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 […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) —Police concluded Friday their initial investigation of the attempted terrorist attack on a bus entering the city of Betar Illit Thursday evening. The investigation revealed that the terrorist placed the explosive device on the bus in order to explode it and cause numerous casualties on the bus. The terrorist descended from the bus […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A terrorist opened fire on Dizengoff St. in Tel Aviv on Thursday evening, injuring three people with varying levels of injuries. One person is in critical condition, one in serious condition and one moderately hurt. A female police officer apparently eliminated the terrorist at the scene. On April 7, 2022, a similar […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Jews in Iran, the scene of the miracle of Purim 2,500 years ago, gathered to celebrate the festival together with spiritual leader Rabbi Yehuda Garmi. The festivities included special activities for children as well as a communal reading of the Megilla. Rabbi Garmi also continued his custom of visiting the tombs […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a dramatic rescue which took place Wednesday evening at a tower in Ramat Gan, police special units succeeded in preventing a man threatening to jump to his death from a 19th-floor apartment. Psychologists and couselors engaged the man in conversation while the special units used ropes and other special equipment to […]