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Video Game Recreates Atrocities Suffered by Jews in Holocaust

Video Game Recreates Atrocities Suffered by Jews in Holocaust

A new video game is attempting to replicate the atrocities suffered by millions of Jews during the Holocaust. “The Light in the Darkness” appears to… Read More ›

Anguished by loss of daughter, a rabbi brings suicide prevention out of the shadows

Anguished by loss of daughter, a rabbi brings suicide prevention out of the shadows

After Gila, 18, took her own life following an attack, Shalom Hammer began a push for more awareness; on Tuesday in the Knesset he will… Read More ›

Thousands Of Protesters Against Judicial Reforms Gather In Israeli Cities, Right-Wingers Call For Dialog

Thousands Of Protesters Against Judicial Reforms Gather In Israeli Cities, Right-Wingers Call For Dialog

  JERUSALEM (VINnews) — For the seventh week running, tens of thousands of people are protesting in Tel Aviv and other locations against the Israeli… Read More ›

Antisemitic Flyers Could Spur Action On Proposed Georgia Law

Antisemitic Flyers Could Spur Action On Proposed Georgia Law

ATLANTA (AP) — A continuing wave of antisemitic flyers hit parts of suburban Atlanta, including the home of Georgia’s only Jewish state legislator. State Rep.… Read More ›

169 liberal US Jewish leaders sign letter expressing concern over Israeli government

169 liberal US Jewish leaders sign letter expressing concern over Israeli government

Backers, who include ex-executives at rabbinical seminaries, Jewish Federations, AIPAC, Conference of Presidents, warn against false antisemitism accusations at coalition critics   A letter signed… Read More ›

‘Woke’ Regents Exam Ripped For Including ‘Anti-Zionist Propaganda’

‘Woke’ Regents Exam Ripped For Including ‘Anti-Zionist Propaganda’

  NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VINnews) — Jewish leaders blasted a Regents exam which was administered last week as “unconscionable and shameful” for asking… Read More ›

Israel to ‘strengthen’ settlements after shooting attacks

Israel to ‘strengthen’ settlements after shooting attacks

Security Cabinet decides to seal off the attacker’s home immediately ahead of demolition, plans to cancel social security benefits for the families of attackers, make… Read More ›

Russia’s Chief Rabbi to Putin: ‘We’ll do anything for peaceful solutions’

Russia’s Chief Rabbi to Putin: ‘We’ll do anything for peaceful solutions’

The Russian President shared with the two rabbis that “we are categorically against consigning to oblivion crimes of this kind, which have no statute of… Read More ›

Education Commissioner Rosa Orders NYC to Complete Yeshiva Probe Within 6 Months

Education Commissioner Rosa Orders NYC to Complete Yeshiva Probe Within 6 Months

NEW YORK — New York State’s Education Department (NYSED) has imposed a deadline for New York City to complete its investigations into yeshivas. The NYSED… Read More ›

Russia’s Lavrov says West seeking Hitler-style ‘final solution,’ sparking protests

Russia’s Lavrov says West seeking Hitler-style ‘final solution,’ sparking protests

In latest controversial remarks on Holocaust, Moscow’s top diplomat claims US and Europe trying to wipe out Russia by waging war via Ukraine; Israel calls… Read More ›

Did father Robert Maxwell’s early abuse taint Ghislaine long before she met Epstein?

Did father Robert Maxwell’s early abuse taint Ghislaine long before she met Epstein?

In his new book ‘Hunting Ghislaine,’ UK journalist John Sweeney claims a horrific childhood made the magnate’s daughter into a sociopath and set the stage… Read More ›

Moscow’s Former Chief Rabbi: ‘The Best Option For Russian Jews Is To Leave’

Moscow’s Former Chief Rabbi: ‘The Best Option For Russian Jews Is To Leave’

  LONDON (JTA) – Pinchas Goldshmidt, the former chief rabbi of Moscow who fled the country earlier this year, said other Russian Jews should leave… Read More ›

Kid-Safe Gabb Devices Now Include Chabad.org’s Daily Study App

Kid-Safe Gabb Devices Now Include Chabad.org’s Daily Study App

NEW YORK – A Utah-based kid-safe technology company is partnering with Chabad.org in a move that is expected to make their devices even more ideal… Read More ›

Analysis: Israel has claimed some wins in UN vote — but the ICJ process is a serious threat

Analysis: Israel has claimed some wins in UN vote — but the ICJ process is a serious threat

Hague court could use ‘apartheid’ label and call for expanded probes, just as Israel’s new hardline government pledges to press what it believes to be… Read More ›

Religious Givat Shmuel Parents Form Separate Class After 8-Year-Old Pupil Revealed As Transgender

Religious Givat Shmuel Parents Form Separate Class After 8-Year-Old Pupil Revealed As Transgender

JERUSALEM — In a move which received the approval of leading Religious Zionist rabbis, parents in a Givat Shmuel school have moved their children into… Read More ›

Apartheid slander is latest verbal weapon against Israel – opinion

Apartheid slander is latest verbal weapon against Israel – opinion

Two reports, one by Amnesty International and the other by Human Rights Watch add to the slander accusing Israel of apartheid.   The word “apartheid,”… Read More ›

Top rabbi calls gay Knesset speaker Ohana ‘infected,’ blames him for Meron disaster

Top rabbi calls gay Knesset speaker Ohana ‘infected,’ blames him for Meron disaster

Meir Mazuz, affiliated with several senior members of new government, calls Pride parade-goers ‘animals walking on 2 legs’; he has previously blamed LGBTQ marches for… Read More ›

May a Camp Take a Counselor’s Tips?

May a Camp Take a Counselor’s Tips?

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com L’chvod Rabbi Hoffman, My daughter was a counselor in camp this past summer.  The camp collected her tips from… Read More ›

The top ten worst antisemitic incidents of 2022 – SWC

The top ten worst antisemitic incidents of 2022 – SWC

In a year filled with antisemitic rhetoric and attacks, the Shimon Wiesenthal Center ranked their ten most prominent antisemitic incidents of 2022.   The Simon… Read More ›

From Palestinians to economy: Main challenges of new Netanyahu government

From Palestinians to economy: Main challenges of new Netanyahu government

In-depth: While Smotrich and Ben-Gvir have become poster boys of unruliness of new coalition, Netanyahu has host of other concerns as he reenters the premier… Read More ›