BORO PARK (VosIzNeias) — The Boro Park community is on edge after a suspicious vehicle went around Boro Park trying to lure children on at least 3 occasions Saturday night. According to reports, the vehicle approached children between the ages of 9 and 12. Each time, the vehicle’s occupants attempted to the lure the children […]

BROOKLYN (VosIzNeias) — Here is and example of “sins for which Yom Kippur doesn’t atone”, according to Israeli website Kipah: Yigal and Sarit Sagi married in Israel and had a family together. Yigal left Israel in 2009, leaving his wife Sarit an aguna – a woman chained to marriage. About six years ago, she agreed […]

BERLIN (JTA) — Police have released a knife-wielding Syrian refugee who had to be subdued by pepper spray by security guards outside a Berlin synagogue after he crossed its security barrier. Investigators said they had to release the man, a 23-year-old from Damascus, because they did not have enough evidence to charge him with a […]

BORO PARK (VosIzNeias) — A swastika has been discovered on Monday, in what appears to be yet another New York Anti-Semitic incident. The swastika was discovered in the heart of Boro Park, on 14th Ave and 39th Street. The hateful symbol was painted in bright red, on a wooden board. The NYPD is investigating the […]

BERLIN (JNS) — Members of Germany’s Jewish community are speaking out against the World Zionist Organization’s decision to honor German Chancellor Angela Merkel with its prestigious Herzl Award. Every year, the organizations bestows the award upon figures who act to promote Zionist visionary Theodor Herzl’s “ideas for the creation of a safer and more tolerant […]

LONDON (JTA) — Hundreds of Etrogim, the citron fruit used for the holiday of Sukkot, were seized at an airport in England. The Animal and Plant Health Agency held up the shipment at the Manchester Airport under new and stricter regulations on the import of citrus fruit. Esrog importers were unaware of the new rules, […]

NEW YORK (VosIzNeias) — Census data reviewed by OJPAC shows that the average income for Hasidic Households jumped by 43.1% from 2009 through 2017. The data is based on the Village of Kiryas Joel in Orange County, NY, whose population of 23,000 is Hasidic and is the largest Hasidic population quantified by the Census. In […]

NEW YORK (VosIzNeias) — After the Women’s March finally took action against their antisemitic board members, Linda Sarsour, Tamika Mallory, and Bob Bland, by removing them, they added four more notorious antisemites. One of them, Zahra Billoo, perhaps the most vile and repugnant antisemite of them all, was immediately removed after a swift outcry to […]

BNEI BRAK (VosizNeias) — Jews worldwide are adding fervent Tefilos for the recovery of Rav Nissim Karelitz, the nephew of the Chazon Ish and one of the most prominent poskim of our generation. Rav Karelitz was hospitalized with respiratory problems Thursday and his condition deteriorated Sunday after a heart problem was discovered. Rav Nissim (93) […]

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli security authorities are working with security authorities in India to prevent a possible terror attack on Jewish or Israeli targets on Yom Kippur. An alert of such an attack during the Jewish holidays and specifically on Yom Kippur was issued based on intelligence information received from the security agencies of other […]