East J’lem Suspect Torches, Damages Cars In Neve Yaakov While Shouting Allahu Akhbar, Police Shoot Him
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In what police have deemed a nationalistically-motivated act of vandalism, a resident of one of Jerusalem's Arab neighborhoods was shot Sunday night after he ...
‘How Saba Kept Singing,’ Holocaust Doc Produced By Hillary And Chelsea Clinton, To Air On PBS For Yom Hashoah
NEW YORK (JTA) — Hillary and Chelsea Clinton have produced a documentary about a Holocaust survivor that will debut on PBS on Tuesday, timed to Yom Hashoah, or Israel’s Holocaust R...
In Sky News Interview, Leo Dee, Who Lost Wife And 2 Daughters In Terror Attack, Says He’s ‘Extremely Proud Of Them’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In an exclusive interview with the British-based Sky News outlet, Rabbi Leo Dee, the father and husband of the three British Israelis murdered in the Jordan V...
Smotrich Unveils ‘New Social Contract’ Including Lowering Chareidi Draft Exemption To Age 21 To Promote ‘Economic Integration’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The draft law is due to be submitted to the Knesset in the summer session and Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich is responsible for promoting a new version of...
Moody’s Downgrades Israel’s Credit Rating From ‘Positive’ To ‘Stable’, Netanyahu: ‘Economy Is Solid’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a move which could affect Israel's credit ratings and future investments in its economy, credit assessors Moody's changed its outlook on Israeli credit rat...
Gerer Chasidim’s Communications Committee: Tesla Cars Should Not Be Used Or Purchased
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Gerer chasidic sect's Communications Committee issued a declaration in the sect's various shuls describing what it termed the "loopholes in multimedia sys...
Michoel Shnitzler, Musician And Singer, Passes Away Suddenly At 62
NEW YORK (VINnews) — The world of chasidic music mourns the untimely passing of Michoel Shnitzler, one of the most prolific and outstanding performers and composers over the last 4...
In Rare Move, Charedi Magazine Publishes Photo Of A Woman — A Forgotten Donor To European Yeshivas
NEW YORK (JTA) — When readers of Mishpacha magazine opened up the Passover issue, they found two surprises. The first was the unsung, mysterious story of a prolific American philan...
1 Israeli Tourist Killed, 31 Injured After Bus Flips Over In South Korea
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A bus carrying dozens of Israeli tourists flipped over in South Korea Thursday, killing at least one passenger and injuring many of those on board.
Accordi...
OP-ED: We Are All Brothers, We Don’t Need More Painful Reminders
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a chilling post published just days before the latest set of siblings, Maayan and Sahar Assor, died a premature death in Israel during a flash flood, 24-ye...
‘The Water Was Up To My Neck, I Was Trapped In The Car’: Israeli Flash Flood Survivor Described Terrifying Ordeal
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel continued to experience unseasonably inclement weather, including storms and torrential rains on Wednesday and Thursday. The weather conditions led to...
Israel Closes Temple Mount To Jews Until After Ramadan, Hamas Hails Israel’s ‘Submission’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Temple Mount was closed to Jewish visitors from Wednesday until the end of Ramadan, which is set to end near the end of next week, according to an announc...
Austrian Fighter Jets Launched After El Al Plane Fails To Respond To Ground Control
NEW YORK (VINnews) — In an unusual incident which occurred Monday during an El Al flight from Amsterdam to Israel, Austrian fighter jets were alerted and launched near the flight a...
Ukraine’s Outrage Grows Over Video Seeming To Show Russians Beheading Ukrainian Soldier
NEW YORK (AP) — Ukraine launched an investigation Wednesday into a gruesome video that purportedly shows the beheading of a Ukrainian soldier, in the latest accusation of atrocitie...
Leah (Lucy) Dee Laid To Rest In Kfar Etzion, Five People Receive Organ Donations: ‘A Hole That Can’t Be Filled’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Hundreds of mourners gathered at Kfar Etzion, south of Jerusalem, Tuesday, at the Levaya of Leah (Lucy) Dee, one of three victims murdered in the Jordan Valle...
Tens Of People Swept Away During Flash Floods In Arava Streams, 2 Dead, Rescue Teams Scanning Region
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In unusually stormy weather for April in Israel, a large number of people were caught in flash floods Monday and swept away in their cars in the Arava region ...
In Tragic Accident, 22-Year-Old Bet Shemesh Resident Killed, Sister In Serious Condition
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — BDE: In a tragic accident which occurred at Tel Yarmut near Bet Shemesh, Yisrael Levinstein, a 22-year-old young resident of the Ramah Bet neighborhood in Bet...
Siyumim on Chelek Aleph of Mishnah Berurah Held with Numerous Gedolei Yisroel as Dirshu’s Daf HaYomi B’Halacha Set to Complete Chelek Aleph
By Chaim Gold
“I did not know what learning just a half hour of Mishnah Berurah could do to my life! At the beginning of the machzor a friend of mine told me that a chaburah was...
US Deploys Guided-Missile Submarine Amid Tensions With Iran
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Navy has deployed a guided-missile submarine capable of carrying up to 154 Tomahawk missiles to the Middle East, a spokesman said Saturday, in what appeare...
Israeli Military: 3 Rockets Fired From Syria Toward Israel
NEW YORK (AP) — The Israeli military said Saturday that three rockets were launched from Syria toward Israeli territory, a rare attack from the country’s northeastern neighbor that...