NEW YORK (VINnews) — Yossi Gestetner, a prominent commentator on issues relating to the Jewish community in the New York region, met with politicians and lawmakers including NY State Attorney Letitia James in the wake of the barbaric attack in Monsey Saturday night. Gestetner did not mince words and told the politicians that the largest […]

BAGHDAD (AP) — Dozens of Iraqi Shiite militiamen and their supporters broke into the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday, smashing a main door and setting fire to a reception area, angered over deadly U.S. airstrikes targeting the Iran-backed militia. U.S. guards fired tear gas and palls of smoke rose over the grounds. An […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court began deliberations on Tuesday on whether an indicted parliament member can form a new government, hearing a petition that could potentially abruptly end Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political career after March elections. If the court decides Netanyahu is ineligible, it could precipitate a constitutional crisis in Israel, and exacerbate […]

NEW YORK (JTA) — New York Times columnist Bret Stephens came under fire on social media for an op ed in which he wrote that Ashkenazi Jews are more intelligent than other people and cited a paper by a researcher who promoted eugenics. The reference to the paper later was removed. “The Secret of Jewish […]

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s counterterrorism czar expects Times Square to be “the safest place on the planet Earth” on New Year’s Eve. Thousands of police officers will be on duty for Tuesday night’s festivities, along with specialized units armed with long guns, bomb-sniffing dogs and other measures. For the first time, police […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Twitter user goes by Gigi, though sometimes Sophia, Emma or Leona. The occupation is listed at various times as teacher, historian, documentary writer and model. There’s been speculation about whether this person is really a woman — or even human. But bot or not, the account has gotten the attention of […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) — A three-judge panel of Israel’s Supreme Court is set to hear a petition on Tuesday calling to invalidate Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from forming a coalition following upcoming March elections due to three pending criminal indictments for breach of trust and bribery. The petition was filed by 67 citizens with academic, […]

EXETER, N.H. (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden entertained the idea of choosing a Republican as a 2020 running mate as he campaigned Monday — though he conceded he didn’t have anyone specific in mind. A voter told Biden during an event Monday afternoon in Exeter, New Hampshire, that her son had wondered if […]

RAMAT GAN (VINnews) — A Haredi councilman from the Ramat Gan city council mistakenly voted to approve public transport on Shabbat, thinking that he was only voting on the coming year’s budget. David Menachem, a deputy mayor of Ramat Gan and head of the Shas faction in the city unwittingly voted to allow the controversial […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — The next anti-Semitic incident in New York City has now been reported. In this episode, a Jewish college student was harrassed on the NYC subway by an african-american male for doing nothing more than wear a Kippah. What’s even worse, is that other people on the train blamed the victim for […]