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Legal aide: Defense minister can overrule Religious Zionism on West Bank policy

Legal aide: Defense minister can overrule Religious Zionism on West Bank policy

Weighing in on bill that incoming coalition is advancing, Knesset legal adviser says minister from far-right party won’t have absolute control over Civil Administration and… Read More ›

The Jewish Council for Public Affairs distances itself from federations

The Jewish Council for Public Affairs distances itself from federations

The decision, announced Monday in a press release and a two-page brochure that will go out to Jewish organizations, will free the JCPA to pursue… Read More ›

OPINION: Thank you Torah U’Mesorah For Doing The Right Thing

OPINION: Thank you Torah U’Mesorah For Doing The Right Thing

(Yaakov M / VINnews) — Kudos to Torah U’Mesorah for allowing President Trump to address its recent conference. Even if he were not the most… Read More ›

West Bank’s Maccabee palaces must be Israeli national park, settlers say

West Bank’s Maccabee palaces must be Israeli national park, settlers say

The remnants of the palaces, with their ritual baths and the ancient Hashmonaim synagogue, which King Herod converted into his winter palace, are located in… Read More ›

Why some Israeli Jews love their Christmas trees so much?

Why some Israeli Jews love their Christmas trees so much?

Opinion: There are many Israeli Jews that treat Christmas – and worse, Hanukkah and other Jewish holidays – as nice folklore, devoid of national identity;… Read More ›

Hidden Swastika Image in NY Times Crossword Puzzle?

Hidden Swastika Image in NY Times Crossword Puzzle?

NEW YORK CITY — The NY Times has a long track record of being anti-Jewish, but they may have sunk to a new low. It… Read More ›

Jewish groups condemn series of antisemitic incidents in Washington, DC area

Jewish groups condemn series of antisemitic incidents in Washington, DC area

“We cannot normalize or become inured to the proliferation of such heinous acts,” several leaders wrote in a joint statement.   WASHINGTON – Several major… Read More ›

Turko-Azeri drills increase anti-Israel paranoia in Iran

Turko-Azeri drills increase anti-Israel paranoia in Iran

Opinion: Reports by Iranian media are highlighting Israeli involvement in the military exercises with the use of antisemitic tropes In early December, the Caucasus region… Read More ›

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 ›