Monthly Archives: March 2008
Venezeuela – Dictator Haman [המן]Chavez: Colombia Became The Israel of Latin America.
Venezeuela - Venezeuelan President Hugo Chavez ordered tanks and thousands of troops on Sunday to the border with Colombia, accusing it of pushing South
America to the brink of w...
Brooklyn, NY – +Refunds Given For Big Event Concert+
Brooklyn, NY - Any one who bought a ticket online and would like to get a refund should click here to fill out the form.
if you did not buy it online click here
The forms should...
Berlin, Germany – U.S. Ex-Pilot Files Suit for Nazi-Looted Poster
Berlin, Germany - A retired U.S. airline pilot filed a lawsuit in Berlin against the Deutsches Historisches Museum today, demanding the return of a poster that was in his father�...
Moscow, Russia – Rabbi lazar: Jews Feel More Confident In Russia.
Moscow, Russia - Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar said that the country’s Jews feel more confident and tranquil than ever thanks to the authorities support.
“We feel understanding ...
Washington, DC – Religious Expression Bill Under Heavy Fire
Washington, DC - Congress is again considering a bill to protect religious expression in the workplace, but the bill, which has been bandied about for a decade or more, continues t...
Queens, NY +Overturned Tanker Truck on Fire+
Queens, NY +Overturned Tanker Truck on Fire+ NYPD are calling for a level 2 mobilization for a gasoline tanker truck with approximately 9000 gallons gasoline that overturned on th...
New York, NY – Ferry Firm Bidding to Cash In on Toll Hikes
New York, NY - A ferry company is launching a half-million-dollar ad campaign to convince motorists to take a boat rather than pay the Port Authority toll hikes.
"Commuters...
Borough Park, NY – Maimonides Community Association, Did Not Reach Out To Politicians For Help
Borough Park, NY - VIN News covered a story yesterday of a community association living in the vicinity of Maimonides Hospital that have called for a protest.
We reached out to a ...
New York – Comment With Respect.
New York - Their has been a tremendous outpouring of opinions and comments on this blog, on the issue of the ban on the concert. we appreciate your inputs, and ask everyone who wan...
Brooklyn, NY – A Community Website for Jewish Businesses
New York - Steady Elevation has launched a new website, which is billed as an online portal to information, resources and networking for growing businesses in our community.
The ...
Brooklyn, NY – Dov Hikind: Not Explaining The Concert Ban, Will Shake Off Teens.
Brooklyn, NY - NY Times Article on the Big Event Concert.
For thousands of Orthodox Jews, the “Big Event” — a concert featuring the popular Hasidic entertainer Lipa Schmeltzer — ...
Hamburg Germany – Dramtic Video Of Lufthansa Jet Rocked By Winds At Landing.
Hamburg Germany - A Lufthansa jet with 131 on board was caught by gusting wind as it tried to land during a weekend storm, causing the tip of the aircraft's wing to graze the runwa...
New York – State To Slim Weight-Loss Surgery Hospitals.
New York - The Spitzer administration is cracking down on the number of hospitals that perform weight-loss surgery, an increasingly popular procedure performed in more than a dozen...
New York – Tune ‘Mishenichnas’ Originated From The Secular World.
New York - With all the hotly ongoing debate in the Jewish music industry, its interesting to note, a tune that has been around for many years on משנכנס אדר מרבים בשמחה 'Mishenich...
Freehold, NJ – Cross-Examination of Neighbor Who Is Against Synagogue In Residential Area
Freehold, NJ - The attorney for a rabbi accused of running a house of worship out of his home cross-examined the people aginst it.
During a zoning board meeting, attorney Gerald...
Borough Park, NY – Silver Going With Lazar
Borough Park, NY - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is backing former state Mental Health Director Joe Lazar in the hotly contested 2009 race to succeed Brooklyn Councilman Simcha F...
Los Angeles, CA – Rewards In Crime Case Politically Motivated.
Los Angeles, CA - When vandals lobbed a Molotov cocktail at the Bernard Milken Jewish Community Campus last month, Los Angeles City Councilman Dennis Zine immediately pledged to dr...
New Jersey – Confusing School Busing State Regulations
New Jersey - Lakewood's Orthodox Jewish parents send their boys and girls to separate private schools, as their faith requires. To do so, they pay van operators to transport t...
Brooklyn, NY – Assemblyman Hikind Concerned over Obama’s Half-Hearted Support of Israel
Brooklyn, NY - Assemblyman Dov Hikind predicted that Jewish voters would make "a mass movement toward Sen. McCain" if Barack Obama knocks Hillary Rodham Clinton out of th...
New York, NY – MTA Adding New Bus Routes
New York, NY - The M.T.A. chief executive, Elliot G. Sander, is expected to announce a new bus service from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, to Midtown Manhattan via the Williamsburg, Green...