After Embarrassing Failure, Charedi Draft Bill Passes First Knesset Hurdle
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a blow to Charedim and the right-wing parties, the IDF draft bill has passed its first voting round, two weeks after it was shot down in an embarrassing lo...
Disgraceful: Whoopi Goldberg Says ‘The Holocaust Isn’t About Race’ (VIDEO)
NEW YORK (JTA) - In an awkward exchange with her co-hosts on “The View,” actress and producer Whoopi Goldberg claimed that “the Holocaust isn’t about race,” but rather about “man’...
POWERFUL: Chaim Walder Abuse Victim Speaks Out In Open Letter To Community And Leaders
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — The following letter was sent by a survivor of Chaim Walder to Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman, rabbi of Congregation Ahavas Israel of Passaic. The survivor, whos...
Chabad Chicago Synagogue, Businesses Vandalized Over Weekend
CHICAGO (AP) — A synagogue and an affiliated Jewish school in Chicago were vandalized over the weekend with swastika images and antisemitic graffiti, officials said.
The inciden...
Former AIPAC President Calls Jewish Rep Andy Levin The ‘Most Corrosive’ On Israel
Some members of Congress are openly hostile to Israel. But it was Rep. Andy Levin, a Detroit-area Michigan Democrat and a scion of a storied Jewish political family, whom a former ...
After Gravesite Of Leader Revealed, Lev Tahor Consider Transferring His Remains To Another Country
NEW YORK (VINnews) — The secret burial site of Shlomo Halberantz, leader of the Lev Tahor cult who drowned in 2017 in a Mexican river, is causing concern to members of the cult, wh...
BDE: Esther Pollard, Wife Of Jonathan Pollard, Passes Away From Coronavirus At Age 68
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Esther Pollard, wife of Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, died on Monday from coronavirus-related complications at the age of 68. Pollard had battled breast cance...
WATCH: Vicious Neo-Nazis Yell Antisemitic Slogans, Insult Jews, Attack Driver in Florida
ORLANDO (VINnews) — Over the past several days, Jews vacationing in Orlando have been victimized by vicious Neo-Nazis yelling despicable slurs and hate speech.
Multiple videos a...
Charedi Leaders Meet with Meron Project Manager to Discuss Lag B’Omer Plans
ISRAEL (VINnews) — The Meron Project Manager is holding talks this week with Charedi Rabbonim and Admorim, to develop a plan for this year’s Lag B’omer celebration.
Brigadier-Ge...
UPDATE: Snow Plow Driver Suspended After Dumping Snow On Lakewood Jews [VIDEO]
LAKEWOOD (VINnews) — Two Lakewood men were the target of an anti-semitic attack while minding their own business and walking to Shul on Shabbos.
Video footage shows men driving ...
Dozens of Israelis Stranded in France after Pilot Gets Sick
FRANCE (VINnews) — A large group of Israelis is stranded in France, after the pilot of their flight became ill at the last minute. According to Kan 11 News, passengers are stuck at...
BDE: Rabbi Dovid Moshe Lieberman, Rav Of Antwerp, Passed Away At Age 97
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Rabbi Dovid Moshe Lieberman, the oldest Chabad rav who survived WWII and served Jewish communities in Chicago, Detroit, and the Chief Rabbi of Antwerp, Belgium...
Calls To Boycott Elite’s Doritos Snack Over Controversial ‘Alternative Families’ Ad
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Prominent Israeli publicists and social media activists including the editor of the Besheva newspaper have called for a boycott on the popular snack Doritos a...
After Israeli Passports Stolen From Boro Park Doorstep, Shomrim Succeed In Locating Them
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A chareidi family from Israel sent Israeli passports to their friends in Boro Park in order to help them send them to the correct place in the US in order to g...
Liviu Beris, Romanian Holocaust Survivor Who Became A Genetics Pioneer And Debated A Famous Antisemite On TV, Dies At 93
BUCHAREST (JTA) — Liviu Beris, who survived the Holocaust in Transnistria to become an internationally recognized geneticist, died last week at 93 in Romania, where he tirelessly s...
International Holocaust Day, Rav Aharon Kotler zt”l, and the Vaad Hatzolah: Watch This Documentary
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
This week was the designated "International Holocaust Remembrance Day." It was designated such a little over sixteen years ago by the United ...
Olives on the Pizza
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
It has snowed in New York, and you and your family have opted to remain indoors, make homemade pizza with olives on top and play Wordle. But,...
Swastikas Spray Painted On DC’s Union Station
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vandals spray-painted dozens of swastikas on the outside of Union Station, the central hub for regional train transportation in the nation's capital.
The graff...
Dozens of Lev Tahor Cult Members Spotted In Bosnia
BOSNIA (VINnews) — Members of the extremist Lev Tahor cult have apparently traveled to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and have likely been there for at least several months.
Local resi...
Are Schools Exempt From Lashon harah?
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
It was Adar, the time when pranks and such become a bit more common. On account of this, some of the kids in school incorrectly took the notio...
