London – Barnet Council: ‘Illegal’ Jewish School in Golders Green Must Close
London - A Jewish school set up in a residential home in Golders Green without planning permission should be shut down, London's High Court was told.
Barnet Council is seeking an injunction against...
New York City – Fmr. Mayor Dinkins: My Obituary Is Set On The Crown Heights Riots
New York City - NYC Radio talk show Brian Lehrer interviewed yesterday former New York Mayor David Dinkins.
Dinkins, who was elected New York's first black mayor 20 years ago, looks back on a legac...
New York – N.J. Corruption Sting Sheds Light on Potential Black-Market Kidney Transplants at U.S. Hospitals
New York - The New Jersey corruption probe that the arrest of a New York man accused of black-market kidney trafficking has drawn attention to what transplant experts say is a look-the-other-way attit...
Bethel, NY – Police: Suspicious Device At Bank To Crib ATM Info
Bethel, NY - A suspicious package at a Bank in the Catskills, turned out to be a device designed to read ATM card information and a tiny camera meant to record PIN numbers was discovered at the Bank ...
Jerualem – Seculars Accuse Mayor of Selling Out to Charedim Granting Permits for Synagogue
Jerusalem - Secular residents of the Jerusalem neighborhood Kiryat Yovel harshly criticized Mayor Nir Barkat for "selling them out" in allowing ultra-Orthodox groups to open a synagogue in an abandone...
New York – A Tisha Ba’v Lesson – The Cause Of ‘Sinas Chinom’? The False Messiahs Of Our Generation!
New York - Shabtai Zvi, a false messiah of the 17th century, was born on Tisha Be'av 5386 (1626). During the Inquisition and after the expulsion from Spain (which occurred on Tisha Be'av), many people...
New York – Worldwide Tisha Ba’v Event To Broadcast Special Video Presentation By Renowned Speakers
Tisha, Ba'v - This year, on Tishah B’av day July 30, the Chofetz Chaim heritage Foundation is presenting a Video “What Tisha B'Av Should Mean to You,” at more than 700 locations in 16 countries.
Fo...
New York – Tisha B’Av – All Alone Again
New York - Eicha yashva vadad – Alas; she sits in solitude (Eicha 1:1).”
The haunting words of Megilas Eicha resonate in our hearts and minds as we prepare to sit on the ground this coming Tisha B’...
Massachusetts – Boston Cop Placed On Leave Over Gates ‘Jungle Monkey’ In E-Mail
Massachusetts - A Boston police officer was placed on administrative leave after he allegedly used a racial slur when referring to Henry Louis Gates Jr.
In a mass e-mail, Officer Justin Barrett, 36...
Sullivan County, NY – Fallsburg Rosh Yeshiva Vigorously Denies He Has Welcomed Accused Abuser
Sullivan County, NY - In the Catskills this summer, worries about children’s safety are extending beyond the swimming pool.
Yehuda Kolko, the rebbe who pleaded guilty to two counts of child endange...
Brooklyn, NY – Two Of Three Citations Issued By Hasidic Cop Against Subway Pug Owner, Dismissed
Brooklyn, NY - Two citations issued to arrested pug owner Chrissie Brodigan were dismissed today in a hearing at the MTA's Transit Adjudication Bureau. Hearing Officer Alexander Fox ruled the citation...
New York – Fox News Channel Execs Downplay Pundit Glenn Beck’s Remark ‘Obama Is a racist’
New York - Fox News Channel executives are distancing themselves from controversial — and popular — host Glenn Beck, who Tuesday morning branded President Obama a "racist."
The combustable Beck ign...
Deal, NJ – What The Media Did Not Report About The Sephardic Community
Deal, NJ - In the aftermath of the coverage pertaining to the arrests of forty-four individuals last week, an unprecedented amount of media coverage was focused on four of those individuals who were p...
White Lake, NY – The Saga Continues: Bethel Board to Investigate Town Building Department Over Shul Permit
White Lake, NY - The Town of Bethel Board has ordered a probe into the town’s building department in light of the opening of a controversial shul on Schultz Road.
Supervisor Dan Sturm said Wednesda...
Washington – Revelation: Defense Analyst in Spy Case Was FBI Double Agent Against Israeli Lobby
Washington - Larry Franklin, the former Pentagon analyst convicted of revealing classified information, says he worked undercover as an FBI double agent to gather information on the pro-Israel lobby i...
Miami, FL – Miami Beach Stages Mock Terror Attack Drill At Yeshiva
Miami, FL - Miami Beach appeared to have a disaster on its hands Wednesday, but it was just a drill: The city's police and fire departments, as well as Mount Sinai Medical Center, were testing their r...
Ottawa, Canada – University Replaces Professor Accused of Paris Synagogue Bombing
Ottawa, Canada - Canada’s Carleton University will not rehire sociology professor Hassan Diab, an alleged bomber of the Rue Copernic Synagogue.
The university said Professor Hassan Diab, 55, who hold...
Jerusalem – Charedim Distribute 500,000 ‘Blood Libel’ Booklets over ‘Child-Starving Mom’ [PDF]
Jerusalem - Charedim have intensified their campaign against authorities over the case of the woman suspected of starving her three-year-old son, printing 500,000 copies of a booklet entitled, "Blood ...
London – Israeli Charedi Arrested In Airport Accused Of Drug Trafficking
London - According to information obtained and verified by VIN News with London Authorities and the Court., Mr. I.A.Z. a 37-year-old charedi man from Israel was arrested early this week at Heathrow Ai...
New York – The Elephant in the Room
New York - Agudas Yisroel sponsored an event last night in Borough Park entitled, “VeAsisah HaYashar VeHaTov.” The conclusions of course were that the bottom line is that Chassidim and all Hareidi Je...