Iran +Fatal MVA+
Iran - A serious motor vehicle accident involving the Justice Minister Jamal Karimirad who was killed in the accident in central Iran.
Karimirad, 50, was traveling with his family from Tehran to th...
Israel – Shi’ite Muslims Asking to Convert to Judaism
Israel - Three Iranian Shi'ite Muslims have asked Israel to help them enter the country and convert after learning that Judaism is the basis for other religions. Conversion is a crime punishable ...
Islip, NY – Police Seeking Help In Menorah Theft
Islip, NY - Police are asking the public for help finding vandals who damaged the Hanukkah menorah on Long Island, as was reported on VOS IZ NEIAS. Investigators said it appears to have been a hate cr...
Poland – Israeli Girl Killed at Ski Resort
Zakopane, Poland - A parked car rolled down a hill in a Polish mountain resort and slammed into a group of skiers. The car, parked at the top of a hill in southern Poland at the resort, rolled nearly...
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY +MVA+
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY +MVA+ A motor vehicle accident on Wythe Avenue and Keap Street Hatzolah responding.
Mount Laurel, NJ – Appeals Court Rejects Mans Claim That Murder Trial Was Unfair
Mount Laurel, NJ - A New Jersey appeals court rejected a man's claim that his trial for the murder of his wife was unfair, upholding the conviction that sent him to prison.
Fred J. Neulander was con...
Pittsburgh, PA – Pedestrian Fatally Struck
Pittsburgh, PA - An elderly woman from the Squirrel Hill apartments died after a car struck her as she was going home.
Estelle Forstenzer, 83, of the 5800 block of Forward Avenue, died at UPMC Pres...
Los Angeles, CA – Sheriff Deputy Who Arrested Mel Gibson Claims Harassment
Los Angeles, CA - The sheriff's deputy who arrested Mel Gibson for drunken driving six months ago says his superiors have harassed him ever since a report detailing the star's anti-Semitic t...
Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY – Four People Charged for Stealing House from Cancer-Stricken Woman
Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY - Four people including a rabbi stole a half-million-dollar home from a cancer-stricken woman, using a forged power of attorney to sell it and pocket the profits, Brooklyn ...
Washington, DC – White House Adviser Says NYC Model for Holiday Security
Washington, DC - The White House homeland security adviser said that Americans should ring in the new year without undue worry about a terrorist attack and that New York is a model of how a large city...
New York, NY – Land Prices May Land Hard in 2007
New York, NY - Owners of land and developable sites earmarked for residential development may be in for a big surprise in 2007. Land in many of the city's submarkets will drop by as much as 20% t...
Russia – Moscow Speculates that Israeli Citizen Might be Behind Poisoning of Russian Spy Agent
Russia - Moscow claims an anti-Kremlin businessman living in Israel could be behind the radiation poisoning of Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko.
The prosecutor general said it had found links bet...
Tel Aviv, Israel +Motorcycle Passes Red Light, Two Seriously Injured+
Tel Aviv, Israel - Two people were seriously injured in a road accident when a motorcyclist crashed into a vehicle at a major junction in Tel Aviv. The 24-year-old motorcyclist and the driver of the c...
Monticello, NY – County Mounts Court Battle Against Grocery Store Deal
Monticello, NY - Sullivan County attacked in court a $20,000 per-year side agreement the Town of Thompson cut with a bungalow colony over a tax-exempt grocery store, citing "misrepresentation and...
Ulyanovsk, Russia – Jewish Center Target of Anti-Semitic Threats
Ulyanovsk, Russia - Unidentified thugs plunged a swastika-engraved dagger through a note that threatened: "We should kill the Jews or teach our children to kill them" into a tree just outsid...
Bronx, NY +Major Traffic Delays on Cross Bx Expressway+
Bronx, NY +Major Traffic Delays on Cross Bx Expressway+ NYPD ESU have closed off all lanes to traffic at East and West bound of the Cross Bronx Expressway at Jerome Avenue dur to a motor vehicle accid...
Prague, Czech Republic – Hijack Attempt on Russian Plane Foiled
Prague, Czech Republic - A Russian passenger plane bound for Geneva was hijacked by someone with an explosive device ordering the crew to change course, but the plane made an emergency landing in Prag...
New York, NY – Murder Rate Climbed Up in the City
New York - Murder rates climbed this year in New York after many years of decline. In New York City, where the city reported 579 murders through Dec. 24 - a 9.8 percent increase - officials said that ...
Israel – Palestinian Prisoners Escape from Jail, Caught by Security Forces
Israel - Two Palestinian prisoners, both members of Fatah and residents of the Gaza Strip and are approaching the end of their prison sentences, managed to escape from Ktziot Prisoner in the Negev wer...
Valley Stream, NY – First Torah Ever to Fly the Skies
Valley Stream, NY - Israir Airlines will soon become the first airline to maintain an authentic Torah on board its aircraft.
The "Sky-Torah," is handwritten especially for the airline, a...
