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Attacker yells ‘Kanye 2024’ after alleged antisemitic assault in NY, police say

Attacker yells ‘Kanye 2024’ after alleged antisemitic assault in NY, police say

63-year-old man hit from behind while walking in Central Park this week; police search for suspect, a man in his 40s   Police in New… Read More ›

Jewish Grandmother Hit In Williamsburg by Wrong Way Driver Succumbs to Injuries

Jewish Grandmother Hit In Williamsburg by Wrong Way Driver Succumbs to Injuries

WILLIAMSBURG (VINnews/Sandy Eller) – A 59 year old Williamsburg woman who was struck by a hit and run driver nearly three weeks ago passed away… Read More ›

Standing Up to Bullies and Chanukah

Standing Up to Bullies and Chanukah

  There are many messages in Chanukah, of course.   There is the message that the lights of Chanukah, representing both the Mitzvos and Torah can… Read More ›

WATCH: Traditional Hanukkah Menorah Placed In Western Wall Plaza

WATCH: Traditional Hanukkah Menorah Placed In Western Wall Plaza

JERUSALEM –  The traditional menorah was placed in the Western Wall Plaza in Jerusalem’s Old City on Tuesday in advance of the upcoming Hanukkah holiday.… Read More ›

New York Times Ripped Over Latest Hit Piece Against Chassidim

New York Times Ripped Over Latest Hit Piece Against Chassidim

NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VINnews) — Prominent Jews have taken to Twitter to blast the New York Times over its latest in a series… Read More ›

Biden announces inter-agency group to counter antisemitism

Biden announces inter-agency group to counter antisemitism

“The President has tasked the inter-agency group, as its first order of business, to develop a national strategy to counter antisemitism,” said the White House… Read More ›

Report shows UTJ, Likud negotiating vast expansion of religious rule, rousing anger

Report shows UTJ, Likud negotiating vast expansion of religious rule, rousing anger

Haredi faction said to win backing for barring energy creation on Shabbat, expanding gender-segregated beaches and much more, but Netanyahu’s party denies agreeing to demands… Read More ›

OP-ED: We Need More Data on the Shidduch Crisis (and Many Other Things)

OP-ED: We Need More Data on the Shidduch Crisis (and Many Other Things)

NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VINnews) — Recently, Dr. Yosef Sokol released a breakthrough study about the Shidduch Crisis. He surveyed 15,000 people, and worked meticulously… Read More ›

New Development in Case of Moishy Kleinerman; Was He Abused By Pedophile?

New Development in Case of Moishy Kleinerman; Was He Abused By Pedophile?

ISRAEL — Israeli police have gotten a break in the case of Moishy Kleinerman, and are resuming their search for the missing young Charedi teen.… Read More ›

Attn: Rabbis Mizrachi and Shaulov: 6 Reasons Why We Know Naftali Bennet is Really Jewish

Attn: Rabbis Mizrachi and Shaulov: 6 Reasons Why We Know Naftali Bennet is Really Jewish

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman As many people have seen or heard, former prime minister Naftali Bennett filed a NIS 1 million (over $292,000) defamation lawsuit… Read More ›

Netanyahu requests extension for mandate to form coalition

Netanyahu requests extension for mandate to form coalition

Deri will take over as finance minister from Religious Zionists head MK Bezalel Smotrich in the second half of the government’s term.   Prime minister-designate… Read More ›

Far-right will drive Israelis to the streets en masse

Far-right will drive Israelis to the streets en masse

Opinion: Incoming government is set to trample on the beliefs and values of the Jewish democratic state, and will discover that non-religious Zionists will not… Read More ›

Yeshiva Bochur In Serious Condition After Stabbing In Lakewood Yeshiva

Yeshiva Bochur In Serious Condition After Stabbing In Lakewood Yeshiva

  LAKEWOOD — A Yeshiva Bochur was transported to Jersey Shore Trauma Center on Thursday after he was stabbed. The incident took place inside a… Read More ›

Israel will pay for far-right’s realization of the annexation dream

Israel will pay for far-right’s realization of the annexation dream

Opinion: Smotrich and Ben-Gvir’s policies will likely throw legitimacy of Israel’s rule in the West Bank into further dispute, threatening international cooperation, which is a… Read More ›

Incoming immigration minister says Law of Return ‘needs to be fixed’

Incoming immigration minister says Law of Return ‘needs to be fixed’

Religious Zionism’s Ofir Sofer doesn’t elaborate on plans, asks for ‘grace period’ to study issue before attempting changes, including to controversial ‘grandparent clause’   A… Read More ›

Great Neck, NY, Signs ‘Sister Pact’ With Israeli Towns

Great Neck, NY, Signs ‘Sister Pact’ With Israeli Towns

  NEW YORK (JTA) – A declaration of friendship and cooperation was signed in Israel this week at a festive ceremony between the mayor of… Read More ›

U.S. Jews fear collision with expected Israeli government

U.S. Jews fear collision with expected Israeli government

Given American Jews’ predominantly liberal political views, these misgivings could have a ripple effect in Washington and further widen what has become a partisan divide… Read More ›

How academia omits facts to make Palestinians the perpetual victim

How academia omits facts to make Palestinians the perpetual victim

Opinion: Academics have personal opinions and agendas like the rest of us, but erasing evidence only because it contradicts researchers’ political positions is wrong and… Read More ›

Knesset speaker announces vote to replace him after demand from Netanyahu bloc

Knesset speaker announces vote to replace him after demand from Netanyahu bloc

Mickey Levy says incoming coalition is forcing move to enable Shas leader Deri to serve as minister despite tax fraud conviction; vote for new speaker… Read More ›

Trump dinner with antisemites was ‘breaking point,’ Jewish former allies say

Trump dinner with antisemites was ‘breaking point,’ Jewish former allies say

“There’s no question this is a breaking point within the Republican party,” Dov Hikind, a prominent leader in Brooklyn, told The Jerusalem Post after Trump’s… Read More ›