TORONTO (JTA) — Police and school authorities are investigating an incident in which Toronto middle school students gave the Hitler salute to a teacher who is the daughter of Holocaust survivors. The incident is the third such display of Nazi symbology at middle schools in North York, a Toronto district, in recent weeks. “One of […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Rabbi Avraham Wolf, the leader of one of Odessa’s two main Jewish communities, is preparing for a possible war on a communal scale. Rabbi Wolf has purchased enough sugar, macaroni and tin cans to maintain his community for an entire year, according to a New York Times report. Additionally, he has […]

  by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com AT a Torah uMesorah convention about ten years ago or so, Rav Yissachar Frand once commented, “No one is jealous of another person’s…           eyeglass prescription.” It is an important point.  The idea is applicable for young women who have applied to seminaries, and […]

COLLEYVILLE (JTA) — Residents of Colleyville, Texas, the community where a rabbi and three of his congregants were held hostage for 12 hours at the local synagogue last month, woke up over the weekend to find antisemitic flyers on their driveways and yards. The flyers, which were strewn about the town in plastic zip-top bags […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Eli Avidar, a member of the Bennett coalition and the Yisrael Beitenu party, is set to resign his position as Minister Without Portfolio. Avidar has summoned a press conference at 2 PM where he will issue his resignation. Avidar’s move will further weaken Israel’s already fragile coalition, as he is now an […]

WILLIAMSBURG (VINnews) — In at least two separate incidents, occupants of an unidentified vehicle have been terrorizing local Jews while driving through Williamsburg. The first incident occured this past Friday night. According to footage posted to Twitter by Williamsburg News, a group of Jews are seen standing at the corner of Harrison Ave & Lynch […]

MERON (VINnews) — Last week, Israeli authorities demolished the “Gesher HaKohamim”, the special bridge that allowed Kohanim to gain access to the Kever HaRashbi in a halachically permissible way. The official reason for the demolition was safety concerns, however Charedi leaders claim that it did not improve safety conditions. They say the government had ulterior […]

MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin is ordering forces to maintain peace in eastern Ukraine. But it is not immediately clear whether or when troops would enter the country. The announcement follows a day of fast-moving developments in which Putin announced the recognition of separatist regions in Ukraine. The United States […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — US intelligence sources claimed Sunday that Russia has lists of Ukrainians “to be killed or sent to camps” in the event of an invasion. In a letter to the UN Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet, the US alleges that Moscow’s post-invasion planning would involve torture, forced disappearances and “widespread human […]

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia on Sunday rescinded earlier pledges to pull tens of thousands of its troops back from Ukraine’s northern border, a move that U.S. leaders said put Russia another step closer to what they said was the planned invasion of Ukraine. Residents of Ukraine’s capital filled a gold-domed cathedral to pray for […]

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