JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A 27-year-old female terrorist who brandished a knife and attempted to carry out a stabbing attack at the entrance of Maale Adumin, on Jerusalem’s eastern outskirts on Thursday morning was neutralized by security forces at the scene. The terrorist was hit in the lower body and suffered moderate injuries. There were no […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli warplanes attacked installations of the Hamas terror group in the Gaza Strip early Thursday morning, according to an IDF report. The attack came hours after Palestinians fired six rockets into southern Israel in an apparent revenge attack for the Israeli operation in Shechem on Wednesday, which led to the deaths of […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — BDE: In a terrible tragedy which occurred early Thursday morning in the city of Kiryas Joel, Monroe, a fire which broke out in a local home claimed the lives of three people: R’ Kalman Glustein, his wife and seven-year-old daughter. The fire apparently broke out late in the night as the […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Jerusalem District Prosecutor submitted an indictment against a 13-year-old Jerusalem resident on charges of attempted murder. The youth perpetrated the terror attack three weeks ago in the City of David, in which IDF officer Nadav Weinberg was seriously injured. Weinberg succeeded in shooting the terrorist and preventing him from continuing his […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The IDF and police special forces are conducting an unusual daylight operation in Shechem in an attempt to arrest wanted terror suspects. Heavy fire has broken out as the forces attempted to surround a house in the heart of the city with terror suspects inside. The surprise raid was initiated after Shin […]

JORDAN (VINnews) — In a disgraceful display, Jordanian government officials cut the leather straps off the Tefillin of Dubai’s Sefardic Chief Rabbi. Airport security officials in Amman slashed Rabbi Moshe Khaliva’s Tefillin as he attempted to board a connecting flight to Abu Dhabi. According to the Jordanians, the leather straps could be used “to hang […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Despite the incessant shelling and sirens in the Ukrainian capital, a unique and moving Jewish event occurred on Monday in Kyiv, Ukraine. Three older Jews, one of them aged 86, elected to have a Bris Milah and join the covenant of Avraham Avinu. Rabbi Moshe Asman, the chief rabbi of Ukraine, […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — After the recent devastating earthquake in Turkey, a delegation of ZAKA voluntary emergency response teams from Israel scoured the ruins of Antakya, Turkey, searching for the remains of the president of the tiny, 2,200-year-old Jewish community. After they had located the president and his wife, who were tragically killed in the earthquake, […]

NEW YORK (JTA) — The Israeli government’s controversial judicial reform plan cleared a major hurdle as its parliament, the Knesset, voted to advance a key piece of the plan. The 63-47 vote took place early Tuesday morning, following a second week of mass protests outside the Knesset in Jerusalem. The bill was introduced by Prime […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Journalist Sivan Rahav-Meir described in an Arutz Sheva article the demise of one of the most ancient Jewish communities, which has existed for over 2,200 years. “Look at this picture. The last Jew of Antakya, Turkey, is putting on tefillin. An ancient Jewish community ceased to exist this week, and Gilad Nir […]