JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel has decided to effectively cancel  the kosher phone segment and allow free movement of consumers from kosher numbers to use regular phones. Hendel announced the decision Wednesday and explained that the kosher phone market was a monopoly in the hands of the Rabbinical Communications Committee which unfairly blocked […]

TORONTO (AP) — In a scene at odds with Canadians’ reputation for niceness and rule-following, thousands of protesters railing against vaccine mandates and other COVID-19 restrictions descended on the capital over the weekend, deliberately blocking traffic around Parliament Hill. Some urinated and parked on the National War Memorial. One danced on the Tomb of the […]

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says overuse of gloves, “moon suits” and the use of billions of masks and vaccination syringes to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus have spurred a huge glut of health care waste worldwide. The U.N. health agency reported Tuesday that tens of thousands of tons of extra […]

ISRAEL (VINnews) — A letter signed by Charedi Rabbonim was released against Matan Kahana, yet Hagaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein did not sign on. The Charedi leadership put out the letter against the Religious Affairs Minister, in protest of his planned religious reforms, which would be devastating for kashrus and geirus. It was released ahead of […]

LONDON (AP) – Amnesty International said Tuesday that Israel has maintained “a system of oppression and domination” over the Palestinians going all the way back to its establishment in 1948, one that meets the international definition of apartheid. With the release of a 278-page report compiled over a period of four years, the London-based rights […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Shimon Hatzadik neighborhood in northern Jerusalem is situated just 200 meters from Ohr Samayach (whose new campus will be inside the neighborhood and not opposite it) and just a minute’s walk from Road 1 which traverses the city from north to south. However residents of the neighborhood suffer endemic vandalism, violence […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — A new movie entitled “2000 mules” is set to create a major bombshell in US politics. The movie uses footage obtained from geo-tracking cell phone data to expose the thousands of ‘mules’ [hired by political elements to add votes] used during the 2020 election to stuff ballot boxes. The mules can […]

More than a year after a bout with COVID-19, Rebekah Hogan still suffers from severe brain fog, pain and fatigue that leave her unable to do her nursing job or handle household activities. Long COVID has her questioning her worth as a wife and mother. “Is this permanent? Is this the new norm?’’ said the […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — A 2-year-old toddler is being called a hero after alerting his parents – who couldn’t smell smoke due to recovering from COVID-19 – that their house in Texas was on fire. Nathan and Kayla Dahl were asleep in their bedroom earlier this month when their toddler, Brandon, came and tapped Kayla on […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a surprising move coinciding with the visit of President Herzog to the UAE, the first visit by an Israeli president to the region since the Abraham peace accords were signed in 2020, the most prominent newspaper in Kuwait has called to normalize relations with Israel. In an editorial published in the […]