Nyack, NY +Tappan Zee Bridge Traffic Alert+
Rockland County, Nyack, NY +Tappan Zee Bridge Traffic Alert+ All southbound lanes of the Tappan Zee Bridge are closed due to a motor vehicle accident involving a tractor trailer that's hanging of...
Paris France – Sarkozy Drops Holocaust Education Proposal
Paris France - A controversial proposition from President Nicolas Sarkozy that would have had every fifth-grader in the country memorize the story of one of the more than 11,000 French children killed...
Brooklyn, NY – Health Dept. Advises New York City Docters To Be On The Lookout For Measles
Health Alert!
Brooklyn, NY - In response to two cases of measles in a Brooklyn family, the Health Department has issued a routine medical alert reminding New York City doctors to watch for the diseas...
New York, NY – Satmar Community Honor NYC Police Commissioner
New York City. Representatives of the Williamsburg Satmar community met with Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly to discuss issues related to the Jewish community at large, focusing their concerns on...
Selbyville, DE – Jewish Families Settle with School District over Aggressive Missionary Tactics
Selbyville, DE - Two Jewish families settled with a Delaware school board over pressure on their children with missionary tactics.
The Dobrich family and another anonymous family sued the Indian Rive...
Washington – IRS Threatens To Remove Tax Status For Non Profits.
Washington - Hartford Mayor Eddie A. Perez asked Congress today to investigate the IRS' threat to strip a church of its tax-exempt status over Barack Obama's speech to a church convention in Hartford ...
Brooklyn, NY – Many Complaints to DOB in Williamsburg & Greenpoint Go Uninspected.
Brooklyn, NY - We have to say that Brooklyn 11211 did superb work pouring through very interesting data about how the Department of Buildings does, or doesn't, do its job in Williamsburg (and citywid...
San Fernando, CA – $95,000 Reward in Firebombing of Jewish Center
San Fernando, CA - City and police officials will publicize a $95,000 reward offer in hopes of generating tips leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever was responsible for a Molotov cocktail at...
New York – Photos Of The Day!!! Lekoved Chodish Adar.
New York - A reader send us those photos, preparing and foiling for Pesach. we figured some of our readers will find it funny, hey its Adar, so we are posting them.
Monsey, NY – Rabbi Yehuda Levin Interviews Lipa
Monsey, NY - Rabbi Yehuda Levin had Lipa Schmeltzer as a guest on his radio show last night, this is the first interview Lipa gave after he pulled out of the BIG EVENT concert and the London concert.
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Sedrot, Israel +Fatality after Barrage of Kassam Attacks+
Sedrot, Israel +Fatality after Barrage of Kassam Attacks+ Israeli medics say one person killed in a barrage of 30 kassam rocket attacks near the Sapir College a few more are injured.
Monticello, NY – Village Fires Deputy Manager over Alleged Racial Slur
Monticello, NY - The Village Board fired Deputy Village Manager John Barbarite over an alleged racial slur.Mayor Jim Barnicle said during a meeting that the board has reviewed "a sworn statement ...
Plzen, Czech Republic – One Thousand Policemen to Monitor Neo-Nazi March
Plzen, Czech Republic - About 1000 policemen will guard the streets of Plzen during a neo-Nazi march through the city centre on Saturday, March 1.Riot police, traffic police, detectives and investigat...
Manhattan, NY +Pedestrian Struck+
Manhattan, NY +Pedestrian Struck+ PAPD and FDNY are on the scene at West 41st Street and Dyer Avenue at the Exit of the Lincoln Tunnel for a pedestrian that was struck and sustained serious head traum...
Costa Rica – Israeli-Costa Rican Relations Turn Frosty
Costa Rica - In two short years, Israel's relationship with Costa Rica has gone from friendly to frosty. Following the announcement on February 5 that Costa Rica would establish diplomatic relations w...
Queens, NY – Man Gets Three Bogus Parking Tickets While Vehicle is Out-of-State
Queens, NY - A Brooklyn man with out-of-state plates is seeing a wider scam with three parking tickets he got in Queens - when he says he and his car were hundreds of miles away.
Alan Weiner, a 64-...
Cleveland, OH – Obama: II’l Reject Farrakhan’s Support
Cleveland, OH - Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois came under a full-out assault Tuesday night from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York in their last debate before crucial primaries in Ohio and Texas t...
New York – +BIG EVENT Concert Canceled+
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New York - VIN News has learned that the BIG Event concert has been totally canceled, and no performance will take place.
While negotiation has been very act...
Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine – Mezuzah Project Reaches 200 More Families
Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine - A definite sign of success for the 'Mezuzah for Every Home' program, the Jewish community of Dnepropetrovsk has just launched the third phase of this initiative.Thi...
New York, NY – NYC Hate Crime Rate Skyrockets
New York, NY - Hate crimes rose by 52 percent against blacks and 35 percent against Jews in New York City last year, according to statistics provided by police at a Bronx forum Tuesday.
However, poli...