NEW YORK (VINnews) — New York Hatzolah has sent out a message to the community regarding Purim amid the Coronavirus outbreak. The message is below. Dear Community Member, We are sure that you are all following recent news and events concerning COVID-19, a new strain of Coronavirus. There are increasing amounts of confirmed cases in […]

CALIFORNIA (JTA) – Michael Steinmetz was uncertain about inviting his grandmother to visit his marijuana factory in Mendocino County. Masha Steinmetz is 89 and an observant Jew who cared for Holocaust victims as a nurse in Israel after the war. Originally from Romania, she lived most of her life in Venezuela, a predominantly Catholic country […]

NEW YORK (JTA) —“Really, Mother?! A BELL?!” Dinner was ready at around 7 p.m., so I walked down the hall to my children’s wing and dropped off their plates — with a bell, so they could ring for me and get my attention when I didn’t have my phone with me. Because as of 4:34 […]

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he plans to enlist schoolchildren to help disinfect public areas from the coronavirus. “This virus is sensitive to bleach and we must act in an orderly way to disinfect railway stations, bus stations, etc.,” the prime minister said in a statement. “To this end, over […]

BELGIUM (JTA) – Over the past two years, at least five parades featuring offensive depictions of Jews have taken place in EU member countries. The first happened in the Belgian city of Aalst, whose renowned carnival in 2019 featured effigies of grinning Jews holding bags of money. One of the figures had a rat on […]

WESTCHESTER (VINnews) — As reported by VINnews, ann Orthodox Jewish man was hospitalized with coronavirus and was reportedly in seriious condition. The man has been identified as Lawrence Garbuz, a partner in the law firm Lewis and Garbuz, P.C. On Friday, the wife of Lawrence Garbuz took to Facebook to post an update on her […]

NEW YORK (JTA) — Seven Yeshiva University students filed a discrimination complaint over the school’s refusal to approve an LGBTQ student group. The complaint was filed with the city Human Rights Commission last month, the New York Post reported over the weekend. The complaint states that YU has “refused to allow an official LGBTQ student […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — First came the prayer ceremony at the conclusion of the Sabbath with their families, then, the celebration on the basketball court and the overflowing joy of March Madness victory. Yeshiva University beat Penn State Harrisburg 102-83 on Saturday to reach the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division III Tournament for the first […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — A young man from the Sephardic community of Flatbush is in serious condition after returning from a trip to Italy. While he is suspected of having coronavirus, the test results have not yet proven so. The man, in his 30s, has been hospitalized upon his return from Milan, and is currently […]

NEW YORK (JTA) — Over the course of our millennial history, Jews have had many encounters with contagious diseases. Often we’re blamed for them. Maybe I’m paranoid, but I can’t help feel uneasy with the amount of attention the New York Jewish community is receiving because of the first confirmed cases of the coronavirus. (We […]