Amsterdam, Netherlands – Dutch Police Kill Man Linked to Blow Up El Al Plane
Amsterdam, Netherlands - A Dutch man of Moroccan descent was shot dead by police in Amsterdam after stabbing two officers.The Netherlands' intelligence service saying that Bilal B. and a group of...
New York – Satmar Groups Bring Battle to Courtroom Again
Pinned News Oct 16 2007
New York - Two factions of a religious group each stage leadership elections and declare their slates the winners. At stake is control of millions of dollars worth of synagog...
Borough Park, Brooklyn NY – Police Search for Serial Robber In Brooklyn.
Borough Park, Brooklyn NY - Police are looking for a suspect in a string of robberies that happened over a six month period in Brooklyn.
The suspect has robbed four victims in Borough Park and three...
Lakewood, NJ – Reward Offered in Assault of Rabbi
Lakewood, NJ - Authorities offered a $25,000 reward in the case of an Orthodox rabbi beaten with a baseball bat in Lakewood last week, as was reported first here on Vin News.The assault on Rabbi Morde...
New York, NY – B&H Settles Discrimination Suit for $4.3 Mill.
New York, NY - B&H photo and electronic equipment store has agreed to pay $4.3 million to settle a discrimination case.
The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which enforces law...
New York, NY – Oil Surges to Record Over $88 a Barrel.
New York, NY - Oil thundered to a new peak above $88 a barrel Tuesday as investors eyeing supply concerns and tensions in northern Iraq extended the nine-dollar rally that started last week.
Orange County, Central Vally NY – Robber At Woodbury Common Store Nets $50G.
Orange County, Central Vally NY - Woodbury police are investigating the theft of nearly $50,000 in cash at the Polo Ralph Lauren store at Woodbury Common Premium Outlets.
The theft occurred at 2 a.m...
Queens, NY +Pedestrian Struck+
Queens, NY +Pedestrian Struck+ A motor vehicle accident with a pedestrian that was struck on Queens Blvd & 78th Avenue Hatzolah BLS and ALS have been dispatched to respond to the scene.
Melbourne, Australia – Another Attack on Jews
Melbourne, Australia - A second race attack against Jewish teenagers has occurred in St Kilda with four youths assaulted during an anti-Jewish rant.
The assault, in which two 14 and 15-year-old Jew...
Annapolis, MD – Catastrophic Shooting At Jewish School Averted.
Annapolis, MD - City Police arrested an Annapolis man after he ran into a private school after jumping out of a stolen car officers were following, police said.
Demarcus Beans, 19, was taken into cus...
Israel – American Billionaire Invests $250 Million in Israel
Israel - American Jewish billionaire Alfred Mann is investing $250 million in a factory in Netanya or in the Galilee to produce insulin inhalers. The plant is expected to employ several hundred people...
Montreal, Canada – Three Charges Dropped in Firebombing Case.
Montreal, Canada - Three of nine charges against Azim Ibragimov, charged with hate-motivated crimes against targets that included Jewish community landmarks, were dropped in Quebec Court yesterday.
T...
Miami, FL – Girls Hit By Vehicle, Not As A Hate Crime.
Miami, FL - In an update to the Miami hate crime accident we reported yesterday, VIN News has learned from the North Miami Police Seargeant Warren Hardison that the case has been downgraded from its h...
Plantation, FL – DHL To Buy Israel’s Flying Cargo.
Plantation, FL - DHL International is acquiring the international delivery business of Flying Cargo Ltd. Flying Cargo is an israeli compnay, owned by its managing directors Daniel and Avraham Reik, Is...
New York, NY – Couple Suit Claims Florist Stunk Up Wedding Night With Wrong Flowers.
New York, NY - A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but hydrangeas of the wrong color allegedly stank up a Manhattan couple's wedding.
Elana and David Glatt have filed a $400,000 suit agai...
New York, NY – Doctor: Weight-Loss Stomach-Surgery Patients At Mental Risk.
Health Alert.
New York, NY - Weight-loss stomach-surgery patients have a higher death rate - including suicide - than the general population, researchers said yesterday.
Dr. Bennet Omalu and collea...
Tallahassee, FL – Gov. Crist Proudly Displayes Mezuzah On Capitol Office Door.
Tallahassee, FL - Saying it is ''fundamental'' to freedom to be able to display ''religious symbols,'' Gov. Charlie Crist has quietly placed a boxed Jewish scroll on the door leading into his formal ...
Albany, NY – Gov. Spitzer Pushes Tuition Tax Deduction
Albany, NY - Gov. Eliot Spitzer is renewing his push for a $1,000 tax deduction for middle- and working-class families sending children to private schools, a measure state legislators did not support ...
Carmel Valley, CA – Man Sentenced For Synagogue Arson
Carmel Valley, CA - A man convicted of arson in connection with a synagogue was sentenced to six and a half years in prison.Manuel Tiscareno-Renteria, 27, was convicted May 26 of causing more than $12...
Green Bay, WI – Rabbi Organizes Minyan with Tallis & Tefillin on the Football Field
Pinned News Oct. 15 2007
Green Bay, WI - Yesterday Rabbi Shais Taub of the Chabad Lubavitch of Wisconsin led a group of 10 Orthodox Jewish football fans on a pilgrimage from Milwaukee deep into Gree...