JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In an emotional speech delivered in the Knesset Monday, MK Yaakov Asher (UTJ) demonstrated how the new steps being proposed regarding conversions are a threat to the Jewish character of Israel. “What are we railing about, who do we want to protect, what are we scared of,” Asher asked the plenum. “In […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli president Isaac Herzog launched a campaign Tuesday in collaboration with Meta (Facebook) to change the face of online discourse in Israel. Herzog wrote an op-ed about the initiative, stating that “One cannot argue with the assertion that social media had brought much good to the world, allowing many views and the […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — United Hatzalah medics successfully resuscitated a chareidi 2-year-old toddler Tuesday morning after she had suffocated on a lace from her hoodie. The incident occurred in a Kiryat Gat child care center. The toddler was found unconscious in the courtyard, apparently after getting caught in a lace from her hoodie. Shlomo Rothschild, a […]

GENEVA (AP) — Experts at the World Health Organization recommended Tuesday against using blood plasma from people who have recovered from COVID-19 as a treatment for patients with the illness, saying evidence has not shown the costly, time-consuming transfusions to be effective in preventing severe illness or death. The guidance against the use of convalescent […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Eight years ago, a team of researchers launched a project to carefully repeat early but influential lab experiments in cancer research. They recreated 50 experiments, the type of preliminary research with mice and test tubes that sets the stage for new cancer drugs. The results reported Tuesday: About half the scientific […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Arab terror wave continues unabated in Jerusalem, with the latest attack occurring near the tomb of Shimon Hatzadik adjacent to the Nachalat Shimon neighborhood.  A 26-year-old Jewish woman walking with her children in a baby carriage and passing the tomb was attacked from behind and stabbed in the back by a […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Thousands of anti-government demonstrators came to the Habimah Square in central Tel Aviv to protest against the coalition. Opposition MKs, Rabbis, right-wing activists and bereaved families attended the demonstration and decried the government which is “trying to harm the Jewish character of Israel.” Some demonstrators held pro-Netanyahu placards and others wrote that […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — A Jewish couple on their way from New York to Miami were verbally abused and pushed and shoved by an anti-Semitic traveller as they disembarked from their flight. Victoria Zirkiev, producer of Israeli folk music star Gad Elbaz, was travelling on business with her husband to Florida when the incident occurred. […]

Pfizer said Wednesday that a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine may protect against the new omicron variant even though the initial two doses appear significantly less effective. Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said lab tests showed a booster dose increased by 25-fold the level of so-called neutralizing antibodies against omicron. Pfizer announced the preliminary […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews)— Moriah Cohen, the woman who was stabbed in the back by a terrorist Wednesday morning near Shimon Hatzadik, recollected the incident on Channel 12 during the evening. Cohen was released from hospital earlier in the day after suffering light injuries. Cohen, a 26-year-old mother of 5, told Channel 12 news on Wednesday evening […]