admin | June 27, 2024
Open this photo in gallery: An image from video showing a man in the vicinity of a recent Vancouver synagogue arson attack is shown in a police handout.HO/The Canadian Press Rabbi Andrew Rosenblatt says the congregation of the Schara Tzedeck synagogue in Vancouver has come back and been resilient after an arson attack that charred the doors of the temple last month.
admin | June 27, 2024
JERUSALEM (VINnews) In an effort to save the Israeli yeshiva world which is suffering from huge deficits in the wake of budgetary cuts, Slabodka Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Dov Landau left on Motzei Shabbos for the US to solicit emergency funds for the yeshivos. Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email The 94-year-old Rabbi Landau, who heads the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah, is set to establish the World of Torah Fund which will offer support to the yeshivos, whose budgets were cut by the High Court due to the lack of a draft law.
admin | June 27, 2024
In Israel, every day waking up in the morning is a challenge. Immediately we check what has happened the night before. Have any of our soldiers been killed?
admin | June 27, 2024
Even before the High Court ruling announced Tuesday morning, which forbids transferring budgets to yeshivas whose students are required to enlist in the absence of a law regulating their status, the legal impediment was well felt in ultra-Orthodox yeshivas. Starting in April, due to the determination of the legal adviser to the government , the transfer of money to yeshivas was prevented for Haredi youths who are obligated to enlist, which resulted in a reduction of millions of shekels in funding
admin | June 27, 2024
As the tragic events of Oct 7th unfolded, Corey Silberglied from Wilmington Delaware felt a profound sense of helplessness. Determined to contribute in some way, he dedicated himself to the daily mitzvah of wrapping Tefillin. Coreys inspiration stemmed from his high school years as a leader in CTeen, (Chabads Teen Network) the largest Jewish teen network in the world, spanning 62 countries
admin | June 27, 2024
Following the dramatic Supreme Court ruling that ordered haredim to enlist in the IDF, Lithuanian charedi leader Rabbi Dov Landau, who is soliciting funds for the yeshivos in the US, slammed the Supreme Courts justices, accusing them of cruelty towards Torah learners, according to a Kikar Hashabbat report Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email The evildoers there and the government have taken the budgets that the yeshivas and kollels (yeshivas for married students ed.) had, and the yeshivas are in a situation where they do not have the ability to continue, he said during the fundraising trip to the US. There are already kollels which have closed
admin | June 27, 2024
ISRAEL (VINnews) Rabbi Zion Cohen, Chief Rabbi of the city of Or Yehuda, held a special Birkas Kohanim (Blessing of a Kohen) for Almog Meir Jan, who was miraculously rescued from captivity in Gaza. Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email According to Arutz Sheva, Rabbi Cohen said: On the Shabbat before Almog was freed, my daughter, a teacher at Beit Yaakov, said to me, Almog is coming back. I said to her: Since when do you know if he will come back or not
admin | June 27, 2024
Taylor Swifts detachment from contentious global conflicts is a hallmark of her superstardom. For some fans in Israel, its also a selling point. Michal Paz-Klapp, the Young Adult editor at Israels prominent Modan Publishing House, snatched the opportunity to publish a Hebrew-language edition of Who Is Taylor Swift?, by Kirsten Anderson.
admin | June 27, 2024
Police and 25 firefighter teams are operating in areas surrounding Mount Scopus in eastern Jerusalem following a fire that broke out, according to a police spokesperson report on Tuesday. Furthermore, the fire broke out in an open area near the "Oferit" military base and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
admin | June 27, 2024
When I turned twelve, my dad decided that it was time for me to go to Hebrew school and get bat-mitzvahed. This was a surprising reversal, as my parents, much to the disappointment of our extended family, had never been particularly observant. (As a child, I sent my grandmother into a fit when I announced that my favorite food was ham.) The decision was especially striking because it came from my father, a man so laissez-faire about my education that it was a miracle I finished elementary school
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