LONDON (VINnews) —When Suryakant “Suri” Nathwani returned from the hospital where doctors had refused to place him on a ventilator, the reserved 81-year-old grabbed his son’s hand and pleaded to be allowed to die at home. “He said, ‘Please promise me one thing: If I’m going to go, I’m going to go here. Do not […]

BERN, SWITZERLAND (VINnews) — Swiss health authorities have announced that children under the age of 10 can hug their grandparents again without fear of infecting them with coronavirus. The change of advice came after Swiss scientists concluded that young children pose no risk of infection from Covid-19 because they do not have the “receptors” targeted by […]

BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE (VINnews) — Dr John Wright related to the BBC a moving love stories from the COVID-19 wards of Bradford Royal Infirmary –  about a patient whose last wish was to marry his fiancee, which he succeeded in doing just hours before he died. This is a time of such heightened emotions – of […]

PARIS, FRANCE (VINnews) — 98-year-old Dr. Christian Chenay is living proof that age is just a number. Despite his advanced age and the raging COVID-19 virus which has claimed the lives of more than 20,000 people in France, Dr. Chenay continues to treat his patients- both virtually and in the case of a nursing home […]

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times “Hey, I thought you are keeping the first Zman.” “I am.” “So, you can’t listen to that – if you are keeping the first Zman.” “What?  It’s Yom Tov! You are not allowed to visibly mourn on Yom Tov.  So, I can listen to it.” […]

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As previously reported on VINnews the widely accepted position of the Torah world is to vote in the WZO elections for the Eretz Hakodesh slate. In a major development, Rav Uren Reich Shlit”a, in a shiur expressed strong support for listening to Rav Chaim Kanievsky’s Da’as Torah and voting. (Listen to complete audio HERE. See […]

An urgent election update was sent by email from Jennifer Brodkey Kaufman, Chair, URJ (Union for Reform Judaism) and Rabbi Rick Jacobs President, URJ last week. The email read: Today, we are writing to share an urgent appeal concerning the World Zionist Congress election… …The results of the election are nothing short of essential for […]

Just a month ago, China was home to 10,000 Jews. Today, amidst the outbreak of the Coronavirus, the Jewish population in China has dropped to approximately 250 residents.  In addition to its vibrant resident population, China was a dynamic hub of business and tourism. Each week, countless Jewish travellers found heart and home at one […]