New Psak From Rabbi Shechter Regarding Washing Hands On Tisha B’Av
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A new Psak from Yeshiva University Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Hershel Shachter permits washing hands and using alcohol gel on Tisha B'Av under certain conditions.
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Twitter Clarifies Stance On Star Of David Imagery After Users Accounts Locked
NEW YORK (JNS) - Twitter has clarified its stance at using the Star of David imagery after some users who display it in their profile pictures were locked out of their accounts for...
Organizations Petition US Supreme Court To Overturn Jewish Discrimination Case
WASHINGTON (JNS) - A group of 10 Jewish organizations has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a discrimination case from the 1970s that involved a Jewish employee who cou...
For Anti-Semites In France, Police Are Seen As ‘Dirty Jews’
PARIS (JTA) - On April 27, Youssef Tihlah left his home near Paris planning to avenge what he later called “the situation in Palestine.”
Over the past decade, that has been the ...
Twitter’s Glaring Double Standard Allows Khamenei To Threaten US While Banning Star Of David
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Social media giant Twitter has recently been criticized for flagging President Trump's tweets for misinformation, but Twitter itself is guilty of far worse mis...
#Jewishprivilege Wake-up Call
NEW YORK (JNS/DALIA ZAHGER)- A tweet of “Jewish Privilege” has been trending on Twitter with an overwhelming claim that Jews are a group of privileged individuals—whether it be in ...
UK: Labour Pays Damages To Whistleblowers Over Anti-Semitism
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s opposition Labour Party has agreed to pay substantial damages to seven whistleblowers who sued the party for defamation over an anti-Semitism dispute.
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Son of Millionaire US Businessman Submits Official Bid For Major Stake In El Al Airlines
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Eli Rozenberg, the son of millionaire U.S. businessman Kenny Rozenberg, has made a $75 million bid to acquire a large stake in El Al Airlines.
Rozenberg, 30, i...
Chareidi MKs Incensed As Bill Banning LGBTQ Conversion Therapy Passes In Knesset
JERUSALEM (VInnews) — Israel's fragile coalition was thrown into disarray Wednesday afternoon after a bill submitted by opposition member and Meretz leader Nitzan Horowitz calling ...
Rabbi Lau To PM: Open Synagogues According To Their Size
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the wake of restrictions on the number of worshipers in synagogues in Israel, Israeli Chief Rabbi David Lau petitioned Prime Minister Netanyahu to allow sy...
Abe Foxman’s Next Act: Raising $28 Million To Feed Thousands Of Struggling Holocaust Survivors
NEW YORK (JTA) - Since retiring from his post as national director of the Anti-Defamation League in 2015, Abraham Foxman has had plenty of opportunities to take on other projects i...
Auschwitz Museum Employees Discover Identifying Inscription In Shoes Of Children Sent To The Camp
WARSAW (JTA) — Employees of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum discovered handwritten inscriptions in shoes belonging to children who were sent to the Nazi death camp in Poland.
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Former Nazi Concentration Camp Guard Apologizes To Holocaust Victims During Trial
HAMBURG (VINnews) — A former Nazi concentration guard standing trial for his crimes during the Holocaust apologized to Holocaust victims during proceedings at the Hamburg court Mon...
Professor Gabi Barabash Appointed Israel’s Coronavirus Czar
Jerusalem (VINnews) – Professor Gabi Barabash, the former director-general of Israel's health ministry and former director of Ichilov hospital, a leading figure in the battle again...
John Lewis And The Jews: 6 Moments That Showcase An Enduring Alliance
WASHINGTON (JTA) — When John Lewis, the civil rights icon and congressman from Georgia, died at 80 over the weekend, Jews in America and abroad lost an ally of nearly six decades.
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Defense Minister Benny Gantz: 13 Hotels Will Be Adapted For Chareidi Coronavirus Patients
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Defense Minister Benny Gantz together with MK Moshe Arbel, Home Command head Uri Gordin and senior defense ministry officials visited Tuesday the Prima Palace...
Jewish Republicans Come To Praise Trump, But Also How To Sell Him To Other Jews
WASHINGTON (JTA) — When Jewish Republicans met online this weekend to talk about the best way to defeat Joe Biden, the conversation kept sliding back to a question that has beset t...
Local Jewish Leaders: ‘Jews Should No Longer Stay In Germany’, Anti-Semitism Getting Worse
BERLIN (JNS) - “It wasn’t the wooden door that saved us, it was God,” Max Privorozki, the head of the small Jewish community in Halle, Germany, told me as he opened the door still ...
Yom Kippur Synagogue Attacker Goes On Trial In Germany
MAGDEBURG, Germany (AP) — A German man went on trial Tuesday for a Yom Kippur attack on a synagogue that is considered one of the worst anti-Semitic assaults in the country's post-...
Madonna Instagram Post Of Louis Farrakhan Video Racks Up 700,000 Views
NEW YORK (JTA) - In the past few weeks, several celebrities have faced a backlash for sharing statements from Louis Farrakhan.
But one star seems to have escaped notice: Madonna...
