This year due to the unfortunate growth of the needy in Zichron Moshe, Rav Gamliel Rabinowitz is taking an unusual step, and will hold a special tefillah every day, for all the donors and their families to Kupas Zichron Moshe of $180 or more. Your donation will ensure that all the families in Zichron Moshe will be able to come to the Seder with the bare necessities, and be able to experience a simchas yom tov. CLICK HERE TO DONATE TO THE CAUSE. Kupas Zichron Moshe was established over 10 years ago by Rav Aaron Nimerovsky, to assist the needy families in the Zichron Moshe neighborhood inYerushalayim with Shabbos and YomTov expenses.Today, over 350 families are benefiting from thekupah, with an enormous disbursement in Chodesh Nissan to cover the steep costs of Yom Tov.

NEW YORK (VINnews) — As reported by VINnews, Rabbi Aharon Feldman – the Rosh Yeshiva of Ner Yisroel of Baltimore – had vehemently opposed voting in the WZO elections and threatened to leave the Moetzes if Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetsky did not retract his support for voting. Subsequently, we reported that in a phone conversation with […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — As reported yesterday by VINnews, a Yeshiva University student was under quarantine after being suspected of contracting the coronavirus. Today it has unfortunately been confirmed that the student has indeed tested positive for the virus. The following notice on the matter was released by Yeshiva University: S: COVID-19 Update We have […]

NEW YORK (JTA) — For the past three years, Esther Possick and her son have avoided the hassle of hosting Passover at their Long Island home by traveling to kosher hotels in foreign locales. In 2017, they spent the holiday at a resort in Stresa, a resort town on Lake Maggiore in northern Italy not […]

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — In a letter published by Yeshiva University, it is revealed that 2 of their students are currently under quarantine for suspected Coronavirus. The letter reads as follows: Dear Yeshiva Community, We are writing to share two pieces of news related to COVID-19. We have learned that one of the children of […]

NEW YORK (VINnews-Sandy Eller) — An Orthodox Jewish man has been hospitalized with coronavirus, prompting the closure of three local yeshivas. In a Tuesday morning news conference, Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker said that the 50 year old man lives in Westchester with his family and had traveled to […]

BALTIMORE (VINnews) — There has been a major development in the ongoing saga of the WZO election debate. VINnews can confirm that little to no Rabbinical opposition remains to the widely accepted position to vote in the elections, as Rabbi Aron Feldman has retracted his position. As was previously reported by VINnews, Rabbi Aharon Feldman […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Following the VIN exclusive last week, in which it was reported that Rabbi Aron Feldman and Rabbi Malkiel Kotler threatened to quit the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah of Agudas Israel of America of which they are both members, it seems that Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, the leading Posek of Lithuanian Jewry has issued […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump faces a critical challenge in grappling with the new coronavirus outbreak: Asking Americans to believe him after he and top advisers have contradicted federal scientists in playing down the threat...