JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In this moving clip (published by Ariel Elcharar), the director of the Laniado Hospital in Netanya’s ICU is seen here dancing with a patient who had his respirator successfully removed on Thursday.

BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — Professor Motty Ravid, the director of the Ma’ayanei Hayeshua hospital in Bnei Brak, resigned Thursday after a furious public outburst broke out over his sharp criticism of the entire Chareidi community. Ravid, who has served as director of the hospital over the past 15 years, was asked by Kan Reshet Bet […]

Catholic League president Bill Donohue has slammed New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for his unfair targeting of orthodox Jews in an attempt to curb the spread of coronavirus Donohue wrote that “Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods in New York are witnessing a spike in coronavirus infections, and the response by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is to […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rabbi Asher Weiss received a letter from a New York nurse bemoaning the fact that in her haste and tiredness she may have inadvertently caused the death of a coronavirus patient. He responded to her with the following answer (published in Kikar Hashabbat): I wish to respond briefly to the painful question […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Theoretically a parent can use force against his child to curb his insolent behavior. In most cases the child will not fight back but if the parent uses excessive force, he could scar his child for life and effectively lose any parental respect he may have had previously. This analogy sums […]

In new study, scientists from Germany's Max Planck Institute find latrines a valuable source of historical data, which they hope will aid understanding of today's diseases

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Jewish virologist and physician Harvey Alter was among three scientists awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine Monday. US-based Alter who serves as chief of the infectious disease section and the associate director for research of the Department of Transfusion Medicine at the Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center in the National Institutes […]

ASHDOD (VINnews) — When Rabbi Mordechai of Nadvorna, the greatgrandson of Rabbi Meir of Premishlan was in the last year of his life, he often said that the Holy One, Blessed Be He, likes to choose the most mehudar Tzadik (choicest righteous person) on Sukkos and performs the Mitzvah of Arba’a Minim. His chasidim did […]

MIAMI (AP) — As the summer coronavirus spike in Sunbelt states subsides, Florida has gone the furthest in lifting restrictions, especially on restaurants where the burden of ensuring safety has shifted to business owners and residents — raising concerns of a resurgence. In his drive to return the state to normalcy, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — After a period in which police appeared to have internalized that their uncouth and violent approach to the Chareidi community’s violations of COVID-19 regulations would not gain anything, the violence returned in spectacular manner during the Sukkos holiday. It appeared as if police had decided not only to target Chareidi violations of […]