Friday, April 26, 2024

NY

Eichler’s Pull Chaim Walder Books From Shelves After Allegations Surface

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — In a tweet published Tuesday afternoon, Eichler's owner Mordy Getz announced that the popular Judaica chain will no longer be selling books by Chaim Walder. ...

Restraining Order Issued Against NY Gur School Which Suspended Children Of Rav Shaul’s Adherents

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — The Supreme Court of New York State issued a restraining order in favor of the parents of children from the Bais Yaakov D’Chassidei Gur whose children were sus...

US Journalist Jailed In Myanmar For Months Lands In New York

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NEW YORK (AP) — American journalist Danny Fenster, who was freed after nearly six months in jail in military-ruled Myanmar, arrived Tuesday in the United States for an emotional re...

Democrat Jumaane Williams Says He’s Running For NY Governor

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NEW YORK (AP) — Democrat Jumaane Williams, New York City's elected public advocate, is running for New York governor, making the self-described activist perhaps the most progressiv...

Viewing Senator Schumer and the Parsha

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This week, on account of a meeting between the Satmar Rebbe and Senator Schumer a number of people commented negatively about the Senator.  Their reasoning was that he is pro-abort...

WATCH THIS VIDEO: Eliya Haliwa: “This Is The Life I Always Wanted…So I Started Making Up Insane Stories”

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — As previously reported by VINnews, Eliya Haliwa recently sat down with Zev Brenner for a full interview to discuss recent events. In this segment of the int...

SCHUMER TO SATMAR REBBE: “This Is Such A Beautiful Kehilla” [VIDEO]

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KIRYAS JOEL (VINnews) — US Senator Charles Schumer, who is the Senate Majority Leader visited the village of Kiryas Joel on Sunday afternoon November 14, 2021 where he was welcomed...

NYC Public School Teacher’s Job Threatened Over Zionist T-Shirt

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BROOKLYN, NY - As the school year got underway this year, a Jewish teacher at New York City public school was in for surprise: the t-shirt he made and enjoyed wearing, emblazoned w...

LISTEN: Lebanese Man Who Masqueraded As Jewish Speaks Out

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — As previously reported by VINnews, a non-Jewish man from Lebanon was recently exposed after marrying a Jewish girl from Brooklyn under false pretenses. Just a ...

Woman Wanted For Trespassing Near Bronx Zoo Lion Exhibit

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NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who was charged two years ago with trespassing near the lion exhibit and taunting the animals at the Bronx Zoo is wanted again for doing the same this past ...

Rockland County Legislators Condemn Hateful Remarks By Haverstraw Man

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ROCKLAND COUNTY (VINnews) — Rockland County Legislators Michael Grant and Jay Hood Jr. have released a statement saying the anti-semitic comments made during a public hearing on a ...

New York Man Arrested After Death Threat To GOP Congressman

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LAKE RONKONKOMA, N.Y. (AP) — A Long Island man has been arrested for making a death threat against a Republican congressional member who voted for the $1 trillion infrastructure pa...

WATCH: BLM Threatens “Bloodshed” If NYPD Anti-Crime Units Brought Back, Eric Adams Not Intimidated

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — A prominent New York based Black Lives Matter activist promised rioting and "bloodshed" on the streets if Mayor-elect Eric Adams keeps is word to put the NYPD ...

Gov. Hochul Calls Out Anti-Semite Who Threatened To Run Over Jews At Haverstraw Town Meeting [VIDEO]

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HAVERSTRAW (VINnews) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has responded after an anti-Semitic man was caught on film at a Rockland County meeting threatening to run over jews. In the vi...

In Speech To Jewish Group, NY Gov. Kathy Hochul Calls Out Democrats Who Are ‘Questioning Our Commitment To Israel’

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NEW YORK (JTA) - In what was billed as her first speech to a Jewish audience as New York’s governor, Kathy Hochul vowed to fight hate crimes and criticized fellow Democrats over th...

Chasidic Board of Rabbis Issues Electric Scooter Ban

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BROOKLYN (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - Citing multiple reports of serious and even life-threatening injuries, the Central Rabbinical Congress of the U.S.A. and Canada, also known as the ...

NY AG Releases Interview Transcripts In Cuomo Harassment Probe

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's attorney general released hundreds of pages of transcripts Wednesday of interviews conducted during an investigation into sexual harassment allegatio...

Breaking Update: Eliyah Haliwa Confirmed Not Jewish, No Ties To Terrorism

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — After a day and a half of rumors circulating, VINnews can now confirm that Lebanese imposter Eliyah Haliwa is in fact not Jewish at all. He also does not have ...

The Headlines Will Move On. But Will The Girls?

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — The following letter was written by a concerned educator regarding recent events: It is late at night and sleep eludes me as I close my eyes. All I see is a...

12 Syrian Jews From Brooklyn Visit Syria And Are Told: ‘This Is Your Country, Why Don’t You Return?’

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — An unusual visit by 12 American Jews to their former homeland in Syria has led to questions about the Syrian government's intentions regarding its former citiz...