Jews Spitting Near Church In Jerusalem Condemned By Political And Religious Establishment
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a city like Jerusalem where three religions live in uncomfortably close quarters, there is always the possibility of tensions flaring over relationships be...
Blame all around for Iranian proximity to nukes, say policy experts
(JNS / Menachem Wecker) — The U.S. Department of Defense’s recently released strategy to counter weapons of mass destruction records what has been known for months—that Iran “has t...
Secularists Gatecrash Movie Screening For Charedi Women In Jerusalem, Citing ‘Gender Exclusion’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Social media sites severely criticized a group of liberal secularists who gatecrashed a screening of a movie for women and young girls, claiming that it was g...
White House announces Civil Rights Act applies to forms of antisemitism
(JNS) — The Biden administration is touting what it regards as a “landmark” move in the implementation of its National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism.
“Eight federal agencies ...
How A Jew Discovered He Was Jewish And Had ‘Bar Mitzvah’ While Flying To Tel Aviv
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Chazan Zvi Greenheim, who serves as the chazan of the Beit Knesset Hagadol (Great Shul) in Tel Aviv, was returning this week from Miami to Tel Aviv on a direct...
Secularist Describes Horrific Ordeal After Joining Tel Aviv Yom Kippur Prayers For First Time
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A secular Jew by the name of Guy Dobrowski shared a post on Facebook describing his horrific experience when he went for the first time in his life to partici...
3 Different Polls Show That Most Israelis Support Gender Separation During Public Prayers
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the wake of the brawls which broke out at gender-separate public prayers on Yom Kippur, a number of different polls demonstrated that most Israelis still f...
Israel’s High Court Demands That The State Discipline Rabbi Amar Over His ‘Inciteful’ Remarks
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Israeli High Court of Justice issued a temporary injunction, asking the government to explain why Jerusalem Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar has not faced discipli...
17,000 Adirei HaTorah Heroines Honored at BMG Evening of Inspiration
A sea of women filled the N'Shei Adirei HaTorah gathering last week, in a splendiferous tribute to the women standing beside their husbands steeped in Torah. The attendees were not...
Rav Shmuel Eliyahu: ‘They’ll Prohibit Synagogue Prayer And Circumcision In The Name Of Freedom’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rav Shmuel Eliyahu responded sharply to the protests in Tel Aviv over the gender-separate prayers. Rabbi Eliyahu wrote that the "democrats" are attempting to ...
Israel Announces US Visa Waiver, But The US Says Decision On Waiver Has Yet To Be Reached
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israelן Foreign Minister Eli Cohen declared Monday night that Israel would be joining the US’s Visa Waiver Program and termed it “important news for all Israe...
Protesters Disrupt Kol Nidrei Prayers In Dizengoff Square After Flags Were Hung Instead Of Mechitza
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a shameless desecration of the holiest day of the year, anti-religious protesters prevented a Yom Kippur prayer service with separate seating for men and w...
Psak From Rav Moshe Sternbuch : Dont’ Give Children Candies On Yom Kippur
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a dramatic psak given during the Shabbos Shuva drasha, Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch, the leading posek of the Edah Charedis, said that parents should not give the...
Tel Aviv Judge Nixes Mechitza At Outdoor Minyan For Neila Prayers, Claims It ‘Excludes Women’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Tel Aviv District Court judge Hadas Ovadia ruled Thursday that the Rosh Yehudi community could not continue to place a Mechitza in the Dizengoff square when t...
WATCH: Karine Jean-Pierre Gets Angry, Creatively Dodges Tough Question on Border Crisis
WHITE HOUSE (VINnews) — White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre -- known for her skilled mastery at answering super tough questions with ease, in a highly intellectual way, ...
Stabbing Attack At French Hill Railway Station, 1 Lightly Injured, Terrorist Neutralized
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In another sign of the growing motivation of terrorist organizations to carry out terror attacks during the holiday period, a terrorist attacked and stabbed a...
Agudath Israel Advocacy Continues to Ease Way for Arba Minim
(VINnews) — As in past years, Agudath Israel of America’s Washington Office has worked closely with agencies of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to help avoid potential pro...
WATCH: Heads Of Neturei Karta Embrace Iranian Leader Ebrahim Raisi
NEW YORK (VINnews) — In a shocking act of solidarity with Israel's biggest foe, members of the Neturei Karta organization met and even embraced Iranian leader Ebrahim Raisi during ...
Did He Do It? Ben Uliel Murder Saga Continues To Rock Political Establishment In Israel
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In 2015, nearly 8 years ago, a house in the Samarian village of Duma was torched. Two people, members of the Dawabshe clan, died in the flames and their son w...
In Historic Interview, Saudi Prince Bin Salman Says Peace With Israel ‘Gets Closer Every Day’
NEW YORK (VINnews) — In a historic interview on Fox News which aired Wednesday, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman spoke candidly about the negotiations for a normalization agr...