JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The dramatic ruling issued by the Jerusalem Magistrates Court Sunday permitting Jewish worship on Temple Mount is making international waves. The ruling, issued just prior to Israel’s 55th celebration of Jerusalem Day marking the capture of East Jerusalem and the Temple Mount, has angered the Jordanian political establishment which sees itself as […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Russia has published a list of 963 government officials and leading Americans who are banned from entering the country, apparently in retaliation for similar moves by Washington since the offensive in Ukraine. The list, published May 21, includes U.S. President Joe Biden, business leaders such as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Despite the landmark ruling of Jerusalem Magistrate Court judge Tziyon Saharai permitting Jews to worship and say Shema Yisrael on Temple Mount, police chose to ignore or not to implement the court’s ruling Monday morning. A number of people requested to enter Temple Mount wearing Talis and Tefillin in order to be […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — A senior member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps who was killed in Tehran on Sunday had planned kidnappings and other attempts to attack Israeli and Jewish targets worldwide, according to unsourced reports in Hebrew media. Col. Hassan Sayad Khodayari was shot five times by two unidentified gunmen in his car […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a landmark ruling which immediately sent shock waves through Israel’s political establishment, a Jerusalem Magistrates Court judge ruled that Jews are entitled to say prayers including Shema and prostrate themselves on Temple Mount, despite the fact that such practices have resulted in arrests and evictions from the precinct in the past. […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The widow of Rabbi Avishai Yechezkel, one of the victims of the shocking terror attack in Bnei Brak less than two months ago, gave birth Friday to a baby boy. The joyous event is tinged with sadness since the baby, orphaned from birth, will never know his father. Rabbi Yechezkel was murdered […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi, who bolted the coalition last week claiming that the government was taking nationalist, anti-Arab positions,  said Friday that despite resigning from the coalition, she may still cooperate with the ruling bloc and prevent the fall of the government since “the alternative is worse.” “Of course, I do not […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rav Shmuel Yosef Shor, the son of Hagaon Rav Avraham Shor and a disciple of Rabbi Shaul Alter, suffered serious injuries after he was attacked by mainstream Gur chasidim during the clashes which broke out over the weekend. Rabbi Shor collapsed on Motzaei Shabbos and was rushed to hospital suffering from apparent […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumers should double-check their jars of Jif peanut butter amid a recall, the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say. Jif’s creamy, crunchy, natural and reduced fat peanut butters have been linked to a salmonella outbreak across 12 states that has left 14 ill, with two […]

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York City resident has tested positive for the virus that causes monkeypox, state health officials announced late Friday. The unidentified patient is isolating and treating the case as positive while awaiting final confirmation by the Centers for Disease Control. New York City public health officials said Thursday they were […]