Litzman: Lapid Has ‘Infected’ Gantz With ‘Disease’ Of Anti-semitism
UTJ head Yaakov Litzman denounces Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz following Gantz’s announcement that he would seek to form a “liberal” government if given the chance.
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Jewish Groups Call To Halt Execution Of Death Row Inmate Who Says His Judge Was Anti-Semitic
Dallas, TX - A number of Jewish groups and lawyers are urging the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to stay the scheduled execution of a Jewish inmate who said his judge was anti-Sem...
First New Torah In Slovakia Since Holocaust
Bratislava - A new Torah scroll is in place in Slovakia, the first to be completed in the Central European country since the Nazis murdered most of its Jewish population during Wor...
Here’s How New York City’s New Hate Crimes Chief Plans To Tackle Rising Anti-Semitism
New York - Like other local officials, Deborah Lauter can’t say exactly what’s causing the recent spike in hate crimes against Jews in New York City.
It could be, in her words, ...
Founder of Huffington Post, Promotes ‘Shabbat’ as way to Fight Internet Addiction
Internet icon Arianna Huffington created Thrive Global in 2016 as a forum to analyze and address our digital enslavement. “We are at an inflection point in history where technology...
VIDEO: Florida Governor Prayed At Western Wall To Spare His State From Hurricane Dorian
Jerusalem - Last week Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who was visiting Israel at the time, made a pilgrimage to the Kotel and prayed that his state should not get hit by hurricanes ...
Feds Recommend 10-Month Sentence For Extremist In Gun Case
College Park, MD - Federal prosecutors on Thursday recommended a 10-month prison sentence followed by 3 years of supervised release for a man whose relatives reported concerns abou...
Rockland County GOP Leader Vows To Re-Post Anti-Semitic Video
Rockland County - As previously reported by VIN, the GOP of Rockland County removed an inflammatory video, after it received widespread condemnation. The list of people who spoke o...
86-Year-Old Rabbi Arrested For Blocking ICE Office In Philadelphia
Philadelphia - An 86-year-old rabbi and his rabbi wife were arrested after blocking the entrance to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency’s building in Philadelphia to pro...
Shmira Members Rescue Kitten From Sewer [VIDEO]
Brooklyn, NY - Last night, Yaakov lemmer was on his way to Shul (Synagogue), when he saw a small commotion around a NYC DEP @311 drain grate. He didn’t have to ask what it was abou...
America’s Orthodox Jews Are Trailblazing Entrepreneurs On Amazon
Lakewood, NJ - Orthodox Jews in America have often suffered from a media image depicting them as passive, unimaginative people who are just following their ancient dictates and liv...
Will Measles Tarnish Rosh Hashanah In Uman This Year Again
Uman - Last winter a drastic increase in measles cases was documented both in Israel and the United States. According to information that was received by the Health Ministries in b...
More Than 250 Nigerian Igbo Jewish Youth Gather For First Jewish Leadership Seminar
Onithsa, Nigeria - More than 250 Nigerian youth and 20 adults gathered August 18-25 in Onithsa for a national week-long Jewish leadership and learning seminar organized by the Jeru...
Groups Call On Cal State To Act Against Professor Spreading Anti-Semitism On Facebook
San Francisco - Eighty Jewish and pro-Israel groups signed a letter sent on Tuesday to the chancellor and general counsel of California State University that demands answers about ...
Nazi-Looted Art Returned To Heirs Of German-Jewish Art Collector
Germany - Germany returned two Nazi-looted late medieval panels to the heirs of a Jewish art collector.
The predella panels, found at the base of an altar, were owned by busines...
Jewish, Israeli Groups Organize Disaster Relief To Hurricane-Stricken Bahamas
Several Jewish and Israeli humanitarian aid groups are providing aid or relief teams to the Bahamas following the catastrophic devastation unleashed by Hurricane Dorian.
The sto...
Dvir Schnerb Completes EMT Training Less Than Two Weeks After Terror Attack
Jerusalem - On Friday August 23, 2019, Dvir Schnerb (19) was severely wounded next to the Binyamin community of Dolev. His sister Rena was murdered and his father moderately wounde...
State Education Department Receives More Than 135,000 Comments Opposing Proposed Regulations Of Private Schools
New York - Over summer break, more than 135,000 parents, alumni, educators and supporters of private education in New York submitted comments to the State Education Department expr...
Etsy Sells “Make Israel Palestine Again” Hats
American online retailer Etsy was selling caps recently on its site with the caption "Make Israel Palestine Again" in the spirit of President Trump's famous slogan "Make America Gr...
In Orthodox Jewish Brooklyn, A Spate Of Assaults Feels All Too Familiar
New York - As he talks about the recent string of attacks on Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn, Yosef Rapaport points to a small scar above his right eye.
It’s the remnant of an anti-Se...