JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Both the Ga’abad, the head of the Eda Chareidis and the Ra’avad, who serves as the official head of its Beis Din, were hospitalized this week, causing deep concern among the members of the community. Posters in Jerusalem called on members of the community to say Tehillim for 94-year-old Rabbi Moshe Ben […]

NEW YORK (AP) – After surgery, some cancer patients can safely skip radiation or chemotherapy, according to two studies exploring shorter, gentler cancer care. Researchers are looking for ways to precisely predict which cancer patients can avoid unneeded treatment to cut down on harmful side effects and unnecessary costs. One new study used a blood […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel and Lebanon are currently at loggerheads over the new Karish gas rig situated off Israel’s coast. The new drilling platform arrived Sunday at the Karish site, located some 80 km off Haifa near the much larger Leviathan and Tamar gas fields which are in Israel’s territorial waters. However Lebanese president Michel […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Right-wing MK Itamar Ben-Gvir has been accused by government and left-wing elements of incitement and violent rhetoric. However Ben-Gvir presented in the Knesset Monday proof that currently he himself is suffering death threats from Arab elements, including a specific phone threat targeting him and his family. Call recording with death threats to […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel’s rickety coalition suffered a further setback, demonstrating its inability at present to function or pass legislation. Early Tuesday morning an attempt to reinstate Yamina MK Matan Kahana as religious affairs minister was thwarted, with fellow party MK Idit Silman casting the deciding vote to block the appointment. Silman defected from the […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s new warning to the West against sending longer-range rocket systems to Ukraine came as his forces claimed to have destroyed Western military supplies in their first such airstrikes on Ukraine’s capital in more than a month. The attack showed that Russia still had the capability and willingness […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A report by an Iranian opposition news agency claimed that an Iranian scientist who died last Tuesday in mysterious circumstances was intentionally poisoned. Ayoob Entezari was reportedly employed at a research and development center in the city of Yazd, where he was said to have worked on developing missiles and drones before […]

LONDON (JTA) — Most Orthodox interpretations of Jewish law conclude that Jews are forbidden to enter churches, even if no prayer will be taking place. So why was British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis present on Friday at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, where he attended a prayer service in honor of Queen Elizabeth II’s 70-year […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Two members of the Lev Tahor cult, Mordechai Malka and Matisyahu Malka, have been found guilty in a US federal court of plotting to kidnap a 14-year-old girl and her 12-year-old brother from their mother. The two were convicted of kidnapping at the White Plains court after a three-week trial by […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a dramatic development in the Israeli Knesset Monday evening, a bill to enforce Israeli law in Judea and Samaria was defeated by the opposition. The law is an integral part of Israeli jurisdiction as without it Israelis cannot be prosecuted for crimes committed in the region, police cannot enforce the law […]