Female Soldier Lightly Injured In Jordan Valley Stabbing Attack, Terrorist Apprehended
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A female soldier was lightly to moderately injured at a Jordan Valley outpost Wednesday morning and her weapon was stolen from her by a Palestinian terrorist,...
Knesset Passes Law Allowing IDF To Cancel Exemptions For Women Who Falsely Claim To Be Religious
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Knesset passed the first reading of the Security Forces Law, which allows the army to cancel the exemption granted to religious girls from army service if...
Four Yeshiva Students Arrested In Holland For Smuggling Khat, Placed In Separate Jails
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Many Israelis have been caught lately smuggling the khat plant around Europe and among them were quite a few chareidim. Kikar Hashabat reports that 4 yeshiva ...
How Should Medical Schools Deal With Palestine-Supporting Students Who Threaten To Harm Jewish Patients?
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Once upon a time, antisemitism was considered taboo like other forms of racism, but we are now in 2021. America has “returned to normalcy” as Joe Biden would p...
‘A Veritable Sigh Of Relief’: How The World’s Jewish Community Came Together To Bring Aid To Surfside
SURFSIDE, Fla. (JTA) — “I’m a Jew, I’m a Jew, I’m a Jew,” Steve Eisenberg tells me.
We’re standing in The Shul of Bal Harbour on Sunday, in its social hall under construction. T...
‘Terrorist Intent’ Alleged In Dutch Kosher Restaurant Vandalism
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A man who allegedly vandalized a kosher restaurant in Amsterdam last year, smashing a window and ramming an Israeli flag through the hole, acted with ...
Yankees Make Jewish Woman Batgirl 60 Years After Turning Her Down
NEW YORK (AP) — Gwen Goldman exchanged fist bumps with the New York Yankees she had been admiring for decades from afar, walked onto the field and waved to the crowd.
She got to...
Touched by Tragedy, Social Influencers Springboard Chesed Fund Campaign to Benefit Victims of Surfside Building Collapse
SURFSIDE (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - After the deadly building collapse in Surfside, a massive crowdfunding campaign has raised more than $1.25 million, with more than 11,000 people op...
Rafael Reveals ‘Sea Breaker’- New Precision-Guided Missile System
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli weapons company Rafael revealed Wednesday a new precision-guided missile system which has been developed by the company named "Sea Breaker".
Sea Br...
Head Of Israeli Delegation To Miami: ‘We’re Here To Save Lives, We Have Advanced Technology’
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Oz Jino, commander of the Israeli Home Front rescue workers who are working at the site of the Surfside tower collapse, spoke in an interview with the Walla si...
In Historic 1924 Pamphlet, Jerusalem Mufti Says Temple Mount Is ‘Without Doubt Site Of Solomon’s Temple’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Since 1967 the Palestinian narrative has sought to deny any Jewish connection to Temple Mount or Al-Haram A-Sharif as it is known in Arabic. However a new ite...
Reuven Bulka, Beloved Ottawa Rabbi Behind A Canadian Week Dedicated To Kindness, Dies At 77
OTTAWA (JTA) - Reuven Bulka, the Ottawa rabbi dubbed “Canada’s rabbi” for urging his fellow Canadians to embrace kindness, has died at 77.
Bulka died Sunday in New York, the Ott...
Meet The Beloved ‘Bitcoin Rabbi’ Of Twitter
NEW YORK (JTA) - Many of Twitter’s cryptocurrency zealots are often notorious trolls, but one particular thought leader stands out from the rest. He happens to be a rabbi.
“Twit...
Former Iranian Intelligence Minister: ‘Authorities Of Islamic Republic Should Worry For Their Lives’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A former Iranian intelligence minister who served under President Mohammed Khatami from 2000 to 2005 said that all senior officials in Tehran should fear for ...
Benny and Malki Weisz Missing at Surfside Building Collapse
SURFSIDE (CHABAD.org) - Benny Weisz, 32, and Malki Weisz, 27, of Lakewood, N.J., had just flown into Surfside, Fla., the night of the Champlain Tower collapse. The couple, married ...
Chaim (Harry) Rosenberg Missing In Champlain Tower in Surfside
SURFSIDE (CHABAD.org) - Harry Rosenberg, 52, known to his family and friends by his Jewish name, Chaim, is an asset manager originally from Brooklyn and a recent resident of Champl...
Rabbi Kanievski’s Personal Physician Calls On Children Above 12 To Vaccinate
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Dr. Meshulam Hart, the personal physician of Rabbi Chaim Kanievski, issued a letter Tuesday in which he called on children aged 12 and above to vaccinate agai...
Indiana Resident Pleads Guilty To Felony Election Fraud Charges After Pre-Marking Absentee Ballots
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Indiana resident Janet Reed pleaded guilty to felony election fraud charges after she was accused of allegedly sending hundreds of absentee ballot applications...
Miserly Egyptian Dies ‘In Penury’ And Family Discover He Is A Millionaire
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A miserly man who led a life of penury and claimed all the time to be in heavy debt passed away recently and his family were shocked to discover that their fa...
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava Is A Source Of Pride For Local Jews Under Haunting Circumstances
SURFSIDE, Fla. (JTA) — Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava speaks fluent English and what she calls passable Spanish, but some of her constituents use a Yiddish word to de...