NY Gov.: Jewish Family Wife, Children, Neighbor of Westchester Coronavirus Victim Also Test Positive, Taking State to 6 Cases
NEW YORK (AP) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that the wife, two children and a neighbor of a New York lawyer who is hospitalized in critical condition with COVID-...
Israeli PM Urges a Halt to Hand Shaking
JERUSALEM (JTA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is urging Israelis to stop shaking hands in light of growing concerns over the new coronavirus and suggests instead they...
Coronavirus Confirmed In YU As Student Tests Positive
NEW YORK (VINnews) — As reported yesterday by VINnews, a Yeshiva University student was under quarantine after being suspected of contracting the coronavirus.
Today it has unfor...
BREAKING: Pesach Program Cancelations Over Coronavirus
NEW YORK (JTA) — For the past three years, Esther Possick and her son have avoided the hassle of hosting Passover at their Long Island home by traveling to kosher hotels in foreign...
Passover in the Time of Coronavirus: Cancellations Mount at Kosher Resorts
NEW YORK (JTA) — For the past three years, Esther Possick and her son have avoided the hassle of hosting Passover at their Long Island home by traveling to kosher hotels in foreign...
Trump To Speak At Republican Jewish Coalition Conference For Second Straight Year
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump will speak at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual conference for the second consecutive year.
The venue for the March 14 appearanc...
Lakewood: Child In Critical Condition After Falling Off Second Floor Balcony
LAKEWOOD (VINnews) — A 10-year-old boy in Lakewood is in critical condition, after falling off a balcony on a second floor.
The incident occurred at approximately 6:00 PM on Tue...
2 Yeshiva University Students Suspected Of Catching Coronavirus
NEW YORK (JTA) — Two Yeshiva University students are in self-quarantine as a precaution after potential exposure to coronavirus.
According to an all campus alert sent by the uni...
3 Attackers Assault Jewish Man Wearing A Kippah In Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Three attackers assaulted a kippah-wearing Jewish man walking on a street in Brazil while yelling anti-Semitic slurs.
They held down the 57-year-old victi...
Yeshiva Parent Confirmed with Coronavirus; Three Westchester-area Orthodox Jewish Schools Close for the Day
NEW YORK (VINnews-Sandy Eller) — An Orthodox Jewish man has been hospitalized with coronavirus, prompting the closure of three local yeshivas.
In a Tuesday morning news conferen...
Yeshiva Student Found After Going Missing In A NJ State Park
NEW JERSEY (VINnews) — A 16-year-old Yeshiva student has been found after going missing in a New Jersey state park.
Rockland Chaveirim conducted the search after the boy was rep...
Arizona Man Charged In Nazi Threat Plot To Remain Jailed
PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge ruled Monday that an Arizona man will remain jailed on a charge that he and other neo-Nazis mounted a harassment campaign, mailing and posting threat...
Auschwitz Museum Does Not Want Visitors From Countries Affected By Coronavirus
POLAND (JTA) - The Auschwitz Memorial and Museum has called on organizers of trips to the historical site to refrain from bringing visitors from countries that have been affected b...
American Jewish History Museum Seeks Bankruptcy Protection
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, seeking relief from debt brought by construction efforts....
STUNNING DEVELOPMENT: Rabbi Aharon Feldman Retracts His Opposition To Voting In WZO Elections
BALTIMORE (VINnews) — There has been a major development in the ongoing saga of the WZO election debate. VINnews can confirm that little to no Rabbinical opposition remains to the ...
Faith Before Basketball For Yeshiva University Champions
NEW YORK (AP) — Each of the mighty Maccabees has his role on the men’s basketball team. Gabriel Leifer sinks three-pointers; Daniel Katz is the defense wizard; Simcha Halpert makes...
Indictment Issued Against Rabbi Berland For Fraudulent Receipt And Extortion
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Jerusalem District Attorney issued an indictment in the district court against Rabbi Eliezer Berland (82), the leader of the Shuvu Banim community. The pr...
Joe Biden, Amy Klobuchar to address AIPAC by video after organization departs from 2016 rules
WASHINGTON (JTA) - Two more Democratic presidential candidates are now on the speakers’ list at this year’s AIPAC conference, after the Israel lobby group allowed Joe Biden and Amy...
Israeli Researchers Claim Breakthrough In Developing Vaccine Against Coronavirus
KIRYAT SHMONA (VINnews) — Israeli researchers claim to have made a major breakthrough in the search for a vaccine against coronavirus and they maintain that the vaccine could be re...
BOMBSHELL: Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetsky Receives Instructions From Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky To VOTE In WZO
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Following the VIN exclusive last week, in which it was reported that Rabbi Aron Feldman and Rabbi Malkiel Kotler threatened to quit the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah...
