In Belarus, Young Jews Among Those Picked Off Street And Jailed Amid Police Crackdown On Protesters
MINSK (JTA) - Seeking an air conditioned place to escape the summer heat, Artur Raisky and a friend decided last Saturday to walk to a McDonald’s in downtown Minsk, the capital of ...
Shwekey Hopes Song Composed for Trump Fundraiser Will Spark Wave of Patriotism in Jewish Community
NEW YORK (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - In a departure from his usual repertoire, singer Yaakov Shwekey appears in an all new music video expressing the Jewish community’s gratitude to Pr...
Opinion: The Democrat Party Is Getting Rid Of The Jews
NEW YORK (JNS/Daniel Greenfield)- The Democrat primaries are sweeping around the nation and leaving behind fewer Jewish Democrats in public office and more anti-Semitic radicals si...
Rabbi Refael Aharon Roth, Admor Of Shomrei Emunim, Dies Of COVID-19
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rabbi Refael Aharon Roth, the Admor of Shomrei Emunim, passed away Thursday from coronavirus at the Laniado hospital in Netanya at the age of 72.
The rebbe...
Non-Jewish Assemblywoman In NY Targeted In Anti-Semitic Attack
NEW YORK (JTA) - The fact that New York state Assemblywoman Rebecca Seawright isn’t Jewish didn’t stop a vandal from leaving behind an anti-Semitic note after defacing her office.
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Israel Donates Advanced Medical Equipment To India In Fight Against COVID-19
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The cooperation between Israel and India regarding combating the coronavirus has strengthened the warm ties between the two countries and provided a unique op...
This Holocaust Survivor Turned Architect Designed A Memorial Honoring Albanians Who Saved Jews
NEW YORK (JTA) - In the world of New York architecture, Stephen Jacobs is known for his multimillion-dollar creations, such as the Hotel Gansevoort, a swanky boutique hotel with a ...
Facebook Announces New Policy Combating Anti-Jewish Stereotypes
NEW YORK (JTA) - Facebook announced that it would ban posts about Jews controlling the world among several other efforts to combat hate speech.
The announcement comes following ...
Watch: ‘If I Forget Thee O Jerusalem’ In Teheran
TEHERAN (VINNews) — A new clip of a wedding taking place in Teheran shows a groom reciting the words "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem" together with the rabbi of the Iranian Jewish c...
Dozens Of Jewish Headstones Discovered in Lizensk Under Polish Town’s Market Square
LIZENSK, POLAND (JTA) - Dozens of Jewish headstones were discovered under the asphalt of a local market in Poland.
The headstones had been placed in the heart of Leżajsk, a town...
‘Services, But Not Shul’: How Orthodox Communities Are Preparing For A Pandemic High Holiday Season
NEW YORK (JTA) - Less than two miles away from the Center for Disease Control’s campus in Atlanta, where doctors and researchers prepare guidance for the nation’s coronavirus respo...
Shortened Census Period Means Brooklyn’s Orthodox Communities Will Likely Be Undercounted
NEW YORK (JTA) - Before the coronavirus pandemic hit New York City, Rabbi Avi Greenstein knew he needed to make a big push to have people in his neighborhood fill out the census.
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Kamala Harris Is Joe Biden’s VP Pick — Here’s What Jewish Voters Should Know
WASHINGTON (JTA) - It’s official: Kamala Harris is Joe Biden’s choice for vice president.
The California senator, who made history Tuesday as the first Black woman to join a maj...
The Sadigura Rebbe: An Appreciation
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — The Sadigura Rebbe's sudden passing at the age of 65 left his children orphaned, his Chasidim bereft of their leader, and the Jewish nation bereft of one of i...
Pub Patron In England Tells Jewish Student: ‘We Should Have *** Gassed The Lot Of You’
LONDON (JTA) - An argument at a British pub over social distancing sparked an altercation in which one patron told a Jewish student that “we should have f ***ing gassed the lot of ...
Kodak Director George Karfunkel Makes Record $116M Philanthropic Donation to Brooklyn Synagogue At Stock’s Peak
NEW YORK (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - A Chasidic synagogue in Borough Park has been identified as the recipient of what is believed to be the single largest philanthropic donation to a ...
All 3 Democrats Vying For House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Support Restricting Israel Aid Over Annexation
WASHINGTON (JTA) — All three of the Democrats seeking to become the next head of the House of Representatives’ Foreign Affairs Committee have said they do not want U.S. money to ai...
Jewish Man Called ‘Dirty Jew’ And Beaten Unconscious In Paris Elevator
PARIS (JTA) - A Jewish man told police he was beaten by two men in the elevator of a Paris building where his parents live and called a “dirty Jew.”
The alleged victim, 29, said...
Video: Cold Water, Kosher Pizza and More as Jewish Volunteers Pitch In at Baltimore Explosion Site
BALTIMORE (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - Members of Baltimore’s Jewish community extended a helping hand to first responders searching for survivors of a major gas explosion that leveled ...
R’ Avraham Steinberg (74), Caterer And Initiator Of Drum Sets At Jerusalem Weddings, Dies Of COVID-19
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — If you ever attended a Chareidi wedding in Jerusalem you cannot help noticing the drum sets and singers replacing a regular orchestra. The noise levels and jo...