time when our Rabbi’s and teachers emphasize that it’s a time to better ou...
San Diego Chabad Synagogue Shooter Avoids Death Penalty With Plea
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 22-year-old former nursing student pleaded guilty to the murder of one person and the attempted murders of 53 others in connection with a 2019 deadly shooting at...
COVID Has Turned South Florida Into A Promised Land For Orthodox New Yorkers
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (JTA) — When Orthodox Jewish clients approach local real estate agent Sharon Brandt looking for a home in this South Florida area, she tells them to make sure they ...
What to Know About Sukkah Decorations
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
There are some fascinating halachos about the Sukkah and its decorations of which some people may be unaware.
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Court Won’t Stop Protests Outside Michigan Synagogue
DETROIT (AP) — Provocative pro-Palestinian protests outside a Jewish synagogue in Michigan are protected by the Constitution's First Amendment, a federal court appeals said Wednesd...
German Police Detain Teen After Yom Kippur Synagogue Threat
BERLIN (AP) — A 16-year-old boy was detained Thursday in connection with a possible plan for an Islamic extremist attack on a synagogue in the German city of Hagen, authorities sai...
Israel Comes To Halt For Solemn Day Of Yom Kippur
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli life came to a standstill on Wednesday as Jews marked the beginning of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement and the most solemn point on their calendar, at sun...
The Delta Variant and the Mikveh Alternative for Erev Yom Kippur
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
Just when we thought life was going to be back to normal – the Delta Variant shows up, and throws a monkey wrench into our daily lives. We kno...
The War Regarding the Porch Sukkah in Yerushalayim: A Halachic Analysis
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
There is a major controversy brewing in the Beis Yisroel section of Yerushalayim regarding a Porch Sukkah. The porch Sukkah belongs to HaGaon...
Ida Nudel, Celebrated Soviet Jewish Refusenik, Dies Aged 90
JERUSALEM (AP) — Ida Nudel, one of the most prominent activists to campaign for the right of Jews to leave the Soviet Union in the 1970s and '80s, died in Israel on Tuesday, Israel...
Graffiti In Toronto Claims Jews Were Responsible For Sept. 11 Terror Attacks
TORONTO (JNS) - Graffiti claiming that Jews were responsible for the Sept. 11 terror attacks was painted on a building in Toronto and a highway overpass in Canada over the weekend....
Ohio Man Sentenced To 20 Years For Planned Attack On Toledo Synagogue
OHIO (JTA) - A federal court sentenced an Ohio man to 20 years in prison for planning deadly attacks on a Toledo synagogue.
Damon Joseph of Holland, a Toledo suburb, had pleaded...
Two Approaches: How Do Secular Israelis Relate To Yom Kippur?
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — If there is one day of the year which is almost impossible to reconstruct for secular people it would be Yom Kippur. While other festivals can be construed in...
Jewish Leaders Bury Remains Found In Former Warsaw Ghetto
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Warsaw's Jewish community buried an unidentified Holocaust victim on Tuesday whose remains were discovered this summer in a building that was within the Warsa...
For The Third Time In Six Months, Tal’s Car Was Torched By Arabs In Shimon Hatzadik Neighborhood
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Tal Rahamim is a resident of the Shimon Hatzadik neighborhood in Jerusalem, located just a few yards away from the Police Headquarters. However police apparen...
For This Rabbi Near Surfside, The High Holidays Are For Processing Communal Grief
FLORIDA (JTA) - If there’s one thing Rabbi Sholom Lipskar wants to remember from the aftermath of the Surfside condo collapse in June, it’s the small cards that he distributed to t...
Your Suffering Is Ours: Pope Honors Slovak Holocaust Victims
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Pope Francis honored Slovakian Holocaust victims and atoned for Christian complicity in wartime crimes as he sought to promote reconciliation Monday in ...
Two Injured In Jerusalem Stabbing Attack, Terrorist Neutralized
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Two 25-year-old youths were moderately injured in a stabbing attack which took place near Jerusalem's central bus station Monday afternoon. The terrorist, a 1...
Holocaust Survivor, Scholar Awarded $815,000 Balzan Prize
MILAN (AP) — An Israeli-French-American Holocaust survivor and historian and a U.S. scientist specializing in gut bacteria were among the recipients this year’s Balzan Prizes, reco...