In Israel, Kushner Says ‘Stage Is Set’ For Mideast progress
JERUSALEM (AP) — White House adviser Jared Kushner on Sunday trumpeted the recent agreement by Israel and the United Arab Emirates to establish diplomatic relations as a historic b...
Rabbi Of Uman: Israeli Government Must Publish Guidelines In Order To Stop The Chaos Here
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In an interview with the Yisrael Hayom newspaper, Rabbi Yaakov Jan, the rabbi of Uman in the Ukraine warned of utter chaos being caused by the prohibition aga...
520 Million Shekel Lawsuit Against Hamas For 2014 Kidnapping And Murder Of 3 Teenagers
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The families of the three teenagers kidnapped and murdered in the summer of 2014 have submitted a 520 million NIS ($155 million) lawsuit against the Hamas ter...
Watch: Breslov Chasidim Join Anti-Netanyahu Demonstrators Outside PM’s House
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — When the Breslov chasidim announced that they intended to demonstrate Saturday night and walk through Jerusalem towards the prime minister's residence, protes...
Vatican Hid Holocaust Orphans From Their Families And Urged Pope Pius Xii Not To Protest Deportations
ROME (JTA) - The Vatican both fought efforts efforts to reunite two Holocaust orphans with their relatives and urged Pope Pius XII not to protest the Nazi deportation of Italian Je...
UAE Formally Ends Israel Boycott Amid US-Brokered Deal
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The ruler of the United Arab Emirates issued a decree Saturday formally ending the country's boycott of Israel amid a U.S.-brokered deal to norma...
Locals In Uman, Ukraine Scuffle With Jewish Pilgrims
UMAN (JTA) — Residents of Uman, Ukraine, scuffled with Orthodox Jews who were seeking to enter a building in the city that is the site of an annual Jewish pilgrimage.
In a video...
Joe Biden Calls Delaware Chabad Torching ‘Deeply Disturbing
DELAWARE (JTA) - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden condemned the torching of the Chabad center at the University of Delaware.
The incident “is deeply disturbing — as an ...
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks On Cancel Culture, Restoring Morality And Israel’s Missed Opportunities
LONDON (JTA/Laura E. Adkins Opinion Editor) - Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi of Great Britain, has written dozens of books about religion and politics — but he also believe...
A Grateful Community Amidst The Pandemic
NEW YORK (VINnews/Rabbi Abe Friedman; Law Enforcement Chaplain) — This summer has been one unlike any other and as we count down the final weeks toward fall, it seems appropriate t...
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks: ‘I’m Afraid American Jewry Is Making A Big, Big, Big Mistake’ For Injecting Themselves In Politics
LONDON (JTA) - American Jewish rabbis are erring by endorsing — and opposing — President Donald Trump, according to Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi of Great Britain who said...
‘Free Palestine’ Spray-Painted At Kenosha Synagogue Amid Protests
WISCONSIN (JTA) - “Free Palestine” was spray-painted in the driveway of the Wisconsin city’s historic synagogue amid the ongoing protests there.
A reporter for the conservative ...
Computer Pioneer Arnold Spielberg, Steven’s Dad, Dies At 103
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Arnold Spielberg, father of filmmaker Steven Spielberg and an innovating engineer whose work helped make the personal computer possible, has died at 103.
Spie...
Breslav Chasidim Detained In Ukraine Airports As Ukraine Shuts Borders To Pilgrims
ODESSA (VINnews) — Ukraine has decided peremptorily to prevent the pilgrimage of Breslav chasidim to Uman by closing its borders until the end of September. A number of Breslav cha...
WATCH: Rabbi Aryeh Spero, A Longtime Right-Wing Republican, Blesses RNC And President Trump
CHARLOTTE (JTA) - On the third night of the Republican convention, Aryeh Spero, an Orthodox rabbi with a long track record of right-wing Republican involvement, asked God to bless ...
Settlers Establish Outpost In Memory Of Slain Rabbi Shai Ochayon Hy’D, Police Remove It
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Settlers established a new outpost Wednesday night named Maaleh Shai in memory of Rabbi Shai Ochayon Hy'D, who was murdered by an Arab terrorist in Petach Tik...
Fire At University Of Delaware Chabad Ruled Arson
DELAWARE (JTA) - Arson was the cause of a fire at the Chabad center at the University of Delaware, the state’s fire marshal has ruled.
Assistant State Fire Marshal Michael Chion...
Israel’s COVID-19 Task Force Director Apologizes For Asking Ukraine To Ban Uman Pilgrimage
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israel’s national coronavirus project coordinator apologized on Thursday for bypassing the country’s political echelon and directly contacting Ukraine’s President...
Rabbi Shalom Arush: ‘We Are Law-Abiding Citizens, We Will Keep Regulations In Uman’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rabbi Shalom Arush, the head of the Chut Shel Chesed yeshiva and one of the leading Breslav rabbis, told Kikar Hashabat that there was a framework in place wh...
New York Governor Vows To Take Action On Brooklyn Weddings If NYC Mayor Doesn’t
NEW YORK (JTA) - If New York City’s mayor won’t stop weddings in Brooklyn’s Hasidic neighborhoods from happening, the state’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, said Wednesday that he will.
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