Yearly Archives: 2008
New York, NY – Mayor Bloomberg Lauds NYPD for Drop in Crime Even with 3,000 Fewer Officers
New York, NY - Mayor Bloomberg today praised the New York Police Department for the drop in crime this year across the city.
Here is the text of Mayor Bloomberg's radio address ...
Ashkelon, Israel – Fear Sends Israeli Hospital Underground
Ashkelon, Israel - The largest hospital on Israel's southern coast has gone underground.
Wary of a missile strike against it from the nearby Gaza Strip, Ashkelon's Barzilai Hosp...
Chicago, IL – Axelrod: Obama Understands Israel’s Urge To Respond
Chicago, IL - One of Barack Obama's chief spokesmen repeated on Sunday that it would be counterproductive for the president-elect to weigh too deeply into the crisis between Israel...
Oak Park, MI – Beloved Police Officer Killed Yards Away From Yeshiva
Oak Park, MI - Several law enforcement agencies have joined Oak Park police in searching for a 16-year-old suspected in the fatal shooting of an Oak Park police officer early this ...
New York – New Web Site Tracks Health Care on Preventable Hospitalizations
New York - Although New York's health-care system is one of the country's most expensive, it ranks 39th in hospital admissions for preventable conditions. The state is taking steps...
Denver, CO – Charming Con-Artist in String of Scams Fled to Israel
Denver, CO - Arnold Zaler stood before a federal magistrate judge on the morning of March 11, about to pull off one of his best scams yet.
The businessman known to most as "Arni...
Woodmere, NY – Floor Mats Have Been Cited In Many Car Accidents Such As Woodmere
Woodmere, NY - For years before a bunched-up floor mat apparently caused a motorist to lose control of his gas pedal and careen into a storefront Hanukkah party in Woodmere, mat pr...
Panama – On The ‘Shloshim’ Of Chief Rabbi Rav Tzion Levy Zt’l A Towering Figure Who Built Torah And Judaism In Panama
Panama - For fifty-seven years, Rav Tzion Levi, ztz”l, built an empire of Torah and chesed within the Jewish community of Panama. When he arrived as a young, energetic scholar from...
New York – Rabbi Brackman: Lesson From Madoff Scheme; Jews Should Stigmatize And Remove ‘Ganovim’ From Communal Positions
New York - What is so shocking about Bernie Madoff is not that he is a gonif, there will always be thieves and crooks and we have all met our fair share of them. That he was able t...
Gaza – Egypt Collaborated With Israel On Attacking Hamas
Gaza - Egypt collaborated with Israel by deliberately misleading Hamas and allowing Tel Aviv to deal a blow to the movement, a report claims.
Citing diplomatic sources, the Lond...
North Miami Beach, FL – Moving Questionable Holocaust Memoir Is Canceled by Publishers
North Miami Beach, FL - The publisher of a disputed Holocaust memoir has cancelled the book, adding the name Herman Rosenblat to an increasingly long line of literary fakes and bri...
Gaza – Israel Pounds Gaza for Second Day, Threatens Ground War
Gaza - Israeli jets have launched new air attacks on the Gaza Strip, amid warnings that operations will continue until Hamas ends rocket fire from Gaza.
Palestinian officials ra...
Williamsburg, NY – Residents And Business Owners Take Action On Kent Ave. Bike Lane; Posting Advisory Sign To Drivers
Williamsburg, NY - Ever since the Department of Transportation removed all parking signs from Kent Ave. and posted new “No Stopping Any Time” to enforce new bike lanes on both side...
Williamsburg, NY – Bike Lane Residents Outraged As Cars Were Towed Over Shabbos
Williamsburg, NY - VIN News has learned that the residents of Kent Ave near the Brach's building had all their cars towed on Shabbos on South 11 between Kent and Wyhte Ave. where '...
Israel – Committee for the Sanctity of Shabbat Targets Retail Food Chain Stores
Israel - After the boycott they declared on supermarket chain Shefa Shuk several months ago dealt a devastating financial blow to the company, the ultra-Orthodox Committee for the ...
Monroe, NY – Friday Night Fire at Abandoned School
Monroe, NY - Kiryas Joel, Monroe and Woodbury Fire Department's were on the scene responding to a 2nd alarm at 11 Mountain Road near Karlyn Blvd for a fire in multiple modular tr...
Woodmere, NY – Police: No Charges in Hanukkah Party Crash
Woodmere, NY - Nassau County police say an elderly man will not face charges after losing control of his sports utility vehicle and smashing it into a building where a Hanukkah par...
Israel – 100’s Dead as Israeli Forces Bomb Terrorist Installations in the Gaza Strip [photos-video]
Israel - Israeli aircraft attacked police and security installations across the Gaza Strip, killing scores of people in the deadliest raid in the coastal region since the 1967 ...
Netivot, Israel – Man Killed by Gaza Rocket
Netivot, Israel - An Israeli man was killed in the southern town of Netivot on Saturday by a rocket fired by terrorists inside the Gaza Strip.
Bebert Vaknin, 58, was killed and ...
Chester, NY – Menorah Candle Accident Destroys Rabbi’s House
Chester, NY - The home of Rabbi Nochum Laskin was destroyed by fire early Thursday morning. The cause was an oil candle in a menorah, according to fire investigators.
Firefighters...