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 […]

WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas (AP) — A man who trained others in his Texas church to use guns to protect the congregation fatally shot a gunman seconds after he opened fire during a service, the Texas attorney general said Monday. Jack Wilson fired a single shot, quickly ending the attack that killed two people at the […]

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The electric car maker Tesla is set to launch Israeli operations in January. Tesla will be the first car manufacturer to sell its vehicles in Israel rather than through an importer. The company, owned by Elon Musk, will start by opening a pop-up store at a mall in North Tel Aviv frequented […]

NEW YORK (JTA) — A group of African-American clergy and civil rights leaders gathered by the Rev. Al Sharpton met with a New York rabbi in the wake of the attack on Jews in Monsey. The African-American leaders met Monday with Rabbi Marc Schneier, president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, to condemn the spate […]

WARSAW, Poland (JTA) – President Andrzej Duda of Poland wants participants in the January conference at Yad Vashem to condemn Russian President Vladimir Putin’s accusation that Poles cooperated with Hitler. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Sunday called Putin’s accusation a lie that needed reinterpretation. Krzysztof Szczerski, the head of Duda’s Cabinet, is demanding a […]

CLEVELAND (VINnews) — The following was posted on TheChesedFund.com website: This past Tuesday, the world suddenly and unexpectedly lost an incredible man with a special soul. A kind and giving person who was full of love and laughter. Yossi Bialo OBM leaves behind his wife, Ellie and two children, Levi and Aryeh. A fund has been […]

LONDON (JTA) — A man walked into a kosher butcher shop in the London neighborhood of Stamford Hill and shouted invective against Jews. The incident took place on Thursday in Royal Meats, the British anti-Semitism watchdog group Campaign Against Anti-Semitism reported on its website. The man walked into the store and demanded food, which he […]

MONSEY, N.Y. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have filed hate crime charges against the 38-year-old man suspected of stabbing five people with a machete at a Hanukkah celebration in a New York City suburb on Saturday night. Grafton E. Thomas was expected to appear in federal court in White Plains to face five counts of obstructing […]