WATCH: Non-Jewish Waterbury Yeshiva Worker Gets Round of Applause from Students
DURHAM, CT (VINnews) — A longtime maintenance worker in the Waterbury Yeshiva was effusive with praise for the Rosh Yeshiva, Rav Doniel Kalish.
In a passionate and entertaining ...
British Orthodox School Fined For Taking Children Hiking In An Ice Storm
LONDON (JTA) - A court in the United Kingdom fined an Orthodox Jewish school approximately $40,000 for taking 10 pupils on a hike during an ice storm.
One boy suffered minor inj...
WATCH: Israeli Bus Splits In Two, Miraculously No Passengers on Board
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — If you’ve ever wondered whether the “accordion” buses can split in two–we now have proof that they can.
An Egged bus split in two on Wednesday while travel...
February 23rd – The Rosh HaShana for Bais Yaakov Girls
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
AT a Torah uMesorah convention about ten years ago or so, Rav Yissachar Frand once commented, "No one is jealous of another person's...
SHOCKING: Toronto Middle School Students Give A Jewish Teacher The Hitler Salute
TORONTO (JTA) — Police and school authorities are investigating an incident in which Toronto middle school students gave the Hitler salute to a teacher who is the daughter of Holoc...
Meretz MK Appointed Israels’ Consul-General To Shanghai: ‘I Don’t Know The National Anthem, It Excludes Me’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi, who has been appointed Israel's consul-general in Shanghai, raised an uproar Wednesday after an Israel Radio interview in whic...
Ukraine Rabbi Stockpiles Food, Beefs Up Security, As War Looms
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Rabbi Avraham Wolf, the leader of one of Odessa's two main Jewish communities, is preparing for a possible war on a communal scale. Rabbi Wolf has purchased en...
For First Time, Romanian Officials Commemorate Holocaust Refugees Who Died In Sunken Ship 80 Years Ago
Romanian officials for the first time commemorated the victims of the sinking 80 years ago of the Struma, a ship that carried hundreds of Holocaust refugees from Romania.
The ce...
Was a Rabbi’s Trip to Iran Actually a Secret Mission for Mossad?
IRAN (VINnews) — A Charedi Rabbi's surprise visit to Iran has raised questions about his true motives.
Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Herzog, who has dual American-Israel citizenship and ...
More Hate in Colleyville…
COLLEYVILLE (JTA) — Residents of Colleyville, Texas, the community where a rabbi and three of his congregants were held hostage for 12 hours at the local synagogue last month, woke...
Ex-IDF Soldier Who Set Himself Ablaze Last April Stuns Doctors And Gets Back On His Feet
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Last April, Itzik Saidian set himself alight outside the rehabilitation department of the IDF in Petah Tikva. Saidian was protesting the bureaucracy and lack ...
HATE IN WILLIAMSBURG: Unidentified Vehicle Occupants Terrorize Jews In Multiple Incidents
WILLIAMSBURG (VINnews) — In at least two separate incidents, occupants of an unidentified vehicle have been terrorizing local Jews while driving through Williamsburg.
The first ...
REPORT: Government Demolished Crucial Meron Bridge Despite No Safety Concerns
MERON (VINnews) — Last week, Israeli authorities demolished the “Gesher HaKohamim”, the special bridge that allowed Kohanim to gain access to the Kever HaRashbi in a halachically p...
For The First Time Since Founding Of Israel, Jewish Birthrate Surpasses Arab Birthrate In 2020
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a stunning demographic turnabout, the Jewish birthrate in Israel has surpassed that of Muslims for the first time since the founding of Israel, according t...
70 Years On, Mystery Of Man Behind Knesset Menorah Solved
JERUSALEM (JNS) - One of Israel’s most curious mysteries was solved on Sunday when the identity of the artist who created the small bronze menorah that stands on the Knesset ground...
Watch: Israeli Rabbi Visits Tehran’s Bazaar, Taking Selfies While Talking Hebrew
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — An Israeli rabbi from Jerusalem's Ramat Shlomo neighborhood recently visited Tehran and spoke freely in Hebrew at the city's bazaar, while wearing rabbinical ...
After Significant Price Hike, Rabbi Aviner Says: Don’t Buy Hamantaschen This Year
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rabbi Shlomo Chaim Aviner, the rabbi of Beit El and head of the Ateret Kohanim yeshiva has called on Israelis not to eat hamantaschen this year, in the wake o...
21 Rulings of Rav Elyashiv zt”l on Kol Isha
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
In a new sefer that was just released entitled “Yevakshu MiPihu- Hilchos Tefillah Vol. III” there are hundreds of new rulings from Rav Elyashi...
ANOTHER: Pregnant Jewish Woman Assaulted on London Bus
STAMFORD HILL (VINnews) — Yet another vicious antisemitic attack in London, the latest in a wave of hate crimes against local Jews. A pregnant Jewish woman was allegedly blocked fr...
Malcolm Hoenlein, 50 Years At Helm Of Pro-Israel Groups, Still Works To Strengthen World Jewry
After a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, the annual Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations Mission to Israel kicks off Sunday in Jerusalem....
