JERUSALEM (VINnews) — At a special event organized at the Knesset by UTJ leader Moshe Gafni to express appreciation for the heroic work of Chareidi volunteers during the period of coronavirus, opposition leader Yair Lapid spoke and expressed his jealousy towards the volunteers. “Not many people know this but I am a direct descendant of […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In an unprecedented encroachment on free speech in Israel, Whatsapp last week permanently blocked the numbers of the wife of MK Itamar Ben Gvir as well as some 30 members of the Lehava movement in Israel including director Bentzi Gofstein. The social media giant did not offer any prior warning or explanation […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli soldier and a civilian were stabbed near a light rail station in east Jerusalem on Monday before the terrorist was shot and killed by police. The attack came in the the tense aftermath of an 11-day war between Israel and Gaza’s terrorist Hamas rulers that was triggered by protests and […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein announced on Sunday that in light of the country’s low and stable coronavirus morbidity figures, he will not seek an extension of the current pandemic-related restrictions, which are set to expire on June 1. This marks the first time that restrictions will have been fully lifted since […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Israeli foreign ministry released Monday the names of the five Israelis killed in a cable car accident in the Italian Alps on Sunday. The accident which claimed 14 lives included five members of one Israeli family: Amit Biran (30), his wife, Tal Peleg-Biran (26) and their two-year-old son Tom, as well […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the last few days a new Mikve was inaugurated in Tehran, the capital of Iran, for the 8000-strong local Jewish community. The Mikve, which was built under the supervision of Iranian chief rabbi Yehuda Gerami, maintains all halachic specifications and stringencies and has a unique facility of purifying all the waters […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A week after the tragic collapse of bleachers at the Karlin shul in Givat Zeev led to the deaths of two chasidim with hundreds more injured, the Chareidi world is beginning to take stock and to adopt more stringent safety measures at mass events. Rabbi Chaim Kanievski responded recently to the tragic […]

NEW YORK (AP) – New coronavirus cases across the United States have tumbled to rates not seen in more than 11 months, sparking optimism that vaccination campaigns are stemming both severe COVID-19 cases and the spread of the virus. As cases, hospitalizations and deaths steadily dropped this week, pre-pandemic life in America has largely resumed. […]

BOSTON (AP) — A highly contagious disease originating far from America’s shores triggers deadly outbreaks that spread rapidly, infecting the masses. Shots are available, but a divided public agonizes over getting jabbed. Sound familiar? Newly digitized records — including a minister’s diary scanned and posted online by Boston’s Congregational Library and Archives — are shedding […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The two leading candidates for the 11th Israeli president, who will be chosen by the Knesset on June 2nd, are Yitzchak Herzog, son of Israel’s 6th president Chaim Herzog and grandson of Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Herzog, and Miriam Peretz, a bereaved mother who lost two sons in battle but has become a […]