Watch: Tehran Beis Din Performs Chalitza Ceremony
TEHRAN (VINnews) — Israel's Kan 11 television station broadcast an unusual clip from Iran of a Chalitza ceremony being performed in the Tehran Beis Din by Rabbi Yehuda Grammy, the ...
Shaarei Tzedek Pulmonary Institute: 50% Of Former COVID-19 Patients Still Feeling Symptoms After Recovery
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A new study by Shaarei Tzedek hospital's Pulmonary Institute has revealed that 50% of coronavirus patients who have already recovered from the virus (i.e. it...
Supermarket Chain Apologizes: ‘We Love Everyone, We’re Sorry If Chareidim Were Hurt’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Victory supermarket chain, which was threatened with a boycott after an internal instruction was given not to sell a bargain sale on challah to children b...
Allen Fagin, Head Of The Orthodox Union, Reflects On How The Pandemic Has Changed Orthodox Life
NEW YORK (JTA) - Even before the coronavirus pandemic hit the New York region in March, the Orthodox community was on edge.
A surge in anti-Semitic incidents targeting visibly O...
Israel Program Masa Cuts Grants For Yeshiva And Seminary Programs
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Masa, which runs hundreds of long-term programs in Israel, said participants age 22 and under from North America and Britain are no longer eligible for grants for...
Chabad Says 100,000 People Attended Zoom Commemoration For Lubavitcher Rebbe
NEW YORK (JTA) - The Chabad-Lubavitch movement estimates that 100,000 people on 45,000 devices gathered in an online Zoom event to honor the late Chabad rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mende...
Senior UK Labour Lawmaker Demoted For Boosting ‘Conspiracy Theory’ Tying Israel To George Floyd Killing
LONDON (JTA) - A senior British lawmaker from Labour has been removed from her party position after she praised and retweeted an article that claimed falsely that Israeli secret se...
Supermarket Chain: Don’t Sell To Children, Chareidim Will Send Battalions Of Children
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Victory, a large supermarket chain in Israel, decided due to the economic situation caused by coronavirus to sell bread or challah for Shabbos for just 1 NIS ...
Why Did Increase In COVID-19 Cases In Israel Not Lead To Increase In Serious Conditions?.
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The dramatic increase in COVID-19 positive cases in Israel over the past two weeks has not been accompanied by a corresponding spike in seriously ill and intu...
4 Out Of 7 Family Members Test Positive, But Patients’ Class All Test Negative. Here’s Why
NECHALIM, ISRAEL (VINNews) — A student at the Nechalim Yeshiva High School near Petach Tikva tested positive for coronavirus. 85 students were placed in isolation.
This would no...
Meet Omer Yankelevich, The Orthodox Woman Tasked With Mending The Frayed Ties Between Israel And The Diaspora
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Omer Yankelevich is the new minister of Diaspora affairs in Israel, meaning she’s in charge of managing the Jewish state’s relations with Jewish communities abroa...
Jewish Gravestones From 17th Century Discovered During Renovations Of Castle In Austria
EBENFURTH (JTA) — Some 28 Jewish gravestones dating from the 17th century were discovered in the foundation of a wall built to protect a castle in Austria.
They were discovered ...
Rabbi Develops App to Focus Smartphone Use
CLEVELAND, OH (Chabad.org/Menachem Posner)Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries are legendary for wearing many hats at once. Embodying that image, Rabbi Yossi Marozov juggles roles that incl...
As His Feud With Trump Erupts, John Bolton Goes From Pro-Israel Hero To ‘John Who?’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — In 2015, the Zionist Organization of America gave John Bolton a standing ovation when he said he wanted to be U.S. president. In 2018, the ZOA gave him its D...
Chelsea Handler apologizes for posting Louis Farrakhan video clip
NEW YORK (JTA) - Comedian Chelsea Handler has apologized for posting a video clip of the anti-Semitic Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan on her Instagram account.
She had de...
Chaim Deutsch Loses Congressional Race To Yvette Clarke
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Despite hopes of victory via capturing the orthodox jewish and russian vote, Chaim Deutsch has lost his election. He managed to pick up just under 10 percent o...
Bennett: Stop Scapegoating The Chareidim And Closing Chareidi Neighborhoods
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Yemina leader MK Naftali Bennett sharply criticized the government decision to close down Chareidi neighborhoods in Tiberias as well as the Chareidi town of E...
8,000 Florida State Students Call For Ouster Of Their Senate President Over Comments On Israel And Jews
TALLAHASSEE, FL (JTA) - More than 8,000 students at Florida State University have signed an online petition to remove the student Senate president over social media posts describe...
Hadassah Becomes World’s First Hospital To Use IgG Serum On COVID-19 Patients
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Hadassah hospital spokeswoman Hadar Elboim announced Tuesday evening that it had became the first hospital in the world to treat COVID-19 with a passive vacci...
Portuguese Diplomat Who Rescued 10,000 Jews To Be Honored With Monument At Famed Lisbon Site
LISBON (JTA) - Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a Portuguese diplomat who saved thousands of Jews during the Holocaust, will be recognized with a monument at a site in Lisbon that recogn...