NEW YORK (JNS) — For many of the attendees at last week’s “Never Is Now” conference in New York, which was sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League, the global and, perhaps, geopolitical impacts on the rise in anti-Semitism were front and center of the discussions. But for a significant number of attendees, the concern was more […]

WILLIAMSBURG (VINnews) – The massive Metlife Stadium where the Siyum Hashas will be held on January 1st is nearly sold out, and Agudath Israel of America has booked a second venue: Barclays Center in Brooklyn. With around 93,000 seats at MetLife, the additional 19,000 seats at Barclays will bring the number of participants to an […]

WILLIAMSBURG (VINnews) — A minivan has crashed into a supermarket in Williamsburg. The accident occured at a fruit & vegetable store on the corner of S 9th St and Roebling Street. It appears that the accident started by the minivan being involved in a collision with a taxi in the intersection near the store. Hatzalah […]

MONSEY (VINnews) — The victim of the brutal stabbing attack in Monsey last week has now undergone a third surgery since the attack. This surgery was to put his eye back in its socket. When the victim woke up for surgery, he requested to call his father. The victim has already had two other surgeries, which […]

HEVRON(VINnews) — The Machpela Cave has known ups and downs in recent history. During the period of Turkish rule Jews were not permitted to enter the ancient Herodean edifice built above the cave and could only pray at the seventh step adjacent to the wall of the cave. Even during the British mandate Jews were […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Tens of thousands of sellers on Amazon.com are facing financial ruin overnight due to the consumer retail giant’s draconian new policy regarding items which are claimed to be counterfeit. The company has decided that even if one or two items are claimed to be counterfeit, without the claim even being corroborated, […]

This past Sunday, Bonei Olam arranged for rabbonim to hear from a renowned Swedish doctor who is a pioneer in the field of uterus transplants and was the first to deliver a healthy baby by such a procedure just four years ago. Over the last two decades, b’rachamei Shomayim, incredible medical developments have been witnessed, […]

NEW YORK (JTA) — New York state police officers must be trained in how to recognize and respond to hate crimes under a new law. The bill comes as hate crimes in general — and anti-Semitic incidents in particular — are on the rise in New York City. Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods in Brooklyn have seen […]

WILLIAMSBURG (VINnews) — Another assault on a Jew in NYC has occured, this time in Willimasburg. This time the perpetrator was immediately arrested. A 13-year-old Hasidic teen was walking in the area of Marcy Avenue and Myrtle Avenue at approximately 5 PM, when he was approached by an African American male who punched him in […]

LONDON(VINnews) — A brave Muslim woman who stood up for a Jewish family subjected to racial abuse on the London underground has met the dad whose family she stood up for. Asma Shuweikh, 36, a mother of two from Birmingham was hailed as a hero by online users after footage taken by a London journalist […]