by Rabbi Yair Hoffman Boruch Hashem, many in Klal Yisroel have been supporting the needs of soldiers defending Eretz Yisroel against attacks and those looking for the kidnapped victims in Gaza.  Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of ceramic bullet proof vests, helmets, tefillin, tzitzis, backpacks, combat boots, drones and so many needed items have […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The leaders of the Netanyahu-led coalition sharply criticized the High Court of Justice  for hearing a petition seeking Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be declared unfit for office, claiming that even deliberating such a possibility was akin to a military coup. Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich termed this a “mega attack on democracy and […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The level of incitement in the anti-Netanyahu camp has risen significantly in the last few days, with attorney David Chodek stating during a Lawyers Association conference that “I won’t refrain from using live fire if they force me to live under a dictatorship.” Chodek’s incendiary statement went unchecked despite the presence of […]

HAMPTON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities in South Carolina say they are investigating shooting at a club in Hampton County early Sunday that left at least nine people injured. It was the third mass shooting in the U.S. over the Easter holiday weekend. The three shootings in South Carolina and Pittsburgh left two minors dead and […]

Dear Officers, In the past few weeks, and months, we have all been facing difficult and unprecedented moments.  In these challenging times, we just want to let you know that we in the Jewish community are watching your backs and are praying for you – even though it seems that your mayor and some of […]

AMSTERDAM (JTA) – Germany has pledged nearly $4.5 million toward renovating the Dutch national Holocaust museum. Emile Schrijver, director of Amsterdam’s Jewish Cultural Quarter, an organization comprising five museums and institutions in the Dutch capital, announced the funding Monday. “We expected a donation of half a million or a million euros,” Schrijver told Het Parool. […]

On the eve of Rosh Hashanah 5780, Israel’s population now stands at 9.092 million according to a report by the Central Bureau Of Statistics(CBS). The population is projected to exceed 10 million by 2024 and 20 million by 2065. The population grew by 2.1 percent from the eve of Rosh Hashanah last year. The CBS […]

WASHINGTON (JNS) U.S. Reps. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.) and David Schweikert (R-Ariz.) sent a letter on Thursday to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, sharing their concerns over tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Israel, and seeking an explanation why Israel has not been granted an exception. “We do not believe imports of steel and aluminum from […]

An orthodox Jewish woman was assaulted in a Target, after she allegedly reached for an item in the store and extended her hand over the attacker’s daughter without saying “excuse me”. The woman became extremely agitated and started hurling verbal abuse at the woman. She then threatened to “knock her head off”. If that wasn’t […]

Miami – A Florida health care executive was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for orchestrating what prosecutors described as a massive $1 billion Medicare fraud scheme. U.S. District Judge Robert Scola imposed the sentence on Philip Esformes, 50, in one of the biggest such cases in U.S. history. Scola called the case one […]