JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A huge fire broke out at the Beirach Moshe-Satmar shul in Geulah on Shabbos morning at 4:30 AM. The entire Beis Midrash was gutted and significant damage was caused to the Talmud Torah situated on the upper floor. Some of the Sifrei Torah and Tefillin were damaged in the fire but firemen […]

NEW YORK (JNS) —The New York City Council approved a plan Thursday to name a block in Harlem after National of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad. “Early on, Elijah Muhammad preached about greedy Jews and advanced the longstanding antisemitic trope that Jews turned Jesus…in to the authorities,” according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. “Muhammad invited […]

NYC (VINnews) — This is a special community message from frum NYPD Inspector Ritchie Taylor, Commanding Officer of Community Affairs, saying there is currently no credible threat to the Jewish community, regarding the planned Day of Hate. It has been widely reported that the NYPD issued an alert to the Jewish community concerning the Day […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — BDE: In a terrible tragedy which occurred early Thursday morning in the city of Kiryas Joel, Monroe, a fire which broke out in a local home claimed the lives of three people: R’ Kalman Glustein, his wife and seven-year-old daughter. The fire apparently broke out late in the night as the […]

MIAMI (VINnews) – A TV station in Florida is airing exclusive footage they have obtained, were it shows an orthodox Jewish man hours before he was found dead in his car in North Miami beach, in a lot at the Wendy’s at 25 NE 167 St., just west of Interstate 95. Local 10 TV News […]

JORDAN (VINnews) — In a disgraceful display, Jordanian government officials cut the leather straps off the Tefillin of Dubai’s Sefardic Chief Rabbi. Airport security officials in Amman slashed Rabbi Moshe Khaliva’s Tefillin as he attempted to board a connecting flight to Abu Dhabi. According to the Jordanians, the leather straps could be used “to hang […]

NEW YORK (JTA) — The Israeli government’s controversial judicial reform plan cleared a major hurdle as its parliament, the Knesset, voted to advance a key piece of the plan. The 63-47 vote took place early Tuesday morning, following a second week of mass protests outside the Knesset in Jerusalem. The bill was introduced by Prime […]

NEW YORK (Agudath Israel / VINnews) — This morning, the New York Times published yet another lengthy, prejudicial article against Orthodox Jews, this time targeting Kiryas Joel, a village which “is almost entirely populated by Hasidic Jews.” The Times focuses its harsh spotlight on certain legitimate, school-related payments made by the Kiryas Joel school district […]

ERUSALEM (VINnews) — Yet another stormy day of protests and demonstrations has commenced in Israel. As members of the ruling coalition left their homes in order to travel to the Knesset and vote on new legislation, numerous protesters blocked their way and tried to prevent them from reaching the Knesset. Simcha Rothman, the head of […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) – Following the deadly terror attacks that took place near a synagogue in Neve Yaakov and two weeks later in the heart of the Ultra-Orthodox neighborhood Ramot in which 10 people were killed in total, the issue of whether or not members of the Ultra-Orthodox should carry weapons has been raised once again. […]