CLEVELAND (VINnews) — A truly amazing story took place this past Shabbos in Cleveland, during a special community weekend of Chizuk spent with the Mir Yeshiva of Eretz Yisrael. A local community member related the following story on a video which was posted to Twitter: On Shabbos, a certain Russian Baalas Teshuva whose son is […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) – Top-Freezer Refrigerators Will Now be Certified with Built-in Enhanced Shabbos Mode through Collaboration between Kosher Certifying Agencies and Zman Technologies. In February 2023 GE Appliances (GEA) will begin production of a new line of OU Kosher/CRC Hisachdus-certified top-freezer refrigerators with manually operated, built-in Enhanced Shabbos Mode (EHM). These new appliances will […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel deported an Italian activist to Italy after security forces detained her during a raid in the West Bank, Israeli authorities said Tuesday, accusing her of having links to a Palestinian militant group. The Israeli military arrested Stefania Costantini during a pre-dawn incursion Monday into the the Dheisha refugee camp in the […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Israeli High Court is expected to announce its decision Thursday regarding petitions against the appointment of Shas leader Aryeh Deri to a ministerial position. Deri’s appointment as interior and health minister is being challenged at the High Court, due to his conviction last year for tax offenses. Deri, who previously served […]

MANHATTAN (VINnews) — A post on social media describes a heartbreaking situation, in which the family of an Orthodox Jewish patient at Mt. Sinai hospital is being denied visitation access. In addition, the police were called to drag away the patient’s daughters, as they begged hospital employees for help. According to Meyer Tauber, a friend […]

FLATBUSH (VINnews) — The NYPD has arrested a suspect in the murder of 30-year-old Nissan Shalom. As previously reported by VINnews, Shalom was stabbed to death on Tuesday Jan 10, in front of Kaché Restaurant and Lounge on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn. According to reports, police have arrested 34-year-old Brooklyn resident Ansel Payano in connection […]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republican Rep. Jim Banks, a combative defender of former President Donald Trump, announced on Tuesday that he is running for the U.S. Senate seat from Indiana being vacated by GOP Sen. Mike Braun. Banks is the first candidate to formally enter the Senate race since Braun said in December that he would […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In yet another demonstration against the sale of phones with internet access in the Geula neighborhood, clashes broke about between protesters, many of whom were children, and police. A police statement blamed “extremists” for the violence and said officers tried to allow for a peaceful protest “but at a certain stage the […]

DELAWARE (Yaakov M / VINnews) — Hunter Biden, by his own apparent admission, was renting President Biden’s Delaware home at the same time that classified documents were being stored there illegally. Hunter recorded huge monthly rent payments of $49,910 while living at that home, according to a document discovered by New York Post’s Miranda Devine. […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Maj. Gen. Herzi Halevi took over Tuesday as the 23rd commander in chief of the Israel Defense Forces, replacing Aviv Kohavi, who completed a four-year tenure as the IDF chief of staff. During a ceremony which took place at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, the 54-year-old Halevi, who had been deputy […]