New York – VIN News has confirmed that the Tzedakah organization Kollel Shomrei Hachomos has established a free loan gamach in Yerushalyaim in memory of Martin Grossman, whose execution by the state of Florida on February 16 for a crime he committed 25 years ago, caused a massive email campaign to Florida Governor Charlie [...]

A private individual pruning a tree in the Tel Aviv area on Wednesday morning caused a power outage to some 5,000 clients when a portion of the tree fell on an area electric line, Israel Electric Company officials report. The accident impacted clients in a number of areas including Givatayim and Ramat Gan. The report does [...]

The European Union is taking a step to assist PA (Palestinian Authority) children suffering from cardiac ailments and who are in need of corrective life-saving surgery. Funding is being provided for some 150 children to undergo medical treatment, and the children will be admitted to Wolfson Medical Center in Rehovot under the “Save a Child’s [...]

Toronto, Canada – Just months after Ontario decided not to charge a Toronto man with hate crimes, partly because he was undergoing rehabilitation, he is again being investigated over his online writings on a website called Filthy Jewish Terrorists. Police are probing Salman Hossain’s recent postings on the Arizona-based Internet site on which he writes harshly [...]

An Israeli sustained light injuries in rock-throwing attacks in Chevron on Wednesday afternoon. The victim is a bachur in Yeshivat Har Shalom in the S. Chevron Hills. He complained of difficulty breathing following the attack. **Likud officials on Wednesday decided the central committee will convene on April 28th. The decision may be overruled by the party’s [...]

Buffalo, NY – Rep. Eric Massa, a freshman Democrat from New York, said Wednesday that he will not seek a second term after a recurrence of cancer late last year, dismissing blog reports that he had harassed a staffer. Massa, 50, was stricken with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 1996. He underwent aggressive treatment and stayed on as [...]

Monticello, NY – Attorney William Brenner was summoned before Sullivan County Judge Frank LaBuda Wednesday for a hearing on judicial contempt. LaBuda is threatening to jail the Grahamsville attorney for five days and impose “a substantial fine” after the two tangled in court Monday. Brenner represents Sean Gadsen, a teenager accused with two other teens of beating [...]

Ben-Aryeh allegedly passed secret investigation materials to Lieberman.

US Ambassador to Israel James Cunningham must be spending too much time in his Herzliya Pituach mansion, or perhaps his armored embassy surroundings, but he released statements to the media that America and Israel see “eye to eye” regarding sanction against Iran. While Israel does approve sanction, “crippling sanctions” as Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu described them, [...]

New Jersey – Police issued 224,725 citations for violations of the state’s cell phone law in the last 23 months, officials announced today. “We are making progress in our efforts to ensure that all motorists are aware of the consequences they face if they choose to talk on a cell phone or text while driving,” Division [...]