JERUSALEM (VINnews) — For the first time in the recent terror wave, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett paid a personal condolence visit to the shiva of Noam Raz, the senior commando killed in a firefight with terrorists near Jenin Friday. Bennett, who has been severely criticized for not attending the funerals or the shiva of the […]

AUSTRALIA (JNS) – Two Jewish men were assaulted on Sunday outside a market in Melbourne, Australia, according to media reports. Coby Gozlan, 50, was outside a local grocery when he saw an Orthodox man being taunted and pushed by another individual. Gozlan stepped in to help, but then the assailant turned and began attacking him. […]

TORONTO (VINnews) — A Toronto Jewish man has been confirmed dead after he went missing 9 months ago. 32-year-old Ariel Kaplan went missing in August of 2021, three months after he was charged with his alleged involvement in the theft of a tractor-trailer that was carrying nearly $250,000 worth of merchandise, including thousands of bottles […]

DETROIT (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk gave the strongest hint yet Monday that he would like to pay less for Twitter than his $44 billion offer made last month. Musk told a Miami technology conference that a viable deal at a lower price would not be out of the question, according to a report […]

BROOKLYN (JTA) – In a weekend marred by an act of hate-filled violence, a Jewish family from Brooklyn did their part to heal the world. On Thursday, the Hasidic couple from Brooklyn were on an outing on Governors Island with their children when they found a wallet full of $1,400 in cash. They contacted State […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Five Palestinians were arrested after they tried to ram their vehicle into Israeli Border Police in East Jerusalem on Monday evening. Their attempt was quickly put to an end with police swiftly shooting out their tires. All five occupants were captured and arrested. Four of the five terrorists are West Bank residents, […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli police thwarted a terror attack Sunday night after they arrested a Palestinian armed with an axe during patrols in Samaria. A search of the 22-year-old Palestinian’s belongings revealed a suicide letter in which he detailed his intention to perpetrate a terror attack. The terrorist was arrested during special activities by police […]

MONSEY (VINnews) — On his most recent episode of the “Halacha Headlines” Podcast, host David Lichtenstein discussed the timely issue of abortion in halacha. In addition to Rav Moshe Shternbuch of the Badatz Eidah Charedis and Rav Dovid Cohen of Gvul Yaavetz in Brooklyn, Mr. Lichtenstein interviewed reform Jewish pro-abortion activist Mara Nathan of San […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Religious Affairs Minister Matan Kahana announced Friday that he is resigning his post and will return to serve as a Yamina MK in the Knesset in order to “help strengthen the coalition.” Kahane’s resignation seems to be a desperate attempt by Yamina to close ranks and prevent further defections from the party. […]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A teenage gunman wearing military gear and livestreaming with a helmet camera opened fire with a rifle at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket in what authorities described as “racially motived violent extremism,” killing 10 people and wounding three others Saturday before he surrendered, authorities said. Police officials said the 18-year-old gunman, […]