NEW YORK (AP) — A business jet was buffeted by severe turbulence over New England, causing a rare passenger death and forcing the aircraft to divert to Bradley International Airport in Connecticut, officials said Saturday. Five people were aboard the Bombardier executive jet that was shaken by turbulence late Friday afternoon while traveling from Keene, […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — During an interview at a cultural event on Shabbat in Beersheva, Professor Dan Shachtman, An Israeli nobel laureate in chemistry, blasted the chareidi public in Israel, using harsh language to describe them. “They are sitting on the udders and milking the State of Israel,” Prof. Shachtman said. “I am deathly scared of […]

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 Israel on Wednesday to take part in a preplanned “Day of National Disruption.” It was an apt name for the endeavor, whose purpose was to impose the will of […]

(VINnews) — As Purim approaches, renowned Mechanech Rabbi Yakov Horowitz posted a video, guiding parents on how to help their children avoid bad habits and prevent addiction–including smoking, vaping, hookah, marijuana, and drinking. “Smoking, Vaping or Hookah?” pic.twitter.com/AbEvub5QXm — Yakov Horowitz (@yakovhorowitz) March 2, 2023

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Esti Yaniv, whose sons Hillel and Yagel were murdered by a terrorist in the Arab village of Hawara on Sunday, has expressed her horror at the launch of a campaign of support for the residents of Hawara, the initiative of left-winger and Labor Party activist Yaya Fink. As recently reported, Fink is […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the wake of the shocking siege by angry demonstrators on Sara Netanyahu as she tried to leave her hair salon in Tel Aviv, her son Yair Netanyahu spoke out vehemently on Twitter against the protesters who trapped his mother in the salon for over three hours. Sara Netanyahu was only able […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who is due to visit the US and speak to the Israel Bonds group, was condemned by State Department officials after he  called for the state of Israel to wipe the West Bank Palestinian town of Huwara off the map. “I think that Huwara needs to be wiped out, […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a momentous archaeological discovery whose publication coincides with the days before Purim, a hiker recently discovered a 2,500-year-old pottery shard inscribed with the name of the Persian king Darius the Great, the father of king Achashverosh. It is the first discovery of such an inscription bearing the name of Darius I […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a stinging attack on the current judicial reforms by former Israeli attorney-general Avichai Mandelblit, he claimed that they were in effect a ‘Regime coup’ bent on changing Israel’s form of government. Mandelblit also insisted that if the proposed legislation is approved by the Knesset, the current attorney general and the High […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A touching moment took place during a military ceremony which took place recently in Israel. The Elite IDF Oz brigade were receiving their berets, a significant stage in their becoming an operational combat unit. During the ceremony, the Brigadier-General noticed a boy with Down’s syndrome who was trying to reach his brother […]