5+ hour, 26+ min ago   (562+ words) NEW YORK (VINnews) — An emotional Torah celebration in Cleveland has drawn attention across the American charedi community after a 101-year-old Jewish resident completed the Talmudic tractate of Bava Batra for the first time in his life, at a ceremony attended…...

3+ day, 6+ hour 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…...

4+ day, 2+ hour 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…...

4+ day, 7+ hour 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,…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (330+ words) TORONTO (VINnews) — A 98-year-old Holocaust survivor is urging Jewish students to embrace their identity and stand together against antisemitism as they return to college campuses for the new academic year. Leipciger was 15 when he and his family were deported by…...

5+ day, 7+ hour 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…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (245+ words) WESTHAMPTON BEACH, NEW YORK (VINnews) – Hundreds of people gathered Sunday evening at The Hampton Synagogue in Westhampton Beach, New York, to celebrate Rabbi Marc Schneier’s 36th anniversary as the congregation’s founding senior rabbi and to dedicate a new Torah in his…...

6+ day, 5+ hour 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…...

6+ day, 5+ hour 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, 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…...