JERUSALEM (VINnews) — While the sides in the disputed properties at the Shimon Hatzadik-Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood await a decision by Israel’s Supreme Court, one family from the neighborhood has already reached an agreement with the Jewish owners, according to a Yisrael Hayom report. According to the agreement, the family living in the house will recognize […]

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — COVID-19 has had a staggering impact on the sheriff’s department in Broward County, Florida, where Sheriff Gregory Tony told a memorial service for nine employees who died from the virus that well over half the department’s 5,600 employees had been exposed and 32% — or 1,800 employees — have contracted the […]

Pfizer asked U.S. regulators Tuesday to allow boosters of its COVID-19 vaccine for anyone 18 or older, a step that comes amid concern about increased spread of the coronavirus with holiday travel and gatherings. Older Americans and other groups particularly vulnerable to the virus have had access to a third dose of the Pfizer and […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — An unusual visit by 12 American Jews to their former homeland in Syria has led to questions about the Syrian government’s intentions regarding its former citizens. The 12 visited a local restaurant in Damascus and met the few remaining Jews living in the Syrian capital. There was even a request that […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. says that it’s inviting the global community to visit now that the government has ended the ban on travelers from 33 countries. In reality, however, it will still be difficult — if not impossible — for much of the globe to enter the country and experts say it will […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Lebanese imposter who married a Syrian Jewish girl from Brooklyn under false pretenses, apparently studied in a technological college in Israel, according to B’Chadrei Chareidim. Based on the résumé sent by Eliyahu Haliva to an NY communications company, Haliva had studied in an Israeli college in 2019. The résumé also states […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Before feasting on pancakes, burgers and milkshakes inside the Fred 62 diner in Los Angeles, patrons must now fork over proof of their COVID-19 vaccines for a waiter’s inspection under new city coronavirus rules that are among the country’s strictest. The greasy spoon, famous for putting an LA spin on diner […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Parents held children born while they were stuck abroad. Long-separated couples kissed, and grandparents embraced grandchildren who had doubled in age. The U.S. fully reopened to many vaccinated international travelers Monday, allowing families and friends to reunite for the first time since the coronavirus emerged and offering a boost to the […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — A shocking story of deceipt and betrayal has rocked the Jewish community in the US. A Lebanese person claiming to be a chareidi Jew named Eliyah Haliwa joined the Texas Jewish community and became affiliated with the local Chabad representatives. The man displayed a spurious ancestral lineage to prove his Jewish […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — A 16-year-old girl abducted from North Carolina was found in Kentucky on Thursday and the adult man she was with has been arrested and charged with unlawful imprisonment. The girl was apparently found thanks to a 911 caller who was familiar with a viral TikTok hand gesture indicating that a person […]