TEL AVIV (VINnews) — Professor Yehoshua (Shuki) Shemer, the director of the Asuta association which runs hospitals in different regions in Israel and a former director-general of the Health Ministry, explained in an interview with Maariv how the coronavirus could affect society, whether a vaccine or antibodies will be found effective against it and whether […]

MIAMI (AP) — Three Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee are demanding answers from the Trump administration about how much it knew about an attempted raid to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, an operation they said potentially violated U.S. law and ran counter to American support for negotiations to end the South American country’s […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — The advent of an unknown, mysterious, earthshaking pandemic is such an unfathomable event that it has served as a fertile breeding ground for all sorts of conspiracy theorists and deniers. Some have blamed the virus on Chinese labs, some on Bill Gates who appears to some people to have almost limitless […]

CLEVELAND,OHIO (VINnews) — The Cleveland Jewish community is reeling from a triple tragedy which occurred in one family in the community, where a grandmother, son and grandson all succumbed to the coronavirus within a few weeks. About two weeks ago Lenora Garfinkel passed away from COVID-19 at the age of 89. On Tuesday her son […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A member of the military serving as one of President Donald Trump’s valets has tested positive for the coronavirus, the White House said Thursday. It said Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have since tested negative for the virus and “remain in good health.” It marked the latest coronavirus scare for the […]

ASHDOD (VINnews) — An Israeli who resides in the US submitted a petition to the Israeli family courts against his 30-year-old daughter, requesting that the court order her to take a DNA test to prove that he is not her father. The father also requested that she not use his name forthwith. The daughter asked […]

BERLIN (AP) — The head of Germany’s military counterintelligence agency has apologized for publishing a report containing a map that failed to show the state of Israel. The agency, known by its German acronym MAD, said Thursday that the initial draft of its 2019 annual report erroneously depicted Israel in the same color as neighboring […]

RISHON LETZION (VINnews) — The first yeshiva to return to the new post-corona study situation was the Ateres Shlomo yeshiva headed by Rav Shalom Ber Sorotzkin, who also runs kollelim and other institutions with some 7000 students. The yeshiva now contains 21 “capsules” of 26 students each studying, eating and sleeping separately. Each self-contained capsule […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli Kollelim will be permitted to resume activities with a maximum of 15 scholars studying together in accordance with health ministry regulations’ according to a framework agreement which still requires a special directive to authorize it. Hesder Yeshivot (which combine Torah study with limited army service) as well as other yeshivas, preparatory […]

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Amnesty International on Thursday censured Palestinian authorities in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip for detaining critics and opponents for expressing their views. The London-based human rights group said five people were arrested in March and April, including a peace activist for holding a video call with Israelis […]