Zenta Rebbe, Rabbi Chanania Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum, Recovers From COVID-19
NEW YORK (VINnews) — The Zenta rebbe, Rabbi Chanania Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum, the brother of the Satmar rebbes, was released home after two and a half months in critical condition ...
‘Miss Hitler’ Contestant Jailed For 3 Years
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND (VINnews) — A 24-year-old British female who entered the Miss Hitler beauty contest under the name 'Miss Buchenwald' in reference to the Nazi death camp was sen...
A New Talmud Torah Opens In….Dubai
DUBAI, UAE (VINnews) — A new Talmud Torah has opened in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The Talmud Torah, which has 40 pupils, is the latest stage in the development of a flouri...
OP-ED: Governor Cuomo: Please Allow Sleepaway Camps To Open
NEW YORK (VINnews/Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer) — Although my wife and I are proud residents of the great New York City urban wonder, we realize that our children desperately need a chan...
Rabbi Zecharia Wallerstein : ‘We Don’t Belong Here, It’s Time To Go To Eretz Yisrael’
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Rabbi Zecharia Wallerstein, the founder of Ohr Yitzchak, Ateres Naava Seminary for Girls, and Ohr Naava Women's Institute in Brooklyn, made an impassioned call...
Biggest Chassidish Yeshiva in the World Opens With a Bang – Virtually
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Does anyone know the biggest Chassidish Yeshiva in the world? That's right. It is the Mir Yeshiva in Yerushalayim. There are more Chassidish bochurim learn...
Israel’s Supreme Court Strikes Down Regulation Law In Judea And Samaria, 3,500 Buildings At Risk Of Demolition
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A nine-member panel of judges in Israel's Supreme Court declared Thursday that the Regulation Law legislated by the Knesset in 2017 is unconstitutional and in...
Argentina Adopts Universal Definition Of Anti-semitism
Buenos Aires (JNS) - Argentina adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism, its foreign ministry announced on Sunday.
A resolutio...
Israeli Policeman Stepping On Neck Of Charedi During Arrest To Investigation And Civil Suit
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The disturbing pictures of George Floyd's arrest and subsequent murder reminded a young Chareidi Jerusalem resident of his traumatic arrest at the hands of Is...
Tel Aviv Anti-Annexation Demonstration Features Palestinian Flags, Parallels With George Floyd
TEL AVIV (VINnews) — Thousands of Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv Saturday evening to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pledge to begin annexing parts of the West Bank next...
Leading Chabad Rabbis Oppose Trump Peace Plan: ‘Poison Sometimes Resembles A Candy’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A number of leading Chabad rabbis have expressed public opposition to the peace plan being developed by the Trump administration which includes annexation of ...
For Orthodox Jews, George Floyd Protests Stir Complicated Feelings
NEW YORK (JTA) - On Sunday night, Richard Altabe marched arm in arm with two black politicians protesting police brutality at a demonstration in Far Rockaway.
The next morning,...
Bernie Madoff’s Bid For Compassionate Release Is Denied
NEW YORK (JTA) - A federal appeals court has rejected a plea by Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff for an early release on compassionate grounds.
Madoff “was never truly remorseful,” J...
German Halle Synagogue Shooter Attempts Prison Escape
BERLIN (JTA) — The gunman accused of attacking a synagogue in Halle, Germany, in 2019, was recaptured by German authorities after attempting a prison escape.
Stephan Balliet cli...
Norway Will Withhold Funding to Palestinians Over Textbooks It Says Promote Hate and Violence
OSLO (JTA) - Norway said Thursday that it will withhold half of the year’s funding to the Palestinian Authority’s education system until it stops using textbooks that promote hate...
Bonei Olam Celebrates Remarkable Milestone of 8,700 Babies
At a time when Klal Yisroel has experienced unspeakable losses and no community has been spared from tragedy, Bonei Olam is providing a level of nechomah, providing encouraging new...
Watch: Police Volunteer Brutally Attacks Elderly Chareidi Rabbi Over Alleged Mask Infringements
PETAH TIKVA (VINnews) — A police volunteer was caught on security cameras as he brutally assaulted an elderly rabbi near a Petach Tikva shul. Ynet reports that the volunteer had p...
Rumor That A Los Angeles Chabad Is Fueling Antifa Gets Brief White House Amplification
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — A Los Angeles synagogue found itself having to deny misinformation about the George Floyd protests after a rumor spread — and was briefly amplified by the White...
Former Assemblyman Hikind Calling on Jews To Attend Solidarity Rally For Floyd
BROOKLYN (VINnews) - Former NY Jewish Assemblyman Dov Hikind is calling on fellow Jews to attend a solidarity march in support of the Floyd family & black community
In his ...
New Report Finds Anti-Semitism On The Rise In Czech Republic
PRAGUE (AP) — The number of anti-Semitic incidents in the Czech Republic doubled last year, the Jewish community said Wednesday.
In its annual report, the Federation of the Jewi...