HOUSTON (JNS) – A 38-year-old man who ran a website called Our Unique Family about the nine adopted boys he claimed to be raising as Chassidic Jews as a single father is facing charges that he sexually abused his adopted kids and other children. The man now goes by Chaim Nissim Cohen but was born […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — As huge demonstrations and traffic disruptions spread throughout Israel in a “Day of Disruptions” orchestrated by groups opposed to the judicial reforms, the Knesset continues to promote the laws which will make up the reform. Despite the tensions within the government, with the resignations of Avi Maoz and Meir Porush and the […]

NEW YORK (JTA) – When a pair of professors earlier this month published a paper accusing a group of Wikipedia editors from Poland of revising articles to distort the history of the Holocaust, their research went viral. Most academic articles are seen by dozens or hundreds of people at best. This one, published in The Journal […]

TEMPE, Greece (AP) — A passenger train and an oncoming freight train collided in a fiery wreck in northern Greece early Wednesday, killing 26 people and injuring at least 85, Fire Service officials said. Multiple cars derailed and at least three burst into flame after the collision near Tempe, some 380 kilometers (235 miles) north […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — As Israel’s judicial reforms continue to encounter vehement opposition from leading groups in the economy and academia, a new threat has been issued by members of elite reserve IDF units, stating that they will not perform their reserve duty if called to service in protest of the judicial upheaval. On Monday, veterans […]

We are heartbroken to report that dual U.S./Israeli citizen – 27 year old Elan Ganeles HY”D from West Hartford CT – has been confirmed as the man who was murdered by a Palestinian terrorist. Mr. Ganeles was shot to death while driving near the West Bank city of Jericho amid an outbreak of violence between […]

BROOKLYN (VINnews/Sandy Eller) – A Hasidic Williamsburg resident is in stable condition, recovering from a hit and run that took place last week in Midwood. The incident took place on February 23rd on Newkirk Avenue near East 21st Street. Sources told VIN News that the victim who asked to remain unnamed, who works in the […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) – Thousands of mourners gathered at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem Monday afternoon to pay their last respects to Hillel Yaniv and Yagel Yaniv, the two brothers who were murdered in a terrorist shooting attack in the Arab town of Huwara in Samaria Sunday.

HUWARA — (JTA) A Palestinian gunman shot and killed two Israeli brothers driving through a West Bank town. A Palestinian was reportedly killed but details remain vague. Israeli leaders called on the rioters to stop. The attacks took place as Israeli and Palestinian officials met in Jordan to stem a recent escalation in violence, though […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — BDE: In a horrific shooting attack which occurred in the Arab village of Hawarra adjacent to Shechem, two young Israelis were murdered. According to eyewitnesses, the terrorists apparently banged their car into the back of the Israelis’ car and then fired on them, killing them both. Emergency rescue workers tried unsuccessfully to […]