Opinion: The Jewish Debate About Rush Limbaugh
WASHINGTON (JNS/Jonathan S. Tobin) - In this most partisan moment in living memory, everything—including and perhaps most especially—the deaths of famous people, are perceived thr...
Watch: Clip From Western Wall During Jerusalem Snowstorm
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — For Jerusalem, snow is a rare and eagerly anticipated event. There has not been any significant snow in Israel's capital since 2015, and therefore the possibi...
Belgian Orthodox Jewish MP Calls For Army To Be Authorized To Perform Police Tasks
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A proposal by Belgium's only orthodox Jewish MP, Michael Freilich is calling for patrolling military personnel to be allowed to carry out simple tasks normally...
In Britain, Jews Are Leading The Fight Against The Oppression Of China’s Uighur Muslims
LONDON (JTA) — As the leader of British Jewry’s main human rights group, Mia Hasenson-Gross regularly hears personal stories of loss, grief and helplessness.
But few encounters ...
Israeli Government Taps Kollel Chabad For Massive Food-Distribution Project
JERUSALEM (JNS) - As the social and economic costs of the coronavirus crisis continue to rise, Israel’s Interior Ministry has approved a massive project designed to help families m...
In A Texas Battered By Cold, Jewish Communities Join A Desperately Needed Response
DALLAS (JTA) — One year ago, Dallas’s Jewish community convened a “health crisis management team” to coordinate the local response to the brand-new COVID-19 pandemic.
Now the co...
Arab Nurse Says Shma Yisrael With Dying Coronavirus Patient Whose Relatives Couldn’t Be With Him
JERUSALEM(VINnews) — Maher Ibrahim is an Arab male nurse serving in the coronavirus department at Afula's Ha'Emek hospital. Due to his calling, Ibrahim has seen many unusual situat...
Netanyahu Calls Rush Limbaugh ‘Great Friend Of Israel,’ Sends Condolences
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent his condolences to the family of Rush Limbaugh, who died of lung cancer at the age of 70 on Wednesday.
Calling h...
Understanding Evil
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times
Evil. Why remember it? What is it about Parshas Zachor that makes it so unique? What does the Torah want us to do with re...
Jewish Group Applauds Arrest Of Canadian Nationalist Party Leader Advocating Hate
SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA (JNS) - Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC) applauded the arrest of Canadian Nationalist Party leader Travis Patron, who has been charged with the willfu...
Watch: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Anne Neuberger
WASHINGTON (VINnews) - Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology Anne Neuberger...
Diplomatic Efforts Involving Russia To Return Israeli Woman Who Crossed Syrian Border And Remains Of Israeli Soldiers
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Russia has reportedly been mediating a prisoner exchange between Israel and Syria, according to reports by Syrian media Wednesday.
On Tuesday night Prime M...
Rep. Ilhan Omar Calls On Biden Administration To Support Referring Israel To ICC
WASHINGTON (JNS) - Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) told Qatar’s Al-Araby TV last week that she had demanded that the Biden administration support the referral of Israel to the Internatio...
Step Mothers and Other Relatives
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times
“You’re not my mother! So I don’t have to honor you.”
“Yes you still do, young lady.”
Everyone knows about the Mitzva...
Rabbinical Group: Omar’s Promotion Shows ‘Congress Willing To Tolerate Anti-Semitism’
WASHINGTON (JNS) - The Coalition for Jewish Values said in a statement on Monday that the promotion of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) to a senior position on the U.S. House Foreign Affa...
Lakewood’s Beth Medrash Govoha Cancels Purim Celebrations
LAKEWOOD (JTA) — Haredi Orthodox Jews in Lakewood, New Jersey, are curtailing Purim festivities because of COVID-19.
For the first time in 80 years, Beth Medrash Govoha, the yes...
With Fusion Emirati-Jewish Dishes, A Kosher Chef Blossoms In Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (JTA) — Last year, Israel and the United Arab Emirates signed a treaty establishing diplomatic relations. But for more than a year earlier, diners in th...
Sephardic Chief Rabbi: Women Are Exempt From Zachor, Men Should Make Multiple Readings
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Sephardi Chief Rabbi Rav Yitzchak Yosef just issued a significant psak (ruling) regarding the coming Purim celebrations in the wake of COVID-19, according to ...
Leading Israeli Rabbis: Schools, Workplaces, Even Shuls Can Compel Staff To Vaccinate
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Can a school compel its teaching staff to vaccinate? Can an employer require his workers to vaccinate? These are questions which have been the focal point of ...
Israeli Studies Show Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine Highly Effective
(JTA) — Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is highly effective in preventing the disease, show studies from Israel’s two largest health care networks.
Israel’s vaccination drive has so f...