NEW YORK (VINnews) — Although Lee Zeldin fell short on Election Day, his support among Jews had a huge impact on other races in the state. Several Republican candidates defeated high-profile Democrats, especially in orthodox Jewish communities. In fact, as control of the House comes down to the wire, Mike Lawler’s stunning upset victory in […]

ISTANBUL (AP/VINnews) — An explosion on Istanbul’s popular pedestrian Istiklal Avenue Sunday has left people dead and injured, a senior official said. Istanbul Gov. Ali Yerlikaya tweeted that the explosion occurred at about 4:20 p.m. (1320 GMT) and that there were deaths and injuries, but he did not say how many. The cause of the […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman called on Prime Minister Lapid to “fire” chief rabbi Yitzchak Yosef after he called for the Knesset to legislate an override clause against the Supreme Court. Liberman claimed that the chief rabbi’s political intervention is not his first, as he called a few days ago to raise the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – Democrats kept control of the Senate on Saturday, repelling Republican efforts to retake the chamber and making it harder for them to thwart President Joe Biden’s agenda. The fate of the House was still uncertain as the GOP struggled to pull together a slim majority there. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s victory in […]

DALLAS (AP) — Two historic military planes collided and crashed to the ground Saturday during an air show in Dallas, exploding into a ball of flames and sending plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky. It was not clear how many people were on board the planes. Emergency crews raced to the crash scene […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A chareidi IDF officer met a chareidi girl on a shidduch and they agreed to get married. The couple went to register for marriage in the rabbinate and discovered to their consternation that the officer was not Jewish. Despite having studied in yeshiva, the choson had not been aware that he was […]

KIRYAS JOEL (VINnews) — On Thursday, Governor ⁦Kathy Hochul personally called Rebbe Aron, the Satmar Rebbe of Kiryas Joel, to thank him for his support. A far sighted and forward looking decision by the Rebbe shlita who truly understood what is in the best interests of the ENTIRE community NOT just his own! Retweet if […]

The following is an unedited statement from Donald Trump, released moments ago: NewsCorp, which is Fox, the Wall Street Journal, and the no longer great New York Post (bring back Col!), is all in for Governor Ron DeSanctimonious, an average REPUBLICAN Governor with great Public Relations, who didn’t have to close up his State, but did, unlike other Republican Governors, whose overall numbers for a Republican, were just average—middle of the pack—including COVID, and who has the advantage of SUNSHINE, where people from badly run States up North would go no matter who the Governor was, just like I did!

BROOKLYN (VINnews/Sandy Eller) – A charismatic Chasidic rabbi who has amassed a following of thousands within the Breslover community has declared war on wedding invitations, describing them as an unnecessary expense that have outlived their intended purpose. Rabbi Yoel Roth, head of Mosdos Heichal Hakodesh Breslev in Williamsburg, is well known for his daily doses […]

NEW JERSEY (Justice Dept/VINnews) – A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man was arrested today for transmitting via the internet a manifesto containing threats to attack a synagogue and Jewish people, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Omar Alkattoul, 18, of Sayreville, New Jersey, was arrested this morning and is charged by complaint with one count […]