Israeli Police Minister Attempts To Outlaw Anti-Assimilation Group Lehava As ‘Terror Organization’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel's Public Security Minister, Omer Bar-Lev, has asked attorney-general Avichai Mandelblit to declare the Lehava organization headed by Bentzi Gopstein a ...
Knesset Members Host Event Entitled ‘From Occupation To Apartheid’, MK Ben-Gvir: Terrorists
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In an absurd example of how freedom of speech can be used to besmirch Israel even inside its own parliament, two Knesset members from the coalition and opposi...
Watch: Festive 40th Siyum Of The Rambam At Sultan’s Pool, Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Thousands of Lubavitch chasidim celebrated Monday night in Jerusalem the end of the 40th cycle of study of the Rambam, a study which was initiated by the Luba...
Watch: Delegation Of Emiratis And Egyptians Visits Israeli Yeshiva
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — One of the corollaries of the peace treaty between Israel and the Emirates will hopefully be more tourism and investment in Israel by Arabs. So far Israelis h...
Judge Tosses Most Claims Against Trump Over Clearing Protesters In DC Park
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a majority of the claims filed by activists and civil liberties groups who accused the Trump administration of violating the civil r...
Trump’s Company Sues NYC For Canceling Golf Course Deal
NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump Organization sued New York City on Monday for cancelling its contract to run a golf course in the Bronx earlier this year, a move it said was politically ...
Airlines, Unions Demand Crackdown On Unruly Passengers
WASHINGTON (AP) — Airlines, flight attendants and pilots are calling for the U.S. Justice Department to prosecute unruly and violent passengers.
In a letter to Attorney General ...
Judge Weighs Whether To Dismiss Georgia Ballot Review Case
McDONOUGH, Ga. (AP) — A judge is weighing whether to dismiss claims brought by a group of voters who allege that fraud during the November general election in Georgia's most populo...
Tornado Sweeps Through Suburban Chicago, Causing Damage
CHICAGO (AP) — A tornado swept through communities in heavily populated suburban Chicago, damaging more than 100 homes, toppling trees, knocking out power and causing multiple inju...
Biden Outlines Vaccine Plan, Set To Miss Global-Sharing Goal
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is expected to fall short of his commitment to shipping 80 million COVID-19 vaccine doses abroad by the end of June because of regulatory and ...
David Weprin Blessed By The Satmar Grand Rebbe And By Multiple Other Rebbe’s
Assemblymember David Weprin, a top-tier candidate for New York City Comptroller, has been endorsed by a group of prominent Queens’s rabbis and Jewish community leaders, and he has ...
Biden White House Launches Public Push For Child Tax Credit
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House sought Monday to raise awareness of the federal government's new expanded child tax credit, which will start paying out monthly in July to familie...
US Hitting Encouraging Milestones On Virus Deaths And Shots
NEW YORK (AP) - COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have dipped below 300 a day for the first time since the early days of the disaster in March 2020, while the drive to put shots in arms ...
Williamsburg Art Gallery Opens Featuring Exclusively Chasidic Art
BROOKLYN (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - Having attracted a large community of artists in recent years with its comparatively low rents and large spaces, the greater Williamsburg area welc...
Explainer: Ranked Choice Voting Gets Big Test In NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — Ranked choice voting makes its debut in New York City's mayoral primary Tuesday in one of the most high-profile tests yet for a system gaining use in pockets across...
Inflation Ahead? Even A Top Economist Says It’s Complicated
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two months of sharply rising prices have raised concerns that record-high government financial aid and the Federal Reserve’s ultra-low interest rate policies — wh...
Facebook Launches Podcasts, Live Audio Service
NEW YORK (AP) - Facebook is launching podcasts and live audio streams in the U.S. on Monday to keep users engaged on its platform and to compete with emerging rivals.
Facebook s...
Gov. Ron Desantis Beats Former President Trump In Conservative Approval Straw Poll
WASHINGTON - A recent non-partisan straw poll found that most voters preferred Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over former president Donald Trump as their presidential candidate for 202...
Iran’s President-Elect Says He Won’t Meet With Biden
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's president-elect said Monday he would not meet with President Joe Biden nor negotiate over Tehran's ballistic missile program and its suppo...
First Chaplain Of German Army Since The Holocaust Did Not Know He Was Jewish Until He Was 9
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Until he was 9 years old, Rabbi Mordechai Eliezer Balla, who was recently appointed as the federal chaplain of the German army, did not even know that he was J...