Vos Iz Neias (Yiddish: What's News?)The Voice of the New York Orthodox Jewish Community. Today's Neias is Tomorrows News. If you don't see it here, it's not Neias.2026-11-02T22:25:30Zhttps://vinnews.com/feed/atom/WordPresshttps://vinnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cropped-f4B2S9-x_400x400-300x300-32x32.jpgReuven Rosenfeld<![CDATA[Miami’s Luxury Design District Again Qualifies As Distressed Opportunity Zone]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6750462026-11-02T21:13:18Z2026-11-02T23:12:03ZMIAMI (VINnews) — Shoppers carrying bags from Dior and Chanel walk past valet stands lined with Bentleys and Ferraris in Miami’s Design District. Outdoor diners order $42 cocktails and $82 fish dishes in the roughly 30-acre area of high-end retail, galleries and restaurants. Yet federal tax rules still classify most of the neighborhood as an […]]]>0Reuven Rosenfeld<![CDATA[IDF Chief of Staff Says Military Has Obligation to Lead Globally in AI and Robotics]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6750572026-11-02T22:25:30Z2026-11-02T22:56:14ZJERUSALEM (VINnews) — IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said Monday the military has a responsibility to become a global leader in artificial intelligence and robotics as the nature of warfare changes rapidly. Speaking at a conference on integrating AI into military operations, Zamir described artificial intelligence as a revolution reshaping the 21st […]]]>0Reuven Rosenfeld<![CDATA[NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Jet Completes First Year of Testing, Flies Cross-Country to Florida]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6750522026-11-02T22:07:30Z2026-11-02T22:36:01ZCAPE CANAVERAL (VINnews) – NASA’s experimental X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft has completed its first year of flight testing and is making its first cross-country journey, flying from Edwards Air Force Base in California to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Lockheed Martin-built jet departed California on Oct. 28 — exactly one year after its […]]]>0Joseph Feldmanhttps://vinnews.com/?p=6749962026-11-02T18:17:19Z2026-11-02T22:30:41Z(AP) – There are many great gifts to give this holiday season, but only the truly special will make the recipient say, “Whoa! Why didn’t anybody think of this before?” These are those gifts — the unexpected, ingenious finds that will seriously delight everyone on your list. Car diagnostics in the palm of your hand […]]]>0Reuven Rosenfeld<![CDATA[Gulf States Warn Iran of Retaliation as U.S. Offensive Looms]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6750402026-11-02T21:34:04Z2026-11-02T21:48:59ZDUBAI (VINnews) — Several Gulf Arab states have informed Iran that they stand ready to launch retaliatory strikes, either on their own or in coordination with others, should Tehran attack their infrastructure in response to renewed American military action, mediators said. The warnings come as Gulf governments actively prepare for the possibility of a major […]]]>0Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Tech Entrepreneur, Family Identified Among Nine Killed in Florida Learjet Crash]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6750422026-11-02T21:24:49Z2026-11-02T21:24:49ZWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (VINnews) — Technology entrepreneur Adam Robinson, his wife and their two young daughters have been identified among the nine people killed when a Learjet 60 crashed in Palm Beach County, Florida, on Sunday. Robinson, 44, an Austin, Texas-based entrepreneur, was traveling with his wife, Helen, their daughters, Bella and Emma, the […]]]>1Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Ryanair Ceo Anticipates European Airfare Prices Up As Much As 20% Next Year As Jet Fuel Prices Rise]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6749922026-11-02T17:50:51Z2026-11-02T21:00:43Z(AP) – The CEO for Ryanair expects European plane ticket prices may climb as much as 20% next year with the conflict in the Middle East ongoing. “So we’re facing 2027 where we have much higher oil prices… I think they’re going to get passed on in significantly higher airfares,” CEO Michael O’Leary said in […]]]>0Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Parts Of A Learjet May Have Broken Off Midair Before Florida Crash That Killed 9, Investigators Say]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6750362026-11-02T20:46:43Z2026-11-02T20:46:43ZWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Parts of a business jet likely started to break off even before it slammed into the ground and erupted in a ball of flames in South Florida, killing all nine people on board, a federal investigator said Monday. Video recorded by passersby captured the Bahamas-bound Learjet’s rapid nosedive Sunday […]]]>0Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Anthropic Posts $17B Quarterly Revenue But Losses Continue In Fresh Ipo Filing]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6749782026-11-02T17:49:02Z2026-11-02T20:33:06ZSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Anthropic’s quarterly revenue swelled to $17 billion but it still posted a net loss for the latest three months, the artificial intelligence giant said in an updated IPO filing released on Monday. The San Francisco-based company behind the Claude chatbot also disclosed that it has committed to spend $895.4 billion on […]]]>0Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Millions Of Dollars From The Worst US Gas Leak Are Now Available To Help Residents Electrify Homes]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6749842026-11-02T17:35:44Z2026-11-02T19:34:42ZLOS ANGELES (AP) — Millions of dollars of settlement money from the largest known methane leak in the United States are now available to affected residents to replace gas-powered appliances with electric ones. Organizations involved in distributing the money say it will help create safer and cleaner homes. The announcement makes available the first $20 […]]]>1Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Mamdani Shaves Beard, Debuts Mustache During Halloween Weekend]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6750302026-11-02T19:16:13Z2026-11-02T19:16:13Z(VINnews) – New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani debuted a dramatically different look over the weekend after shaving off his signature beard and replacing it with a mustache. Mamdani was photographed with his beard Friday at a children’s Halloween event in Queens, but by Sunday afternoon, he appeared at the New York City Marathon sporting […]]]>14Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Mamdani Backs International Dockworkers Strike Targeting Arms Shipments to Israel]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6750262026-11-02T19:12:10Z2026-11-02T19:12:10ZNEW YORK (VINnews) – New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani voiced support for an international dockworkers strike across 113 ports in 22 countries, backing workers who sought to disrupt the transportation of weapons and military equipment to Israel. “Dockworkers went on strike across 113 ports in 22 countries to disrupt the transport of weapons of […]]]>17Reuven Rosenfeld<![CDATA[Netanyahu Rules Out Dependence on Arab Parties After Deadlocked Election]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6750132026-11-02T18:44:45Z2026-11-02T18:59:48ZJERUSALEM (VINNEWS) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that the Israeli public rejects any government reliant on the Arab-led parties Ra’am and the Joint List, which he described as supporting terrorism and denying the existence of the Jewish state. In a post on X, Netanyahu noted that a clear majority of the Jewish public […]]]>7Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Netanyahu Is Pressing Trump To Attack Iran After The Midterms, Officials Tell AP]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6750222026-11-02T18:57:19Z2026-11-02T18:57:19ZJERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing for another wave of strikes on Iran after Tuesday’s midterm elections in the United States, according to two regional officials and a third person familiar with the matter. A return to full-scale war with Iran could help Netanyahu to form an emergency government after he […]]]>15<![CDATA[Rebbetzin Chana Greenbaum ע”ה חנה
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The buses belong to the Satmar, Sanz-Klausenburg and Tiferes […]]]>10Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Judge Cites ‘Weaponization’ In Tossing Charges For Ex-FBI Agents Accused Of Lying About Hunter Biden]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6749882026-11-02T17:47:46Z2026-11-02T17:47:46ZWASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday dismissed a criminal complaint against two former FBI officials accused of making false statements to Congress about Hunter Biden, saying the investigation that produced the charges was rushed, overtly political and dogged by “critical mistakes.” “What has transpired here cannot be described as anything other than weaponization,” […]]]>2Reuven Rosenfeld<![CDATA[Jewish, Christian Leaders Issue Joint Letter Challenging El-Sayed on Israel and Jewish Safety]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6749742026-11-02T17:23:45Z2026-11-02T17:40:28ZBALTIMORE (VINnews) – Orthodox rabbis, Christian lawmakers and other allies from across the United States released a joint open letter this week raising concerns about Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s statements on Israel, his response to an attack on a Michigan synagogue and his political associations. The letter, dated Oct. 29 and signed […]]]>1Reuven Rosenfeld<![CDATA[20-Year-Old Co-Pilot Who Earned License at 17 Identified in Fatal Florida Learjet Crash That Killed Nine]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6749702026-11-02T18:20:26Z2026-11-02T17:26:35ZGREENACRES, FLORIDA (AP) — A 20-year-old woman with a pilot’s license was among nine people killed when a small jet crashed and exploded in South Florida, her family said. Camila Corteleti told the New York Post and New York Times that her daughter, Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, was the copilot flying a Learjet from Austin, Texas, […]]]>12Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Karl Bushby Completes 28-year, 31,000-mile Walk Around World And Returns To Mother’s House]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6749632026-11-02T16:57:54Z2026-11-02T16:55:41ZHULL, England (AP) — Karl Bushby embraced his weeping mother in his arms Monday as he returned to his northern England home to complete a 28-year odyssey to walk around the world. “Where have you been?” his mother, Angela, asked as he arrived outside the home he left in 1998 that was now decked with […]]]>3Reuven Rosenfeld<![CDATA[Iranian-Jewish Philanthropist Edward Khalily Funds Landmark Pediatric Oncology Building at Sheba Medical Center]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6749452026-11-02T14:25:26Z2026-11-02T16:36:32ZTEL HASHOMER (VINnews) — American Friends of Sheba Medical Center announced a landmark eight-figure donation from New York-based Iranian-Jewish philanthropist Edward Khalily to help construct a new pediatric oncology building at the hospital’s Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital. The Edward Khalily Pediatric Oncology Building is expected to cost about $150 million in total and […]]]>3Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Greenland Opens New International Airport To Lure Tourists As It Eyes Future Independence]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6749582026-11-02T15:21:50Z2026-11-02T15:21:15ZILULISSAT, Greenland (AP) — Greenland has opened a new international airport, seeking to lure visitors from around the world as the Arctic island looks toward eventual independence from Denmark. Thursday’s inaugural international flight between Copenhagen, Denmark, and Ilulissat, Greenland, was part of the island government’s efforts to grow its tourism industry to boost and diversify […]]]>0Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Japan Launches A New National Agency To Deal With Disasters]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6749492026-11-02T15:17:17Z2026-11-02T15:08:20ZTOKYO (AP) — Japan on Monday launched a new national agency focused on disaster management to improve the country’s preparedness if there’s a megaquake along the Pacific coast or in Tokyo, or an eruption of Mount Fuji. More than 350 workers at the National Disaster Management Agency will oversee preparedness, emergency response and reconstruction efforts. […]]]>0Yehuda Dov<![CDATA[WATCH: University of Michigan Student Arrested After Violent Attack On Jewish Conservative Influencer]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6749122026-11-02T10:58:21Z2026-11-02T14:30:42ZANN ARBOR (VINnews) — A University of Michigan student was arrested Sunday after video showed her shoving conservative Jewish influencer Lizzy Benichou to the ground and kicking her during a heated confrontation over Islam and women’s rights in Iran on the university’s Ann Arbor campus. The incident took place as Benichou was taking part in […]]]>7Rabbi Yair Hoffman<![CDATA[A New English Moreh Nevuchim]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6749162026-11-02T11:21:34Z2026-11-02T14:15:37ZNew York (VINNEWS/Rabbi Yair Hoffman) The Rambam wrote the Moreh Nevuchim in Arabic around the year 1191. Very few Jews today can read that Arabic, so almost everyone who studies the Moreh Nevuchim reads it in translation. In the yeshiva world, that has meant the Hebrew of Rabbi Shmuel Ibn Tibbon for about eight hundred […]]]>10Rabbi Yair Hoffman<![CDATA[Minchas Chinuch Mitzvah 4: Kiddush HaChodesh, Sanctifying the New Month]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6749042026-11-02T16:06:07Z2026-11-02T14:13:22ZNEW YORK (VINNEWS/Rabbi Yair Hoffman) The Sefer HaChinuch Parshas Shemos and Parshas Va’eira contain no mitzvos. Parshas Bo contains nine positive commandments and eleven negative commandments. Mitzvah 4 is the mitzvah of sanctifying the new month: to sanctify months and to intercalate years in a great beis din, wise and ordained in the Land of […]]]>0Yehuda Dov<![CDATA[Mellanox Founder Eyal Waldman Reveals Authorized Contacts With Syria and Lebanon]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6749082026-11-02T10:32:37Z2026-11-02T14:00:20ZJERUSALEM (VINnews) — Mellanox founder Eyal Waldman has revealed that he has received authorization to hold discussions with figures in Syria and Lebanon, saying he hopes to use his business connections and international standing to help improve Israel’s diplomatic position and advance regional peace efforts. Speaking Monday at the international business conference of the Taglit-Birthright […]]]>0Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Freezers At Supermarkets In Several European Countries Hit By Apparent Cyberattacks]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6749322026-11-02T13:52:32Z2026-11-02T13:52:32ZSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Supermarkets in Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg and Estonia were hit Monday by problems with freezers and fridges that apparently were caused by cyberattacks, forcing some to dispose of ruined food. The problems follow a case last month in which attackers remotely took control of refrigeration systems in hundreds of supermarkets and independent stores […]]]>0Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Mexico Bans Cellphones In Schools, Despite Opposition From Parents Worried About Violence]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6749222026-11-02T13:45:00Z2026-11-02T13:45:00ZCULIACÁN, México (AP) — Starting Tuesday, Mexican schools will ban cellphones from classrooms as part of a federal government effort to limit children’s and teenagers’ use of electronic devices, following similar measures taken by over a hundred countries in the last decade. The initiative, spearheaded by Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, has been supported by experts […]]]>0Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Horrifying Video Shows Massive Crater After Florida Jet Crash Kills 9]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6749002026-11-02T13:51:18Z2026-11-02T13:30:41ZGREENACRES, Fla. (VINnews) — Dramatic video showing a massive crater, burning wreckage and a towering fireball has emerged following Sunday’s deadly Learjet 60 crash in South Florida, which killed all nine people aboard. The aircraft crashed near Military Trail and 10th Avenue North in Greenacres, Palm Beach County, shortly before 1 p.m. after departing Austin, […]]]>5Yehuda Dov<![CDATA[Youth Unrest Spreads Across Europe As Anger Grows Over Living Costs, Housing And Immigration]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6748972026-11-02T09:34:35Z2026-11-02T13:00:20ZNEW YORK (VINnews) — A wave of protests and social unrest is spreading across Europe, with young people increasingly taking to the streets over rising living costs, unaffordable housing, education cuts and concerns about their future. While the demonstrations differ from country to country, several have been accompanied by looting, vandalism and violent clashes with […]]]>3Yehuda Dov<![CDATA[Anti-Hamas Militia Carries Out Raid in Khan Younis, Abducting Members of Prominent Family]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6748932026-11-02T08:50:51Z2026-11-02T12:30:33ZJERUSALEM (VINnews) — An armed group opposed to Hamas reportedly carried out a dramatic overnight raid in central Khan Younis, southern Gaza, abducting several members of a prominent local family after a fierce exchange of gunfire with Hamas terrorists. Palestinian media reported that the operation was conducted under the cover of Israeli military drones, although […]]]>1Yehuda Dov<![CDATA[Newlywed Yeshiva Student Released From Military Prison After Arrest During Sheva Brachot]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6748892026-11-02T08:20:24Z2026-11-02T12:00:27ZJERUSALEM (VINnews) — Yaari Liberman, a student at the Ohr Hachaim Yeshiva headed by Rabbi Reuven Elbaz, was released from Military Prison No. 10 on Monday morning following intervention by senior officials and efforts by his attorney, Shlomo Hadad. His release came after his arrest during his own Sheva Brachot celebrations sparked widespread protests and […]]]>10Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Baghdad Opens First Jewish Museum as Iraq’s Ancient Jewish Community Nears Extinction]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6748812026-11-02T04:48:31Z2026-11-02T04:48:03ZBAGHDAD (VINnews) — Iraq has opened its first museum dedicated to Jewish history, offering a rare glimpse into the legacy of a community that once numbered up to 150,000 people but has been reduced to only a handful of remaining Jews. The Jewish Shamash Museum opened on Al-Rashid Street in Baghdad, inside the historic building […]]]>2Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Schumer’s Attack on Haley Stevens Sparks Online Firestorm, Critics Call Him a ‘Modern-Day Judenrat’]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6748632026-11-02T05:00:59Z2026-11-02T04:39:29Z(VINnews) – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is facing mounting backlash on social media after attacking Rep. Haley Stevens for endorsing Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers in Michigan, with elected officials, prominent Jewish figures and political commentators sharply criticizing the senator over his continued support for Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed. In a post Sunday, Schumer […]]]>34<![CDATA[Mrs. Betty Pollack ע”ה בונה שרה בת יצחק
726 Ave P
East 8th St Directions
Flatbush
Sunday (11/08/26)AM]]>https://vinnews.com/2026/11/01/mrs-betty-pollack-%d7%a2%d7%94-%d7%91%d7%95%d7%a0%d7%94-%d7%a9%d7%a8%d7%94-%d7%91%d7%aa-%d7%99%d7%a6%d7%97%d7%a7-726-ave-p-e/2026-11-02T04:25:02Z2026-11-02T04:25:02ZFamily getting up: Flatbush]]>0Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Over 2,000 Jewish Leaders Give Haley Stevens Standing Ovation in Detroit]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6748752026-11-02T04:22:39Z2026-11-02T04:22:39ZDETROIT (VINnews) – Rep. Haley Stevens received an extended standing ovation and a special presentation Sunday evening at the Yeshiva Beth Yehudah dinner, held at the Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan. The event drew more than 2,000 community leaders, according to Rabbi A.D. Motzen, national director of government affairs for Agudath Israel of […]]]>8Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Learjet 60: Three Decades of Private Aviation History Marked by Deadly Crashes and Safety Concerns]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6748712026-11-02T04:03:33Z2026-11-02T04:03:33Z(VINnews) – The Learjet 60 is a high-performance midsize business jet that has been flying for more than three decades. Although the aircraft was certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in January 1993 and remains an approved aircraft design, its history includes several serious accidents, a deadly runway disaster that exposed significant maintenance and […]]]>0Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Canada’s Carney Reports Progress In Trade Talks With US. Trump Talks Up ‘Concept’ Of A Deal]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6748672026-11-02T03:41:03Z2026-11-02T03:41:03ZTORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Sunday he had a constructive conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump about a potential trade deal, with negotiators set to work toward an agreement in the coming weeks as the countries seek to resolve their bitter trade dispute just days before the U.S. midterm elections. Trump […]]]>0Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Justice Department Urges Sanctions For Database Analysis Critical Of Its Noncitizen Voting Claims]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6748592026-11-02T03:25:42Z2026-11-02T03:25:42ZWASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Sunday defended the accuracy of a list of what it says are more than 20,000 suspected noncitizens registered to vote in California and suggested that a federal judge consider whether an immigrant rights group and its lawyers should face contempt charges after they published an analysis of the […]]]>0Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Tucker Carlson Sounds Alarm Over Possible U.S. Nuclear Strike on Iran]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6748552026-11-02T03:21:51Z2026-11-02T03:21:51Z(AP) – Tucker Carlson claims the Trump administration could be days away from considering a nuclear strike on Iran, alleging that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pressuring President Donald Trump to authorize an attack on an underground nuclear facility at Pickax Mountain. In a lengthy post on X, Carlson alleges that conventional weapons cannot […]]]>8Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Flash Flooding Triggers Evacuations In Southwest And Dire Warning For Colorado Spa Town]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6748512026-11-02T03:15:56Z2026-11-02T03:15:56Z(AP) – More heavy rainfall produced flash flooding and mandatory evacuations in a wide swath of the Southwest on Sunday, including in a Colorado tourist town bracing for its main river to rise to historic levels, as weary residents in the normally arid region deal with another massive drenching. Officials in Pagosa Springs, a southwestern […]]]>0Reuven Rosenfeld<![CDATA[Peru’s President Fujimori Visits Bukele in El Salvador, Says Priority Must Be Rights of Innocent Victims]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6748472026-11-02T02:34:29Z2026-11-02T02:34:29ZSAN SALVADOR (VINnews) — Peru’s newly elected president, Keiko Fujimori, traveled to El Salvador this week for an official visit with President Nayib Bukele, touring the country’s high-security Terrorism Confinement Center and stating that governments must prioritize the rights of law-abiding citizens over those of criminals. Fujimori, who took office in July as Peru’s first […]]]>0Rabbi Yair Hoffman<![CDATA[Minchas Chinuch Mitzvah 3: The Prohibition of Eating the Gid HaNasheh with Contemporary Poskim]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6748182026-11-02T04:51:07Z2026-11-02T02:25:09ZNEW YORK (VINNEWS.Rabbi Yair Hoffman) The Sefer HaChinuch Parshas Vayeira, Parshas Chayei Sarah, Parshas Toldos and Parshas Vayeitzei contain no mitzvos. Parshas Vayishlach contains one negative commandment, the prohibition of the gid hanasheh, as the verse states, “Therefore the Children of Israel shall not eat the gid hanasheh” (Bereishis 32:33). The words “shall not eat” […]]]>0Reuven Rosenfeld<![CDATA[Pilot Analysis Points to Inexperience, Weather in Fatal Palm Beach Learjet Crash]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6748422026-11-02T01:24:39Z2026-11-02T01:24:39ZGREENACRES, FLORIDA (VINnews) — A Learjet 60 carrying nine people plunged into a residential neighborhood in Palm Beach County on Sunday afternoon, killing everyone aboard after the crew reported icing, turbulence and a rapid, uncontrolled descent, officials said. The aircraft, registered N722BD, had departed Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas earlier that day bound for North […]]]>13Reuven Rosenfeld<![CDATA[Teamsters President Sean O’Brien Votes for Florida Sen. Ashley Moody]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6748322026-11-02T00:42:25Z2026-11-02T00:29:31ZHALLANDALE BEACH ( VINnews) – The general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters said Sunday he voted for Republican Sen. Ashley Moody in Florida’s special U.S. Senate election. Sean M. O’Brien announced on X that it was his first vote in the state and that he was proud to support Moody. He said Moody […]]]>0Reuven Rosenfeld<![CDATA[Blakeman Launches Eight-City Sweep Across New York In Final Push Before Election]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6748282026-11-02T00:41:13Z2026-11-02T00:18:07ZNEW YORK (VINnews) — Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman, the Nassau County executive, began a rapid statewide tour Sunday that will hit roughly eight cities in 48 hours as he makes a final bid to unseat Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul ahead of Tuesday’s election. Blakeman opened the effort on his Long Island home turf with […]]]>21Reuven Rosenfeld<![CDATA[Rep. Haley Stevens Removed From Michigan Democratic Party After Endorsing Mike Rogers]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6748222026-11-01T23:59:48Z2026-11-01T23:59:48ZDETROIT (VINnews) — U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens is no longer a member of the Michigan Democratic Party after endorsing Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers, party Chairman Curtis Hertel said Sunday. Hertel stated that Stevens “is not a current member of the Michigan Democratic Party, nor will she be in the future.” Her name and photo […]]]>11Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[There’s New Guidance On Menopause Symptoms Like Hot Flashes. What Women Need To Know]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6746642026-11-01T02:18:03Z2026-11-01T23:16:30Z(AP) – For the first time in a dozen years, a leading OB-GYN group has updated its guidance on managing hot flashes, night sweats, sleep changes and other disruptive symptoms that often come with menopause. Doctors stressed the importance of hormone therapies, which many women are considering again after the removal of federal safety warnings. […]]]>0Reuven Rosenfeld<![CDATA[Schumer Labels Stevens’ Endorsement of Rogers a ‘Despicable Betrayal’ in Michigan Senate Race]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6748052026-11-01T22:06:19Z2026-11-01T22:18:28ZWASHINGTON D.C (VINnews) — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday condemned U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens’ decision to endorse Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan’s closely watched Senate contest as a “despicable betrayal,” while reaffirming that Senate Democrats remain united behind progressive Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed. Schumer, who had supported Stevens in the August Democratic primary, […]]]>35Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Update: All 9 People Aboard A Jet That Crashed In Florida Have Died, Transportation Secretary Says]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6748112026-11-01T22:13:06Z2026-11-01T22:12:03ZWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A business jet carrying nine people nose-dived into a South Florida neighborhood Sunday and erupted into a giant fireball that appeared to just miss homes before crashing near a busy roadway. All passengers on board were killed, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said. Duffy posted on X on Sunday […]]]>3Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[What To Know About The Affordable Care Act’s Open Enrollment Period Now Underway]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6747402026-11-01T15:20:23Z2026-11-01T22:00:01ZWASHINGTON (AP) — People heading into the Affordable Care Act open enrollment period with plans to sign up for insurance should expect a variety of changes in 2027, including higher premiums and fewer coverage options. The sign-up window for the marketplace, also known as Obamacare, starts Sunday in most states and runs through Jan. 15. […]]]>0Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Learjet 60 Crashes Into Florida Mobile Home Park, Killing Multiple People]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6747982026-11-01T20:12:41Z2026-11-01T20:09:54ZGREENACRES, Fla. (VINnews) — A Learjet 60 business jet crashed into a mobile home park in Palm Beach County on Sunday afternoon, triggering a massive fire that destroyed a home and left multiple people dead, authorities said. JUST IN: HORRIFYING new video shows what’s reportedly a Learjet NOSEDIVING into the ground in Palm Beach County, […]]]>1Reuven Rosenfeld<![CDATA[Trump Praises Haley Stevens For Endorsing Mike Rogers, Calling Move ‘Bravery’]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6747932026-11-01T19:53:32Z2026-11-01T20:08:57ZDETROIT (VINnews) — President Trump on Sunday praised Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens after she endorsed Republican Mike Rogers for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat, describing the decision as an act of “bravery.” In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote that Stevens, who narrowly lost the Democratic primary to Abdul El-Sayed, had “just ENDORSED Mike […]]]>8Reuven Rosenfeld<![CDATA[Sen. Chris Murphy Hospitalized After Stroke At Son’s Hockey Game]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6747892026-11-01T19:43:00Z2026-11-01T19:48:12ZCONNECTICUT (VINnews) – Connecticut Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy was hospitalized Saturday after suffering a stroke while attending his son’s hockey game, his office said Sunday. The 53-year-old lawmaker is awake, alert and expected to make a full recovery. Murphy began experiencing numbness in his arm during the game and was taken to a local hospital, […]]]>6Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Trump Administration Promises Us Farmers $15 Billion In Weeks Before The Midterms]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6747362026-11-01T15:17:12Z2026-11-01T19:16:18ZSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration has made $15 billion worth of promises to agriculture producers in the last few weeks of the midterm elections, initiatives intended to help offset higher costs for diesel and fertilizer that farmers have endured largely due to his tariffs and the war in Iran. Whether that […]]]>4Reuven Rosenfeld<![CDATA[Voorhees New Jersey Holocaust Survivor To Turn 100 As German Hometown Honors Family With Stolpersteine]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6747732026-11-01T17:11:53Z2026-11-01T19:08:25ZVOORHEES, N.J. (VINnews) — Fred Behrend, a Holocaust survivor and retired air-conditioning and television repairman living in Voorhees, will turn 100 on Nov. 3 as his childhood hometown of Lüdenscheid, Germany, places three memorial plaques honoring him and his parents. The brass plaques, known as Stolpersteine or “stumbling stones,” will be installed in front of […]]]>2Reuven Rosenfeld<![CDATA[SNL’s Michael Che Peddles False ‘Genocide’ Smear Against Israel in Unfunny Weekend Update Bit]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6747842026-11-01T18:39:05Z2026-11-01T19:01:45ZNEW YORK (VINnews) — “Saturday Night Live” Weekend Update co-host Michael Che delivered another anti-Israel one-liner Saturday night, casually equating the Jewish state with “genocide” while noting a record voter turnout in Israel’s election. The line landed as a flat punchline on a show whose Jewish executive producer has repeatedly shrugged off similar complaints. Che, […]]]>19Reuven Rosenfeld<![CDATA[Foundation for Jewish Camp Announces $45 Million Initiative to Expand Access to New England Overnight Camps]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6747202026-11-01T11:39:02Z2026-11-01T18:37:55ZNEW YORK (VINnews) — The Foundation for Jewish Camp has launched a $45 million, five-year program to lower tuition costs for middle-income Massachusetts families and strengthen 11 New England Jewish overnight camps, with the goal of doubling enrollment among households earning under $300,000. The Jewish Camp Access & Excellence Initiative will run from 2027 through […]]]>4Reuven Rosenfeld<![CDATA[Swedish Debutant Almgren Wins New York City Marathon; Chepkirui Claims Second Women’s Title]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6747782026-11-01T17:47:14Z2026-11-01T17:47:00ZNEW YORK CITY (VINnews) — Sweden’s Andreas Almgren won the men’s race of the New York City Marathon on Sunday in his first attempt at the 26.2-mile distance, finishing in 2 hours, 6 minutes, 1 second, while Kenya’s Sheila Chepkirui captured the women’s title for the second time in three years. Almgren, 31, pulled away […]]]>0Reuven Rosenfeld<![CDATA[IDF Troops Find Hezbollah Weapons and Symbols in Children’s Room in Southern Lebanon]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6747672026-11-01T17:08:07Z2026-11-01T17:18:12ZSOUTHERN LEBANON (VINnews) – Israeli troops from the 769th Brigade located weapons inside a civilian home and a children’s room bearing symbols associated with Hezbollah during operations in the Security Zone in southern Lebanon, the military said Sunday. The soldiers, operating under the 91st Division, have been conducting searches to dismantle terrorist infrastructure sites in […]]]>1Reuven Rosenfeld<![CDATA[Mystery Buyer Assembles $311 Million Waterfront Compound In Naples, Florida]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6746912026-11-01T11:15:14Z2026-11-01T17:13:23ZNAPLES, FLA. (VINnews) — A mystery buyer has quietly assembled nearly 19 acres of prime Gulf-front property along Gordon Drive in Naples’ exclusive Port Royal neighborhood for $311 million, creating one of the country’s most expensive private residential compounds, according to reports. The buyer, whose identity remains shielded by land trusts and nondisclosure agreements, completed […]]]>4Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[NY AG James Faces Questions Over $56K in Donations Tied to NYC Shelter Operators Under Scrutiny]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6747322026-11-01T15:11:38Z2026-11-01T17:09:55ZNEW YORK (VINnews) — New York Attorney General Letitia James is facing questions over more than $56,000 in campaign contributions from executives, lobbyists and associates connected to three major homeless shelter operators that have faced allegations of financial misconduct and oversight failures. A New York Post investigation found that Samaritan Daytop Village, Acacia Network Housing […]]]>1Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Turmoil In Michigan’s Senate Race As Democrat Haley Stevens Appears With Republican Mike Rogers]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6747612026-11-01T16:54:21Z2026-11-01T16:43:34ZDETROIT (AP) — Democrat Abdul El-Sayed’s former opponent in the Michigan Senate primary, Haley Stevens, is appearing with Republican candidate Mike Rogers at a Detroit church after intraparty tensions have boiled over days before the election. The appearance comes after the congresswoman was uninvited to a joint event Sunday with El-Sayed, who defeated her by […]]]>19Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Pataki Urges Voters Not to Be Discouraged by Blakeman Poll Numbers, Citing His Own Upset Victory]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6747572026-11-01T16:40:23Z2026-11-01T16:40:23ZNEW YORK (VINnews) — Former New York Gov. George Pataki is urging voters not to write off Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman because of unfavorable polling, saying his own upset victory over Mario Cuomo in 1994 demonstrates why polls should not discourage voters. In an interview with the New York Post published Sunday, Pataki recalled […]]]>5Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[RFK Jr. Defends Remarks on Arab Nations, Highlights Jewish Contributions and Says “Here Are Some Things Jews Don’t Do”]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6747532026-11-01T16:30:50Z2026-11-01T16:30:50ZWASHINGTON (VINnews) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is defending controversial remarks about scientific output in the Arab world, arguing that his comments were directed at political Islamism rather than Arabs or Muslims as a whole. Leftist mainstream media outlets piled on this week to express outrage at my observation, during […]]]>5Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Brooklyn Woman, 28, Declared Brain Dead After Brutal Stabbing While Training for NYC Marathon]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6747492026-11-01T16:14:32Z2026-11-01T16:14:32ZBROOKLYN (VINNews) – A 28-year-old woman training for the New York City Marathon has been declared brain dead after being stabbed multiple times in the neck while jogging along a Brooklyn waterfront path in what investigators believe may have been a random attack. Katie Suarez was running along the Shore Parkway Greenway near Bay 17th […]]]>6Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Over 40% Of Names On DOJ List Of Alleged Noncitizens Are Not On Calif. Voter Rolls, Analysis Finds]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6746152026-10-31T23:44:48Z2026-11-01T16:00:58ZWASHINGTON (AP) — More than 4 in 10 names flagged as possible noncitizen voters in California by the Trump administration cannot be found on the state’s voter rolls, according to a legal filing Saturday by an immigrant-rights group. It’s the first outside analysis of a list that the Department of Justice has used to threaten […]]]>5Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Boy George Arrives in Israel, Says He Stands With the Jews]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6747442026-11-01T15:56:15Z2026-11-01T15:34:31ZJERUSALEM (VINnews) — British pop star Boy George arrived in Israel on Saturday, saying he felt compelled to speak out in support of his Jewish friends following the October 7 Hamas attacks and the rise in antisemitism that followed. The Culture Club frontman was welcomed at Ben Gurion Airport by Sylvan Adams, president of World […]]]>2Yehuda Dov<![CDATA[United Torah Judaism Could Support Eisenkot Government From Outside, But With Conditions]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6747112026-11-01T10:44:57Z2026-11-01T14:30:09ZJERUSALEM (VINnews) — Senior figures in United Torah Judaism have indicated in closed-door discussions that they would be willing to provide outside support to a government led by Gadi Eisenkot, without demanding that a new draft law be passed before the government is sworn in. However, the party would insist on receiving guarantees from Eisenkot […]]]>23VIN News Staff<![CDATA[The Red Baron, Williamsburg and the Influencer Culture We Should Reject]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6745152026-11-01T14:58:32Z2026-11-01T14:23:39ZNEW YORK (VINnews/Editorial) – The Red Baron incident, which has gone viral with millions of views and sparked outrage across the United States, should serve as a wake-up call for the Jewish community, particularly in Williamsburg, where social media influencers have increasingly turned ordinary people, unsuspecting strangers and uncomfortable encounters into entertainment for thousands of […]]]>20Yehuda Dov<![CDATA[Herzog To Begin Coalition Consultations This Week, Urges Party Leaders To ‘Stop Climbing Trees’]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6747072026-11-01T10:27:14Z2026-11-01T14:00:36ZJERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli President Isaac Herzog has announced that he will begin consultations with political parties this week as part of the process of forming Israel’s next government, urging political leaders to put aside campaign rhetoric, accept the election results and work towards avoiding another round of elections. Speaking at the state memorial ceremony […]]]>6Yehuda Dov<![CDATA[Shaare Zedek Performs Israel’s First Four Pacemaker Implantations Using Bachmann’s Bundle Technique]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6747002026-11-01T09:40:31Z2026-11-01T13:30:18ZJERUSALEM (VINnews) — Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center has performed what it describes as Israel’s first four pacemaker implantations using an advanced technique designed to improve electrical coordination between the heart’s two upper chambers. All four procedures were successfully completed, marking a new development in the treatment of cardiac rhythm disorders in Israel. The procedures […]]]>0Yehuda Dov<![CDATA[Midterm Elections Could Shape Iran Strategy as US Military Buildup Continues in Middle East]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6746972026-11-01T08:58:09Z2026-11-01T12:30:47ZNEW YORK (VINnews) — With US midterm elections approaching on Tuesday, November 3, the Trump administration faces a major political test that could have significant implications for its approach to Iran. As Washington continues to strengthen its military presence across the Middle East, Israel is preparing for the possibility that Tehran could respond to an […]]]>0Yehuda Dov<![CDATA[Charedi Protest Erupts Outside Tel Hashomer Recruitment Office]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6746932026-11-01T07:37:11Z2026-11-01T12:00:58ZJERUSALEM (VINnews) — Large numbers of charedi demonstrators gathered outside the IDF recruitment office at Tel Hashomer on Sunday morning to protest the enlistment of young charedi men into military support roles designated for the Haredi community. Police declared the demonstration illegal and began forcibly dispersing protesters following clashes with security forces. The IDF had […]]]>10Reuven Rosenfeld<![CDATA[IDF Eliminates Hamas Commander Involved in Holding Numerous Hostages During Nuseirat Strike]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6747142026-11-01T11:02:57Z2026-11-01T11:02:57ZJERUSALEM (VINnews) – Defense Forces said Friday that an airstrike Thursday in the Nuseirat area of central Gaza killed Ihab Jamil Abu Taqiya, a squad commander in Hamas’s military wing whom the military linked to holding a large number of Israeli hostages early in the war. A second Hamas operative, Ibrahim Gihad Muhammad Abu Oshaiba, […]]]>0Reuven Rosenfeld<![CDATA[Trump Calls Former Attorney Alina Habba’s $50 Million Contract ‘Totally Obnoxious and Outrageous’]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6746862026-11-01T04:10:52Z2026-11-01T04:10:52ZWASHINGTON D.C (VINnews) — President Trump publicly described a reported $50 million multiyear contract signed by his former personal attorney Alina Habba Mildon as “totally obnoxious and outrageous, and it’s not acceptable at all,” according to a New York Times report. Trump reacted with strong anger after learning that Habba Mildon had secured the agreement […]]]>8Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Trump Administration’s Social Media Posts Ahead Of Elections Criticized For Being Inflammatory]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6746822026-11-01T02:44:05Z2026-11-01T02:44:05Z(AP) – The Trump administration’s online accounts are circulating images of a pumpkin carved with a sombrero design and a fake Halloween-themed background around a Black man apparently accused of food assistance fraud, in social media posts slammed by critics as inflammatory rhetoric. Spooky szn is here. https://t.co/8xc9KhU3VE — The White House (@WhiteHouse) October 29, […]]]>2Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[House Report Accuses American Psychological Association of Antisemitism; Leadership Rejects Findings]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6746782026-11-01T03:16:30Z2026-11-01T02:34:25ZWASHINGTON (VINnews) — The American Psychological Association is facing renewed scrutiny over its handling of antisemitism after a congressional investigation accused the nation’s leading professional organization for psychologists of dismissing Jewish members’ concerns, accommodating anti-Israel activists and allowing political ideology to influence its leadership. The APA’s president and CEO have rejected the findings of the […]]]>3Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Hundreds Rally in Phuket Against Foreign Business Interests, Demand Closure of Chabad Houses Across Thailand]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6746722026-11-01T02:29:03Z2026-11-01T02:29:03ZPHUKET, Thailand (VINnews) — A major demonstration in Phuket on Saturday, led by prominent Thai political activist Sondhi Limthongkul, brought together local residents and activist groups demanding government action against what they described as illegal foreign business interests, suspected nominee companies and growing Israeli influence in Thailand. The rally, held at Saphan Hin in Phuket […]]]>98Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[London Police Arrest 139 People Outside Us Embassy For Supporting Banned Pro-palestinian Group]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6746562026-11-01T02:07:04Z2026-11-01T02:07:04ZLONDON (AP) — London police said they arrested 139 people at a protest outside the U.S. Embassy on Saturday in support of the banned group Palestine Action. The majority of those taken into custody had expressed support for a proscribed organization, London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement. It said that more arrests are expected […]]]>3Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[ICE Agent Charged With Assault For Hitting A Fleeing Man With His Car Will Turn Himself In On Monday]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6746462026-11-01T02:14:53Z2026-11-01T02:04:57Z(AP) – A federal immigration officer charged with aggravated assault after he ran over a Mexican man with his car in Houston will turn himself in on Monday, according to his attorney. Mario Alberto Morales, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, struck Miguel Parra Hernandez, a 48-year-old construction worker, with his unmarked SUV on […]]]>2Rabbi Yair Hoffman<![CDATA[Minchas Chinuch Mitzvah 2: The Mitzvah of Milah with Contemporary Poskim]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6746702026-11-02T00:45:32Z2026-11-01T02:00:58ZNEW YORK (VINNEWS/Rabbi Yair Hoffman) Mitzvah 2: The Mitzvah of Milah with Contemporary Poskim For previous Mitzvah – Click here The Sefer HaChinuch (A) Parshas Lech Lecha contains one positive commandment, the mitzvah of milah, as the verse states, “This is My covenant which you shall keep, between Me and you and your seed after […]]]>0Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[‘Grasping At Straws’: Judge Dismisses Trump Suit Against Wall Street Journal Over Epstein Letter]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6746272026-10-31T23:59:16Z2026-11-01T02:00:46ZSaying the president was “grasping at straws,” a federal judge on Saturday threw out Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch over a story reporting on his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles in Miami dismissed the suit with prejudice, ruling that the president […]]]>1<![CDATA[Mrs. Ethel Rubin ע”ה עטיל בילא בת יהושע העשיל
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15th & 16th Avenues Directions
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In a roundtable […]]]>5Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Virginia And DC Sue Over Trump’s Arch, Adding To Legal Challenges As Government Wants Work To Begin]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6746112026-10-31T23:40:34Z2026-11-01T00:39:46ZWASHINGTON (AP) — The legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s proposed memorial arch are mounting, with the District of Columbia and Virginia suing in federal court Saturday as the administration says construction could begin as early as next week. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan proceeded to consolidate that lawsuit later Saturday with the original one […]]]>1Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[‘Time for a New NYAG’: Bill Ackman Backs Saritha Komatireddy Amid Wave of Violent Crimes]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6746422026-11-01T00:38:45Z2026-11-01T00:38:45ZNEW YORK (VINnews) — Billionaire investor Bill Ackman is calling for a change in New York’s attorney general’s office following a series of disturbing violent crimes, including the shocking stabbing of a 28-year-old woman who was training for Sunday’s New York City Marathon. On Saturday, Ackman shared a New York Post report about the Brooklyn […]]]>13Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[NYC Marathon Returns Sunday, Bringing Major Traffic Disruptions Across All Five Boroughs]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6746382026-11-01T00:07:54Z2026-11-01T00:07:54ZNEW YORK (VINnews) — New York City will once again become the stage for one of the world’s largest sporting events on Sunday, as nearly 60,000 runners take part in the 55th annual TCS New York City Marathon, bringing major street closures, bridge restrictions, bus diversions and significant traffic disruptions across all five boroughs. The […]]]>0Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Rubio Says The US Government Did Not Facilitate Bolsonaro’s Flight To The US]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6746332026-11-01T00:05:01Z2026-11-01T00:03:41ZATLANTA (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday that the Trump administration did not facilitate defeated presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro’s departure to the U.S. after he left Brazil following his election defeat to Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro arrived in Miami on Wednesday, a day after the State Department […]]]>0Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Orlando Man Arrested Over Alleged Mass Shooting Threat Against New Charedi Jewish Community in Florida]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6746232026-10-31T23:55:32Z2026-10-31T23:55:32ZORLANDO, Fla. (VINnews) — A 31-year-old Orlando man has been arrested after allegedly making threats against a newly established Charedi Jewish community in rural Florida, including posting photographs of a firearm alongside the location of the residential development, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE). The suspect, identified as Jerry Ray Sneed, 31, […]]]>4Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Mamdani Says Trump Agrees To Grant Visa To Mother Of Ghanian Teen Killed In Bronx Shooting]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6746192026-10-31T23:47:39Z2026-10-31T23:47:39ZNEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on Saturday in a social media post that after talking to President Donald Trump, he has agreed to grant a visa to the mother of a 15-year-old immigrant from Ghana who was shot to death earlier this week. The murder of a child is […]]]>5Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[FBI Blames North Korea For Stolen Billions From Binance In Biggest Hack In History]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6746072026-10-31T23:39:18Z2026-10-31T23:39:18ZNew York (AP) — The theft of billions of dollars from Binance within a matter of minutes, the biggest crypto heist in history, was orchestrated by North Korean hackers, the FBI said Saturday. The bureau said in a statement that this week’s attack was tied to “malicious cyber activity” by an entity known as TraderTraitor, […]]]>1Yehuda Dov<![CDATA[CNN Reveals Former Mossad Agent Behind Flavio Bolsonaro’s Departure From Brazil]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6746042026-10-31T22:02:10Z2026-10-31T22:15:15ZNEW YORK (VINnews) — A report by CNN Brazil has revealed new details of an alleged international operation that enabled Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, to leave Brazil and travel to the United States. According to the report, the operation, internally code-named “Operation Alba,” was carefully coordinated and involved individuals […]]]>1Yehuda Dov<![CDATA[UAE President Honors Flydubai Crew Who Prevented Midair Disaster]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6746002026-10-31T21:38:48Z2026-10-31T21:45:25ZABU DHABI (VINnews) — The South African and New Zealand pilots who helped save a Tel Aviv-bound Flydubai flight after an alleged attempt by the co-pilot to seize control of the aircraft have been identified as key figures in the dramatic incident. The crew members were honored by UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al […]]]>1Yehuda Dov<![CDATA[Eisenkot Moves to Form Broad Government, Sets Four Conditions for Coalition Partners]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6745972026-10-31T19:27:18Z2026-10-31T18:30:26ZJERUSALEM (VINnews) — Yashar Party Chairman Gadi Eisenkot announced on Saturday evening that he intends to move immediately to form a new government, declaring that Israel’s parliamentary majority must be translated into a broad coalition committed to national unity, universal service and major changes to government policy. Eisenkot outlined his priorities for the next government […]]]>18Rabbi Yair Hoffman<![CDATA[Minchas Chinuch With Contemporary Poskim – a New Project]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6745172026-11-01T09:41:07Z2026-10-30T20:00:08ZNEW YORK (VINNEWS/Rabbi Yair Hoffman) The above sefer is an illustration – it does not yet exist. If there is interest in this topic, the author would like to propose a regular shiur in the material. What follows is.. Mitzvah #1: The Mitzvah of Peru U’Revu The Sefer HaChinuch Parshas Bereishis contains one positive commandment, […]]]>2Reuven Rosenfeld<![CDATA[Trump Administration Unveils $25 Million Fraud Whistleblower Program]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6745922026-10-30T19:32:47Z2026-10-30T19:32:47ZWASHINGTON D.C (VINnews) — The Trump administration has launched a $25 million whistleblower initiative to combat fraud in federal programs, offering cash rewards for tips that lead to criminal charges. Under the Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program, individuals who submit actionable information that results in criminal charges can receive awards ranging from $10,000 to $30,000. The […]]]>0Reuven Rosenfeld<![CDATA[Housing And Food Reach Highest Share Of U.S. Household Spending In 15 Years]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6745882026-10-30T18:30:01Z2026-10-30T18:48:33ZWASHINGTON D.C (VINnews)— American households devoted nearly half of their total expenditures to housing and food in 2025, the largest combined share recorded in 15 years, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released this week. Housing accounted for 33.9% of average annual spending, the highest level since 2010 outside the pandemic period, while food […]]]>0Joseph Feldman<![CDATA[Netanyahu Shares Emotional Encounter At Western Wall With Terminally Ill Man, Says He Touched His Heart]]>https://vinnews.com/?p=6745842026-10-30T18:26:50Z2026-10-30T18:26:50ZJERUSALEM (VINnews) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shared an emotional message ahead of Shabbos, recounting a moving encounter at the Western Wall with a man named Chaim, who apparently left a deep impression on him. In a Hebrew-language post on X, Netanyahu described Chaim as someone he met at the Kotel who had simply […]]]>0
MIAMI (VINnews) — Shoppers carrying bags from Dior and Chanel walk past valet stands lined with Bentleys and Ferraris in Miami’s Design District. Outdoor diners order $42 cocktails and $82 fish dishes in the roughly 30-acre area of high-end retail, galleries and restaurants. Yet federal tax rules still classify most of the neighborhood as an […]]]>
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said Monday the military has a responsibility to become a global leader in artificial intelligence and robotics as the nature of warfare changes rapidly. Speaking at a conference on integrating AI into military operations, Zamir described artificial intelligence as a revolution reshaping the 21st […]]]>
CAPE CANAVERAL (VINnews) – NASA’s experimental X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft has completed its first year of flight testing and is making its first cross-country journey, flying from Edwards Air Force Base in California to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Lockheed Martin-built jet departed California on Oct. 28 — exactly one year after its […]]]>
(AP) – There are many great gifts to give this holiday season, but only the truly special will make the recipient say, “Whoa! Why didn’t anybody think of this before?” These are those gifts — the unexpected, ingenious finds that will seriously delight everyone on your list. Car diagnostics in the palm of your hand […]]]>
DUBAI (VINnews) — Several Gulf Arab states have informed Iran that they stand ready to launch retaliatory strikes, either on their own or in coordination with others, should Tehran attack their infrastructure in response to renewed American military action, mediators said. The warnings come as Gulf governments actively prepare for the possibility of a major […]]]>
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (VINnews) — Technology entrepreneur Adam Robinson, his wife and their two young daughters have been identified among the nine people killed when a Learjet 60 crashed in Palm Beach County, Florida, on Sunday. Robinson, 44, an Austin, Texas-based entrepreneur, was traveling with his wife, Helen, their daughters, Bella and Emma, the […]]]>
(AP) – The CEO for Ryanair expects European plane ticket prices may climb as much as 20% next year with the conflict in the Middle East ongoing. “So we’re facing 2027 where we have much higher oil prices… I think they’re going to get passed on in significantly higher airfares,” CEO Michael O’Leary said in […]]]>
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Parts of a business jet likely started to break off even before it slammed into the ground and erupted in a ball of flames in South Florida, killing all nine people on board, a federal investigator said Monday. Video recorded by passersby captured the Bahamas-bound Learjet’s rapid nosedive Sunday […]]]>
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Anthropic’s quarterly revenue swelled to $17 billion but it still posted a net loss for the latest three months, the artificial intelligence giant said in an updated IPO filing released on Monday. The San Francisco-based company behind the Claude chatbot also disclosed that it has committed to spend $895.4 billion on […]]]>
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Millions of dollars of settlement money from the largest known methane leak in the United States are now available to affected residents to replace gas-powered appliances with electric ones. Organizations involved in distributing the money say it will help create safer and cleaner homes. The announcement makes available the first $20 […]]]>
(VINnews) – New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani debuted a dramatically different look over the weekend after shaving off his signature beard and replacing it with a mustache. Mamdani was photographed with his beard Friday at a children’s Halloween event in Queens, but by Sunday afternoon, he appeared at the New York City Marathon sporting […]]]>
NEW YORK (VINnews) – New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani voiced support for an international dockworkers strike across 113 ports in 22 countries, backing workers who sought to disrupt the transportation of weapons and military equipment to Israel. “Dockworkers went on strike across 113 ports in 22 countries to disrupt the transport of weapons of […]]]>
JERUSALEM (VINNEWS) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that the Israeli public rejects any government reliant on the Arab-led parties Ra’am and the Joint List, which he described as supporting terrorism and denying the existence of the Jewish state. In a post on X, Netanyahu noted that a clear majority of the Jewish public […]]]>
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing for another wave of strikes on Iran after Tuesday’s midterm elections in the United States, according to two regional officials and a third person familiar with the matter. A return to full-scale war with Iran could help Netanyahu to form an emergency government after he […]]]>
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BROOKLYN (VINnews) – Police are investigating a suspected hate crime after someone spray-painted swastikas and antisemitic messages on four Jewish school buses in Williamsburg early Monday morning, the day before Election Day. The vandalism occurred at approximately 5 a.m. near Bedford Avenue and Williamsburg Street West. The buses belong to the Satmar, Sanz-Klausenburg and Tiferes […]]]>
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday dismissed a criminal complaint against two former FBI officials accused of making false statements to Congress about Hunter Biden, saying the investigation that produced the charges was rushed, overtly political and dogged by “critical mistakes.” “What has transpired here cannot be described as anything other than weaponization,” […]]]>
BALTIMORE (VINnews) – Orthodox rabbis, Christian lawmakers and other allies from across the United States released a joint open letter this week raising concerns about Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s statements on Israel, his response to an attack on a Michigan synagogue and his political associations. The letter, dated Oct. 29 and signed […]]]>
GREENACRES, FLORIDA (AP) — A 20-year-old woman with a pilot’s license was among nine people killed when a small jet crashed and exploded in South Florida, her family said. Camila Corteleti told the New York Post and New York Times that her daughter, Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, was the copilot flying a Learjet from Austin, Texas, […]]]>
HULL, England (AP) — Karl Bushby embraced his weeping mother in his arms Monday as he returned to his northern England home to complete a 28-year odyssey to walk around the world. “Where have you been?” his mother, Angela, asked as he arrived outside the home he left in 1998 that was now decked with […]]]>
TEL HASHOMER (VINnews) — American Friends of Sheba Medical Center announced a landmark eight-figure donation from New York-based Iranian-Jewish philanthropist Edward Khalily to help construct a new pediatric oncology building at the hospital’s Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital. The Edward Khalily Pediatric Oncology Building is expected to cost about $150 million in total and […]]]>
ILULISSAT, Greenland (AP) — Greenland has opened a new international airport, seeking to lure visitors from around the world as the Arctic island looks toward eventual independence from Denmark. Thursday’s inaugural international flight between Copenhagen, Denmark, and Ilulissat, Greenland, was part of the island government’s efforts to grow its tourism industry to boost and diversify […]]]>
TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Monday launched a new national agency focused on disaster management to improve the country’s preparedness if there’s a megaquake along the Pacific coast or in Tokyo, or an eruption of Mount Fuji. More than 350 workers at the National Disaster Management Agency will oversee preparedness, emergency response and reconstruction efforts. […]]]>
ANN ARBOR (VINnews) — A University of Michigan student was arrested Sunday after video showed her shoving conservative Jewish influencer Lizzy Benichou to the ground and kicking her during a heated confrontation over Islam and women’s rights in Iran on the university’s Ann Arbor campus. The incident took place as Benichou was taking part in […]]]>
New York (VINNEWS/Rabbi Yair Hoffman) The Rambam wrote the Moreh Nevuchim in Arabic around the year 1191. Very few Jews today can read that Arabic, so almost everyone who studies the Moreh Nevuchim reads it in translation. In the yeshiva world, that has meant the Hebrew of Rabbi Shmuel Ibn Tibbon for about eight hundred […]]]>
NEW YORK (VINNEWS/Rabbi Yair Hoffman) The Sefer HaChinuch Parshas Shemos and Parshas Va’eira contain no mitzvos. Parshas Bo contains nine positive commandments and eleven negative commandments. Mitzvah 4 is the mitzvah of sanctifying the new month: to sanctify months and to intercalate years in a great beis din, wise and ordained in the Land of […]]]>
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Mellanox founder Eyal Waldman has revealed that he has received authorization to hold discussions with figures in Syria and Lebanon, saying he hopes to use his business connections and international standing to help improve Israel’s diplomatic position and advance regional peace efforts. Speaking Monday at the international business conference of the Taglit-Birthright […]]]>
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Supermarkets in Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg and Estonia were hit Monday by problems with freezers and fridges that apparently were caused by cyberattacks, forcing some to dispose of ruined food. The problems follow a case last month in which attackers remotely took control of refrigeration systems in hundreds of supermarkets and independent stores […]]]>
CULIACÁN, México (AP) — Starting Tuesday, Mexican schools will ban cellphones from classrooms as part of a federal government effort to limit children’s and teenagers’ use of electronic devices, following similar measures taken by over a hundred countries in the last decade. The initiative, spearheaded by Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, has been supported by experts […]]]>
GREENACRES, Fla. (VINnews) — Dramatic video showing a massive crater, burning wreckage and a towering fireball has emerged following Sunday’s deadly Learjet 60 crash in South Florida, which killed all nine people aboard. The aircraft crashed near Military Trail and 10th Avenue North in Greenacres, Palm Beach County, shortly before 1 p.m. after departing Austin, […]]]>
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A wave of protests and social unrest is spreading across Europe, with young people increasingly taking to the streets over rising living costs, unaffordable housing, education cuts and concerns about their future. While the demonstrations differ from country to country, several have been accompanied by looting, vandalism and violent clashes with […]]]>
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — An armed group opposed to Hamas reportedly carried out a dramatic overnight raid in central Khan Younis, southern Gaza, abducting several members of a prominent local family after a fierce exchange of gunfire with Hamas terrorists. Palestinian media reported that the operation was conducted under the cover of Israeli military drones, although […]]]>
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Yaari Liberman, a student at the Ohr Hachaim Yeshiva headed by Rabbi Reuven Elbaz, was released from Military Prison No. 10 on Monday morning following intervention by senior officials and efforts by his attorney, Shlomo Hadad. His release came after his arrest during his own Sheva Brachot celebrations sparked widespread protests and […]]]>
BAGHDAD (VINnews) — Iraq has opened its first museum dedicated to Jewish history, offering a rare glimpse into the legacy of a community that once numbered up to 150,000 people but has been reduced to only a handful of remaining Jews. The Jewish Shamash Museum opened on Al-Rashid Street in Baghdad, inside the historic building […]]]>
(VINnews) – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is facing mounting backlash on social media after attacking Rep. Haley Stevens for endorsing Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers in Michigan, with elected officials, prominent Jewish figures and political commentators sharply criticizing the senator over his continued support for Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed. In a post Sunday, Schumer […]]]>
DETROIT (VINnews) – Rep. Haley Stevens received an extended standing ovation and a special presentation Sunday evening at the Yeshiva Beth Yehudah dinner, held at the Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan. The event drew more than 2,000 community leaders, according to Rabbi A.D. Motzen, national director of government affairs for Agudath Israel of […]]]>
(VINnews) – The Learjet 60 is a high-performance midsize business jet that has been flying for more than three decades. Although the aircraft was certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in January 1993 and remains an approved aircraft design, its history includes several serious accidents, a deadly runway disaster that exposed significant maintenance and […]]]>
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Sunday he had a constructive conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump about a potential trade deal, with negotiators set to work toward an agreement in the coming weeks as the countries seek to resolve their bitter trade dispute just days before the U.S. midterm elections. Trump […]]]>
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Sunday defended the accuracy of a list of what it says are more than 20,000 suspected noncitizens registered to vote in California and suggested that a federal judge consider whether an immigrant rights group and its lawyers should face contempt charges after they published an analysis of the […]]]>
(AP) – Tucker Carlson claims the Trump administration could be days away from considering a nuclear strike on Iran, alleging that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pressuring President Donald Trump to authorize an attack on an underground nuclear facility at Pickax Mountain. In a lengthy post on X, Carlson alleges that conventional weapons cannot […]]]>
(AP) – More heavy rainfall produced flash flooding and mandatory evacuations in a wide swath of the Southwest on Sunday, including in a Colorado tourist town bracing for its main river to rise to historic levels, as weary residents in the normally arid region deal with another massive drenching. Officials in Pagosa Springs, a southwestern […]]]>
SAN SALVADOR (VINnews) — Peru’s newly elected president, Keiko Fujimori, traveled to El Salvador this week for an official visit with President Nayib Bukele, touring the country’s high-security Terrorism Confinement Center and stating that governments must prioritize the rights of law-abiding citizens over those of criminals. Fujimori, who took office in July as Peru’s first […]]]>
NEW YORK (VINNEWS.Rabbi Yair Hoffman) The Sefer HaChinuch Parshas Vayeira, Parshas Chayei Sarah, Parshas Toldos and Parshas Vayeitzei contain no mitzvos. Parshas Vayishlach contains one negative commandment, the prohibition of the gid hanasheh, as the verse states, “Therefore the Children of Israel shall not eat the gid hanasheh” (Bereishis 32:33). The words “shall not eat” […]]]>
GREENACRES, FLORIDA (VINnews) — A Learjet 60 carrying nine people plunged into a residential neighborhood in Palm Beach County on Sunday afternoon, killing everyone aboard after the crew reported icing, turbulence and a rapid, uncontrolled descent, officials said. The aircraft, registered N722BD, had departed Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas earlier that day bound for North […]]]>
HALLANDALE BEACH ( VINnews) – The general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters said Sunday he voted for Republican Sen. Ashley Moody in Florida’s special U.S. Senate election. Sean M. O’Brien announced on X that it was his first vote in the state and that he was proud to support Moody. He said Moody […]]]>
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman, the Nassau County executive, began a rapid statewide tour Sunday that will hit roughly eight cities in 48 hours as he makes a final bid to unseat Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul ahead of Tuesday’s election. Blakeman opened the effort on his Long Island home turf with […]]]>
DETROIT (VINnews) — U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens is no longer a member of the Michigan Democratic Party after endorsing Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers, party Chairman Curtis Hertel said Sunday. Hertel stated that Stevens “is not a current member of the Michigan Democratic Party, nor will she be in the future.” Her name and photo […]]]>
(AP) – For the first time in a dozen years, a leading OB-GYN group has updated its guidance on managing hot flashes, night sweats, sleep changes and other disruptive symptoms that often come with menopause. Doctors stressed the importance of hormone therapies, which many women are considering again after the removal of federal safety warnings. […]]]>
WASHINGTON D.C (VINnews) — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday condemned U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens’ decision to endorse Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan’s closely watched Senate contest as a “despicable betrayal,” while reaffirming that Senate Democrats remain united behind progressive Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed. Schumer, who had supported Stevens in the August Democratic primary, […]]]>
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A business jet carrying nine people nose-dived into a South Florida neighborhood Sunday and erupted into a giant fireball that appeared to just miss homes before crashing near a busy roadway. All passengers on board were killed, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said. Duffy posted on X on Sunday […]]]>
WASHINGTON (AP) — People heading into the Affordable Care Act open enrollment period with plans to sign up for insurance should expect a variety of changes in 2027, including higher premiums and fewer coverage options. The sign-up window for the marketplace, also known as Obamacare, starts Sunday in most states and runs through Jan. 15. […]]]>
GREENACRES, Fla. (VINnews) — A Learjet 60 business jet crashed into a mobile home park in Palm Beach County on Sunday afternoon, triggering a massive fire that destroyed a home and left multiple people dead, authorities said. JUST IN: HORRIFYING new video shows what’s reportedly a Learjet NOSEDIVING into the ground in Palm Beach County, […]]]>
DETROIT (VINnews) — President Trump on Sunday praised Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens after she endorsed Republican Mike Rogers for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat, describing the decision as an act of “bravery.” In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote that Stevens, who narrowly lost the Democratic primary to Abdul El-Sayed, had “just ENDORSED Mike […]]]>
CONNECTICUT (VINnews) – Connecticut Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy was hospitalized Saturday after suffering a stroke while attending his son’s hockey game, his office said Sunday. The 53-year-old lawmaker is awake, alert and expected to make a full recovery. Murphy began experiencing numbness in his arm during the game and was taken to a local hospital, […]]]>
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration has made $15 billion worth of promises to agriculture producers in the last few weeks of the midterm elections, initiatives intended to help offset higher costs for diesel and fertilizer that farmers have endured largely due to his tariffs and the war in Iran. Whether that […]]]>
VOORHEES, N.J. (VINnews) — Fred Behrend, a Holocaust survivor and retired air-conditioning and television repairman living in Voorhees, will turn 100 on Nov. 3 as his childhood hometown of Lüdenscheid, Germany, places three memorial plaques honoring him and his parents. The brass plaques, known as Stolpersteine or “stumbling stones,” will be installed in front of […]]]>
NEW YORK (VINnews) — “Saturday Night Live” Weekend Update co-host Michael Che delivered another anti-Israel one-liner Saturday night, casually equating the Jewish state with “genocide” while noting a record voter turnout in Israel’s election. The line landed as a flat punchline on a show whose Jewish executive producer has repeatedly shrugged off similar complaints. Che, […]]]>
NEW YORK (VINnews) — The Foundation for Jewish Camp has launched a $45 million, five-year program to lower tuition costs for middle-income Massachusetts families and strengthen 11 New England Jewish overnight camps, with the goal of doubling enrollment among households earning under $300,000. The Jewish Camp Access & Excellence Initiative will run from 2027 through […]]]>
NEW YORK CITY (VINnews) — Sweden’s Andreas Almgren won the men’s race of the New York City Marathon on Sunday in his first attempt at the 26.2-mile distance, finishing in 2 hours, 6 minutes, 1 second, while Kenya’s Sheila Chepkirui captured the women’s title for the second time in three years. Almgren, 31, pulled away […]]]>
SOUTHERN LEBANON (VINnews) – Israeli troops from the 769th Brigade located weapons inside a civilian home and a children’s room bearing symbols associated with Hezbollah during operations in the Security Zone in southern Lebanon, the military said Sunday. The soldiers, operating under the 91st Division, have been conducting searches to dismantle terrorist infrastructure sites in […]]]>
NAPLES, FLA. (VINnews) — A mystery buyer has quietly assembled nearly 19 acres of prime Gulf-front property along Gordon Drive in Naples’ exclusive Port Royal neighborhood for $311 million, creating one of the country’s most expensive private residential compounds, according to reports. The buyer, whose identity remains shielded by land trusts and nondisclosure agreements, completed […]]]>
NEW YORK (VINnews) — New York Attorney General Letitia James is facing questions over more than $56,000 in campaign contributions from executives, lobbyists and associates connected to three major homeless shelter operators that have faced allegations of financial misconduct and oversight failures. A New York Post investigation found that Samaritan Daytop Village, Acacia Network Housing […]]]>
DETROIT (AP) — Democrat Abdul El-Sayed’s former opponent in the Michigan Senate primary, Haley Stevens, is appearing with Republican candidate Mike Rogers at a Detroit church after intraparty tensions have boiled over days before the election. The appearance comes after the congresswoman was uninvited to a joint event Sunday with El-Sayed, who defeated her by […]]]>
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Former New York Gov. George Pataki is urging voters not to write off Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman because of unfavorable polling, saying his own upset victory over Mario Cuomo in 1994 demonstrates why polls should not discourage voters. In an interview with the New York Post published Sunday, Pataki recalled […]]]>
WASHINGTON (VINnews) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is defending controversial remarks about scientific output in the Arab world, arguing that his comments were directed at political Islamism rather than Arabs or Muslims as a whole. Leftist mainstream media outlets piled on this week to express outrage at my observation, during […]]]>
BROOKLYN (VINNews) – A 28-year-old woman training for the New York City Marathon has been declared brain dead after being stabbed multiple times in the neck while jogging along a Brooklyn waterfront path in what investigators believe may have been a random attack. Katie Suarez was running along the Shore Parkway Greenway near Bay 17th […]]]>
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 4 in 10 names flagged as possible noncitizen voters in California by the Trump administration cannot be found on the state’s voter rolls, according to a legal filing Saturday by an immigrant-rights group. It’s the first outside analysis of a list that the Department of Justice has used to threaten […]]]>
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — British pop star Boy George arrived in Israel on Saturday, saying he felt compelled to speak out in support of his Jewish friends following the October 7 Hamas attacks and the rise in antisemitism that followed. The Culture Club frontman was welcomed at Ben Gurion Airport by Sylvan Adams, president of World […]]]>
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Senior figures in United Torah Judaism have indicated in closed-door discussions that they would be willing to provide outside support to a government led by Gadi Eisenkot, without demanding that a new draft law be passed before the government is sworn in. However, the party would insist on receiving guarantees from Eisenkot […]]]>
NEW YORK (VINnews/Editorial) – The Red Baron incident, which has gone viral with millions of views and sparked outrage across the United States, should serve as a wake-up call for the Jewish community, particularly in Williamsburg, where social media influencers have increasingly turned ordinary people, unsuspecting strangers and uncomfortable encounters into entertainment for thousands of […]]]>
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli President Isaac Herzog has announced that he will begin consultations with political parties this week as part of the process of forming Israel’s next government, urging political leaders to put aside campaign rhetoric, accept the election results and work towards avoiding another round of elections. Speaking at the state memorial ceremony […]]]>
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center has performed what it describes as Israel’s first four pacemaker implantations using an advanced technique designed to improve electrical coordination between the heart’s two upper chambers. All four procedures were successfully completed, marking a new development in the treatment of cardiac rhythm disorders in Israel. The procedures […]]]>
NEW YORK (VINnews) — With US midterm elections approaching on Tuesday, November 3, the Trump administration faces a major political test that could have significant implications for its approach to Iran. As Washington continues to strengthen its military presence across the Middle East, Israel is preparing for the possibility that Tehran could respond to an […]]]>
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Large numbers of charedi demonstrators gathered outside the IDF recruitment office at Tel Hashomer on Sunday morning to protest the enlistment of young charedi men into military support roles designated for the Haredi community. Police declared the demonstration illegal and began forcibly dispersing protesters following clashes with security forces. The IDF had […]]]>
JERUSALEM (VINnews) – Defense Forces said Friday that an airstrike Thursday in the Nuseirat area of central Gaza killed Ihab Jamil Abu Taqiya, a squad commander in Hamas’s military wing whom the military linked to holding a large number of Israeli hostages early in the war. A second Hamas operative, Ibrahim Gihad Muhammad Abu Oshaiba, […]]]>
WASHINGTON D.C (VINnews) — President Trump publicly described a reported $50 million multiyear contract signed by his former personal attorney Alina Habba Mildon as “totally obnoxious and outrageous, and it’s not acceptable at all,” according to a New York Times report. Trump reacted with strong anger after learning that Habba Mildon had secured the agreement […]]]>
(AP) – The Trump administration’s online accounts are circulating images of a pumpkin carved with a sombrero design and a fake Halloween-themed background around a Black man apparently accused of food assistance fraud, in social media posts slammed by critics as inflammatory rhetoric. Spooky szn is here. https://t.co/8xc9KhU3VE — The White House (@WhiteHouse) October 29, […]]]>
WASHINGTON (VINnews) — The American Psychological Association is facing renewed scrutiny over its handling of antisemitism after a congressional investigation accused the nation’s leading professional organization for psychologists of dismissing Jewish members’ concerns, accommodating anti-Israel activists and allowing political ideology to influence its leadership. The APA’s president and CEO have rejected the findings of the […]]]>
PHUKET, Thailand (VINnews) — A major demonstration in Phuket on Saturday, led by prominent Thai political activist Sondhi Limthongkul, brought together local residents and activist groups demanding government action against what they described as illegal foreign business interests, suspected nominee companies and growing Israeli influence in Thailand. The rally, held at Saphan Hin in Phuket […]]]>
LONDON (AP) — London police said they arrested 139 people at a protest outside the U.S. Embassy on Saturday in support of the banned group Palestine Action. The majority of those taken into custody had expressed support for a proscribed organization, London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement. It said that more arrests are expected […]]]>
(AP) – A federal immigration officer charged with aggravated assault after he ran over a Mexican man with his car in Houston will turn himself in on Monday, according to his attorney. Mario Alberto Morales, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, struck Miguel Parra Hernandez, a 48-year-old construction worker, with his unmarked SUV on […]]]>
NEW YORK (VINNEWS/Rabbi Yair Hoffman) Mitzvah 2: The Mitzvah of Milah with Contemporary Poskim For previous Mitzvah – Click here The Sefer HaChinuch (A) Parshas Lech Lecha contains one positive commandment, the mitzvah of milah, as the verse states, “This is My covenant which you shall keep, between Me and you and your seed after […]]]>
Saying the president was “grasping at straws,” a federal judge on Saturday threw out Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch over a story reporting on his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles in Miami dismissed the suit with prejudice, ruling that the president […]]]>
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A group of Jewish and non-Jewish Michigan voters, including lifelong Democrats, say they plan to cross party lines and support Republican Mike Rogers over Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, citing concerns about antisemitism, national security and what they describe as the Democratic Party’s growing shift to the left. In a roundtable […]]]>
WASHINGTON (AP) — The legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s proposed memorial arch are mounting, with the District of Columbia and Virginia suing in federal court Saturday as the administration says construction could begin as early as next week. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan proceeded to consolidate that lawsuit later Saturday with the original one […]]]>
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Billionaire investor Bill Ackman is calling for a change in New York’s attorney general’s office following a series of disturbing violent crimes, including the shocking stabbing of a 28-year-old woman who was training for Sunday’s New York City Marathon. On Saturday, Ackman shared a New York Post report about the Brooklyn […]]]>
NEW YORK (VINnews) — New York City will once again become the stage for one of the world’s largest sporting events on Sunday, as nearly 60,000 runners take part in the 55th annual TCS New York City Marathon, bringing major street closures, bridge restrictions, bus diversions and significant traffic disruptions across all five boroughs. The […]]]>
ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday that the Trump administration did not facilitate defeated presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro’s departure to the U.S. after he left Brazil following his election defeat to Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro arrived in Miami on Wednesday, a day after the State Department […]]]>
ORLANDO, Fla. (VINnews) — A 31-year-old Orlando man has been arrested after allegedly making threats against a newly established Charedi Jewish community in rural Florida, including posting photographs of a firearm alongside the location of the residential development, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE). The suspect, identified as Jerry Ray Sneed, 31, […]]]>
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on Saturday in a social media post that after talking to President Donald Trump, he has agreed to grant a visa to the mother of a 15-year-old immigrant from Ghana who was shot to death earlier this week. The murder of a child is […]]]>
New York (AP) — The theft of billions of dollars from Binance within a matter of minutes, the biggest crypto heist in history, was orchestrated by North Korean hackers, the FBI said Saturday. The bureau said in a statement that this week’s attack was tied to “malicious cyber activity” by an entity known as TraderTraitor, […]]]>
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A report by CNN Brazil has revealed new details of an alleged international operation that enabled Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, to leave Brazil and travel to the United States. According to the report, the operation, internally code-named “Operation Alba,” was carefully coordinated and involved individuals […]]]>
ABU DHABI (VINnews) — The South African and New Zealand pilots who helped save a Tel Aviv-bound Flydubai flight after an alleged attempt by the co-pilot to seize control of the aircraft have been identified as key figures in the dramatic incident. The crew members were honored by UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al […]]]>
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Yashar Party Chairman Gadi Eisenkot announced on Saturday evening that he intends to move immediately to form a new government, declaring that Israel’s parliamentary majority must be translated into a broad coalition committed to national unity, universal service and major changes to government policy. Eisenkot outlined his priorities for the next government […]]]>
NEW YORK (VINNEWS/Rabbi Yair Hoffman) The above sefer is an illustration – it does not yet exist. If there is interest in this topic, the author would like to propose a regular shiur in the material. What follows is.. Mitzvah #1: The Mitzvah of Peru U’Revu The Sefer HaChinuch Parshas Bereishis contains one positive commandment, […]]]>
WASHINGTON D.C (VINnews) — The Trump administration has launched a $25 million whistleblower initiative to combat fraud in federal programs, offering cash rewards for tips that lead to criminal charges. Under the Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program, individuals who submit actionable information that results in criminal charges can receive awards ranging from $10,000 to $30,000. The […]]]>
WASHINGTON D.C (VINnews)— American households devoted nearly half of their total expenditures to housing and food in 2025, the largest combined share recorded in 15 years, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released this week. Housing accounted for 33.9% of average annual spending, the highest level since 2010 outside the pandemic period, while food […]]]>
JERUSALEM (VINnews) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shared an emotional message ahead of Shabbos, recounting a moving encounter at the Western Wall with a man named Chaim, who apparently left a deep impression on him. In a Hebrew-language post on X, Netanyahu described Chaim as someone he met at the Kotel who had simply […]]]>