OP-ED: Are Bar-Ilan St. Violent Protests Productive? Isn’t There Another Option?
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — It seems as if the street in northern Jerusalem named for Mizrachi activist Rabbi Meir Bar-Ilan, the son of the famous Netziv of Volozhin, was synonymous with...
POLITICAL HOCK: Why the GOP lost the Debt-Ceiling deal (VIDEO)
NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VIN Podcast) — The Debt-ceiling deal could have been much better.
Kevin McCarthy and the GOP are giving President Biden an unlimited debt-ceiling increa...
LETTER: Shouldn’t we delete Sefaria from our phones?
Dear VIN News,
I’m wondering if I should delete the Sefaria app from my smartphone.
Does anyone happen to know if there is any guidance from Daas Torah on this important matt...
POLITICAL HOCK: What is the solution to the ‘Parnasah Crisis’? CNN’s weak apology to R’ Leo Dee
NEW YORK (VIN Podcast) — In this episode, Yaakov M discusses possible solutions to the Parnasah Crisis.
In his last episode, he played clips of Rav Ephraim Wachsman discussi...
Thank You Elon Musk, a ‘Pro-Semite’ Who Defends Jewish Values
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Elon Musk is a philo-semite who stands up for Jewish values. He has been unfairly targeted by woke leftists, including some Jewish groups, who view him as a th...
POLITICAL HOCK: The Durham Probe was a Complete Failure…and a Win for Democrats
NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VINnews) — After four long, painstaking years, John Durham has completed his investigation.
Durham taught us one thing for sure…Democrats always win.
T...
Jewish teacher yells at kids who drew swastikas, gets charged with terror. That’s messed up.
NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VINnews) — Last week, a student in a Wisconsin middle school was caught drawing swastikas during class. In response, the Jewish teacher who caught him allegedl...
FRIEDMAN: Five years on, the US embassy in Jerusalem remains the key to peace in the Middle East
(JNS / David Friedman) — On May 14, 2018—exactly the same date and even the same hour that David Ben-Gurion announced Israel’s independence 70 years earlier—I presided over the ope...
CNN BLOODBATH: Trump Demolishes ‘Nasty’ Town Hall Moderator (Recap & Highlights)
NEW HAMPSHIRE (VIN PODCAST) — President Trump's Town Hall on CNN was truly epic and entertaining.
It was a huge win for Trump, and an embarrassment for 'fake news' CNN.
T...
POLITICAL HOCK: Trump to appear on CNN Town Hall. Joe Biden accused by whistleblower of serious crimes.
NEW YORK (VIN Podcast) — On the latest episode of the Yaakov M Show:
Get the popcorn...President Trump will appear on a CNN Town Hall this week. Unlike every other politicia...
Dovid Bashevkin Struggles to ‘See the Point’ of Elizabeth Holmes Going to Jail. I Respectfully Disagree.
NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VINnews Op-Ed) — Frum podcast host Dovid Bashevkin recently tweeted about Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced former CEO of Theranos.
R’ Bashevkin suggested tha...
OP-ED: Netanyahu’s Colossal Mistake May Have Led To Cessation Of Judicial Reforms
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — There are few more shrewd politicians than Binyamin Netanyahu, who has dominated Israel's political scene for over quarter of a century and been the longest s...
YESHIVA POLITICS: The charges against Trump are bogus. Dollar Tree stops selling eggs. (PODCAST)
NEW YORK (VIN PODCAST) — Whether you support Donald Trump or not, the charges brought against him by woke DA Alvin Bragg are a total farce. There is nothing illegal about hush-...
Why does Tachanun get such a bad rap?
NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VINnews) — The month of Nissan is here. Some may feel relieved to get a “break” from Tachanun.
And to be honest, it’s not just a Nissan thing. Throughout th...
Boro Park Leader Blasts NY Times, Says Jews ‘Invented Secular Education’
BROOKLYN (VINnews) — A Jewish leader has penned an op-ed on a local news site, “Brooklyn Paper”, blasting the NY Times’ months-long crusade against Yeshivos.
In an op-ed entitle...
‘HATEFUL OBSESSION’: Last 15 NYT Articles by Eliza Shapiro Were Hit Pieces Against Yeshivas
NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VINnews) — The New York Times is on a jihad against orthodox Jews, and for a change, the community is not rolling over or remaining silent.
Members of the J...
OP-ED: Disrupting Israeli Democracy
NEW YORK (VINnews) - The following opinion piece is reprinted with permission of Ruthie Blum, a Jerusalem Post reporter.
Anti-government activists took to the streets across Isr...
Putting Hawara Riots In Context: On 6 Recent Occasions Terrorists Attempted To Murder Jews There
JERUSALEM (VINnews)— Israel's Channel 14, the only television channel which supports the government's judicial reforms and right-wing policies, published a new perspective on the r...
OPINION: Ilhan Omar’s ‘Trophy’ Jewish Senior Staffer is Disingenuous and Ignorant
MINNESOTA (Yaakov M / VINnews) — After antisemite Ilhan Omar was removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Jeremy Slevin, her “token” Jewish senior staffer, posted to Twitt...
KOSHER POLITICS: Joe Rogan’s Not Antisemitic. Netflix’s Julia Haart and Jonah Hill Do Not Represent Jews
NEW YORK (VIN Podcast) — In his latest episode, Yaakov M discusses podcaster Joe Rogan’s comments in defense of Ilhan Omar. Rogan said of course “Jews are into money”, and he s...