Brothers’ Gravestones Call on G-d to Avenge Their Deaths, As Meron Inquiries Stall
JERUSALEM (VINnews) - A month after losing two young sons in the Meron stampede, a Breslover family has made clear their desire for justice, inscribing both gravestones with an abb...
Staten Island Jewish Groups And Sephardic Federation Stand Behind Eric Adams
NEW YORK (VINnews/By Yehudit Garmaise) — The New York City Jewish community continues to stand behind its long-time advocate Eric Adams, as the mayoral candidate who has been toppi...
Netanyahu: Israel Would Risk ‘Friction’ With US Over Iran
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he's prepared to risk tension with the U.S. if that is what it takes to neutralize Iran's nuclear cap...
Hadassah’s Prof. Simcha Yagel, World Expert On Fetal Ultrasound, Receives Prestigious Award
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Professor Simcha Yagel, the director of the maternity ward at Hadassah hospital on Mount Scopus, has received a prestigious award, the Ian Donald gold medal f...
Israeli Rock Singer Aviv Gefen: I Beg Forgiveness If I Insulted Chareidim In The Past Due To Ignorance
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli folk singer Aviv Gefen is one of the most iconic members of the left-wing cultural establishment. For many years Gefen was known for his anti-chareidi...
Ted Cruz: The First Time I’ve Seen A Mezuzah On A Home Bombed By Terrorists
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Senator Ted Cruz, who is currently visiting Israel, toured the country's Iron Dome rocket-defense system as well as viewing damage caused to buildings in Ashke...
Texas Neo-Nazi Arrested For Planning Shooting Attack At Walmart
NEW YORK (VINnews) — An alleged neo-Nazi from Texas has been arrested for planning a mass shooting attack at a local Walmart store, according to a New York Post report.
Coleman ...
Amuka Yahrzeit Events Cancelled Due To ‘Dangerous, Illegal Structure’ And ‘Narrow, Dangerous Access Roads’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the wake of the Meron tragedy, it was reported on Kikar Hashabat that the regional council of Mevo'ot Chermon has cancelled the yahrzeit ceremonies for Rab...
US Sen Cruz: Biden Showed ‘Weakness,’ Emboldened Hamas
JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz on Monday accused President Joe Biden of being soft on Israel's foes and inviting further violence during a deadly 11-day war that left Israelis...
New Knesset Bill Would Make Persuading Minors To Do Teshuva A Felony
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Bennett-Lapid "change government" has yet to get underway but there are already many worrying signs that it is set to significantly harm the interests of ...
Will Israel Finally Have A Working Government?
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — After two years of political uncertainty and four inconclusive elections, many Israelis have resigned themselves to living under interim governments. However ...
Tennessee Hat Shop Offer Of Yellow Star Of David Patches Denounced
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The owner of a Tennessee hat shop is dealing with pushback after posting a photo of herself to social media wearing a yellow patch resembling the Star of Da...
German Military To Get Chief Rabbi For First Time In 100 Years
GERMANY (JNS) - For the first time since World War I, the German military is set to appoint a chief rabbi. The move, an initiative of German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenb...
New Israeli Service Offers Shidduchim For Unvaccinated People With ‘Like-Minded Partners’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A new shidduch service, which does not seem to be regionally limited but is based in Beit Shemesh, is offering shidduchim between people who are not vaccinate...
Did Pandemic Originate In Wuhan Lab? Media About Face Demonstrates ‘Lack Of Accountability’
NEW YORK (VINnews) — During the entire course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the mainstream media has nonchalantly dismissed the notion that the pandemic could have originated from the ...
Israeli Kindergarten Children Plant Trees In Holes Made By Missiles
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a symbolic message of building and planting where enemies seek to destroy and obliterate, the children of the Kerem Shalom kibbutz situated near the border...
The Whole Foods Mouse in the Meat Showcase: A Halachic Analysis
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
THE INCIDENT
It happened in a Manhattan Whole Foods. A customer looking in a meat showcase found a mouse nibbling on a fancy cut of veal i...
Rutgers University’s Chancellor Condemned Antisemitism — Then Apologized For Doing So
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ (JTA) - The chancellor of New Jersey’s flagship public university condemned antisemitism and then, following protest from a pro-Palestinian student group, apologi...
Family Hopes For Return Of Jewish US Journalist Detained In Myanmar
BANGKOK (AP) — The mother of a journalist detained in Myanmar says she and the family “just want him here” in Michigan.
“It was a total visceral reaction, gut, visceral, numbing...
Biden: Antisemitic Attacks ‘Terrorizing’ American Jews Must Stop
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Joe Biden said a spate of antisemitic attacks are terrorizing American Jews and “must stop.”
“In the last weeks, our nation has seen a series of ant...