JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A senior IDF officer collapsed and died Thursday during a fitness training session at an Israeli military base. Col. Sharon Asman had just taken command of the Nahal infantry brigade on Monday and was doing fitness training with soldiers at the unit’s Beit Lid base when he collapsed. Asman received immediate medical […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — In an astonishing display of insensitivity regarding the unique phenomenon of anti-Semitism, the director of the worldwide professional organization for children’s book authors, Lin Oliver, decided to apologize to Muslim and Palestinian members of the organization after a condemnation of anti-semitism issued by the Equity and Inclusion officer of the organization […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Many Israelis have been caught lately smuggling the khat plant around Europe and among them were quite a few chareidim. Kikar Hashabat reports that 4 yeshiva students were arrested in a Dutch hotel after they were caught with khat. The students were sent to different jails in order to make their incarceration […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A female soldier was lightly to moderately injured at a Jordan Valley outpost Wednesday morning and her weapon was stolen from her by a Palestinian terrorist, who then attempted to flee with the weapon from the scene. IDF forces in the region chased down the suspect who was transferred for interrogation by […]

WASHINGTON — Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says the CDC is leaving it up to local officials to set guidelines for mask-wearing as the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus surges in areas with low vaccination rates. Walensky said Wednesday on NBC’s “Today” show that “we’ve always […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Dr. Meshulam Hart, the personal physician of Rabbi Chaim Kanievski, issued a letter Tuesday in which he called on children aged 12 and above to vaccinate against COVID-19. The letter received the approbation of Rabbi Chaim and Rabbi Gershon Edelstein. The letter, which is entitled “And you shall tell the the way […]

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s government says it will ban all passenger flights from the U.K. starting Thursday as it seeks to curb the spread of new variants of the coronavirus. It said in a statement Monday that the U.K. has been classified as “extremely high risk.“ Under the classification, people who have stayed […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Rescue workers at the site of the South Champlain Tower in Miami have identified the bodies of Reb Yehuda Aryeh Leib Olivekowitz (79) and his wife Ruth (74) in the rubble of the collapsed tower. A third Jewish victim, Stacey Fang (54) was identified Sunday. In all, 9 victims of the […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — While the world looks on in horror as rescue workers continue to try and save some of the more than 150 people trapped under the rubble of the South Champlain Tower in Miami, some stories of miraculous survival are already being told. Sarah Nir, a Chabad mother of 6, returned from […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Defense Minister Benny Gantz announced Saturday night that a delegation from the IDF’s search and rescue team will be sent to Miami to help in the rescue effort at the site of the collapse of the South Tower of the Champlain Towers building. Gantz decided in coordination with Israel’s Foreign Ministry as […]