22-Year-Old Chareidi Killed In Jordan Valley Road Accident A Week Before Wedding
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A 22-year-old Chareidi youth was killed Monday evening in a road accident in the Jordan Valley near Yericho, just a week before he was supposed to get married...
NY Holocaust Survivors Celebrated At Concert After Isolation
NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of Holocaust survivors clapped, sang and danced Monday at a concert held in their honor in Brooklyn in the first large gathering for New York-area survivors ...
Rep. Greene Apologizes For Comparing Safety Masks, Holocaust
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene apologized Monday for affronting people with recent comments comparing the required wearing of safety masks in the House to the horror...
Hundreds Rally In Ohio, Arizona Against Vandalism, Jew-Hatred And Anti-Semitism
OHIO (JNS) - Groups of Jews and other community members in Arizona and Ohio gathered on Sunday to express their concern over the recent rise in anti-Semitism across the country and...
David Weprin Endorsed By New York’s Jewish Community Leaders
QUEENS (VINnews) – Assemblymember David Weprin, a top-tier candidate for New York City Comptroller, has been endorsed by a group of prominent Queens’s rabbis and Jewish community l...
WATCH: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Speaks At Surfside Shul Upon Signing The Hatzalah Bill
FLORIDA (VINnews) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visited The Shul of Bal Harbour in Surfside, FL on Monday.
While there, he gave a press conference, and signed a new law recognizin...
WATCH: NYC Mayoral Candidate Eric Adams Visits The Ohel Of Lubavitcher Rebbe
BROOKLYN (VINnews) - NYC Mayoral candidate Eric Adams visited the the grave site Of Lubavitcher Rebbe Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson on Sunday, as thousands visited to mark the ...
Watch: New Government Takes Traditional Picture At President Rivlin’s Residence
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The new government formed by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid took its first official picture in accordance with tradition at the residence of Pr...
Hamas Warns That Its Response To Flag Parade ‘Will Be Like The Previous One’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Incoming prime minister Naftali Bennett may have been hoping for a brief period of calm after entering the prime minister's office, but his first test will co...
E-Scooters: A Halachic Analysis
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
They have popped up all over the United States as well as near almost every Yeshivos as well. They are the E-Scooters. You know, that two-whe...
Defense Minister Pushes For State Inquest Into Meron Disaster
JERUSALEM (Israel Hayom)- Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Monday introduced a proposal for a state commission of inquiry into the April 29 Mount Meron tragedy, which saw 45 people ...
Rav Shneur Kotler zt”l – 11 Thoughts and Sayings
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
Yesterday, was the 39th yartzeit of HaGaon HaRav Shneur Kotler zt”l (1918-1982), Rav Shneur was the second Rosh Yeshiva of BMG in Lakewood an...
WATCH: NYC Comptroller Candidate David Weprin, Endorsed By All Police Unions, Pledges To Protect Pensions Against BDS Activists
NEW YORK (VINnews) — In most elections, voters focus on a few races, whether it’s for Mayor or a city council seat. This year, one of the most important races in NYC will be for Ci...
Amidst Extensive Heckling, PM Bennett Spoke Of ‘Taking Responsibility, Says He Will Represent Charedim
Prime Minister-Designate Naftali Bennett addressed the Knesset Sunday ahead of a confidence vote. Here is the full text of his speech, as released by his office:
H.E. President ...
Incoming Religious Affairs Minister Mattan Kahana: I Won’t Violate Even A Millimeter Of Halacha
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — I have great honor, admiration and reverence towards scholars and students of Torah and I hope that I will continue to be received in their homes," says incom...
BBC Palestinian Correspondent Fired After Tweeting ‘Hitler Was Right’ And ‘IDF Should Go To Hell’
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A Palestinian BBC journalist covering the Israeli-Palestinian scene has been sacked after an internal probe revealed that she had tweeted that "Hitler was righ...
Torah Ark Desecrated Inside Frankfurt Airport Prayer Room
BERLIN (AP) — A leading Jewish group in Germany on Saturday condemned the antisemitic desecration of a Torah ark inside the Jewish prayer room at Frankfurt's international airport....
After Jewish Groups Are Left Out Of Blinken’s Israel Briefing, The White House Promises To Hire A Jewish Liaison
WASHINGTON (JTA) — When the veteran Jewish leaders logged onto a call to hear from the secretary of state about his trip to Israel, many were surprised by the guest list.
While ...
One Day After Graduation, Yeshiva of Flatbush Teen Dies in Tesla Crash
BROOKLYN (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - An Orthodox Jewish Mill Basin family is mourning the loss of their teenaged son after the car he was riding in slammed into a fence, hit two dumpst...
Krakow City Official Says Good-Luck Figurines Of Jews Are ‘Antisemitic’ And Should Not Be Sold
KRAKOW (JTA) - A spokesperson for the city of Krakow, Poland, condemned as antisemitic the figurines of Orthodox Jews that are on sale as good luck charms there.
“This figurine ...