NEW YORK (VINnews) — In the last few week, farmers in North and South Dakota have suffered extreme inclement weather conditions, including blizzards, high winds and heavy flooding. Consequently, the farmers have been unable to commence planting their annual crops and this delay will lead to a significant reduction in harvests in a region which […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In order for democracies to defend themselves against terrorist elements, they need first and foremost to prevent incitement to terror from being broadcast and disseminated on social media and in the media. Such incitement can have a pernicious effect on those who are exposed to it and can encourage individuals to perpetrate […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Three out of every four U.S. children have been infected with the coronavirus, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers estimated in a report Tuesday. The researchers examined blood samples from more than 200,000 Americans and looked for virus-fighting antibodies made from infections, not vaccines. They found that signs of past […]

BEIJING (AP) — Workers put up fencing and police restricted who could leave a locked-down area in Beijing on Tuesday as authorities in the Chinese capital stepped up efforts to prevent a major COVID-19 outbreak like the one that has all but shut down the city of Shanghai. People lined up for throat swabs across […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — New York Assembly Democrats succeeded in blocking legislation which would examine pedagogic methods of teaching the Holocaust in New York public schools, according to a New York Times report. A bill which was originally on the agenda for a Monday meeting of the Assembly’s committee was removed, despite the fact that […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Lebanese groom who was exposed after his marriage to a Jewish girl from New York’s Syrian community has now arrived in Israel – and is determined to rehabilitate himself. Elia Hawila, who was initially thought to be Jewish, then exposed as a South Lebanese Muslim named Ali who had masqueraded as […]

MOSHAV AZARIA (JTA) – Doron Toweg’s farmyard is as quiet, peaceful and unruffled as his voice. Apart from the occasional bleat from Gila and Simcha, two sheep kept by Toweg and his wife Ilana, the farm is perfectly still. It’s a far cry from the bustle that unfolded on a daily basis here prior to Rosh […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli chief rabbi David Lau has called on the public to pray for his wife, Feiga Tzipora Bas Hadassa, who suffered an apparent stroke during the course of a vacation in Crete on Pesach. Rebbetzin Lau (53) was hospitalized in serious condition at the Beilinson hospital in Petach Tikva after she was […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The IDF attacked positions in Lebanon after a rocket had been fired from there, landing near the northern town of Shlomi. The rocket landed in open space and did not cause damage but the IDF responded fiercely, firing over 60 shells at the region near Tyre where the rocket had been fired […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Foreign Minister Yair Lapid reiterated Sunday Israel’s commitment to maintaining the current status quo on the Temple Mount, which prevents Jews and Christians from worshiping at the holy site. Lapid also blamed Palestinian terror groups for the rising violence at the Mount, which has become the symbol of the conflict between Israel […]