Jerusalem – Israel Minimum Wage Set to Exceed America’s
Jerusalem - The political upheaval across the Middle East has just been joined by two unlikely protagonists: Israel’s unions, which used the regional unrest smartly, and the Israeli taxpayer, whom org...
Baden, Austria – Man Defaced Synagogue More Than a Dozen Times
Baden, Austria - An Iranian has admitted defacing a synagogue in a Lower Austrian town more than a dozen times.
Police in Baden, which is located south of Vienna, announced today (Tues) that the 51...
New York – What’s Behind Android’s Race to No. 1?
New York - It's no longer the era of the BlackBerry -- or the iPhone. According to a market research report released this week, Google's Android operating system now is the most popular smartphone pla...
Redondo Beach CA – Millions Of Fish Found Dead in California Marina
Redondo Beach CA - Millions of dead fish were found Tuesday floating in a Southern California marina. Boaters awakened to find a carpet of small silvery fish surrounding their vessels, said Staci Gabr...
New York – Community Org. Affected By Medicaid Redesign Advocating In Albany For Help
New York - New York State budget planning for the 2012 fiscal year is well under way. Various groups seeking funding are in Albany meeting with the governor’s office and members of the state legislatu...
New York – NY Assemblyman Calls On New York Congressional Delegation To Strip NPR Of Federal Funding
New York - Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) is calling on the New York Congressional delegation to strip National Public Radio (NPR) of its annual allocation of $90 million in federal funding in li...
Mount Kisco, NY – Police Search for Home Invasion Robbers
Mount Kisco, NY - New York State Police are on the scene searching for a white van that was involved in a home invasion In Mount Kisco, Nitra community, the vehicle was occupied by 2 black males who f...
Washington – Doctors Finding Ways to Save Fertility of Young Cancer Patients
Washington - The treatment beating back 9-year-old Dylan Hanlon's cancer may also be destroying his chances of fathering his own children when he grows up.
Upset that doctors didn't make that risk...
New York – Yeshiva University A Cappella Group follow up Chanukah hit with “The Purim Song”
New York - Following its hugely successful Chanukah-themed hit, “Candlelight,” the Maccabeats releases its latest single, “The Purim Song,” just in time for the upcoming holiday. The song, set to the ...
Israel – Minister to Visit Pollard for First Time in Five Years
Israel - Rare visit for spy Jonathan Pollard. Communications Minister Moshe Kahlon is set to visit Jonathan Pollard in his prison cell next week. This will be the first time in years that an Israeli m...
Paris – Jewish Group Forgives Fashion Designer Galliano
Paris - The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) holds no grudge against former Christian Dior fashion designer John Galliano after he owned up and apologized for anti-Semitic remarks he made in a Parisian ca...
Honolulu, HI – Meet the Happiest Observant Jew in America
Honolulu, HI - The happiest man in America likes to laugh and be intellectually stimulated, lives with a frisky, oversize puppy, cooks kosher meals for young scholars at his home in Manoa — and enjoys...
Kfar Saba, Israel – Students Sent Home for Not Telling Who Painted Swastika
Kfar Saba, Israel - Twenty Israeli students were sent home early from a school trip for refusing to tell who painted a swastika on a classmate's forehead, school officials said.
The 20 high school ...
New York – Covert Video: Departing NPR Exec Laments Jewish Control of Newspapers
New York - An undercover video of a departing National Public Radio fundraising executive shows him nodding in agreement as men posing as representatives of a Muslim Brotherhood front group rip Jewish...
Jerusalem – Israel May Seek $20 Billion Additional U.S. Aid
Jerusalem - Israel may seek an additional $20 billion from the United States to deal with the "historic earthquake" in the Arab world, her defense minister said.
Ehud Barak said his country will ne...
London – Exclusive: Kidney Donation in Israel Result of VIN News Story
London - We never really know the impact our actions can have on other people.
Such was the case when a Vos Iz Neias story resulted in a London woman donating a kidney to a ten year old Israeli gir...
New York – In First Ever Conference Brooklyn Chaplains Unite to Serve Patients
New York - Chaplains of all religious denominations gathered at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in East Flatbush on March 1st for the first ever conference of Brooklyn hospital and nursing home chapl...
Ras Lanouf, Libya – Libyan Warplanes Continue To Strike Rebels At Oil Port
Ras Lanouf, Libya - Libyan warplanes launched at least five new airstrikes Tuesday near rebel positions in the oil port of Ras Lanouf, keeping up a counteroffensive to prevent the opposition from adva...
Manhattan, NY – Dozens of Birds Found Dazed or Dead in Park
Manhattan, NY - Dozens of baby finches have been found dazed or dead in a private park of an upscale New York City neighborhood.
Residents of Manhattan's 2-acre Gramercy Park are trying to figure o...
Queens, NY – Freed Terrorist Informer Still Wants To Kill Us
Queens, NY - A homegrown Muslim terrorist who was freed from prison after cooperating with federal authorities hasn't given up his bloodthirsty desire to see Americans murdered overseas, newly unseale...