NEW YORK (VINnews) — The venerated Oxford University is facing severe criticism after it received a £12 million grant from the fortune of fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley. Jewish student groups have said it was ‘inconsiderate and inappropriate’ for Oxford and two of its constituent colleges, St Peter’s and Lady Margaret Hall, to have taken […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — For the first time in a number of years, the Central Bureau of Statistics in Israel (CBS) released figures regarding the number of Jews married to gentiles in Israel. The latest figures show that there are about 1.35 million couples in Israel including one Jewish spouse. 1.26 million Jewish couples are both […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — A tweet by Israeli journalist Moshe Weissberg depicting the huge chasidic gathering in Boro Park this past weekend caused a furor in Israel after an Israeli tweeter viciously attacked the gathering. The tweet showed a clip from the large tent erected in honor of the visit of Rabbi Shaul Alter to […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Shufersal, the large Israeli supermarket chain, has been running two online sites – one for secular Israeli consumers and one for chareidim, with the chareidi sites selling the same items substantially cheaper, according to a Channel 12 investigation. In the wake of the publication, outraged consumers said that they would boycott the […]

Tens of millions of Americans who work at companies with 100 or more employees will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 4 or get tested for the virus weekly under government rules that took effect Thursday. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said companies that fail to comply could face penalties of nearly […]

LONDON (AP) — Britain granted conditional authorization on Thursday to the only pill shown to successfully treat COVID-19 so far. It is the first country to OK the treatment from drugmaker Merck, although it wasn’t immediately clear how quickly the pill would be available. The pill was licensed for adults 18 and older who have […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli researchers have identified the proteins in the coronavirus that can damage blood vessels, according to an announcement by Tel Aviv University on Wednesday. The identification of these proteins may help develop drugs that could stop the virus’s activity, or at least minimize damage to blood vessels, according to the university. In […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Turkish authorities seized ancient gold-embroidered Jewish books which were illegally smuggled into the country. The provincial police department of Mardin, a city in southeast Turkey, posted a video with books featuring animal drawings with Hebrew inscriptions which are estimated to be 1000 years old. הרשויות בטורקיה מפרסמות כי המשטרה עצרה גבר […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A government advisory committee on Wednesday recommended that all U.S. adults younger than 60 be vaccinated against hepatitis B, because progress against the liver-damaging disease has stalled. The decision means that tens of millions of U.S. adults — mostly between the ages of 30 and 59 — would be advised to […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Teen chef, food blogger, photographer, and social media entrepeneur Eitan Bernath announced the forthcoming publication of his first cookbook, entitled “Eitan Eats the World”, last week on social media. The book, to be published in May 2022, features over 85 classic recipes from around the world which Bernath claims can be […]