LAKEWOOD (VINnews) — An early-morning fire devastated a Lakewood Yeshiva, leaving the Sefer Torah and the building totally destroyed. The fire started at approximately 3:00AM Sunday morning at Yeshiva Chayei Olam on Faraday. The fire was in advanced state by the time the Fire Department arrived on scene. The fire raged for approximately an hour […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Dr. Vladimir Zelenko, an Orthodox Jewish doctor who rose to fame last March by promoting Hydroxychloroquine, a drug he claimed had successfully treated coronavirus, was denied that very drug in a Walgreens Tuesday evening. Zelenko arrived in Walgreens with his prescription to pick up the medication, which he said he presribed […]

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Police in Rochester released two body-camera videos Sunday of officers restraining a distraught 9-year-old girl who was handcuffed and sprayed with what police called a chemical “irritant.” The Democrat and Chronicle reported that prior to the release of the videos, Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren expressed her concern for the “child that […]

MOSCOW (AP) — Chanting slogans against President Vladimir Putin, tens of thousands took to the streets Sunday across Russia to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, keeping up nationwide protests that have rattled the Kremlin. More than 4,700 people were detained by police, according to a monitoring group, and some were beaten. […]

WILLIAMSBURG (VINnews) — A man was arrested in Willimasburg on Tuesday, with the help of Williamsburg Shomrim, after he assualted someone. Video footage captured the man assaulting a Jewish man as he flees. But the crowd yells Chgaptz’em (a traditional call to apprehend a troublemaker), and continues to pursue him. Another video captured the man […]

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Jewish millennial Jon Ossoff became Sen. Jon Ossoff on Wednesday afternoon at a socially distanced swearing-in ceremony in the Senate chambers hours after Joe Biden was inaugurated as president. As he swore the oath of office, Ossoff clutched a book of Hebrew scripture once owned by an Atlanta rabbi whose synagogue building […]

WASHINGTON (JNS) — Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) accused Israel of being “racist” for not distributing coronavirus vaccines to the Palestinian territories, despite the fact that the West Bank is under the control of the Palestinian Authority, and the Gaza Strip is run by the U.S.-designated terrorist organization Hamas. “I think it’s really important to understand […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — In his farewell address, President Donald Trump says he will pray for the success of the next administration...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell opened the Senate on Tuesday saying the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol was “fed lies” by the president and others in the deadly riot to overturn Democrat Joe Biden election. McConnell’s remarks are his most severe and public rebuke of outgoing President Donald Trump. The Republican […]

FORT DRUM, N.Y. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence and his wife made their final official appearance together Sunday with a visit to Fort Drum, where they thanked the 10th Mountain Division and their families for their service. “I’m here to deliver a very simple message to each and every one of you on behalf […]