ROCKLAND (VINnews) — Mayor Eric Adams is sharing his influx of illegals with the serene suburbs of Rockland County. Many local residents and politicians are furious that Adams, who proudly labels New York City a ‘sanctuary city’, would send illegals to communities where they are not wanted. They also say that he is a hypocrite […]

NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VIN Podcast) — Last week VIN News posted a video commercial for a new company which teaches Chassidim to be proficient in English. In response, many commenters were highly supportive, however one commenter posted the following: Let’s be clear – you DO NOT need to know English to be successful. […]

PLEASE NOTE: ‘Jewish Matchmaking’ is not appropriate for a Jewish audience. Period. NEW YORK (VINnews) — Netflix has released yet another show which highlights the orthodox Jewish community–a ‘shidduch-oriented’ reality show entitled “Jewish Matchmaking.” Notable frum Jews have huge praise for the show, in terms of substance and entertainment value. However some feel that while […]

ROCKLAND (VINnews) — Republican NYS Senator Bill Weber, who represents Monsey and other densely populated orthodox Jewish communities in Rockland, released a statement Wednesday blasting the state budget legislation which passed this week. Weber says the process was needlessly rushed, and argues the bill does not go far enough in fixing the broken pro-criminal bail […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Last week, Councilwoman Rita Joseph chose to abstain from a vote to declare April 29 “End Jew Hatred” Day. She later claimed that she regretted her decision, and only abstained because she did not have a chance to review the (extremely simple) one-page resolution. As can be seen below, Joseph got […]

NYC (VINnews) — On Thursday, Jewish members of the New York City Council were outraged that six of their colleagues did not vote in favor of a resolution recognizing April 29 as “End Jew Hatred Day.” Two members voted against it, while four others abstained. Outrageously, one councilmember claimed later that she regretted abstaining, and […]

ALBANY (VINnews) — On Thursday evening, Governor Kathy Hochul announced a New York State budget agreement which could have significant repercussions for yeshiva parents. For the first time ever, the state will provide funding toward free school meals in the upcoming year, allocating $134 million to the program. This big achievement is due largely to […]

NEW YORK CITY (VINnews) — A truly heartwarming story took place involving the Tantzer organization and a 9 year old Flatbush girl suffering from cancer. As reported in Hamodia, Eliyahu Joseph, a magician for the Tantzer organization’s Mushcheini Care division, was performing magic for young Chavi last week at NYU Hospital. Understandably, Chavi, who only […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Dovid Bashevkin, Director of Education at NCSY and host of the “18forty” Podcast, posted a powerful ‘direct message’ he received on Twitter, critiquing one of his own recent tweets. After receiving the message, Bashevkin subsequently deleted his initial tweet, and appeared to embrace the sentiment of the sender that although his […]