WATCH: Crown Heights Resident Condemns Brutal Attack On Yossi Hershkop
CROWN HEIGHTS (VINnews) — A Crown Heights resident has released a video message in which he sharply condemns the violent attack on community activist Yossi Hershkop that occurred y...
BREAKING: Victim of Brutal Crown Heights Attack Returns Home, Tweets ‘Thank you’ to Supporters
BROOKLYN (VINnews) Yosef Hershkop, a community activist in Crown Heights who was brutally beaten in broad daylight in front of his young son, has tweeted an update about his condit...
OPEN LETTER: The ‘Not Accepting Students Into Schools’ Issue Needs To Change
NEW YORK (VINnews) — This year 65 girls were not accepted to high school. It was only 3 years ago that I was one of those “unlucky” ones who didn’t get accepted anywhere. As my fri...
CUNY Faculty and Students Pen Antisemitic ‘Open Letter’ Accusing Israel of Genocide
NEW YORK (VINnews) A group of faculty and students at CUNY have released a viciously antisemitic letter, accusing Israel of “ethnic cleansing” and “genocide”. It also pledges to “u...
VIDEO: Adams’ NYC – Crown Heights Resident Brutally Beaten In Front Of His Young Child
CROWN HEIGHTS (VINnews) — A Jewish resident of Crown Heights was brutally beaten by three thugs on Tuesday afternoon.
According to footage provided by Crown Heights Shomrim, a c...
3 Arrested After Racist, Antisemitic Pamphlets Blanket NY Town
HORNELL, N.Y. (AP) — Three people have been arrested on hate crime charges for blanketing a small upstate New York city with white supremacist pamphlets, authorities said.
The r...
PSA On Nuclear Attack Leaves New Yorkers Worried, Baffled
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City residents are accustomed to warnings about all kinds of potential threats — severe weather, public health, mass shootings.
But a new PSA on survivi...
Woman, Child Killed When Boat Capsizes In NYC’s Hudson River
NEW YORK (AP) — A woman and a 7-year-old child were killed when a chartered boat capsized in the Hudson River on Tuesday, sending all 12 people aboard into water, New York City off...
Play Ball! That’s What A Group Of Yeshivah Students Is Doing In Brooklyn
BROOKLYN (JNS) - Home plate is an empty pizza box (kosher pizza, of course). But it serves its purpose for baseball, as a group of Lubavitchers in the Crown Heights neighborhood of...
New York City Emergency Management Introduces Nuclear Preparedness Public Service Announcement
NEW YORK (VINnews) - New York City Emergency Management Department today launched a new public service announcement (PSA) that focuses on nuclear preparedness. While the likelihood...
NY Launches New COVID-19 Treatment Hotline
NEW YORK (VINnews) - Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the launch of a new free Hotline for those who test positive for COVID-19, but don't have a health care provider, as part...
Yossi Gestetner Blasts NBC’s Chuck Todd for Saying ‘The Only Answer’ is Trump’s ‘Death’ (VIDEO)
MONSEY (Yaakov M / VINnews) Political commentator Yossi Gestetner called out NBC’s Chuck Todd, host of Meet the Press, for suggesting that the only hope for the country is if Presi...
WATCH: Jew Inspired to Become Observant Through Youtube, Shloime Zionce and Lipa
NEW YORK (VINnews) The legendary Lipa Shmeltzer has posted a video of himself with “JJ”, a Baal Teshuva who discovered the beauty of Judaism through a series of Youtube videos.
...
Boro Park Man Escapes Serious Injury After Private Plane Catches Fire On NJ Runway (VIDEO)
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A Boro Park resident narrowly escaped serious injury after his private airplane caught fire while taxiing on the runway at a New Jersey airport.
The plane w...
POLITICS ROUNDUP – How did the Highland Park shooter buy a gun? Did Trump use IRS to target Comey? More proof mask mandates don’t work
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE LATEST EPISODE OF THE YAAKOV M SHOW
In this exciting and informative episode, Yaakov M discusses:
Should the Highland Park shooter have been allow...
Brooklyn Officials Launch Campaign Demanding Accountability and Improvements at Maimonides Hospital
BROOKLYN (VINnews) A group of influential Brooklyn politicians and community leaders have launched an unprecedented campaign, demanding accountability from Maimonides Hospital.
...
Gun Applicants In NY Will Have To Hand Over Social Accounts, But Can They Be Enforced?
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — As missed warning signs pile up in investigations of mass killings, New York state is rolling out a novel strategy to screen applicants for gun permits. People ...
Bodega Worker Released on Bail After Murder Charge, Despite Video Showing Self-Defense
NEW YORK CITY (Yaakov M / VINnews) The Manhattan bodega employee who was charged with murder after killing an attacker in self-defense, has been released on bail.
Jose Alba, 61,...
The Tzaddik(im) of Boro Park
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
Everyone knows him by face. But few people, other than those who live in Borough Park, know his name.
Many parents and talmidim of BMG kno...
Zeldin Praises ‘High Quality’ Yeshiva Education, Blasts State Equivalency Proposals (VIDEOS and PICTURES)
BROOKLYN (Yaakov M / VINnews) — On Wednesday, Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin attacked New York State’s effort to invade yeshivas.
Zeldin, a staunch pro-life conse...