JERUSALEM (VINnews) — During the course of a condolence visit by the Sadigura Rebbe of Jerusalem to Rabbi Leo Dee, who lost his wife and two daughters in a terrorist attack on Pesach, Rabbi Dee made an unusual request of the rebbe. Firstly he asked the Rebbe if he waves the Israeli flag and the […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a terrorist shooting attack which occurred in the Shimon Hatzadik neighborhood of Jerusalem on Tuesday morning, two Breslov chasidim returning from prayers at the tomb of Shimon Hatzadik were shot in their car by a lone terrorist, suffering light to moderate injuries. The terrorist, who allegedly opened their car and shot […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Tamara Qiblawi, a Lebanese-born journalist working for CNN since 2015, has been forced to delete anti-Israeli posts that she wrote on social networks, according to a report by i24NEWS Sunday. Qiblawi, a senior producer for the outlet’s Middle East division, had attacked Israel online, stating that “the attacks in the West […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In what police have deemed a nationalistically-motivated act of vandalism, a resident of one of Jerusalem’s Arab neighborhoods was shot Sunday night after he shouted, “Allahu Akhbar,” set fire to some vehicles and damaged several others. The suspect, in his 20s, carried out his acts of violence and arson in the Jewish […]

NEW YORK (JTA) — Hillary and Chelsea Clinton have produced a documentary about a Holocaust survivor that will debut on PBS on Tuesday, timed to Yom Hashoah, or Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day. “How Saba Kept Singing” tells the story of David Wisnia, a cantor who survived the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp for nearly three years, helped […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In an exclusive interview with the British-based Sky News outlet, Rabbi Leo Dee, the father and husband of the three British Israelis murdered in the Jordan Valley attack this month said that he is immensely proud of his wife and daughters, and called on the international community to come together to bring […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The draft law is due to be submitted to the Knesset in the summer session and Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich is responsible for promoting a new version of the law which will balance the requirements of the chareidim and the need to integrate them into the workforce, according to a Yisrael Hayom […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a move which could affect Israel’s credit ratings and future investments in its economy, credit assessors Moody’s changed its outlook on Israeli credit ratings from positive to stable, while affirming the A1 status of foreign-currency and local-currency senior unsecured and foreign-currency and local-currency long-term issuer ratings. The Moody’s assessment published Friday had […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Gerer chasidic sect’s Communications Committee issued a declaration in the sect’s various shuls describing what it termed the “loopholes in multimedia systems in cars” and stressing that Tesla cars, which have systems which cannot be filtered, should not be purchased or used. Entitled “Bal Yeraeh U’Bal Yimatze” [should not be seen […]

ISRAEL (VINnews) — An Israeli diplomat is being decimated on Twitter, after he spread vicious lies about Charedim on social media. Raphael Schutz, Diplomat at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, posted a video clip of a group of Charedim who appear to be walking in the Old City. The group appeared to spit on […]