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Parsha Torah

Parshas Shoftim – Of Rocks and Hundred Dollar Bills

By: Rabbi Yisroel Ciner This week’s parsha, Shoftim, contains a pasuk which outlines our proper approach to life and its occurrences. “When you come to the land… don’t learn to do as the nations there… using sorcery or omens or contacting the dead. Hashem despises all who do that… Tamim tihyeh im Hashem Elokecha – […]

International News News

British Jewish Newspaper Buckles to Hamas

On Aug. 23, The Jewish Chronicle (JC), Britain’s largest Jewish newspaper and one of the oldest Jewish papers in the world, published an apology and handed 50,000 pounds (more than $60,000) to Interpal, a British Muslim charity linked closely to Hamas, the murderous Palestinian terrorist organization in Gaza. By: Sam Westrop The apology and the […]

Israel News News

Amazon to Launch in Israel During Election Week

Amazon has asked Israeli sellers to be ready with products that will sell well before the Jewish New Year Edited by: JV Staff According to the Globes website, the US based retail giant Amazon is in the throes of preparing a launch in Israel during the week that Israelis will go to the polls in […]

JV Editorial Opinion

The “Politics” of Anti-Semitism in NYC

If you’re a Jewish resident in New York City, you don’t have to search through the New York Times or the local MSM to learn about the skyrocketing hate crimes against your fellow Jews, you live it. For those of us with a knowledge of history, this is quite a scary situation. If we can […]

Local New York News

Jewish Singles Angered at Queens Dating Group for Unauthorized Release of Profiles

By: Richard Solomon A matchmaking group, based in Far Rockaway and called ShidduchLine WhatsApp, released unauthorized profiles of singles to the public on their site and phone app, according to the NY Post A Shidduch resume is a dating profile that is commonly used in the Orthodox community, passed around by matchmakers and friends. Generally, […]

Local New York News

Queens Private Beach Club Targeted with Anti-Semitic Graffiti

By: Joshua Chaimowitz More antisemitism – this time a threatening email and graffiti found at the Silver Gull private beach club in Breezy Point, Queens. “Heil Hitler” was scrawled in large block letters. White walls were smeared with a red swastika and racial slurs targeting black people. The words “gas chamber” were painted on a […]

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