JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The US embassy in Jerusalem has provided deteriorating services for US citizens in Israel ever since the onset of coronavirus, but recently the situation has become outrageous, as American citizens seeking to leave Israel and return to the US cannot even register their newborn babies for passports. The embassy’s website enables people […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a special interview with Israeli journalist Yonit Levy, CNN’s senior business correspondent Richard Quest claimed that the proposed judicial reforms in Israel will definitely have an effect on the local economy. “You cannot tinker around, undermine the foundations of a country’s unwritten constitution, based on practice and history, and not expect […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a significant step towards implementing the judicial reforms announced by Justice Minister Yariv Levin in January, the Knesset passed on Monday the initial reading of three new laws. The most prominent law is the Override Clause, which stipulates that the Supreme Court can only repeal laws, alter them, or limit their […]

WASHINGTON (VINnews) – A group of Jewish parents and schools filed a lawsuit today challenging a California law that excludes religious parents and schools from using special education funding to serve children with disabilities. In Loffman v. California Department of Education, a group of parents want to send their children to Orthodox Jewish schools but […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a sharp diversion from other media outlets who are almost unanimously lambasting Israel for its judicial reforms, the Wall Street Journal continues to offer a cool-headed, insightful approach to the issue. In an editorial published Sunday, the newspaper describes how opponents to the reforms are sowing chaos at every level of […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Author and journalist Tuvia Tenenbom spoke to Arutz Sheva about his new book, in which he delves into the haredi community. In the past Tenenbaum, a multifaceted person who is also a theater director, playwright and essayist, has written bestseller books about modern-day antisemitism in Germany (I Sleep In Hitler’s Room] and […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Almost all the Israeli hi-tech companies had some exposure to the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank last Friday. The bank, which serviced tech companies, experienced difficulties due to the sharp rise in interest rates. Within a short time customers withdrew tens of billions of dollars and the American regulators were forced […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Former US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, who won the Nobel Prize in economics last year, warned in a conversation with Israel’s Channel 13 News that the judicial reform being promoted by the government will harm the Israeli economy. “Israel needs to build a consensus regarding any significant change in the […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In yet another source of friction between Israel’s legislative and judiciary branches, a bill being proposed by MK Zvika Fogel (Otzma Yehudit) has come under sharp criticism from Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara. The bill, proposed by Jewish Force MK Zvika Fogel, would make Israel’s security forces immune from prosecution in the event of […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — An Israeli man charged by US authorities with defrauding investors, mainly chareidi Jews, of at least $47 million before fleeing the country in 2021 was arrested this week in Los Angeles, federal prosecutors announced Friday. 35-year-old Yossi Engel was indicted in January in absentia for allegedly using his company iWitness Tech […]