JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rabbi Zamir Cohen, head of the Avnei Nezer yeshiva and director of the Hidabrut channel and institutions, visited Porat Yosef dean Rabbi Shalom Cohen and asked for advice on educating yeshiva students. Rabbi Shalom Cohen stressed that yeshiva students must attend shacharit prayers in the yeshiva itself, since “yeshiva is not just […]

ROCKLAND (VINnews) — On Tuesday, the NY State Department of Health released its latest vaccine statistics about public and private schools in Rockland County. The overwhelming majority of schools, both public and private, meet state vaccination requirements, with at least 98% of students vaccinated against polio. This debunks the vicious anti-Jewish accusations made by a […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — In a new book, “Breaking History: A White House Memoir,” set to be published August 23, Jared Kushner, former president Trump’s son-in-law and close aide, reveals that he had thyroid cancer detected in 2019 and describes Trump’s reaction to the news, which he had tried to hide from the president.. “On […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — A German man has been sentenced to seven months in prison for leaving a hateful comment on a Facebook post about Gil Ofarim, a German-Israeli singer who was charged with lying about an antisemitism incident at a hotel last year. Ofarim had claimed that he was refused entry to a Leipzig […]

NEW YORK (VINnews)  — As efforts of Breslov chasidim to reach Uman for Rosh Hashana continue despite the war raging in Ukraine, the mayor of Uman stressed in media interviews that she cannot guarantee the safety of the thousands of pilgrims who would be present there. “My position is that people need to be safe,” […]

Health minister says further shots 'on their way'; priority will be given to men born after 1980 who have HIV, are on HIV pre-exposure meds, or have contracted an STD this year

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government hopes a new website can help people and local governments beat the increasingly deadly heat of an ever-warming world. Days after nearly half the country — 154.6 million people — sweated through a blistering heat wave, which for the West, hasn’t quite finished, the Biden Administration Tuesday unveiled heat.gov, […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Jerusalem District Court sentenced two East Jerusalem Arabs to a 60,000 NIS ($18,000) fine for attacking a chareidi youth in the Old City last year. The chareidi was on his way to the Kotel when he was knocked over, kicked and pummelled by the two Arabs. In the criminal indictment the […]

WASHINGTON DC (Yaakov M / VINnews) Despite a massive surge in Covid cases, the White House is downplaying it. President Biden’s Covid Czar, Ashish Jha, claims the surge in cases is due to increased testing. Amazingly, when President Trump said the exact same thing, “fact-checkers” blasted him and called him a liar. Biden COVID Coordinator […]

(Yaakov M / VINnews) — Confession: As a parent, when I get distracted by my phone, I don’t give my children the attention they deserve. And I suspect that I’m not the only one suffering from this affliction. I’m technically not “addicted” to my device, which is old, “kosher”, relatively junky, and does not have […]