JERUSALEM (VINnews)— Israel’s Channel 14, the only television channel which supports the government’s judicial reforms and right-wing policies, published a new perspective on the riots taking place in Hawara. The report demonstrated that the carnage being perpetrated there is not just due to the brutal murder which took place there Sunday but rather harks back […]

MINNESOTA (Yaakov M / VINnews) — After antisemite Ilhan Omar was removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Jeremy Slevin, her “token” Jewish senior staffer, posted to Twitter. “No matter how many lies, smears and hate come her way this Jew is proud to be a part of Team Omar today and every day,” the […]

NEW YORK (VIN Podcast) — In his latest episode, Yaakov M discusses podcaster Joe Rogan’s comments in defense of Ilhan Omar. Rogan said of course “Jews are into money”, and he seemed to suggest that Omar did not say something bad about Jews. Is Rogan an antisemite? Are Jews really more “into money” than any other […]

Dear VIN, I think it is amazing that yeshivas and shuls transform the Super Bowl into a huge Kiddush Hashem. My son’s yeshiva holds a “super seder” event, where boys of all ages learn for two hours, followed by a gourmet buffet dinner. Some yeshivas pay boys money to learn. I think this is an […]

NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VINnews) — On Friday, Forward columnist Jacob Kornbluh accused President Trump of using an antisemitic trope to raise money. In a tweet, Kornbluh claimed that a Trump fundraising email accusing George Soros of trying to buy Joe Biden a second term, “invokes an antisemitic trope that depicts the Jewish billionaire […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — With all of the good intentions of the new government in Israel, and even if it does succeed in curtailing the immoderate power of the courts, the litmus test of its success will be if it provides Israelis with a sense of security. In this task it has so far failed, due […]

(Yaakov M) — The Chinese spy balloon fiasco is a microcosm of everything that is wrong with the Biden administration. First, President Biden sat around and did nothing while a Chinese balloon casually traversed thousands of miles in the U.S., likely collecting sensitive nuclear and military secrets. Then to Biden’s dismay, a civilian spotted the […]

NEW YORK (R’ Elchanan Poupko / VINnews) — Much, yet not enough, has been said about the North American Shidduch crisis. The age gap between Yeshiva students marrying women who are a few years younger than them in a community that grows every year leads to a disparity that leaves many women with no suitable […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The unceasing debate about the right of Israel to exist  legitimately according to Torah theology will continue forthwith, just as it has for the 75 years of its existence. Some see it as the portent of Moshiach, others say that its very existence delays the coming of Moshiach. This is a Machlokes […]

NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VINnews) — Chaya Raichik, aka Libs of TikTok, shared a (kosher) meal with President Trump at Mar-a-lago, and posted a photo on her personal Twitter account, praising Trump as a nice person. In response, an Orthodox Jewish social worker (let’s call him “G”) who is vocal on Twitter (with whom […]