NEW YORK (VINnews) — “It says that one mustn’t cry on Shabbos but this Shabbos I couldn’t hold back tears three times,” Rebbetzin Miriam Moskowitz, the Chabad emissary in Kharkiv, described. “The first time was on Friday night when we succeed in getting to the shul. At kiddush we were downstairs in the dining room […]

UKRAINE (VINnews) — In this stirring video, a group of men, women, and children, caught in the middle of the Ukraine war, are reciting Tehillim as they huddle in a cramped basement. Premlishan is in the Lviv province, which is currently under siege by Russian forces. The town has a robust Jewish history that dates […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — On the fourth day of Russian’s invasion of the Ukraine, a number of cities in the country are encircled by Russian forces but they have not yet succeeded in conquering any major city and are meeting fierce resistance from local Ukrainians, even in the city of Kharkiv which has a largely […]

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces put up fierce resistance to slow the advance of the larger and more powerful Russian military closing in on the capital, as the U.S. and EU rushed ammunition and weapons to Kyiv and announced powerful new financial sanctions aimed at further isolating Moscow. Terrified men, women and children sought […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — The third day of fighting in the Ukraine including continued battles raging across the country, with the outgunned Ukrainians succeeding in holding their capital and other key cities despite repeated Russian attacks. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky remained defiant, urging his citizens to defend the country with whatever they have. “We have […]

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com There are growing cases of Lyme Disease happening in the Five Towns.  Lyme Disease can be much more serious than we think.  It may also be much more prevalent than we think. As we speak, however, there is a great debate going on as to whether there are only […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — The second day of the Russian invasion of the Ukraine has seen Russia attempting to consolidate its territorial gains and close in on Kyiv, the capital of the Ukraine, despited determined resistance from the outgunned Ukrainian army. 10:31 GMT – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Moscow will only be ready […]

GENEVA (VINnews) — Last year, President Biden announced that he gave Vladimir Putin a list of 16 “critical infrastructure” targets that should be off-limits for cyberattacks. Practically speaking, that means Biden gave one of the most dangerous men on the planet a recipe to cripple the United States. (And he announced it, to boot). Remember […]

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — The Ukrainian airforce is trying to repel the Russian airforce which is attacking army installations throughout the country. Russia claims that it is using targeted weapons against Ukrainian military infrastructure. 03:00 GMT – Putin announces invasion Putin announces an attack in Donbas and calls on Ukraine’s military to lay down its […]