By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com A recent article published by JTA highlighted a Siyum HaShas for women only – spearheaded by an orthodox woman. Michelle Cohen Farber, founder of Hadran: Advancing Talmud Study for Women and Daf Yomi for Women is organizing the first ever global daf yomi siyum for women.  Farber has rented […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Mayor deBlasio was fully aware of an attempt by city officials to delay the release of a report which contained the results of an investigation into the quality of private Yeshiva education for his own political gain, according to the New York Post. The damning allegations against the mayor have come […]

LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Three Los Angeles Jewish schools were tagged with anti-Semitic graffiti days after a synagogue in Beverly Hills was found vandalized. A swastika and hateful messages including the phrase “time to pay” were found spray-painted at the American Jewish University in Bel Air, the Westwood Charter School and Milken Community High School […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Members of Williamsburg’s Jewish community took steps to take their safety into their own hands on Monday, as they attended axe-throwing self-defense classes in New York City, in the wake of the recent deadly anti-Semitic shooting in Jersey City. The classes are led by former NYPD officer and martial arts expert […]

NEW YORK (JTA) — Park Avenue Synagogue reopened here after a $96 million expansion. The prominent Conservative synagogue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side held a rededication ceremony earlier this month to open an expanded campus, which took six years to build. The building, which was constructed in 1927, had not been renovated since 1981. The […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — A Jewish woman was assaulted in the NYC subway, after first being told “it’s good the they killed Jews in New Jersey, they should have killed all of you”. Lihi Aharon got onto the NYC Subway station by Tribeca, Manhattan after her school’s induction ceremony. She got onto the number 2 […]

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Jews fleeing Iran and the Arab world in the decades following the establishment of Israel left behind approximately $150 billion worth of property, according to an internal government analysis. The figures cited by the Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom are significantly lower than those from news reports earlier this year claiming that Israel was preparing to demand […]

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish authorities on Friday arrested a far-right leader and plan to charge him with public incitement of hatred against Jews, officials said. The Internal Security Agency arrested Jacek Miedlar, who is also a former priest, according to the agency and the prosecutor’s office in the western city of Wroclaw. Stanislaw Zaryn, […]

ORANGE COUNTY (VINnews) — Sewer permits for at least 3,000 existing and planned homes in Kiryas Joel are being held back by Orange County. According to the a report by the Times Herald record, the permits aren’t being approved yet since it is currently unclear whether the existing sewer lines will be able to handle […]

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THIS IS WHY THE FERENCZ FAMILY FUND HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED Jersey City, drenched in a river of blood and tears, needs an outpouring of support. Give generously to The Ferencz Family Fund NOW Leah Minda Ferencz and her husband, Moshe Dovid, owned and operated a small kosher grocery in Jersey City. […]