Pig Meat Left Outside 2 Swiss Synagogues
BERN (JTA) - Pig meat was left at the entrance to two synagogues in Switzerland.
The incidents last week were a deliberate attempt to desecrate the CIL Orthodox synagogue in La...
Investigators: Throttle Problem Suspected In Indonesia Crash
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A malfunctioning automatic throttle may have caused the pilots of a Sriwijaya Air jet to lose control, resulting in the Boeing 737-500's crash into the Ja...
Viewers Puzzled As Trump’s Orthodox Jewish Lawyer Puts Hand On Head When Drinking Water
NEW YORK (JTA) — What Donald Trump’s lawyer likely wanted: for America to spend this evening talking about how the former president was not responsible for the deadly Jan. 6 raid o...
Israeli Company Produces First Slaughter-Free, Bioprinted Rib Steak -But Is It Kosher?
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — An Israeli company, Aleph Farms Ltd. and its research partner at the Technion's Faculty of Biomedical Engineering have successfully cultivated the world's fir...
Guide For The Perplexed: Israel’s Fourth Election In Two Years
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a little more than a month, just days before Seder night, Israel will for the fourth time in two years being going to elections. In a political system whic...
Pfizer Vaccinees Up To 20 Times Less Likely To Pass Coronavirus To Others, Israeli Study Finds
JERUSALEM (JNS/ Israel21c) — People who’ve received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine appear to be significantly less likely to “shed” or transmit virus particles that may be in...
World’s Second-Oldest Person Survives COVID-19 At Age 116
PARIS (AP) — A 116-year-old French nun who is believed to be the world’s second-oldest person has survived COVID-19 and is looking forward to celebrating her 117th birthday on Thur...
UN Experts: North Korea Using Cyber Attacks To Update Nukes
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea has modernized its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles by flaunting United Nations sanctions, using cyberattacks to help finance its programs a...
Former Nazi Guard, Age 100, Charged As Accessory To Murder
BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors have charged a 100-year-old man with 3,518 counts of being an accessory to murder on allegations he served during World War II as a Nazi SS guard a...
Holocaust Scholars Ordered To Apologize In Polish Libel Case
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A court in Warsaw ruled Tuesday that two prominent Holocaust researchers must apologize to a woman who claimed her deceased uncle had been slandered in a hist...
Canada To Require Negative COVID Test At Land Border Feb 15
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday that starting next week any nonessential traveler arriving in Canada by land will need to show a negative PC...
Belgium To Give Vaccines Only To Under-55s
BRUSSELS — Belgium will use the 443,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine the country will receive over the course of February to vaccinate people under the age of 55.
Regul...
‘Arab States Making Peace With Israel Will Burn,’ Says IRGC Commander
TEHRAN (JNS) - Arab countries should not pursue normalization with Israel as doing so could make them targets of Iran on their own soil, said Islamic Revolution Guard Corps command...
WHO Team: Coronavirus Unlikely To Have Leaked From China Lab
WUHAN, China (AP) — The coronavirus is unlikely to have leaked from a Chinese lab and is more likely to have jumped to humans from an animal, a World Health Organization team has c...
Kollel Heads Call On Avreichim To Vaccinate ‘And Then We Will Be Able To Study As Before’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Due to the recent rise in infections as well as the large number of tragedies within the chareidi community since the advent of coronavirus, tens of heads of ...
Saudi FM: Iranian Nuclear Program Threatens Entire Region
SAUDI ARABIA (JNS) - A nuclear Iran is a threat to the entire Middle East, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al Saud told an emergency meeting of the Arab League in C...
Six Actions Biden Should Take To Hold The ICC And Palestinian Leaders Accountable
NEW YORK(JNS) — The International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague issued an illegitimate and politicized decision on Friday, falsely claiming that it has jurisdiction to open an ...
Watch: Remarkable Footage Of Dead Sea Sinkhole Being Formed
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Geologists surveying the ecological damage of sinkholes at the Dead Sea released a remarkable live clip showing the formation of a sinkhole near the sea. In t...
Biden Considers Appointing To State Dept. BDS Supporter Who Accused Israel Of ‘Terrorism’ After Iran Assassination
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Joe Biden is considering appointing to the State Department Matt Duss, a top advisor to Sen. Bernie Sanders who is a staunch anti-Israel activist and supporte...
New Report Exposes Hezbollah Missile Sites Near Beirut Charity-Run Schools
DAMASCUS (JNS) - A new report has shed light on Hezbollah’s systematic use of civilian infrastructure to shield its missile storage and launch sites in Lebanon.
The report, ...