NEW YORK (VINnews) — The world of chasidic music mourns the untimely passing of Reb Michoel Shnitzler, one of the most prolific and outstanding performers and composers over the last 40 years. Reb Michoel released 15 albums in his lifetime with over 150 original songs and sang at thousands of weddings, providing the joyous backdrop […]

NEW YORK (JTA) — When readers of Mishpacha magazine opened up the Passover issue, they found two surprises. The first was the unsung, mysterious story of a prolific American philanthropist, Jennie Miller Faggen, who supported dozens of European yeshivas before World War II. The second was a rarity in the world of haredi Orthodox publications: […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A bus carrying dozens of Israeli tourists flipped over in South Korea Thursday, killing at least one passenger and injuring many of those on board. According to the Foreign Ministry, a bus with 33 Israelis on board was involved in a traffic accident in the Chungcheong district in South Korea. Local officials […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a chilling post published just days before the latest set of siblings, Maayan and Sahar Assor, died a premature death in Israel during a flash flood, 24-year-old Maayan himself published a picture of the three sets of siblings who have been murdered in terrorist attacks in the last two months in […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel continued to experience unseasonably inclement weather,  including storms and torrential rains on Wednesday and Thursday. The weather conditions led to flooding in low-lying areas including in the Arava region, where a brother and sister from Tiveria, Maayan and Sahar Assor, tragically lost their lives after being swept away in flash floods […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Temple Mount was closed to Jewish visitors from Wednesday until the end of Ramadan, which is set to end near the end of next week, according to an announcement by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Tuesday afternoon. The decision was made despite the situation on the Temple Mount remaining relatively calm in […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — In an unusual incident which occurred Monday during an El Al flight from Amsterdam to Israel, Austrian fighter jets were alerted and launched near the flight after it failed to respond to regional air traffic control. The airplane was cruising at 37,000 feet over Germany when air traffic controllers from Germany […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Ukraine launched an investigation Wednesday into a gruesome video that purportedly shows the beheading of a Ukrainian soldier, in the latest accusation of atrocities said to have been committed by Russia since it invaded in February 2022. The video spread quickly online and drew outrage from officials in Kyiv, including President […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Hundreds of mourners gathered at Kfar Etzion, south of Jerusalem, Tuesday, at the Levaya of Leah (Lucy) Dee, one of three victims murdered in the Jordan Valley terrorist shooting attack last Friday. Dee survived the initial attack and was in very serious condition, succumbing to her wounds Monday. During the funeral, one […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In unusually stormy weather for April in Israel, a large number of people were caught in flash floods Monday and swept away in their cars in the Arava region of Israel. The weather, which had been calm until late in the day, changed dramatically and suddenly with thunderstorms over the entire country […]