Rioter In ‘Camp Auschwitz’ Sweatshirt Identified As Virginia Man
VIRGINIA (JTA) — The man who stormed the U.S. Capitol wearing an anti-Semitic sweatshirt reading “Camp Auschwitz” has been identified as Virginia resident Robert Keith Packer.
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Oldest Living Olympic Champion, A Holocaust Survivor, Turns 100
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — For Agnes Keleti, the oldest living Olympic champion, the fondest memory of her remarkable 100 years is simply that she has lived through it all.
The Ho...
BLM Instigator Found at Capitol Chaos, Claims He Came to ‘See The Truth About Protests’
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A Utah BLM activist who faces criminal charges in connection with a Provo protest he organized in June claims he attended the pro-Trump rally which turned into...
Israel’s Supreme Court Rejects Additional Hearing On Permit For Chametz In Hospitals, Enraging Chareidi MKs
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Supreme Court Chief Justice Esther Chayut has decided not to hold another hearing regarding the permit issued last year allowing people to bring Chametz into ...
Orthodox Jewish Woman To Be Appointed To National Security Council Cybersecurity Position
MARYLAND (JTA) — Anne Neuberger, a cybersecurity expert and Orthodox Jewish woman, will be appointed to a new role on the National Security Council focusing on cybersecurity, accor...
Appeals Court Backs Ruling That Orthodox-Dominated School Board In NY Was Not Properly Elected
ROCKLAND COUNTY, NY (JTA) - A federal appeals court in New York affirmed that a voting method that elected a majority Orthodox Jewish school board in upstate East Ramapo violates t...
Israeli Reporter’s Live Broadcast During Capitol Riot Interrupted By Agitator Hurling Anti-Semitic Slurs
WASHINGTON (JTA) - A live broadcast from the U.S. Capitol chaos on Wednesday by Israel’s Channel 13 chief Washington correspondent, Gil Tamary, was interrupted by an agitator who u...
Policemen Came To Close Chareidi Wedding And Ended Up Requesting Bracha From The Rebbe
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli police have been extremely diligent in closing and dispersing illegal gatherings including weddings with more than 20 people present. In most cases, t...
Orthodox Jewish Trump Supporters Decry Violence
WASHINGTON (JTA)- Heshy Tischler, the pro-Trump provocateur of Orthodox Brooklyn, wasn’t at the U.S. capitol when a mob stormed it Wednesday — but not because he didn’t want to be....
Netanyahu Condemns ‘Disgraceful’ Attack On US Congress
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday issued a strong condemnation of the attack on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters the day before, ...
The Attack on the Capitol and Halacha
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
What happened at the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC yesterday was both mind-boggling and horrifying.
Protesters swarmed the building as prot...
GOP Congresswoman Says At Rally, ‘Hitler Was Right On One Thing’
WASHINGTON (JNS) - Rep. Mary Miller (R-Ill.), who was sworn into office on Jan. 3, told a crowd of protesters outside the Capitol on Tuesday that “Hitler was right on one thing.”
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Austrian Jewish Community Leader Apologizes For Wrongly Administered COVID Vaccines
AUSTRIA (JTA) - The head of Austria’s Jewish community has apologized for COVID-19 vaccine doses that were administered to community members, including himself, who were not meant ...
‘Blood Is On Your Hands’: Antisemitism Cow Returns One Final Time To Rail At Twitter
CALIFORNIA (JTA) — An anonymous Twitter account that mooed at anti-Semitic tweeters before quitting the platform returned Monday night to take the platform to task one last time.
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Anti-semitic Flyers Warning Of Jewish ‘War’ On White People Found Around Staten Island
STATEN ISLAND (JTA) - A white supremacist group from New Jersey posted more than a dozen anti-Semitic flyers on Staten Island.
The flyers, found over the weekend in the New Yor...
Inflatable Costume May Have Caused 44 Infections, 1 Death In California Emergency Department
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A hospital worker put on an inflatable, air-powered costume to cheer people up at a California emergency department on Christmas Day.
But now, dozens of hos...
Israel’s Chareidi Sector Sees Huge Outbreak, 16 Times More COVID-19 Cases In 4 Weeks
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The coronavirus spike in the Chareidi population in Israel has broken records over the past month with the numbers rising steadily from 100 new cases a day to...
Flatbush Nanny Arrested For Allegedly Shaking Three-Month-Old Infant Causing Brain Injury
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Officials have confirmed that a live-in nanny in Flatbush has been arrested after shaking her three-month-old charge hard enough to cause cranial bleeding.
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Iranian Parliament Bill Calls For Destruction Of Israel ‘By 2041’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A bill introduced by the Iranian parliament to coincide with the anniversary of the assassination of Kassem Soleimani obliges the government of the Islamic Re...
Holocaust Survivor Pens Moving NY Times Op-Ed About How COVID Is ‘Stealing’ Her Last Years
NEW YORK (JTA) - When the coronavirus pandemic hit, Toby Levy thought: “I’m a miracle. I will make it. I have to make it.”
That’s because Levy, as she explains in a New York Tim...