JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a highly unusual development, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett flew early Shabbos morning to Moscow together with Housing Minister Zev Elkin to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Both Bennett and Elkin are religious and may have received a rabbinic permit to travel due to the dire life-threatening situation of many […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Kyiv Chief Rabbi Moshe Asman (one of a number of claimants to title of Chief Rabbi) has slammed the ‘silence and indifference” of Russians and Russian Jews over what is occurring in Ukraine. Holding a Sefer Torah in his hands, the Rabbi, whose village nicknamed ‘Anatevka’ outside Kyiv is currently home […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s time for America to stop letting the coronavirus “dictate how we live,” President Joe Biden’s White House declared Wednesday, outlining a strategy to allow people to return to many normal activities safely after two years of pandemic disruptions. One highlight is a new “test to treat” plan to provide free antiviral […]

GENEVA (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases reported globally dropped by 16% last week, marking a month-long decline in COVID-19 infections, according to figures from the World Health Organization. In its weekly report on the pandemic issued late Tuesday, the U.N. health agency also said that deaths fell by 10%, continuing a drop […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel’s Supreme Court voted by a 2-1 majority to overturn a lower court decision to evict Arab residents of Nahalat Shimon. The court partially accepted the appeal of the Arab families and said that they would be allowed to continue living in the properties in exchange for the payment of reduced rents […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, the Special Counsel charged with investigating the 2020 Wisconsin elections told the Wisconsin Assembly hearing that a series of unlawful acts took place during the election and called for the dismantling of the bipartisan Wisconsin Election Committee. After presenting a 136-page report delineating the legal […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — An amazing defense of Israel was presented last week at the Irish parliament, known as the Oireachtas, by Yoseph Haddad, a passionate defender of Israel in international forums. Despite the antisemitic nature of the parliament, which has invited anti-Israel personalities and numerous terrorists to speak against Israel and has condemned Israel […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Despite the dangers involved in staying in the war zone, Chabad emissaries throughout the Ukraine have chosen to stay with their communities. In many instances they have to provide food and shelter for many other people besides their families. In the village of Anatevka south of Kyiv, Rabbi Moshe Asman who […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A senior member of the Rabbinical Committee For Communication Devices was arrested Monday night in his Jerusalem home on suspicion of being involved in the continued harassment of owners of cellular phone stores who refused to accede to the demands of members of the committee. B’Chadrei reported that police from the Lev […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — BDE: An Israeli Jewish man was shot dead Monday near Kyiv the capital of the Ukraine. The man is the first known Israeli casualty of the war in the Ukraine. The Israeli was identified as 42-year-old Roman Brodsky, a DJ who lived and worked in the Ukraine in the last few years. […]