MIAMI (AP) — The estate of an Illinois woman who died earlier this year from a listeria infection filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against a Florida ice cream company that health officials have connected to a multistate outbreak. The lawsuit filed in the Middle District of Florida claims that Mary Billman died after eating contaminated […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The trial of former prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu in the case known as “Case 1000” opened in Jerusalem Tuesday, with testimony given by the former aide to Arnon Milchan, Hadas Klein. Klein allegedly transferred various presents to the Netanyahu couple from Milchan and other wealthy people. Netanyahu is being charged with breach […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — MK Betzalel Smotrich, the leader of the Religious Zionism party, caused a scare in Israel when he tweeted Tuesday morning that everyone should stop and say Tehillim due to a life-threatening incident but refused to say what was involved. Smotrich wrote on Twitter that “there is a dramatic incident of Pikuach Nefesh […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Police and emergency medical responders were alerted early Tuesday morning to a 47-year-old chareidi avreich who had been stabbed on the bridge connecting Givat Shmuel to Bnei Brak. The man suffered moderate to serious injuries and was transferred to hospital. Police are searching for the suspect in the attack. The avreich told […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews)   — Six prominent chareidi poskim have published a letter in which they call on the public not to use the Peninei Halacha series written by Rabbi Eliezer Melamed. This is the first time that the controversy regarding Rabbi Melamed’s books has been addressed by chareidi rabbis, as previously it had only involved members […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — She is by far the oldest department head in Israel still actively involved in medicine, but Prof. Rena Gil has no plans to stop working, despite 61 years service as a physician. “I am a graduate of the Hadassah hospital from 1961, after so many years in hospital I can’t live without […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A member of the Jerusalem Faction was arrested and charged with desertion during the course of a demonstration outside a jail at 2 AM on Monday morning. The demonstration took place at the Hadarim jail where Tzemach Tzarfati, a member of the Rabbinical Committee for Communications, is being held on charges of […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — As President Biden’s visit to Israel and other Arab countries in the region draws closer, Democrats are pushing Biden to pressure Israel on issues of settlement construction in Judea and Samaria. Twenty-nine left-wing Democrats called on the Biden administration Friday to pressure Israel to scrap plans for construction in the strategic E1 […]

BNEI BRAK (VINnews) A Kol Koreh has been released by multiple Charedi Rabbanim in Israel, banning medical marijuana in many situations. The letter was published by two prominent Charedi Batei Din, the Bais Din of Rav Nissim Karelitz and Rav Shmuel Vosner. In addition, it was signed by multiple other Israeli Rabbanim. Here is a […]