JERUSALEM ( VINnews) — In one of the worst demonstrations of the tensions and split within the Gur chasidic sect, violent clashes occurred on Friday night between the two rival factions, forcing police to intervene to maintain public order. The clashes broke out after a loudspeaker was used to criticize the Gerer Rebbe when he […]

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla explains new “ingestible pills” – with a tiny chip that sends a wireless signal to “relevant authorities” when the pill is taken. ‘IMAGINE THE COMPLIANCE’

NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VINnews) — What caused the baby formula shortage? The short answer is, the government. (In fact the Washington Examiner calls it “Biden’s formula shortage”.) Some have tried to blame COVID and the supply chain, which are convenient scapegoats. However other products (though overpriced) are not experiencing a shortage, so blaming […]

NEW YORK (JTA) — Former basketball star Amar’e Stoudemire raised some eyebrows when he disclosed last week that he is leaving the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets after two seasons as a player development assistant coach. His comments about how the situation surrounding notoriously unvaccinated star player Kyrie Irving hurt the team’s chemistry made headlines, and some […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A group of Reform women are suing the B’Chadrei Charedi news website for blurring their faces in pictures. The Israel Religious Action Center said Wednesday it was seeking NIS 345,000 ($100,000) in damages  for a picture B’Chadrei ran last December of female leaders of Jewish movements meeting with President Isaac Herzog, in […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Lag Ba’Omer festivities at Meron had a somber feeling in the wake of last year’s tragic stampede. The festivities were opened with the traditional lighting by the Boyaner Rebbe but prior to the lighting, 45 candles were lit to commemorate the victims of the tragedy last year. Police attempted to strictly […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Massachusetts on Wednesday reported a rare case of monkeypox in a man who recently traveled to Canada, and health officials are looking into whether it is connected to small outbreaks in Europe. Monkeypox is typically limited to Africa, and rare cases in the U.S. and elsewhere are usually linked to travel […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — COVID-19 cases are increasing in the United States – and could get even worse over the coming months, federal health officials warned Wednesday in urging areas hardest hit to consider reissuing calls for indoor masking. Increasing numbers of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations are putting more of the country under guidelines issued by […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — On the night before the Hilula of Lag Ba’Omer, hundreds of police evicted all the people who had attempted to barricade themselves into the tomb of Rashbi prior to Lag Ba-Omer. Shortly before 12 AM a loudspeaker in Hebrew and Yiddish, delivered by Meron’s Rabbi Anshel Friedman, called on every person in […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — On the eve of his trip to Washington to discuss regional developments regarding Iran’s uranium enrichment and Russia’s influence in Syria, Defense Minister Gantz warned Tuesday that Iran is just a “few weeks” from accumulating sufficient  material for a nuclear bomb. Gantz also claimed that Tehran is working to finish the production […]