(JNS) — Family members of 16 soldiers from Gush Etzion and Efrat who fell defending the State of Israel since Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre gathered on Monday at a military base in the Gush’s western foothills to dedicate the base’s newly expanded synagogue in memory of their loved ones. The synagogue was also dedicated in memory of Ari Fuld, a well-known Israel activist, educator and Israel Defense Forces reservist who was murdered by an Arab terrorist just before Yom Kippur 2018. Family members of IDF soldiers who have fallen in Gaza since Oct. 7 participate in the dedication of a…
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Minister of Housing and Construction Yitzhak Goldknopf attends a conference in Tel Aviv on March 22ב, 2023. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** תל אביב כנס פוליטיקה יצחק גולדקנופף ISRAEL (VINnews) Charedi Knesset leaders slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after he released a statement on Shabbos, responding to Moody’s downgrading Israel’s credit. <!– Click to get Text Message Updates right to your phone –> Join our WhatsApp group Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email “The Prime Minister’s statement on Shabbat regarding the credit rating was out of place,” said Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf, leader of UTJ and…
On Sunday, a video clip of an interview spread with blazing speed across social media. No, it was not Piers Morgan or Jake Tapper. The video was taken at a protest in Manchester, in solidarity with Gaza, and a sharp, adorable 13-year-old named Josh, armed with a microphone, worked the crowd like a veteran journalist, while his father, Nick, filmed the exchanges on his phone. The UK’s “Telegraph” wrote an article about Josh, the young yet masterful journalist who feels the BBC’s reporting is flawed and who is looking to conduct honest, fact-based, unbiased reporting. Brilliant interview by this young…
In December, Missouri state Democratic lawmakers kicked Sarah Unsicker out of their caucus, citing the Democrat’s antisemitic remarks and conspiracy theories and a photo for which she posed with Charles Johnson, whom the Anti-Defamation League describes as “a Holocaust denier and alt-right troll.” On Monday, Unsicker announced that she is running for governor of Missouri, The Kansas City Star reported. “Missouri is the battlefield for the soul of America,” she said in her announcement. “I am here to ask for all of America to help me put the heart back in the heartland.” She was previously running for attorney general…
Jews pray for the army success in the war against Hamas, for the return of the Israeli hostages held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza and in memory of the people murdered in the October 7 massacre, at the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest prayer site in the Old City of Jerusalem, January 10, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** תפילה למען החטופים חרדים למען הצלחת הצבא ולזכר החטופים והמתים הצלחת צבא תפילה100 יום כותל 100 OLD CITY (VINnews) Thousands of Jews attended a massive, powerful Yom Kippur Katan gathering at the Kosel on Wednesday. <!– Click to get…
ISRAEL (VINnews) Chief Rabbi Dovid Lau wrote a letter Sunday to Pope Francis, urging him to retract his recent comments that seemed to compare Israel to Hamas, and insinuate that Israel has engaged in acts of terror. <!– Click to get Text Message Updates right to your phone –> Join our WhatsApp group Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email The rabbi was referring to the pope’s comments during a conversation with President Isaac Herzog last month, in which he appeared to accuse both Israel and Hamas of “terrorism”. Pope Francis said that it is “forbidden to respond to terror…
Families of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza and Israelis who were released from Hamas captivity seen after a meeting with members of the war cabinet, in Herzliya, December 5, 2023. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** עזה חמאס ישראל מלחמה חרבות ברזל חטופים משפחות פגישה קבינט מלחמה רז בן עמי ISRAEL (VINnews) — An Israeli hostage is suing the Red Cross (ICRC) for abandoning their responsibility and ignoring the health and safety of Israeli hostages held captive by Hamas. Jewish activists say that the group is “reliving its mistakes of the Holocaust”. <!– Click to…
Israeli soldiers at the Jabalya refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, during an Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, December 12, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** חיילים צבא מלחמה חרבות ברזל עזה מרכז הרצועה MIDDLE EAST (VINnews) — It is with deep shock and sadness that we report the unspeakable passing of eight IDF soldiers, who tragically perished while defending their nation. <!– Click to get Text Message Updates right to your phone –> Join our WhatsApp group Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email The names of the eight Kedoshim who died in…
Israeli singer Ishay Ribo performing live at the Sultan’s Pool in Jerusalem, on September 21, 2022. Photo by Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ישי ריבו זמר בריכת הסולטן שיר שירים שרים מופע סליחות TEL AVIV (VINnews) — Popular singer Ishay Ribo performed at Hostages Square, at an event during which one Sefer Torah was brought out to represent each hostage. <!– Click to get Text Message Updates right to your phone –> Join our WhatsApp group Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email “G-D will guard your going and your coming from now and for all time.” -Ishay…
FILE – Mossad chief David Barnea attends a ceremony marking Remembrance Day for Israel’s fallen soldiers and victims of terror, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, on May 3, 2022. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90 QATAR (VINnews) – According to veteran reporter Barak Ravid of Axios, Mossad director David Barnea visited Qatar over the weekend and met senior Qatari officials to discuss trying to secure the release of the more than 235 hostages. <!– Click to get Text Message Updates right to your phone –> Join our WhatsApp group Ravid quoted two sources with direct knowledge of the…