Thursday, March 28, 2024

Jewish

Ukraine Urges Breslov Hasidim Stuck At Border To Turn Back

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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine on Thursday strongly warned thousands of Hasidic Jewish pilgrims who have been stuck on its border for days that it won't allow them into the country d...

Mass ‘Demonstrations’ Will Allow Chasidim To Pray With Rebbes On Rosh Hashana

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Despite the Israeli government enforcing a strict lockdown which will commence a few hours before Rosh Hashana, members of numerous chasidic groups intend to ...

Russian Businessman Gives $10 Million To Wharton School For Israeli Students

PENNSYLVANIA (JNS) - Israeli-Russian entrepreneur Yuri Milner is donating $10 million to the Wharton School to create scholarships for Israeli MBA students, announced the Universit...

Opinion: Abraham Accords, It Wouldn’t Have Happened Without Trump

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WASHINGTON (JNS/Jonathan S. Tobin) - The gala signing of the normalization agreements between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain was a bitter pill for the diplomatic e...

Attorneys Weighing Legal Action Over LA County Rosh Hashanah Restrictions

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LOS ANGELES (VINnews) — An attorney's letter sent to Los Angeles County on behalf of a local Rabbi seeks to have the county reverse a policy which would restrict in-home gatherings...

Opinion: I’m An Orthodox Rabbi Who Takes COVID-19 Very Seriously. Here’s Why My Congregation Is Praying In Person During The High Holidays.

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NEW YORK (JTA) — On March 11, we decided to close The Jewish Center, the large Orthodox congregation in Manhattan where I serve as senior rabbi. To some, it seemed like a drastic s...

The Red Cross Is Aiding Hundreds Of Jewish Pilgrims Who Have Amassed At Ukraine’s Closed Borders

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UKRAINE (JTA) - On the border of Belarus and Ukraine, Avremi Vitman tried to shake off the morning chill as he prayed earlier this week. Vitman was hungry and uncomfortable afte...

LISTEN: On Rosh Hashanah Call, Trump Tells American Jews ‘We Love Your Country’ And Asks For Their Vote

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WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump spent much of his 20-minute call with American Jewish leaders making the case for more American Jews to vote for him. He closed by repeati...

El Al Majority Shareholder Is Now 26-Year-Old Chareidi Jew

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — After speculation that has lasted months, it is now being reported that the new majority shareholder of El Al is a 26-year-old chareidi Jew, by the name of El...

Study: More Than One In 10 Americans Under 40 Thinks Jews Caused The Holocaust

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WASHINGTON (JTA) - More than one in 10 American adults under 40 believes that Jews caused the Holocaust. That’s one finding from a survey published Wednesday trying to gauge Hol...

Muslim World Reacts Angrily To Israel-UAE-Bahrain Normalization

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Muslim world reacted in most cases indignantly to the UAE-Bahrain-Israel deal, with demonstrations taking place in various cities around the world and com...

Trump Ad Featuring Bernie Sanders As Puppet Master For Biden Is Anti-Semitic, 2 Left-Wing Jewish Groups Say

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WASHINGTON (JTA) - Two left-wing Jewish groups are accusing Donald Trump’s presidential campaign of anti-Semitism over an ad showing Bernie Sanders holding Joe Biden as a puppet. ...

Watch: UK Chief Rabbi Mirvis Powerful Message About Our COVID-19 Responsibility This Rosh Hashana

LONDON (VINnews/Rabbi Ephraim Mirivis) - Rosh Hashana is an anniversary. But of what? According to our tradition it was on this day that God created Adam. It was the sixth day o...

Watch: UAE Sings Hava Nagila, Israeli Orchestra Performs UAE Anthem

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — There were a number of signs Tuesday that the peace agreement being signed in Washington was being felt 6,000 miles away both in Israel and the UAE. In Israel...

Belarus Provides Large Tents And Facilities For Breslov Chasidim On Ukraine Border

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BELARUS (VINnews) — In a humanitarian gesture towards the Breslov chasidim stranded on the Ukrainian border in harsh conditions, the Belarus government erected a number of large te...

Jews Have Lived In Bahrain For 140 Years. The Country’s Peace Deal With Israel Changes Their Lives.

MANAMA (JTA) - Ebrahim Dahood Nonoo, the leader of Bahrain’s tiny Jewish community, was among the Gulf country’s approximately 50 Jews who thought peace with Israel would never arr...

Woodcliffe Lake To Finally Grant Zoning To Local Chabad And Pay $1.5 Million

NEWARK, N.J. (AP/VINnews) — A northern New Jersey town has reached an agreement in a federal lawsuit that accused it of illegally denying an Orthodox Jewish group’s attempt to expa...

Minister Deri Asks Ukrainian President To Allow Chasidim To Enter Country For Rosh Hashana

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli interior minister Arye Deri sent a letter to Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky imploring him to allow Chasidim stranded at the Ukrainian border wi...

Instagram Account ‘Organized In Antisemitism’ Lists Jewish High School Students In Northern California County

CALIFORNIA (JTA) — An Instagram account calls on followers to identify Jewish high school students in Northern California’s Marin County. The account is associated with the Redw...

‘This Is What We Expected’: COVID Closures And Quarantines Already Widespread At New York-Area Jewish Day Schools

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NEW YORK (JTA) - One New York City private Jewish high school shut down Monday after two students in 11th grade and two students in 12th grade tested positive. Several students in ...