Thursday, March 28, 2024

Jewish

Germany Inaugurates 1st Military Rabbi In Over A Century

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BERLIN (AP) — The German military got its first rabbi in over a century Monday, with the inauguration to the post of Hungarian-born Zsolt Balla at a synagogue in Leipzig. The Ge...

Williamsburg Art Gallery Opens Featuring Exclusively Chasidic Art

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BROOKLYN (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - Having attracted a large community of artists in recent years with its comparatively low rents and large spaces, the greater Williamsburg area welc...

First Chaplain Of German Army Since The Holocaust Did Not Know He Was Jewish Until He Was 9

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — Until he was 9 years old, Rabbi Mordechai Eliezer Balla, who was recently appointed as the federal chaplain of the German army, did not even know that he was J...

Three Other Countries Request Vaccines From Israel After Palestinians Refuse To Accept Them

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — After Palestinian leaders refused to accept the vaccines sent by Israel over the weekend, claiming that they were close to expiration date, three other countr...

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu: Don’t Buy Arab Produce, Meretz MK: Investigate Rabbi For ‘Racial Incitement’

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Tzfat Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu called Sunday not to purchase agricultural produce from Israeli Arabs in the aftermath of the violent riots in which a number...

Eight Arrested In Connection With Murder Of Yigal Yehoshua In Lod Riots

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JERUSALEM (JNS) - Eight suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of a Jewish Israeli man in Lod last month during the Arab riots that rocked cities throughout the ...

The Eyes That Wrote Torah : A Eulogy For Rabbi Yaakov Rabinowitz-Teumim

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — His eyes, the only part of his body which would still obey his brain's commands, flitted onto the special computer screen which recognized their message. Slow...

Israeli Government To Authorize National Committee Of Inquiry Into Meron Tragedy

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In it's first cabinet meeting Sunday, the new Israeli government is expected to authorize the establishment of a national committee of inquiry into the Meron ...

Israeli Folk Singer Cancels Concert For Women Due To Ordinance Preventing Separate Public Events

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli folk singer Eti Ankri was forced to cancel a celebratory concert only hours before it was due to start since the law prohibits separate events from ta...

Staten Island Jewish Community Unites Behind Andrew Yang for Mayor of New York City

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Staten Island, NY - A group representing the Orthodox Jewish communities of Staten Island issued their joint endorsement of Andrew Yang for Mayor of New York City. The Staten Is...

Town Of Chester Reaches Agreement With AG To End Discriminatory Housing Practices Against Jewish Community

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NEW YORK (NY AG Press Release) - New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced that her office has reached agreements with Orange County and the Town of Chester to end t...

Israel To Send 1M Coronavirus Vaccine Doses To Palestinians

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Friday it will transfer around 1 million doses of soon-to-expire coronavirus vaccines to the Palestinian Authority in exchange for a similar number of ...

First Shabbos in the Bungalow

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By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com For many thousands of Jewish families, this will be the first Shabbos in the mountains for the year.  True, the bungalow or the house may have...

London Orthodox School Drops Teacher Because She Was Ordained As A Rabbi

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LONDON (JTA) — An Orthodox Jewish school in London ended its relationship with an educator following her rabbinical ordination. The London School of Jewish Studies revoked the h...

Another Victory At The Supreme Court For Religious Groups

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WASHINGTON (AP) — In another victory for religious groups at the Supreme Court, the justices on Thursday unanimously sided with a Catholic foster care agency that says its religiou...

Video: Memorial Service Held For Lt. Col. Yonatan Netanyahu, Forty-Five Years After The Entebbe Rescue Operation

JERUSALEM (JNS) - A memorial service was held on Wednesday at the gravesite of Lt. Col. Yonatan (“Yoni”) Netanyahu, former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s brother, who ...

Ukraine Honors 2 Tiny Sects With Jewish Roots As ‘Indigenous Peoples,’ And Putin Is Furious

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UKRAINE (JNS) - Two tiny sects with Jewish roots have been dragged into yet another diplomatic fight between Russia and Ukraine. The few hundred Karaites who remain in Ukraine t...

First Crisis For Fledgling Bennett Government Could Expose Its Frailties Or Even Topple It

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Bennett-Lapid government has hardly warmed the Knesset's chairs when it is faced with what could be an existential threat which could tear it apart. This ...

Facebook Post: I’m Ultra-Orthodox, Chassidic, Chareidi And I’m Normal – Not As The Media Depicts Me

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The following Facebook post, authored by Rabbi Doniel Katz, has been going viral recently. It is written thoughtfully by a person concerned about the image of...

Lod Imam Arrested For Incitement To Violence After Sharing Gory Scene Of Murder Of Police Officers

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — After weeks in which the imam at Lod's central mosque has been under suspicion for apparent incitement to violence during the riots which broke out in the tow...