NEW YORK (JTA) — The Centers for Disease Control has published a study conducted by the medical committee of the Camp Ramah network, highlighting the Jewish camps’ highly successful safety measures for avoiding the spread of COVID-19 this past summer. Between June and August, nine Ramah campers tested positive for the virus, out of a […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) —In the coming week, Jews worldwide will celebrate the completion of Beitzah, a tractate in the Talmud Bavli which is being studied according to Daf Yomi, the 7-year cycle of study of a folio a day. The tractate opens with a discussion about eggs and deals with their halachic rules at length and […]

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Foreign tourists won’t be welcomed back to Australia until at least next year, the prime minister said Tuesday as he outlined plans for lifting some of the toughest and longest COVID-19 travel restrictions imposed by any democracy. The country will instead prioritize the return of skilled migrants and students after it […]

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s government acknowledged Monday what most other countries did long ago: It can no longer completely get rid of the coronavirus. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a cautious plan to ease lockdown restrictions in Auckland, despite an outbreak there that continues to simmer. Since early in the pandemic, New […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Archaeologists from the Christian-based Doubting Thomas Research Foundation claim to have located one of the holiest sites in the Bible: Mount Sinai, the place where the Torah was given. Moreover they see it as in an entirely different country from what is now known as Sinai, at the northwestern tip of Saudia […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Lily Ebert swore that if she would survive the Holocaust, she would tell the world about what had happened. For many decades Ebert lectured in universities and schools, a living witness to the horrors inflicted by the Nazis. However COVID-19 curtailed many of these activities and the feisty 97-year-old survivor, who […]

NEW YORK (JTA) — After Nazi graffiti was found at a Jewish cemetery in Argentina last week, the local Jewish community wanted to do more than just paint it over. So on Friday, the local Jewish community of Sante Fe, a province about 300 miles northwest of Buenos Aires, convened representatives of other religious groups […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Intelligence Minister Elazar Stern visited New York’s Park East synagogue in Manhattan on Shabbos and spoke after prayers to the attendees as well as to members of the neighboring synagogue for Iranian expatriates. Stern mentioned that both of his parents survived the Holocaust, one in Auschwitz and another in Mauthausen. While […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A huge rally attended by leading rabbis in Israel including Rabbi Chaim Kanievski is taking place in the Arena center in southern Jerusalem. The rally is timed to coincide with the Bein Hazmanim period as well as marking the beginning of the Shmita year 5782, in which thousands of farmers will leave […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel restricted its COVID Green Pass on Sunday to allow only those who have received a vaccine booster dose or recently recuperated from coronavirus to enter indoor venues. The new criteria mean that nearly 2 million people will lose their vaccination passport in the coming days. Israel is the first country to […]