My Kids’ Jewish School Closed. But Here’s Why My Family’s Coronavirus Quarantine Hasn’t Been So Bad.
NEW YORK (JTA) —“Really, Mother?! A BELL?!”
Dinner was ready at around 7 p.m., so I walked down the hall to my children’s wing and dropped off their plates — with a bell, so the...
‘King Of Weed’: Meet The Jewish Mogul Who’s Smokin’ The Competition
CALIFORNIA (JTA) - Michael Steinmetz was uncertain about inviting his grandmother to visit his marijuana factory in Mendocino County.
Masha Steinmetz is 89 and an observant Jew ...
Yeshiva U Students File Discrimination Complaint Over College’s Refusal To Approve LGBTQ Student Group
NEW YORK (JTA) — Seven Yeshiva University students filed a discrimination complaint over the school’s refusal to approve an LGBTQ student group.
The complaint was filed with the...
Yeshiva Basketball Team Reaches First Sweet 16
BALTIMORE (AP) — First came the prayer ceremony at the conclusion of the Sabbath with their families, then, the celebration on the basketball court and the overflowing joy of March...
Flatbush Resident In Serious Condition After Italy Trip
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A young man from the Sephardic community of Flatbush is in serious condition after returning from a trip to Italy.
While he is suspected of having coronavir...
History Shows That Epidemics Can Carry Dangerous Side Effects for Jews: Deadly Anti-Semitism
NEW YORK (JTA) — Over the course of our millennial history, Jews have had many encounters with contagious diseases. Often we’re blamed for them.
Maybe I’m paranoid, but I can’t...
Jewish Groups Condemn Nazi Flag Display at Sanders Rally
ARIZONA (AP) - The display of a Nazi flag by a man at a Bernie Sanders campaign rally in Arizona drew condemnation from Jewish American groups on Friday amid ongoing worries about ...
My Family Is Among the 80,000 Israelis Living in Quarantine. This Is Our Story.
MODIIN, Israel (JTA-URIEL HEILMAN) — When our seventh day of quarantine began with a knock on the door from a guy in a hazmat suit, it was almost a relief finally to have a visitor...
Woman Indicted With Hate Crime For Anti-Semitic Attack On New York City Subway
NEW YORK (JNS) — A woman who went on an anti-Semitic tirade against two Jewish people on a New York City subway in December was indicted with a hate crime by a Manhattan grand jury...
Opinion: I’m a Rabbi With the Coronavirus Whose Congregation Is Quarantined. It’s Bringing out the Best in Us.
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (JTA) — As so many of us are now contemplating going into a Shabbos of seclusion, I want to share a few thoughts with you.
We all woke up Tuesday morning prep...
Ex-Nazi Living in U.S. for Decades to Be Deported
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The U.S. government said Thursday that it is deporting a 94-year-old German ex-Nazi who has been in the United States for decades.
An immigration judge ord...
Death Penalty Sought in 2019 California Chabad Synagogue Shooting
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Prosecutors in California plan to seek the death penalty against a former college student accused of carrying out a 2019 attack on a San Diego-area synagogue that ...
NJ Prosecutor: Man Arrested After Allegedly Threatening Hasidic Property Manager Of Deli Where Jersey City Shooting Took Place
NEW JERSEY (VINnews) - A Jersey City man is under arrest, accused of making terroristic threats to the property manager of a kosher deli that was the scene of a deadly shootout bac...
Rabbi for New Rochelle Synagogue Tests Coronavirus Positive
NEW YORK (JTA) - The Rabbi of the Young Israel Synagogue in Westchester County, New York, who also teaches two undergraduate classes at Yeshiva University’s Washington Heights camp...
WATCH: Rabbi Shmuel Fuerst Of Chicago Says To Vote In WZO Elections
CHICAGO (VINnews) — Rabbi Shmuel Fuerst of Chicago recently brought of the topic of voting in the WZO elections during a Shiur.
Rabbi Fuerst said that since Rabbi Shmuel Kamenet...
Opinion: True Simchas Purim – Lo Saamod Al Dam Reyecha
NEW YORK (VINnews-Zvi Gluck) - We are all familiar with the phrase Mishenichnas Adar, Marbim B’Simcha.
The last of the twelve months on the calendar, Adar is known to be an au...
VIN Exclusive: Update On WZO Election Saga
NEW YORK (VINnews) — As reported by VINnews, Rabbi Aharon Feldman - the Rosh Yeshiva of Ner Yisroel of Baltimore - had vehemently opposed voting in the WZO elections and threatened...
March of the Living Fate’s Unclear as Poland Gets First Coronavirus Case
POLAND (JTA) - Organizers of the March of the Living insisted that the annual international commemoration in Poland was on course for April despite the cancellation of some delegat...
Lawyers Of Nazi Collaborator: Too Old, ‘Diminished’ To Deport From Canada
CANADA (JNS) — Lawyers for Helmut Oberlander, a 95-year-old who worked as a translator for Nazi death squads in Ukraine and Russia, claimed last week that their client’s old age an...
Baltimore Hotel Cancels Yeshiva University’s Reservation Over Virus Fears
BALTIMORE (AP) - A hotel in a Baltimore suburb on Thursday canceled the reservation of the Yeshiva University men's basketball team over fears of novel coronavirus, the coach of th...
