JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the wake of a New York Times editorial which scurrilously attacked Israel’s new government, warning that it is a “danger to democracy”, Prime Minister-Elect Binyamin Netanyahu hit back. Netanyahu said he would ignore the “ill-founded advice” of the paper, which claimed that he is giving to much power to the far […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In one of her last acts as Israel’s Interior Minister, Ayelet Shaked signed recently on the stripping of citizenship of Salah Hamouri, a terrorist who in the past had plotted to kill Rabbi Ovadia Yosef in 2005. Hamouri was deported Sunday to France, where his wife and children await him. Representatives of […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Kayla and Kellie Bingham are identical twins who do practically everything together – since their birth. Both have similar mannerisms, often finish off each other’s sentences [or say “I was about to say the same”], played midfied in soccer and elected to pursue careers as doctors in the same Med school, […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Extremist elements in Meah Shearim continue to wreak havoc in the neighborhood. After Thursday’s violent protest in which a woman was seriously injured by a dumpster rolled by youths demonstrating, on Saturday night extremist hooligans smashed the window of Optica Halperin, an optician located in Kikar Hashabat. The extremists sprayed foul-smelling materials […]

LONDON (VINnews) — Britain’s King Charles got on the dance floor together with Holocaust survivors during a visit to a London Jewish community center. Participants in the dance included Anne Frank’s 93-year-old step-sister Eva Schloss, who later told Britain’s Daily Telegraph that “He was sweet. He really took part. He seemed to enjoy it.” The […]

It’s been two years since Covid-19 was declared a global pandemic, and it has changed the world. It has changed the way we communicate, care for others, how we raise and educate children, the economy, medicine, employments, and beyond. Over the past two years, the world has seen such a shift in behavior that it […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Jerusalem police recently received information about a man who was collecting and hoarding rare birds in his house, situated in Ras El-Amud below the Har HaZeisim cemetery. During the course of a raid on his house which took place Thursday evening, Border police discovered 26 goldfinches, which are a protected bird in […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A woman was seriously injured during violent demonstrations which broke out Thursday in Geula. The woman was doing Shabbos shopping when the garbage dumpster was rolled down Yechezkel street by extremist elements, slamming into her as she was walking and causing her severe chest injuries. She is currently sedated and respirated in […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. health officials have revised a tool to track the rising cases of severe obesity among children who were previously off the charts. Updated growth charts released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now extend to a body mass index of 60 — up from previous charts that stopped […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is again making some free COVID-19 tests available to all U.S. households as it unveils its contingency plans for potential coronavirus surges this winter. After a three-month hiatus, the administration is making four rapid virus tests available through covidtests.gov starting Thursday, a senior administration official said. The official spoke […]