1+ week, 3+ day ago   (550+ words) TAIPEI, Taiwan (VINnews) — Seventy-five Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis from 15 countries gathered in Taipei this week for a regional conference marking four decades of Jewish growth across Asia. The gathering comes 40 years after the Lubavitcher Rebbe sent Rabbi Mordechai Avtzon to Hong Kong…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (183+ words) WASHINGTON (VINnews) – Ron Halber, CEO of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington, called Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s comments about Jewish security an “absolute embarrassment” and urged widespread condemnation of her remarks. Halber was responding to comments by…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (205+ words) LAS VEGAS — Ohio Republican gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy told the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual leadership conference Monday that rising antisemitism is not only an assault on Jews but an attack on the American ideas of success, meritocracy and capitalism. Ramaswamy,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (659+ words) JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rabbi Yigal Levinstein, head of the Bnei David pre-military academy in Eli, has issued a strongly worded statement warning that the Israel Defense Forces has effectively decided to “eliminate” the position of the IDF chief rabbi, amid a…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (314+ words) MIAMI (VINnews) – Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., is echoing a sentiment that has gained attention among Jewish leaders in South Florida, declaring Florida the best place in the country to be openly Jewish and proud. “Florida is the best state to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (379+ words) JERUSALEM (VINnews) — More than 1,100 North Americans immigrated to Israel in August, a monthly record for Nefesh B’Nefesh, the organization that facilitates aliyah from the United States and Canada. Officials said the surge puts 2026 on track to bring more than 4,000 newcomers…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (249+ words) NEW YORK (VINnews) — Jewish high school students across the United States have requested hundreds of new Jewish Student Union clubs since the Hamas-led attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, according to the organization that runs the program. JSU, a project of NCSY, said…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (413+ words) Dozens of charedi men are expected to arrive at the IDF induction center in Tel Hashomer on Sunday morning as part of a recruitment day for combat tracks in the Israeli military, including the Hasmonean Brigade, Netzah Yehuda and Magen…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (227+ words) “My comments may have been misconstrued to justify something I did not mean to justify,” El-Sayed told reporters after he addressed the caucus at a party convention in Lansing. “To anyone who feels like my comments might have been hurtful,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (329+ words) NEW YORK (VINnews) — A single 45-minute classroom lesson on contemporary antisemitism can significantly reduce teenagers’ endorsement of antisemitic conspiracy theories and tropes, according to a new study released by the Anti-Defamation League’s Center for Antisemitism Research. The randomized evaluation involved…...