JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Police are on high alert Thursday after receiving information  that extremist protesters are planning to clash with local residents in Bnei Brak this evening during a demonstration by “brothers in arms” against Chareidi draft exemptions. Protesters are expected to march to Bnei Brak from nearby Tel Aviv starting at seven o’clock this […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — After a marathon night session, the Knesset approve early Thursday morning the controversial “Incapacitation Law”, which would prevent the Attorney General from declaring that a Prime Minister is unfit for office, in its second and third readings. The law was approved by a majority of 61 supporters against 47 opponents. The bill […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — If anyone wished to see a microcosm of the searing dispute which has split Israel in recent months, he can watch the following clips from the morning of Rosh Chodesh Nissan. At a time when Jews worldwide celebrate the rejuvenation of our nation after the exodus from Egypt and the rejuvenation of […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a moving, tear-filled Bris ceremony which took place in Jerusalem Wednesday morning, the Paley family, which lost sons Asher Menachem (7) and Yaakov Yisrael (5) in a terrorist ramming attack last month, celebrated the birth of their newborn son, who was named Yehonasan Refael. Rabbi Avraham Noach Paley, who was seriously […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a finding which apparently predated the current social and political upheaval in Israel, the World Happiness rankings showed Israelis as the 4th happiest country in the world, up from 9th position last year and showing its highest position since the index began publication in 2012. To create the index, researchers simply […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a little noticed news flash this week, Finance Committee chairman Moshe Gafni noted the astonishing success of the Beis Yaakov seminar students in Israel’s national CPA examinations, noted for their difficulty and low pass rates. In the autumn 2022 examinations, 91 out of 95 seminar girls passed the examinations, a remarkable […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — In a rare move signifying US displeasure over the repealing of the Disengagement Law in Israel, Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, Michael Herzog, was summoned on Tuesday for a meeting with Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman. Deputy State Department spokesman Vedant Patel said in a statement that the meeting […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A year after Moishy Kleinerman went missing, his family attended a meeting of the Otzma Yehudit party at the Knesset in Jerusalem. Gitty Kleinerman, Moishy’s mother, has asked the government to set up a special Missing Person’s Unit to deal with the approximately 600 unsolved cases of missing people currently serviced by […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A London business fair had an unusual look this week, as it was comprised of 21 chareidi start-up entrepeneurs from Israel looking to scale up their companies at the Bizlabs “scalerator” program, according to a Jerusalem Post report. “Scaling” is the process of growing exponentially and getting a maximum profit with more […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — As the Ramadan approaches, the Shin Bet announced Tuesday that it had succeeded in arresting a Palestinian terror cell which had been planning a number of shooting attacks in greater Israel, including in Jerusalem. The Israeli security agency said that the terrorist cell had been operating in Judea and Samaria under direction […]