New York – Paterson: “I Am Running for Governor in 2010”
New York - Gov. David Paterson, facing low poll numbers and unprecedented pressure from the White House to stand down in next year's election, says he's undeterred and still has every intention of run...
Laramie, WY – University Purchased Historical Sefer Torah, Megillah
Laramie, WY - The University of Wyoming has purchased two historical Jewish scrolls for the Toppan Rare Books Library at the American Heritage Center.
Rare books curator Anne Marie Lane says the bo...
New York – Feds: Zazi Trips, Shopping Caught On Video
New York - It was midsummer in suburban Denver when an unassuming, bearded man pushed a red shopping cart between shelves stacked with hair coloring and nail polish remover.
By the time Najibullah ...
Washington – Prestigious Organization To Honor Noted Israeli Charedi Rabbi
Washington - Famed lifelong outreach activist Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Grossman of Migdal HaEmek, Israel, also known as the "Disco Rabbi", founder of the Migdal Ohr network, has now earned a curious but t...
New York – To All Our Loyal Readers, Gmar Chasimah Tovah!
New York - We leave the throne room for a brief return to our jobs. tonight, we return—this time, not to cast ourselves aside and surrender our existence to the King.
That was Rosh Hashanah. This...
Israel – Early End to Daylight Saving Time is Surrender to Charedim
Israel - A full month ahead of the United States and Europe, Israel has moved back the clocks, ending daylight savings time earlier than the rest of the world. On Sunday at 2:00 am, the clocks were mo...
New York, NY – iPhoning A Prayer to the Western Wall Just in Time for Yom Kippur
New York, NY - A new iPhone application allows users to type personal prayers into their phones, which are printed out by a rabbi in Jerusalem and placed in the Western Wall, just in time for Yom Kipp...
Jerusalem – Palestinians Attack Jewish Worshippers at Har Habayit [video]
Jerusalem - Israeli police fired stun grenades on Sunday to disperse 150 Palestinians who hurled stones at Jewish worshipers visiting a sensitive religious site in the Old City before the start of the...
Brooklyn, NY – Park Slope Reform Shul will Daven Yom Kippur in a Church
Brooklyn, NY - The bible teaches to love thy neighbor.
That's exactly what one Brooklyn church plans to do Sunday for a synagogue that needs an emergency space for Yom Kippur services, the holiest ...
New York, NY – Bloomberg Defends Helicopter Jaunt to Concert in NJ
New York, NY - Some reporter was disgraceful enough to ask Mayor Bloomberg about his choice to take a helicopter to the U2 concert at Giants Stadium Thursday, when he could have, say, taken NJ Transit...
New York City – Obama Thanks NYPD For Recent Terror Plot Case
New York City - The President congratulated the NYPD Saturday afternoon for its role in thwarting the terror plot that targeted the city's subway system, police said.
During a briefing on the Najib...
Brooklyn, NY – The Last Seltzer Man Of New York
Brooklyn, NY - The cellphone would not stop ringing. “Ronny, you’re 10 minutes late,” one caller whined.
But Ronny Beberman had a good reason. Having tumbled eight feet off his own seltzer truck, M...
Israel – Call Center Attempts to Build Friendship Between Seculars and Charedim
Rehovot, Israel - About five years ago, Shlomo Raanan, an ultra-Orthodox Jew from Rehovot, was queuing at a store in his home town. A young, apparently secular man pushed him accidentally, and apologi...
Manhattan, NY – Financial Troubles Ground Helicopter Shuttle
Manhattan, NY - A helicopter company that shuttled New York City jet-setters from Manhattan to two major airports nearby has abruptly suspended service.
U.S. Helicopter says on its Web site that it...
Kiev, Ukraine – Mayor Blocks Hotel Plan at Babi Yar Massacre Site
Kiev, Ukraine - The mayor of Ukraine's capital Kiev has blocked a plan that could have seen a hotel built at the site of the memorial to the largest Nazi massacre of Jews in the Soviet Union, reports ...
Kiryas Joel, NY – Yetev Lev Loses Congregation Dispute With Bnei’ Yoel
Kiryas Joel, NY - This week, a New York appellate court handed down a decision in a dispute between two factious groups, Bne'i Yoel and its neighboring Orthodox Jewish congregations in Kiryas Joel (NY...
Brooklyn, NY – Kapporos Ritual Divides Orthodox Jews
Brooklyn, NY - Rabbi Shea Hecht plucks a chicken off a truck parked behind a synagogue in Queens, N.Y., and demonstrates how to swing a chicken.
"You take it by the wing," says the white-haired Hec...
Tehran – Iran To Conduct On Yom Kippur Missile Drill That Can Hit Israel
Tehran - Iran will conduct war games and fire missiles that can hit Israel while Jews around the world are praying on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. The Revolutionary Guards website said that milit...
Berlin – Report: Tests on Skull Fragment Cast Doubt on Adolf Hitler Suicide Story
Berlin - In countless biographies of Adolf Hitler the story of his final hours is recounted in the traditional version: committing suicide with Eva Braun, he took a cyanide pill and then shot himself ...
Edison, NJ – Police Increase Patrols Through Jewish Holiday after Alleged Bias Attack
Edison, NJ - Police say they are increasing patrols through the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur after a yeshiva student was attacked on the street last weekend, (as was reported here on VIN News). The as...