Brooklyn, NY – Cop Who Arrested Hate Suspect Honored
Brooklyn, NY - The police officer who arrested pipe-bomb and swastika suspect Ivalyo Ivanov in the well-known Brooklyn Heights hate crime case was honored Tuesday night at a meeting of the 84th Preci...
Providence, RI – Monopoly Contest Stirs Up Mideast Conflict
Providence, RI - Monopoly, the iconic game of capitalism, issued an apology today after the company has been drawn into the dispute over Jerusalem.
The company was asking people to vote at the Monop...
New York – Should We Keep Our At-Risk Child At Home?
Pinned Topic Feb. 21 2008
New York - An unfortunate situation that has affected many in the Jewish community, the question is should we Keep our at-risk children at home?
The Jewish Press has this q...
New York, NY – Alt. Side Suspended Friday
New York, NY - Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended on Friday, February 22, 2008, for possible snow removal. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain i...
Manchester, England – Four Arrested in Punching and Robbing Rabbi
Manchester, England - Four perps have been charged in the attack and robbery of a Prestwich rabbi in his home.As was reported here on Vin News, the rabbi, aged 64, who asked to remain anonymous, was a...
Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine – Workers Found Grave Believed to be Jewish
Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine - A grave believed to contain the remains of Jews was found in eastern Ukraine.The grave was found in Dnepropetrovsk area, when workers digging for the foundation of a planned ...
New York – NY-NJ Trains to Test Smart Cards in Pilot Plan.
New York - A new pilot program will let commuters use bank cards, cell phones and other devices to pay fares on buses and trains between New York and New Jersey.
The Port Authority of New York and N...
Wesley Hills, NY – Hebrew Academy Finds Temporary Home at Public School after Fire
Wesley Hills, NY - 350 boys and teachers from a local Orthodox Jewish day school gathered for prayer service in the Lime Kiln Elementary School cafeteria.
While the scene wasn't exactly common f...
Roslyn Heights, NY – Teen Arrested in Fatal Hit-And-Run of Well Known Admired Cardiologist
Roslyn Heights, NY - A teenager has been arrested more than seven months after a deadly hit-and-run that took the life of a father of three on Long Island.
Nassau County police arrested 19-year-old M...
Albany, NY – Court Strikes Down Online Tobacco Law
Albany, NY - A ruling by the United States Supreme Court will cast a shadow over one of the successes Governor Spitzer claimed during his tenure as attorney general: his work to curtail online purchas...
New York, NY – NYC To Inspect 1,500 Scaffolds.
New York, NY - Officials say they will inspect more than 1,500 scaffolds on New York City construction sites following two recent deadly accidents.
Buildings Commissioner Patricia Lancaster says the...
New York, NY – ‘Big Event’ Concert Banned?
New York, NY - Has the "Big Event" concert planned by Sheya Mendlowitz in Madison Square Garden, featuring Shloime Gertner and Lipa been banned?
Rabat, Morocco – Terrorist Ring Planned Assassinations on Officials, Jews
Rabat, Morocco - Morocco says it has dismantled a terrorist network that made holdups and jewelry thefts in Europe and was plotting to assassinate Cabinet ministers, army officers and Jews in the Nort...
Orange County, NY – Lawmakers County Resolving Gonzaga Property Encroachment
Orange County, NY - The government is working toward a resolution of encroachment on their Gonzaga property, which is going to be developed as a park.
The property on the Monroe-Blooming Grove bord...
Brooklyn, NY +Overturned Tractor Trailer Off BQE+
Brooklyn, NY +Overturned Tractor Trailer Off BQE+ NYPD of the 90th Pct and EMS are on the scene at the Brooklyn-Queens-Expressway at Flushing Avenue ramp in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, for a...
Monroe, NY – Rabbi’s Case for Synagogue, Matzo Bakery
Monroe, NY - The Zoning Board of Appeals will hear Rabbi Herman Wagschal explain tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m. at the Senior Center on Mine Road, why it should grant him a variance to keep an illegally ...
Lakewood, NJ – Perp Indicted in Baseball Bat Attack on Rabbi
Lakewood, NJ - A 37-year-old Lakewood man has been indicted on charges of attempting to murder an Orthodox rabbi in a baseball bat attack last year.An Ocean County grand jury handed up an indictment, ...
Highland Park, NJ – Rabbi Teitz: Rabbonim Naive, Dealing With Female Gender, And ‘Agunot’ Issues.
Pinned Topic Feb 20 2008 Highland Park, NJ - Speaking in Highland Park, two experts in Jewish divorce called for remedies to fix a “broken” system that allows recalcitrant husbands to exploit their e...
Manhattan, NY – Nabbed After 19 Years in $1.7M Scams
Manhattan, NY - A Brooklyn man who escaped to Brazil after being nabbed in $1.7 million scams is back in New York to face justice on charges dating back nearly 20 years.
Tuvia Stern, who jumped ...
New York, NY – Two Brothers, The Most Powerful Expediters in the City
New York, NY - Anyone who's ever tried to figure out anything about building permits in Brooklyn knows the names of the Brothers Fekete (Jacob and Hershey) because they look they appear on every ...