JERUSALEM (VINnews) — “I wish to share a statement of Chazal which the sages of our generation requested me to dictate to the hundreds of thousands of people of Israel here. The midrash in Shir Hashirim says that Eshkol refers to one who is ‘Ish Shehakol Bo’, he is versed in Mikra, Mishna, Talmud, Tosefta […]

BEIJING (AP) — China’s health authorities reported two COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, the first since January 2021, as the country battles its worst outbreak in two years driven by a surge in the highly transmissible omicron variant. The deaths, both in northeastern Jilin province, bring the country’s coronavirus death toll to 4,638. Both fatalities occurred […]

Israeli cargo planes took off for Poland on Thursday carrying 17 tons of equipment for the construction of the country’s “Kochav Meir” (Shining Star) field hospital in western Ukraine. Earlier this week, a medical delegation left for the area to assess the situation and start preparing the site. Doctors, nurses and other medical professionals from […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — The besieged city of Mariupol on the Azov sea has seen some of the worst fighting and civilian casualties as Russia has relentlessly and indiscriminately pounded the streets with bombs in an attempt to cow residents into submission. On Wednesday, Russian aircraft targeted a theater where hundreds of people, mainly women […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — The mayor of Melitopol, Ukraine, who was taken hostage on March 11 by the Russians after refusing to cooperate with their occupying forces, has been released in a prisoner exchange. The mayor, Ivan Fedorov, was reportedly exchanged for nine Russian prisoners of war captured by the Ukrainians. Fedorov disappeared after he […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — The economic effect of the current war between Russia and Ukraine has sent ripples around the world, with countries dashing to find alternative sources of gas and other utilities normally acquired from the two large countries. One ancillary result of the fighting has been a significant reduction of agricultural exports from […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — As Russian forces continue to shell Ukrainian cities including Kharkiv, a Jewish student affiliated with the Hillel student chapter in Kharkiv was killed, apparently while defending the besieged city. The student has been identified as Serafim Sabaranskiy, who allegedly “died a hero” according to Hillel. “We are heartbroken and devastated to […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a sharp letter published by the rabbis of Bnei Brak, they have called on the city’s residents to maintain the joyous atmosphere of Purim without unduly wild revelry. Rabbi Chaim Yitzchok Eizik Landa, Rabbi Shevach Zvi Rosenblatt and Rabbi Masoud Ben Shimon also condemned the practice of exploding firecrackers and acting […]

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities on Tuesday tightened anti-virus controls at ports, raising the risk of trade disruptions after some auto and electronics factories shut down as the government fights coronavirus outbreaks. Stock prices in China and Hong Kong sank for a second day following the shutdown on Monday of Shenzhen, a tech and finance […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — One of the buildings in Erbil struck over the weekend by a missile fired by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Iran was an Israeli training facility, a senior US official tells The New York Times. Iraqi media say a dozen of ballistic missiles have hit secret bases of Israel’s Mossad spy […]