by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Sefas Tamim Foundation Professor Cyrille Cohen speaks Truth to Power on French Television for attacking his Yarmulke.  Dr. Cohen is the head of the Laboratory of Immunotherapy and the Vice Dean of Bar Ilan University’s Life Sciences Faculty.  He was invited to a French television show to discuss Covid-19.  […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — As Jerusalem’s light rail project continues to progress through chareidi neighborhoods, opposition to the project has grown more vociferous and more violent. In the last week, there have been repeated acts of vandalism and destruction of municipal property on Bar Ilan street, the central thoroughfare which the train is slated to traverse. […]

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman The acts of hate against Klal Yisroel are reaching a proportion and dimension unheard of in decades. Shootings in shuls. A Yeshiva student shot and killed in Denver  Even the words of Kanye West and his ilk are reminiscent of the pronouncements of Father Coughlin during the 1940’s. 1979 was the […]

LAKEWOOD (VINnews) — A Yeshiva Bochur was transported to Jersey Shore Trauma Center on Thursday after he was stabbed. The incident took place inside a Yeshiva building on Cross Street at approximately 5 PM Thursday evening. While the victim’s condition was listed as serious, he is reported to be stable. Police have arrested a suspect.

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Former prime minister Naftali Bennett filed a NIS 1 million (over $292,000) defamation lawsuit this week against Rabbi Ronen Shaulov.  Rabbi Shaulov is a baal teshuvah who has succeeded in inspiring thousands toward a religious life.  The lawsuit was because the Rabbi had falsely claimed that Bennett’s parents, Myrna […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — All of Likud’s potential coalition partners, which are predominantly religious parties, are demanding that the Law of Return be changed. Currently, the law allows grandchildren of Jews to make Aliya and receive benefits even if neither of their parents is Jewish, as long as they do not practice another religion. In 2020, […]

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com In the November 18th, 2022 edition of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jssr.12812), a study was published by Dr. Yosef Sokol, Naomi Rosenbach,Chayim Rosensweig,Chynna Levin,Shifra Hubner, and Isaac Schechter entitled, “Examining Average Age at First Marriage within Orthodox Judaism: A Large Community-Based Study.” Firstly, before we […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Likud and United Torah Judaism (UTJ)are close to compromise on the controversial Draft Law issue, according to Israeli media reports. The compromise will be brought to the Council of Torah Sages of the Chasidic community, who made specific demands in the wake of the elections. The chareidim insist on the draft law […]

SAN FRANCISCO (VINnews) — Elon Musk has sacked Twitter’s General Counsel James Baker, due to his role in Twitter supressing the Hunter Biden laptop scandal. Musk made the announcement in a tweet on Tuesday, saying ‘In light of concerns about Baker’s possible role in suppression of information important to the public dialogue, he was exited […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In newly released recordings of police discussions which occurred during the hour prior to the Meron disaster in 2021, police can be heard warning their superiors of an impending catastrophe. Israel’s Kan news revealed the jarring recordings from the half hour preceding the tragic disaster in which 45 people were trampled to […]