JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Friday it would host the foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Bahrain during U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit early next week, in what would be the latest in a flurry of high-level meetings held across the Middle East. The three Arab countries normalized relations with […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Swastikas were spray-painted Wednesday and extensive damage  caused to a boarding school building adjacent to the yeshiva in Lakewood, according to a report by The Lakewood Scoop. The incident took place on Wednesday in a building that houses residential apartments near the yeshiva, in the Chareidi residential town of Lakewood – […]

NEW YORK (JTA) — As an Orthodox Jewish man, each morning Tzvi Arieli wraps his arm and forehead with tefillin, the black leather straps that connect two small boxes filled with verses from the Torah. But Arieli makes exceptions. “If I need to shoot some Russians, timing is really important. I might not be able […]

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Reb Aryeh Kanievsky shlita is the grandson of Rav Chaim zt”l, and spent many hours each day being meshamesh him.  He learned in the Ponevech Yeshiva under Rav Gershon Edelstein and under Rav Boruch Dov Povarsky. He also runs the amutah established by Rav Chaim l’zaicher nishmas his grandmother. […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The murderous attack in Beersheva on Tuesday afternoon which claimed the lives of four Israeli citizens has shocked the country to the core. Despite a spate of terrorist attacks in recent weeks in Jerusalem and the advent of Ramadan which usually brings more shrill anti-Israel rhetoric, the last place where terror was […]

BROOKLYN (VINnews) – An Orthodox activist who led the charge against city’s COVID regulations said he is running for district leader in Brooklyn’s District 48, hoping to take advantage of Mayor Eric Adams’ bid to topple the current office-holder in Borough Park. Heshy Tischler, a radio host and political gadfly, pleaded guilty last year to […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The four victims of Tuesday’s brutal terror attack have been identified. 49-year-old Dorit Yachbas, a mother of 3 from Moshav Gilat in the Western Negev, was murdered in a shopping center. Chabad emissary Moshe Kravitzki, father of 4 children and director of soup kitchen and Beit Chabad for Russian speakers Laura Yitzchak, […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Chabad community in Beersheva and around the world was plunged into mourning after it was announced that one of the victims of the brutal terror attack in the city Tuesday afternoon was Chabad emissary Rabbi Moshe Kravitzki. Rabbi Kravitzki served as the shaliach (emissary) in the Nahal Beka neighborhood in southern […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a dramatic decision by the Netanya District Rabbinical Court, the Beis Din ruled that a Jewish marriage which had taken place years earlier was nullified. The decision meant that divorce proceedings taking place in the Beis Din, including issues of custody and child support, were suspended immediately. The “Netanya Online” site […]

BNEI NRAK (VINnews) — Klal Yisroel suffered a tremendous loss over the weekend with the passing of Rav Chaim Kanievsky Zatzal. The Levaya drew a historic crowd of at least 750,000 people. Below is footage captured by a drone, in which the sprawling crowds that came to be Melave the Sar Hatorah can be seen.