JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A musical concert which took place at Jerusalem’s Binyanei Haumah conference center Monday night has raised an uproar in the chareidi community after scenes emerged of chareidi men and women dancing adjacent to one another. In the past, the gedolim have warned that such musical events can lead to a serious spiritual […]

WASHINGTON (VINnews) — Ilhan Omar, anti-semitic member of the socialist “Squad”, refused to accept an apology from Congresswoman Lauren Boebert. In fact, Omar hung up on her Republican colleague, who reached out sincerely to make amends, days after she told a joke that some people found offensive. Part of the friction stemmed from the fact […]

Two Gedolei Yisrael have spoken out against a potential government plan to desecrate the Kosel. Harav Chaim Kanievsky and Harav Gershon Edelstein have signed a scathing letter denouncing the plan, and have called upon the government to abandon it and protect the sanctity of the Kosel. Although the letter does not mention names, it is […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A gag order has been lifted by the Jerusalem Magistrate’s court, and the identities of two suspects in two decades-old murder cases have been released. The suspects are Tzvi Tzucker, son-in-law of Eliezer Berland, and Baruch Sharvit, a follower of Berland’s extremist Shuvu Bonim cult. Tzucker, who is denying the allegations, led […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) – New York City on Monday issued an advisory strongly recommending that everyone wear masks indoors at all times regardless of vaccination status, amid concern about the new, highly mutated strain of Covid named omicron. ” Dr. David Chokshi, commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, told […]

ISRAEL (VINnews) — In a rare confrontation Monday, Yoaz Handel, Israel’s Minister of Communications, met with Charedi leaders across a wide spectrum to discuss a hot-button issue. The meeting comes as tensions have flared, due to Handel’s recent attempts to interfere with the kashrus of cell phones. Specifically, he’s tried to limit the capabilities of […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — The rabbi of the Spanish Portuguese Jewish community in Amsterdam, Rabbi Yosef Tzarfati, announced his sharp opposition to the shooting of a movie about philosopher Baruch Spinoza in the community’s institutions. The rabbi stressed that the community’s herem (excommunication) of Spinoza, who abandoned and ridiculed the Jewish faith, is still in […]

PARSIPPANY (VINnews) — On Motzei Shabbos, Rav Ephraim Wachsman, renowned Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Meor Yitzchok in Monsey, delivered a fiery keynote address at the Agudah convention. Rav Wachsman lamented the fact that because of technology, what used to be unacceptable in a Yiddishe home is not only accepted but “completely normal.” The Rav has […]

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com You have a Chanukah party or a wedding to attend. Or even a dinner date with our spouse. And the question arises: Is one permitted to extinguish the Chanukah candles after they have been lit for thirty minutes?  Last year, there was a fire in a shul where the […]

BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — This past Shabbos, the Vizhnitzer Rebbe, HaRav Yisrael Hager shlit”a, spoke passionately to his followers, and implored them to accept a difficult “kabbalah”. While speaking at Shalosh Seudos, the Rebbe asked his Chassidim to give up their smartphones for the entire Chanukah. The Rebbe explained that he was given a message […]