Large Wedding Planed For Tonight Has DOH Slapping Satmar Shul with Cease and Desist Order
KIRYAS JOEL (VINnews) - Masks, social distancing and a very limited guest list are being required by the state at a Kiryas Joel wedding tonight, after Department of Health issued a...
Kosher Hotels And Authoritarianism: Israelis See Attraction In Easy Uae Travel, But Some Have Concerns
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Chevy Fleischman and a friend travel far from their home country of Israel each year to celebrate their birthdays together. Last year they flew to Morocco. The ye...
Analysis: Netanyahu’s Secret Saudi Meeting Exposes Blue And White’s Petty Politics As Elections Loom
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Despite numerous initial denials on the part of the Saudis, it is now clear that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Mossad chief Yossi Cohen flew secretly ...
Biden Nominates Alejandro Mayorkas, Latino Jew Who Has Said Jews Face Heightened Threat, As Homeland Security Secretary
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President-elect Joe Biden announced the nomination of Alejandro Mayorkas, a Latino Jew who has emphasized the heightened threat facing American Jews, as his Home...
Rav Gershon Edelstein And Rav Chaim Kanievski: Open All Schools ‘While Taking All Precautions’
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — As coronavirus infections in the Chareidi community and the general public in Israel continue to decrease, there have been increasing calls to reopen the educ...
Jewish Voices Continue To Ring Out From Battleground State Of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA (JNS) - No state loomed larger on the national stage than Pennsylvania during the recent general election. The commonwealth emerged as a centerpiece of both presidenti...
Egyptian Singer Pictured With Israeli Singer In Dubai To Stand Trial For ‘Insulting Egyptian People’
CAIRO (VINnews) — Mohamed Ramadan, the popular Egyptian singer filmed together with Israeli folk singer Omar Adam in Dubai, will stand trial for "insulting the Egyptian people".
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Segulos of the Chasam Sofer
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times
It is called, "Segulos haSofer" and it is published by a Machon associated with London’s Etz Chaim Yeshiva. It lists twelv...
Quebec To Allow Gatherings During X-Mas, But Not Hanukkah, Frustrating Province’s Jews
QUEBEC (JTA) - Jewish groups in Quebec are expressing dismay after the province announced a plan to allow small gatherings at Christmas but said gatherings during Hanukkah would re...
WATCH: Cuomo Threatens “Full Consequence Of Legal Action” After Secret Satmar Wedding
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Gov. Cuomo issued threats to a Satmar synagogue after a "secret" wedding was allegedly held with thousands in attendance.
“It was a blatant disregard of the...
Discrimination: Bnei Brak Woman Suspended From Work Because She Attended Wedding
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — Despite the fact that the Chareidi community in Israel now has the lowest transmission rates in the entire population, individual Chareidim are still being st...
After Parole Terminated, Jonathan Pollard And His Wife Remove The Electronic Tracking Device From His Leg – And Plan Move To Israel
NEW YRK (VINnews/Statement of Jonathan Pollard) - Thirty years ago, my beloved wife Esther found her way into USP Marion, the highest security prison in the United States, where I ...
Confrontation At German Protest Comparing COVID-19 Law To Nazi-Era Goes Viral
BERLIN (AP) — A video went viral Sunday in Germany of a confrontation at a coronavirus protest, where a young woman compared herself to a famous Nazi resistance fighter and then wa...
German Doctor Arrested On Suspicion Of Killing Critically Ill Coronavirus Patients
ESSEN, GERMANY (VINnews) — A German doctor at the Essen University hospital has been charged with manslaughter after he allegedly administered lethal medication to two critically i...
Israeli Singer Omer Adam Pictured With Egyptian Singer Evokes Furious Responses In Egypt
DUBAI (VINnews) — One of Egypt's most popular singers, Mohammed Ramadan took a picture with Israeli singer Omer Adam who is visiting the Emirates. Adam uploaded the picture to his ...
Netanyahu: Convicted Spy Pollard Expected In Israel Soon
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday welcomed the lifting of parole restrictions on Jonathan Pollard, the former U.S. Navy analyst convicted of sp...
Jonathan Pollard Is Freed Of Restrictions, May Travel To Israel
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Almost 35 years to the day after his arrest outside the Israeli embassy in Washington D.C., Jonathan Pollard was granted the freedom to do what he wanted that da...
Toronto Suburb To Rename Street Named After Nazi Naval Officer
AJAX (JTA) — A suburb of Toronto will rename a street named for Nazi naval officer Hans Langsdorff.
The town council of Ajax, a suburb northeast of Toronto, voted 4-3 this week ...
2 Years After The Synagogue Shooting, Pittsburgh Has Become A Hub For White Supremacists
PITTSBURGH (JTA) - In the days after the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in American history, Pittsburgh became a symbol of the enduring dangers of hatred, as well as the Jewish comm...
Police Kick And Humiliate Charedi Protesters Over Grave Desecration Near Mount Zion Hotel
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Police in Israel have exhibited unusually violent behavior in dispersing Chareidi gatherings during the period of coronavirus. At the same time in most cases ...