JERUSALEM (VINnews) – Yonatan Havakuk, Oren Ben Yiftah and Boaz Gol, the three victims of the terrorist attack in Elad, were laid to rest on Friday afternoon. A joint funeral procession began at 12:30 p.m. at the site of the deadly attack the night before at Ibn Gabirol Square in the central city. Heartbreaking: one […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Reb Shulem Fisher, a prominent businessman and Erloi chassid who performed numerous acts of charity and supported many widows and orphans, passed away Thursday in Laniado hospital, Netanya. Fisher was 65 years old and had been suffering from cancer over the past two years. Reb Shulem Fisher was born on 13 Iyar […]

WILLIAMSBURG (VINnews) — Two Jewish men were robbed by several suspects early Wednesday morning in Williamsburg. The incident occured at approximately 3:00 AM on Wednesday morning in the area of Lee Ave & Rodney St. Security footage posted by Williamsburg News shows two Jewish men walking on the sidewalk, when they are accosted by a […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) — Israel is planning to end the requirement for travelers arriving at Ben-Gurion International Airport to test for COVID-19, Israeli media reported on Tuesday. It comes as more tourists are arriving for the spring season, including Birthright Israel trips. Currently, arriving passengers must take a test at their own expense. New reports by […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a horrifying road accident which occurred Tuesday in the northern Negev near Ashdod, a truck overturned on a number of cars, crushing two of the cars and killing 3 people including a mother of 10 and a mother of 8. Scene of the fatal accident The dead people were identified as […]

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a Texas-style abortion ban on Tuesday that prohibits abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, part of a nationwide push in GOP-led states hopeful that the conservative U.S. Supreme Court will uphold new restrictions. “I want Oklahoma to be the most pro-life state in the […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) released data about Israel’s population prior to the country’s 74th anniversary. The data reveal that the Jewish population of Israel now tops 7 million, representing a tenfold increase from the outset of the state in 1948 when the Jewish population numbered about 670,000. Currently the population […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A draft opinion circulated among Supreme Court justices suggests that earlier this year a majority of them had thrown support behind overturning the 1973 case Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a report published Monday night in Politico. It’s unclear if the draft represents the court’s final word on […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Popular educator and speaker Rabbi Zechariah Wallerstein passed away at approximately 5:00 AM on Monday morning. He was approximately 64-years-old. The unfortunate news comes after Rabbi Wallerstein suffered from an illness for several years. Rabbi Wallerstein was famous for being the founder of the Ohr Naava institute, daring to step out […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov caused outrage Sunday after he stated that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Jewishness does not negate his Nazism since Adolf Hitler also “had Jewish blood.” Lavrov’s scandalous anti-semitic jibe was condemned by Jewish officials worldwide. Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid slammed Lavrov’s “unforgivable, scandalous statement” and added “this is […]