NEW YORK (VINnews) — 27 people have died in the snow blizzard which hit the city of Buffalo, NY, and the surrounding region of Erie county this week. This figure, which is unfortunately expected to rise, represents a large proportion of the national death toll. The city has been covered in four feet of snow […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Attorney Yossi Weizman, a chareidi lawyer who is the deputy-president of Israel’s  Bar Association, spoke on Radio Kol Chai about the growing incitement against the chareidi community in Israel.   Attorney Yossi Weizman said that “the situation is shocking. They are disparaging the entire chareidi sector, yesterday I spoke against a report […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — One patient at the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva was found dead after a fire broke out in a hospital ward early Wednesday morning. The fire was apparently caused by a cigarette which ignited a mattress in the ward. Fire and Rescue workers arrived swiftly and evacuated dozens of patients from the […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Two people have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in rolling a burning dumpster down Yechezkel street during a demonstration before Chanukah. The dumpster slammed into 40-year-old Mirel Daslowski, a member of the Karlin chasidic group, seriously injuring her. During the past days there has been an improvement in her condition. The […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Prime Minister-elect Binyamin Netanyahu was quick to condemn a controversial bill submitted by MK Orit Struck (Religious Zionism) regarding the Discrimination Law. Struck proposed that religious people should not be obliged to provide service if it contravenes their halachic conscience. The bill could have many ramifications and sparked an uproar in the […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — More than a month after the November double bombing in Jerusalem which claimed the lives of two people, Israeli police announced that they succeeded in capturing the terrorist who had prepared and placed the bombs. In a video clip of the scene of the first bombing near the Central Bus Station, the […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a move intended to promote a Saudi initiative which would foil Palestinian attempts for UN recognition, Israel is readying to submit a plan for a Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine at the UN, according to a report by the Jordan Is Palestine Committee, a group aiming to promote a territorial division between […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Torah world mourns the loss of Rebbetzin Shulamis Ezrachi, wife of Hagaon Rav Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi Shlita, Rosh Yeshiva of Ateres Yisrael and the daughter of Rabbi Meir Chadash, legendary Mashgiach of the Chevron yeshiva. Rebbetzin Ezrachi was 91 years old. Recently her health had deteriorated and she was hospitalized in […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Charedi soldiers celebrating the eighth night of Chanukah at a social hall in the Ramot neighborhood of Jerusalem were accosted by a group of protesters. The protesters attempted to enter the hall and disrupt the party being held for the soldiers. They also heckled the soldiers, calling them “impure” and “hellenistic” in […]

(AP) – A British historian, an Italian archaeologist and an American preschool teacher have never met in person, but they share a prominent pandemic bond. Plagued by eerily similar symptoms, the three women are credited with describing, naming and helping bring long COVID into the public’s consciousness in early 2020. Rachel Pope, of Liverpool, took […]