WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Biden White House is planning an in-person Hanukkah party for next week, although the details are still tentative. The Hanukkah party has been a White House tradition since 2001. But the Trump administration’s decision to hold one in person last year, as the coronavirus pandemic raged, turned the normally bipartisan meet-and-mingle […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A pure silver Shekel, used by merchants in Jerusalem during the Second Temple period 2000 years ago, was recently discovered by Liel Krotokopf, an 11-year-old girl from Petah Tikva. The discovery was made in earth from the City of David which is being sifted at a special center built near the Mount […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli scientists have made an immunotherapy drug effective with just a millionth of its original dose, according to a Technion study. The original drug fell at the last hurdle because regulators were concerned that the large dose could cause severe side effects. However the current technology uses a “Nano-Ghosts” platform, making it […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — After horrific testimonies recently emerged from survivors of the Lev Tahor cult, a leading member of the cult, Uriel Goldman, responded to the claims in a detailed letter. Goldman wrote that “the terrible incitement against the Lev Tahor community has gone up a phase, after the slandering brothers Yoel and Mendy […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will require essential, nonresident travelers crossing U.S. land borders, such as truck drivers, government and emergency response officials, to be fully vaccinated beginning on Jan. 22, the administration planned to announce Tuesday. A senior administration official said the requirement, which the White House previewed in October, brings the rules […]

MOROCCA (JTA) – +The bodies of seven Moroccan-Jewish victims of the COVID-19 pandemic were flown to Israel last week after being interred in a Casablanca Jewish cemetery more than a year ago. The transfer was arranged by ZAKA, an Israeli volunteer rescue and recovery organization which focuses on ensuring Jewish burial rites for victims of […]

PHOENIX (AP) — E-cigarette giant Juul Labs will pay Arizona $14.5 million and vowed not to market to young people in the state to settle a consumer fraud lawsuit. The settlement announced by Attorney General Mark Brnovich Tuesday is the second Juul has reached with state prosecutors. It ends litigation the Republican U.S. Senate candidate […]

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel on Tuesday began administering the coronavirus vaccine to children age 5 to 11. The country recently emerged from a fourth COVID wave and daily infections have been relatively low for the last few weeks. But Health Ministry statistics show that a large share of the new infections have been […]

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization’s Europe office says projections show its 53-country region could face another 700,000 deaths in the coronavirus pandemic by next spring, topping 2 million in total. WHO Europe, which is based in Copenhagen, Denmark, also cited growing evidence of a decline in protection against infection and mild disease through […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — An experimental chewing gum containing a protein that “traps” coronavirus particles could limit the amount of virus in saliva and help curb transmission of the virus when infected people are talking, breathing or coughing, researchers believe. The University of Pennsylvania research team, led by Professor Henry Daniel, conducted laboratory experiments of […]