Trump Commutes Shalom Weiss, Eli Weinstein, Dozens Of Others
WASHINGTON (AP/VINnews) — President Donald Trump has pardoned former chief strategist Steve Bannon as part of a late flurry of clemency action benefiting nearly 150 people, includi...
Sheloshim For Israeli Terror Victim Esther Horgen To Be Observed Over Zoom
JERUSALEM (JNS) — Family and friends of Esther Horgen, the 52-year-old Israeli mother of six who was murdered by an Arab terrorist last month, are organizing a Zoom event for the g...
Fake Letter Attributed To Kamala Harris Warns DC Synagogues They Must Close Or Be Shut Down
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Synagogues in Washington, D.C., are receiving a fake letter purported to be signed by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris warning them to close or they will go to...
Spanish Court Acquits 8 Israel Boycott Supporters Who Wanted Matisyahu Disinvited From Festival
SPAIN (JTA) — A court in Spain has acquitted eight anti-Israel activists of hate crime charges for their role in demanding that the Jewish-American singer Matisyahu declare his sup...
Israel: Worrying Increase In Pregnant Women In Serious And Critical Condition From COVID-19
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — At least nine pregnant women have been hospitalized over the past week in Israel due to deterioration in their condition after being infected with COVID-19. F...
US, Morocco Sign MOU On Combating Anti-Semitism
WASHINGTON (JNS) The United States and Morocco signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Friday to combat all forms of anti-Semitism.
The MOU was signed by Elan Carr, who le...
Polish Holocaust Scholars Sued For Suggesting Mayor Who Saved A Jew Helped Kill 22 Others
POLAND (JTA) — Two well-known Polish Holocaust historians are on trial for alleged defamation over their claim that late mayor of a town near Warsaw who saved one Jewish woman was ...
For Israeli Right, Trump’s Middle East Legacy Will Outshine His Troubled Last Days
WASHINGTON (JNS) - For most of the Israeli right, U.S. President Donald Trump’s pro-Israel legacy will far outlive the marred reputation of the last days of the presidency.
Pro-...
Study: 1 In 4 Israelis Would Have Survived COVID-19 If Hospitals Were Less Overcrowded
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — 47-year-old Moshe Charazi was intubated in the ICU at Tel Aviv's Ichilov hospital after suffering from coronavirus. Inexplicably, the intubation equipment was...
Rabbi Yitzchak Tuvia Weiss’s Great-Nephew Joins Border Police After Leaving Chareidi Roots
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Shulem Weiss was a budding singer in the Eda Chareidis with a bright future ahead of him. A grandson of Rabbi Shimon Weiss, the director of the highly accredi...
Buchenwald Concentration Camp Becomes Center Of Winter Sports, Director Criticizes ‘Disrespectful’ Visitors
NEW YORK (VINnews) — The German authorities in charge of former Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald have demanded that visitors to the site demonstrate respect for all those buried ...
Democrat Fund Group ActBlue Serves As Platform For Donations To Illegal Palestinian Terrorist Groups
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A report by the One America news network claims that the Democratic fundraising group ActBlue serves as a front for terrorist groups seeking to raise funds in ...
US Army Discharges Officer Who Made Holocaust Joke On TikTok
The U.S. Army is removing an officer who made a Holocaust joke last year on TikTok.
Nathan Freihofer, a second lieutenant, has millions of followers on TikTok, the video social...
Initiator Of Last Of Kin Monument For Lone Holocaust Survivors Who Died In War Of Independence Passes Away At 90
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A special monument is located at the end of the trail that connects Israel’s Yad Vashem, the official memorial to Jewish victims of the Holocaust, and Mount H...
As Israel-UAE Ties Deepen, BDS Advocates ‘Give Up’ On Efforts To Boycott Jewish State
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Amid expanding ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates following the Abraham Accords, a leading Palestinian BDS organization is giving up on efforts to b...
Sheldon Adelson Buried On Jerusalem’s Mount Of Olives
JERUSALEM (AP) — Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino magnate who made prolific donations to right-wing politicians and causes in the United States and Israel, was laid to rest ...
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Describes Painful Associations Of Seeing ‘Camp Auschwitz’ T-shirt
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Longtime CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer said Thursday that he was happy that his late parents, survivors of the Holocaust, did not live to witness the resurgence of ant...
Jewish Community Shaped By The Inquisition Opens Portugal’s First Holocaust Museum
PORTO (JTA) — Portugal is set to open its first Holocaust museum, built in the northern city of Porto by members of a Jewish community that was founded by descendants of victims of...
Jewish Civil-Rights Group Protests Twitter CEO Over Not Banning Holocaust Denial
CALIFORNIA (JNS) — The grassroots Jewish civil-rights movement End Jew Hatred protested outside the California home of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Monday, blaring audio recordings o...
Man Arrested After Swastikas Spray-Painted On Doors Of Montreal Synagogue
MONTREAL (JTA) — One of Montreal’s largest synagogues was found with its doors spray-painted with large swastikas Wednesday, and a synagogue guard played a role in arresting th...