Gerer Rebbe Contracts Coronavirus
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Gerer Rebbe, Rabbi Yaakov Aryeh Alter, has been diagnosed with coronavirus after returning from the wedding of his granddaughter in the US. The 82-year-ol...
US Won’t Seek Death Penalty In California Synagogue Shooting
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Federal prosecutors said they will not seek the death penalty for a 22-year-old former nursing student charged in a deadly shooting at a Southern California synago...
Israeli Policeman Dies Of Gunshot Wound From Gaza Protest
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli border police officer who was shot in the head at point-blank range during a violent protest on the Gaza border last week died of his injuries on Monday...
It is Probably The Least Known Halacha
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
It is a little known fact, but there IS SUCH A THING as the deadline for Maaser.
Everyone heard of Tax Day, but few people have heard, leha...
Delta Airlines Pilot, Son Of Holocaust Survivor And US Immigrant, Describes Flying Afghan Refugees To US
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Delta Airlines Pilot Alexander Kahn described to CNN his special feelings on transporting a group of Afghan refugees from Germany to the US. Kahn is the son of...
Relics From Ancient Roman Town Discovered Under Historic London Synagogue
LONDON (VINnews) — A restoration project at the historic Bevis Marks synagogue in London, the oldest synagogue in the UK, has led to the discovery of part of an ancient town dating...
Watch: PM Bennett Meets With Biden, Attends Kabolas Shabbos Ceremony In Washington Hotel
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Due to the meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and President Biden being delayed from Thursday to Friday after the attack in Kabul, the Isra...
Lakewood Rosh Yeshiva – Rav Dovid Schustal: Sefardim vs. Ashkenazim on Slichos
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
The material below is based upon Maamar #1,2, and 8 of Vaadim published last Elul delivered by Lakewood Rosh Yeshiva - Rav Schustal Shlita and...
After Afghanistan’s Last Jew Refused To Leave, His Would-Be Jewish Rescuers Helped Dozens Of Other Afghans Escape Instead
Zebulon Simantov, Afghanistan’s last Jew, has not left Kabul, despite the best efforts of some Jewish figures and organizations.
One of them was Moshe Margaretten, a haredi Orth...
BDE: 20-Year-Old Yeshiva Student Killed In Hit-And-Run On Jerusalem-Tel Aviv Highway
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a tragic hit-and-run accident in the early hours of Friday morning, Naftali Syewitz, a 20-year-old yeshiva student from Modi'in Illit, was killed and two o...
Chasidic Parents Score Legal Win In Upstate Busing Suit
NEW YORK (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - A New York State Supreme Court judge in Albany has sided with a group of upstate Chasidic parents, granting a preliminary injunction obligating the...
Fifth Suspect Arrested in Connection To Fatal Shooting Of Yeshivah Student in Denver
DENVER (VINnews) - A fifth man wanted for a crime spree in Denver last week that left an 18-year-old Yeshiva student dead, was taken into custody Wednesday night, according to the ...
Poland’s Chief Rabbi Strongly Denounces Desecration Of Historic Jewish Cemetery In Ukraine, By A Jew.
UKRAINE (Jewish Heritage Europe) - Michael Schudrich, the Chief Rabbi of Poland and head of Poland’s Rabbinic Commission for Cemeteries, has forcefully condemned as desecration th...
Meet Australia’s Newest Supreme Court Justice, Rabbi Marcus Solomon
AUSTRALIA (CHABAD.org/Mendel Super) - Fifty-eight-year-old Rabbi Justice Marcus Solomon is a graduate of Chabad-Lubavitch yeshivahs in Australia, Israel and America. He was ordaine...
11 Israeli Chasidim Suffer From Symptoms Of Food Poisoning In Mezhibozh, Ukraine
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the wake of the food poisoning outbreak among the Vizhnitz-Boro Park chasidim who returned this week from a visit to Mezhibozh in the Ukraine, an additiona...
Israeli Kosher Restaurant Owner Stabbed To Death In Morocco
NEW YORK (VINnews) — An Israeli citizen was stabbed to death in the Moroccan city of Tangier on Wednesday, according to a report by ZAKA, the Israeli rescue group which was working...
WATCH: Accused Of Treason: The US Army’s Witch Hunt For A Jewish Spy, Interview With Dr. David Tenenbaum
WASHINGTON (VINnews) — Dr. David A. Tenenbaum, Author of Accused of Treason: The US Army's Witch Hunt for a Jewish Spy, is a civilian mechanical engineer who works for the Army at ...
Bennett To NY Times: Settlements Will Continue ‘Natural Growth’, No Annexation Planned
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Prime Minister Naftali Bennett outlined his policies regarding Judea and Samaria in a New York Times interview published Wednesday, two days prior to his meeti...
WATCH: Dr. Fauci Under Fire For Calling Out Hasidic Jews As Non Vaccinators in Measles Outbreak
NEW YORK (VInnews) - Dr. Anthony Facuci is under fire by Jewish groups for Calling Out “Hassidic Jewish People” as Fault for Measles Outbreak.
Yesterday On "CBS This Morning" Dr...
Tens Of Vizhnitz-Boro Park Chasidim Suffer Food Poisoning On Return From Ukraine
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Tens of chasidic youths and one of their teachers were hospitalized on return from the Ukraine to New York due to suspected food poisoning.
The youths, memb...