NEW YORK (VINnews) — The family of Pinchos Menachem Knoblewicz Z’l, who died in the Meron tragedy half a year ago, decided to perpetuate his memory by donating a Sefer Torah on the day when he was supposed to get married. The moving ceremony of writing the final letters took place on Sunday in Boro […]

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate for restaurants, gyms and entertainment venues is going so well that only 15 businesses have been fined for not enforcing the policy, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday. De Blasio said the high rate of compliance with the vaccine mandate that was announced last summer […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Food companies are coming under renewed pressure to use less salt after U.S. regulators spelled out long-awaited guidelines aimed at reducing sodium levels in dozens of foods including condiments, cereals, french fries and potato chips. The voluntary goals finalized Wednesday for 163 foods are intended to help lower the amount of […]

MIAMI (AP) — Banned from the Florida hospital room where her mother lay dying of COVID-19, Jayden Arbelaez pitched an idea to construction employees working nearby. “Is there any way that I could get there?” Arbelaez asked them, pointing to a small third-story window of the hospital in Jacksonville. The workers gave the 17-year-old a […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Journalist Sivan Rahav-Meir described the historic aspects of the growing Israeli involvement in Dubai including the stunning pavilion recently opened at the Expo 2020 which can be seen in the following clip:   Rahav-Meir quoted Eli Weissbart, the creator of content at the Israeli pavilion who said that: “I’m here from last […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A Christian missionary organization named “Nativa” has been subtly working to indoctrinate IDF soldiers and has even persuaded a number of them to convert to Christianity. The organization works via conscripts who are “messianics” and have received special training on how to speak to IDF soldiers about Christianity, according to a Channel […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen dismissed Prime Minister Bennett’s claim that the Netanyahu government had failed in preventing Iran from advancing its nuclear program. Speaking at the Jerusalem Post Conference which convened at the Museum of Tolerance in downtown Jerusalem, Cohen said that “I think that Iran, to this day, is not […]

SEATTLE (AP) — The Boeing Co. has told employees they must be vaccinated against COVID-19 or possibly be fired. The Seattle Times reports the deadline for workers at the aerospace giant is Dec. 8. “Compliance with these requirements is a condition of employment,” states a Boeing internal presentation from Tuesday viewed by the newspaper. “Employees […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The county government that is home to Florida’s capital was fined $3.5 million on Tuesday by state health officials for requiring its employees to get COVID-19 vaccines and for firing 14 workers who failed to get the shots. The Florida Department of Health issued the fine for Leon County, saying the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Heath officials on Tuesday authorized the first electronic cigarettes in the U.S., saying the R.J. Reynolds vaping products can benefit adult smokers. The Food and Drug Administration said data submitted by the company showed its Vuse e-cigarettes helped smokers either quit or significantly reduce their use of cigarettes, the leading preventable cause […]