Biden Marks Poway Synagogue Shooting Anniversary With Plan For Increased Protections For Jews And Others
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Former Vice President Joe Biden marked the one-year anniversary of the deadly shooting at a synagogue in Poway, California, with a proposal to add protections fo...
Opinion: When Did Elderly People Like Me Become Disposable?
TORONTO (JTA) — The coronavirus pandemic of 2020 is shaking the world in disturbing ways.
As someone who is no longer young, I find one aspect of the crisis to be particularly u...
A Paris Chef Is Making Mouthwatering Kosher Meals For Jewish Doctors And Nurses — For Free
PARIS (JTA) - When she’s not busy with her four kids, Ellie Balouka can usually be found in her kitchen at home in Paris, where she makes colorful salads, creative stuffed baguette...
Temporary OK For Kosher Slaughter In Cyprus Runs Into A Snag
NICOSIA (JTA) — A bill in Cyprus that would have temporarily allowed kosher slaughter in the Mediterranean island country needs further study, the government said.
The Cabinet’s...
Saudi Sitcoms Feature Hebrew-Speaking Jews, Actors Urging Normal Ties With Israel
RIYADH, SAUDIA ARABIA (VINnews) — A major feature of the culture of Ramadan, the Muslim month of festivities which commenced Friday is the sitcoms and soap operas produced specific...
Belgian Police Charge 3 For Commemorating Holocaust In Violation Of Coronavirus Rules
BELGIUM (JTA) — Three men who placed a wreath at a Holocaust monument in Belgium were charged with violating the country’s emergency measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus....
Watch: Neighbor Tweets Her Appreciation Of Jewish Prayer Services Taking Place Outdoors
MONTREAL, CANADA (VINnews) — One of the more positive results of the coronavirus has been the sense of camaraderie between different segments of society facing the effects of the v...
Heartrending Testimony From COVID-19 Patients: We’re Being Starved In The Hospital
TEL AVIV (VINnews) — Famished, frail corona patients without a medical team available in their ward. This is the all too familiar claim being made by families of coronavirus victim...
Watch: COVID-19 Survivor R’Lipa Deutsch Returns To A Warm Welcome In Williamsburg
WILLIAMSBURG, NEW YORK (VINnews) — R' Lipa Deutsch, a Tzanz-Klausenberg Chasid from Williamsburg, hovered between life and death for weeks before regaining strength and recovering....
London Police Shut Down Backyard Jewish Wedding That Violated Distancing Rules
LONDON (JTA) — Police shut down a backyard Jewish wedding in northern London with about 40 guests, hours after they were assured the event would include only people who live in the...
In Germany, Where Coronavirus Is At Bay, Synagogues Prepare To Reopen With Precautions
BERLIN (JTA) - When synagogues reopen in Germany in the coming weeks, there will be no handshakes, no hugs and no parading with the Torah, a mainstay of Shabbat services.
That’s...
Israel’s Supreme Court Nixes Shin Bet Surveillance Program Fighting COVID-19: ‘Slippery Slope’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Israeli Supreme Court ruled Sunday evening that the Shin Bet will not be able to continue its surveillance program to combat COVID-19 unless the matter is...
Tzanz-Klausenberg Rebbe: ‘Who Wants To Be A Murderer Even By Accident?’
NEW YORK (VINnews) — The Tzanz-Klausenberg Rebbe of Boro Park harshly criticized people who are ignoring public health regulations and continuing to immerse in mikves and make publ...
Open Letter: Our Mom Survived COVID-19 But Died Of Hopelessness, All Alone
NEW YORK (VINnews) — The following open letter was submitted to VINnews.
This is an open letter to Governor Cuomo, President Trump, the medical community, or anyone else who car...
Yaakov Litzman Leaving Health Ministry, Slated To Receive Housing Ministry
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli Health Minister Ya'acov Litzman announced that he will step down from his post for a new cabinet position following weeks of criticism of his handling...
Israel’s Population On Eve Of 72nd Independence Day Numbers 9,190,000
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — On the eve of Israel's Independence Day, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) published demographic details about the country. Israel's population in 2020 n...
Rise Of Coronavirus Correlates To Rise In Anti-Semitism, Especially In Heavily Jewish Areas Of New York And New Jersey
NEW YORK (JNS) — As 2019 came to close, the New York metropolitan region recorded extremely high number anti-Semitic incidents. Lawmakers, community leaders, law enforcement and or...
Stoop Show: Brooklyn Accordionist Entertains Neighbors
NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Stein felt useless -- stuck in his Brooklyn brownstone apartment, watching his neighbors suffer deprivations as COVID-19 swept the city.
Then, on television...
At This Dutch Jewish Nursing Home, Family Visitors Can Be Lifted By Cranes To See Their Loved Ones Safely
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Video calls weren’t really cutting it for Fiet Aussen, a 91-year-old widow who has spent the past six weeks in lockdown at this city’s Jewish nursing home.
Nea...
Lives Lost: A Jewish Man Who Studied Darkness, But Beamed Light
NEW YORK (AP) - He’d retreat to his basement, surrounded by thousands of books on the Holocaust. He’d return from Europe with photos of cemeteries. The lessons of relatives who wer...
