Pleading Guilty To Inciting A Riot In Brooklyn, Heshy Tischler Sentenced To 10 Days Of Community Service
BROOKLYN (JTA) - Seven months after Heshy Tischler was charged with inciting a riot in Brooklyn’s Borough Park, the Orthodox activist and provocateur has been sentenced to 10 days ...
A Survivalist Summer Camp For Orthodox Jews Is Planned For New York — And Vaccinated Folks Aren’t Invited
NEW YORK (JTA) — With summer coming and COVID-19 vaccines being deemed safe for children as young as 12, some camps are talking about the possibility of a mask-free summer for vacc...
San Francisco’s Only Kosher Bakery Praised For Hiring Former Prisoners
SAN FRANCISCO (JNS) - The sole kosher bakery in San Francisco has made headlines for hiring formerly incarcerated employees.
The nickname for Isaac Yosef’s Frena Bakery is the “...
Hatzalah-thon Campaign Reaches Historic Milestone Of $18M
Moments ago, the Hatzalah-Thon fundraiser has reached the astounding and historic goal of eighteen million dollars.
The "Hatzalah Week" campaign, organized by United for Protect...
Tripadvisor Removes Insensitive Review Of Auschwitz Museum
NEEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — Travel website TripAdvisor has removed an insensitive review of the Auschwitz Museum after initially saying it complied with its submission guidelines.
The...
2 Palestinian Terrorists Killed, 1 Wounded After They Opened Fire On Soldiers Near Jenin
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli troops shot and killed two Palestinian terrorists and wounded a third after the men opened fire on a base in Samaria on Friday, the latest in a series of v...
Holocaust Survivor Who Led Yad Vashem Memorial Dies At 94
JERUSALEM (AP) — Yitzhak Arad, a Holocaust survivor and scholar who was the director of Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial for more than two decades, has died at the age of 94,...
WATCH: Guardians Angels Founder Curtis Sliwa Vows To Fight Crime As NYC Mayor
NEW YORK (VINnews) — On Thursday, Alan and Baila from the VINnews podcast 'The Definitive Rap' sat down with Curtis Sliwa, Founder of The Guardian Angels and GOP Mayoral Candidate ...
DRAMATIC VIDEOS: Israelis Hold Their Ground In Violent Clashes Over New Eviction Ruling
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Violence is escalating in the Nachlat Shimon neighborhood of East Jerusalem Thursday night. Arabs began setting fire to vehicles of Jewish residents in the ne...
NY Jewish Federation Sending $200K In COVID Relief To India
NEW YORK (JTA) — UJA-Federation of New York announced $200,000 in grants to four organizations working on COVID relief efforts in India.
The grants are focused on providing equi...
Jonathan Pollard Lands New Job With Israeli Security-Advocacy Group
JERUSALEM (JNS) - The Habithonistim-Protectors of Israel organization, a movement of Israeli security-forces personnel advocating for the country’s future security needs, announced...
2nd Israeli Astronaut To Perform 44 Experiments In Outer Space – After Paying 55 Million Dollars For His Ticket
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Eytan Stibbe will be only the second Israeli to go to outer space. The former Israeli fighter pilot, who shot down four Syrian planes during the first Lebanon...
US Takes ‘Principled Decision‘ In Skipping Anti-Semitic Durban Conference
WASHINGATON (JNS) - Jewish leaders on Wednesday praised the Biden administration for announcing that the United States will not participate in upcoming events commemorating the 20t...
Agudah Wins Temporary Injunction in Jackson Discrimination Case
Special to VinNews
JACKSON TOWNSHIP - In a lawsuit filed by Agudath Israel against New Jersey's Jackson Township, US District Court Judge Michael A. Shipp has issued a ruling th...
Rabbi Zilberstein Ruled: Don’t Sit Shiva, It Could Endanger The Grandmother
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rabbi Yitzchok Zilberstein, the rabbi of Ramat Elchonon, gave an interesting ruling in his weekly shiur regarding a family who had lost their son in the Meron...
Watch: 150 Hatzalah Volunteers Who Treated Meron Victims Gather At Scene Of Tragedy To Sing Ani Maamin
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — At a somber Meron scene on the steps where 45 holy neshamos lost their lives in the horrific tragedy on Lag Ba'Omer, 150 Hatzalah volunteers who were desperat...
Parks Authority Favors Separate Swimming Hours At Israels’ National Parks
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The lawyer representing the Israeli Parks Authority told the Justice Ministry that he sees no issue with providing separate swimming hours in national parks, ...
Rare Bronze Oil Lamp Discovered In City Of David
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A rare bronze oil lamp, the first of its kind to be found in Israel, has been discovered recently buried within the foundations of a building dating to the Ro...
New Details Emerged Over The Mass Casualties At Mt. Meron Israel During Interview With Avi Abelow From The Pulse Of Israel
MERON (VINnews) — New details emerged over the mass casualties at Mt. Meron israel during Interview with Avi Abelow from The Pulse of Israel Podcast, about the largest civilian cas...
Holocaust Survivor Who Testified Against Eichmann Dies At 91
JERUSALEM (AP) — Joseph Zalman Kleinman, a Holocaust survivor who survived the Auschwitz death camp and testified against Adolf Eichmann in the Nazi commander's trial in Jerusalem,...