Ukraine Claims It Shot Down a Russian Strategic Bomber as Moscow’s Missiles Kill 8 Ukrainians
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s air force claimed Friday it shot down a Russian strategic bomber, but Moscow officials said the plane crashed in a sparsely populated area due to a malfunction after a c...
Herzog gives Talmud volume that survived the Holocaust to Yad Vashem
(ETGAR LEFKOVITS / JNS) A rare volume of the Talmud printed before World War II and found unscathed in a historic Munich beer hall after the Holocaust was given to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum on W...
Minister Demands UN Provide Matzah, Wine to Israeli Hostages for Passover
JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israel’s Jerusalem Affairs Minister Meir Porush has sent a letter to the United Nations demanding that the world body work to provide the 133 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza with matz...
Congress Passes Resolution Declaring ‘From the River to the Sea’ Antisemitic
(JNS) - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution on April 16 declaring the slogan “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” antisemitic.
Forty-four members of Congress, incl...
Israel Gave Us Last-Minute Warning About Drone Attack on Iran, Italian Foreign Minister Says at G7
CAPRI, Italy (AP) — The United States told the Group of Seven foreign ministers on Friday that it received “last minute” information from Israel about a drone action in Iran, but didn't participate in...
Iran Downplays Isfahan Attack As ‘Infiltration’, Israel Calls It ‘Message To Iran’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) —Explosions echoed over the Iranian city of Isfahan Friday in what sources described as an Israeli attack, but Tehran played down the incident and indicated it had no plans for ret...
Average Long-Term US Mortgage Rate Climbs Above 7% To Highest Level Since Late November
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prospective homebuyers are facing higher costs to finance a home with the average long-term U.S. mortgage rate moving above 7% this week to its highest level in nearly five months.
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Iranian State Television Says Nuclear Facilities Near Isfahan ‘Fully Safe’ After Air Defense Batteries Fired
(AP) — Iranian state television says nuclear facilities near Isfahan 'fully safe' after air defense batteries fired in area.
It remained unclear if the country was under attack. However, tens...
Liquor Sales in Movie Theaters, To-Go Sales of Cocktails Included in New York Budget Agreement
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York would expand access to booze by allowing movie theaters to sell liquor and continuing to let people buy takeout cocktails from bars and restaurants under a series of measu...
What’s Inside the $95 Billion House Package Focused On Aiding Ukraine and Israel
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson has unveiled a long-awaited package of bills that will provide military aid to Ukraine and Israel, replenish U.S. weapons systems and give humanitarian assistanc...
New York Man Pleads Guilty to Sending Threats to State Attorney General and Trump Civil Case Judge
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York man has pleaded guilty to sending death threats to the state attorney general and the Manhattan judge who presided over former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud case, pro...
OUTRAGEOUS: Judge in Trump Trial Refuses to Halt Trial for Passover to Accommodate Orthodox Lawyer
NEW YORK (VINnews) — The judge in the criminal trial of President Trump has made a surprising decision, announcing that court will be in session during the Holiday of Passover, including on the days o...
12 Jurors Have Been Picked for Donald Trump’s Hush Money Trial. Selection of Alternates Ongoing
NEW YORK (AP) — A jury of 12 people was seated Thursday in former President Donald Trump’s history-making hush money trial, propelling the proceedings closer to opening statements and the start of wee...
REPORT: Vizhnitzer Rebbe Tells Deri That Israel Should Not Attack Iran
ISRAEL (VINnews) — According to a Charedi news outlet, the Vizhnitzer Rebbe has ruled that Israel should not retaliate against Iran.
Israeli news website Kikar Shabbos reported that while meeting w...
Tesla Shares Tumble Below $150 per Share, Giving up All Gains Made Over the Past Year
(AP) - Tesla's stock tumbled below $150 per share, giving up all of the gains made over the past year as the electric vehicle maker reels from falling sales and steep discounts intended to lure more b...
US Vetoes Widely Supported Un Resolution Backing Full Un Membership for Palestine
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States vetoed a widely backed U.N. resolution on Thursday that would have paved the way for full United Nations membership for the state of Palestine.
The vote in t...
Police Arrest Protesters at Columbia University Who Had Set Up Pro-palestinian Encampment, Ilhan Omar’s Daughter Suspended
NEW YORK (AP) — New York police removed a pro-Palestinian protest encampment at Columbia University on Thursday and arrested dozens of protesters.
Several students involved in the protest said they...
ADL: Reported antisemitic incidents up 140% in 2023, shattering records
(JNS) — In part due to the unleashing of Jew-hatred in the aftermath of Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre, antisemitism in the United States spiked by a record 140%, according to figures released by the Anti-De...
Starbucks Is Introducing a Cold Drink Cup Made With Less Plastic
(AP) - Booming sales of cold drinks at Starbucks have created a problem: growing amounts of plastic waste from the single-use cups that Frappuccinos, Refreshers, cold brews and other iced drinks are s...
POLITICAL HOCK: Did Biden help coordinate Iran’s attack on Israel? Did the Judge disqualify orthodox Jews as jurors?
NEW YORK (VIN Podcast) — It sounds shocking, but a top Israeli journalist says that Iran informed President Biden that they were going to attack Israel. According to some reports, Biden (allegedly) ga...