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Meir Baranes Planning To Murder Rav Ovadia Yosef Shlita
Yediot Achronot correspondent Akiva Novik recorded a conversation with Meir Baranes, who was informed the conversation was recorded and consented. He told Novik that in 45 days, on 19...
Thief Caught When Trying to Sell Streimel
A thief’s plans to sell a Hasid’s stolen sable-fur hat backfired when he failed to notice that the owner’s name and phone number were marked inside, police said. Robert...
Lulav Shortage Averted, Says Agriculture Ministry
The Agriculture Ministry believes that it has managed to avert a shortage in lulavs — palm tree fronds that are one of the Four Species used in the Sukkot...
Women Demand to Get on Hatzolah in Boro Park and Flatbush
Brooklyn, New York – Woman are protesting at the racial discrimination Hatzolah has by only allowing male volunteers. The complaints were first aired on 570am radio.
Judge Upholds Rubashkin 27 Year Sentence
A federal appeals court has denied a former Postville meatpacking executive’s request for a new trial, saying he failed to show the judge in the case was unfairly biased...
Miracle Quadruplets Celebrate Their Bar Mitzvahs
Jerusalem – It was proclaimed a miracle when they born, and survived – and now that they have reached Bar Mitzvah age, the Mizrachi quadruplets are celebrating in style,...
Bookstore in Jeruasalem Selling Zionist Books Attacked
Mea She’arim – A bookstore in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea She’arim, which has been struggling with violence from a mafia-style “Purity Committee” that objects to their English and...
City Looking to Ban Jews From Coming to Uman
Uman – Tens of thousands of Israelis who are planning to depart in the coming days to visit the burial site of Rav Nachman of Breslov may not get...
Apple Gets Rid Of Jew App
San Francisco, CA – Apple Inc. has removed an app from its French App Store that let users consult a database of celebrities to determine if they are Jewish...
Chabad Check Mezuzah, Find Cross
Israel – The Chabad Chassidic movement is helping Israelis prepare for the New Year by offering to check mezuzahs, the scrolls with select Torah passages that are traditionally attached...
Levi Aron’s Lawyer is a Shiksa
Brooklyn, NY – The death threats and hate mail, she says, have slowed, and she keeps her office door unlocked in defiance. There, Jennifer L. McCann sits behind her...
Israeli Army Clash With Settlers In West Bank Outpost
Migron, West Bank – The Israeli military razed three buildings in an unauthorized West Bank settlement outpost before dawn on Monday, and clashed with settlers who reject a Supreme...
40 Israelis Detained, Questioned in Turkey
Forty Israelis passengers were detained for questioning by Turkish police in Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport on Monday morning. The Israelis had their passports confiscated after landing on a Turkish Airlines...
Mrs. Leah Stern Killed by Hurricane Flooding in The Catskills
Leah Stern-Gluck, 82, lived in Williamsburg, Brooklyn but was staying with her husband in a Catskills cottage when Tropical Storm Irene was at its worst. As the rain pounded...
Kletzky Family Sues Murderer Levi Aron For $100 Million
The family of Leiby Kletzky wants his admitted butcher to fork over $100 million for kidnapping, killing and dismembering the 8-year-old Brooklyn boy. And they’re also suing the killer’s...
One of Bocherim in Jail in Japan Found No Guilty
Bechasdei Shomayim, we and the defence attorneys are glad to report that the Chiba District Court ruled in favour of the defense, and handed down a full acquittal for...
5 Year Old Niftar After Drowning in Kinneret
The dead body of a 5-year-old boy from Elad who drowned in the Kinneret was found on Monday near the northern entrance to Tiberias. A MDA team that arrived...
Man in Boro Park Badly Beaten This Morning By Beis Din Seeking Get
A man was badly beaten this morning after a few men entered his home and tied him up to a chair he was beaten from head to toe, his...
Frum Man Shot in The Catskills
Monticello police are currently investigating a shooting that occurred at 12:45 a.m. this morning (Sunday 8-21-11). A 22 year-old Brooklyn man was shot while he was standing outside at...
Hamas Sends Barrage of Rockets Into Israel From Gaza
Israel’s government was considering on Saturday night the possibility of escalating its military response to the continued rocket fire from Gaza. At least one man was killed and dozens...
Hamas Calls Off Two-Year Truce With Israel
?The Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip announced early on Saturday they were no longer committed to a more than two-year de facto truce with Israel since the end...
Hod Hasharon Jewelry Store Owner Killed During Robbery
Central District police are seeking suspects in Wednesday’s robbery during which Hod Hasharon jewelry store owner Yehuda Weiselberg, 42, was shot and killed. An initial investigation into the crime...
Terrorist Attack in Southern Eretz Yisroel
Israel’s military spokesman says a series of attacks have occurred in the country, as assailants targeted Israeli soldiers, a passenger bus and another vehicle near the border with Egypt. ...
Sephardim Not Allowed in Frum Schools
With two weeks to go before the start of the new school year, some 100 girls in the country’s largest ultra-Orthodox enclaves still have not been accepted to any...
‘NY Times’ Slammed for Coverage of Crown Heights Riots
A former New York Times religion reporter has written a blistering attack on the newspaper’s failure to attribute a riot in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, 20 years ago to anti-Semitism....
Levi Aron Will Not Apologize
Levi Aron says he has a hard time talking about the day he chopped up a lost little boy who came to him for help. “It hurts too much...
Rabbi Abuhatzeira’s Murderer Unfit to Stand Trial
Israel – The regional psychiatrist in Israel’s Southern District filed on Wednesday an opinion which rules that Asher Dahan, the accused murderer of Rabbi Elazar Abuhatzeira, is unfit to...
4.2 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Israel, No Injuries
An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter Scale struck less than ten minutes before noon Sunday and was felt in various parts of the country. Calls were made to...
Chabad Shliach Abducted and Ransomed in Ecuador
The Chabad representative in Ecuador, Rabbi Tomer Rotem, was recently kidnapped and released after four days in captivity. The story was authorized for publication just this Saturday night. He was...
Levi Aron Fit To Stand Trial; Writes Full Confession; Eats Non-Kosher
“My name is Levi Aron,” the writer began. Then, in small, distinct print, and in short prosaic sentences on one full page of lined paper he submitted to the...
Levi Aron Pleads Not Guilty In Killing Of Leiby Kletzky A”H
Levi Aron, the Brooklyn man who is accused of killing and dismembering 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment. Aron was arraigned Thursday in Brooklyn. An attorney...
MK Tzipi Livni Praises Zaka’s Work
Opposition leader and Kadima MK Tzipi Livni praised the ZAKA volunteer rescue and recovery organization for “changing the public perception of the haredi community.” She made the statement on...
Israeli Tourist’s Body Located in India
An Israeli search and rescue team located the body of 27-year-old Einat Tabori, an Israeli tourist who reportedly fell to her death off a cliff on Tuesday. Tabori was...
Pollard Rushed To Hospital For Emergency Operation
Convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard was taken Monday to the hospital for an urgent operation, suggesting a further deterioration in his health. Pollard has been suffering lately from many...
Man Drives Vehicle Into Group of Frum People at Bus Stop [Photos]
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London – An arab drove his van into a bus stop with Yidden on upper Clapton by Gilda Cresent, there are no injuries being reported B’H. U/D – Police...
Major Fire Destroys Homes in Kiryas Tosh
Kiryas Tosh – Fire claimed an 18-unit apartment building at about 11:00 p.m. Sunday night in Boisbriand, north of Laval. The 18-unit building at 130 Place Andre-Ouellette in Boisbriand...
Rabbi Asher Dahan Sent For Medical Exam
The man who stabbed Rabbi Elazar Abuhatzeira to death at his Beersheba yeshiva late Thursday night, sending the haredi world into deep shock, has been sent by a court...
Petira of Chaim Asher Warman A”H, Struck by Motorcycle
Lakewood, NJ – Baruch Dayan Emes, VidYid.com regrets to inform you of the Petira of Chaim Asher Warmen, A”H, who was hit late Motzei Shabbas while driving a motorcycle.
Major Thunderstorm in Lakewood; Thousands of Frum People Affected
Authorities say severe thunderstorms left thousands of people without power in New Jersey. Jersey Central Power & Light says more than 20,000 customers lost power in Ocean County on...
Frum Jews as Murderers: A New Concept?
On May 22, 2011, eighteen year old Shaul Spitzer attacked Aron Rottenberg with an incendiary device outside his home in the village of New Square, New York, and intended...
Rabbi Asher Dahan Stabs Mekubal Rabbi Eliezer Abuchatzeira to Death
Rabbi Elazar Abuhatzeira was stabbed to death on Thursday night in Be’er Sheva while he was hosting guests for consultation at a yeshiva near his home. Police said they...
Mekubal Rabbi Eliezer Abuchateizra Stabbed to Death R”L by Rabbi Asher Dahan
BEER SHEVA: BDE – Mekubel Rav Elozor Abuchatzira (70) Just passed away after being stabbed R’L by Rabbi Asher Dahan, one of his people while talking to him. Baba...
Judge Throws Bris Milah Ban Referendum Off Ballot in San Francisco, Saying It’s a State Not City Issue
A San Francisco judge said Wednesday she intends to strike a ban on male circumcision from the city’s November ballot. Superior Court Judge Loretta Giorgi said in a tentative...
Pork Sold as Kosher in Queens Store
A photographer earlier today found Kosher Pork being sold at a supermarket in Sunnyside, Queens. Philip Gourevitch of The New Yorker reports that Israeli artist Oded Hirsch snapped some...
Swastika Found on Flatbush Hatzolah Ambulance
Flatbush, NY – An ambulance driver made a disturbing discovery when he pulled into the Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn. A swastika was keyed into the side of a...
Boy & Girl Missing in Boro Park – Found
Hatzolah and Shomrim are responding to East 9th Street and 18th Avenue for 2 children that are missing. A boy and a girl. FSSP has set up a command....
Hamas Hangs Two Israeli Spies in Gaza
The Hamas government in the Gaza Strip hanged a father and son at dawn Tuesday for collaborating with Israel, a government spokesman said.
FaceGlat, Facebook That is Separate for Men And Women
Mandy has 321 male friends. His wife, Chaya Mushka, has 321 girlfriends. How many new couples will they be able to match? Well, none.
IDF Intercepts Boat Full Of Weapons
Israeli security forces intercepted a boat Monday on the Dead Sea carrying assault rifles and ammunition from Jordan, Israeli authorities said.
Police Investigating if Levi Aron Has Killed Before
Detectives hauled out more children’s clothes from murder suspect Levi Aron’s apartment yesterday and are investigating whether he is a first-time killer, law-enforcement sources told The Post. The theory...
One of Levy Aron’s Attorneys Quits, Says Case is Too Horrific
New York – As police prepared to remove more evidence from Levy Aron’s attic apartment, his legal team suffered a body-blow today. Defense co-counsel Gerard Marrone abruptly resigned from...
Video Footage Shows Leiby Kletzky’s Killer Taking Him To Sunoco Bathroom in New Jersey; Contradictions in Reports
Accused child killer Levi Aron force-fed his 8-year-old victim a toxic cocktail of prescription drugs before smothering him with a bath towel, authorities said yesterday. Leiby Kletzky had several...
Kletzky Had Been With Killer in Monsey, Gas Station Clerk on Palisades Parkway Reported Seeing Him
A grand jury indicted Levi Aron on Wednesday as authorities revealed new details about the death of the 8-year-old Brooklyn boy he is accused of kidnapping and killing last...
Boxes Removed Fom Aron’s Home Contain Other Children’s Clothing
Brooklyn, NY – Investigators spent a week straight at Levi Aron’s home in Kensington, pulling out every piece of evidence imaginable, even digging up the backyard. Crime scene detectives...
DA Announces 8 Count First-Degree Murder Indictment Against Levi Aron, Accused of Killing Leiby Kletzy
A grand jury has handed up an eight-count indictment against Levi Aron in the murder of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky.The indictment includes two counts of felony murder. It comes hours...
Leiby Kletzky Was Heavily Drugged Before He Was Killed
New York – Kidnapped Leiby Kletzky was drugged before he diedAn 8-year-old Brooklyn boy who was kidnapped, killed and dismembered had been drugged before he was smothered to death,...
Israelis Killed in New Zealand Earthquake Possibly Mossad Agents
New Zealand – A group of young Israelis caught up in the deadly Christchurch earthquake were investigated for possible links to Israeli intelligence, but no connection was found, New...
New Information Learned in Leiby Kletzky’s Murder
New York – It has been a week since the dismembered body of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky was found, and today there are new details emerging regarding the case. Earlier...
Brooklyn DA Dismisses Suggestion That Boy’s Killer Insane
New York – Brooklyn’s top prosecutor vowed Tuesday that he would pursue swift justice for slain Leiby Kletzky and dismissed suggestions that the boy’s killer was insane. “Sometimes I...
Police Expand Search in Murder Case to Arkansas, Florida and Tennessee
Levi Aron, accused of killing 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky of Borough Park one week ago, is expected to be indicted this week. On Monday morning, more boxes of evidence were...
Square Rebbe Moves to Have Burn Victim’s Lawsuit Dismissed
New Square, NY – Grand Rabbi David Twersky today asked a state judge to throw out a civil lawsuit implicating him in the arson attack that seriously burned a...
Mayor Mike Bloomberg & Police Commissioner Ray Kelly to Visit Kletzky Family Shiva Home
Boro Park, NY – New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg and Commissioner Kelly, will pay a Shiva call to the Kletzky family at around 7-7:30pm. Photos:
Killer Aron Levi Hears Voices
The man accused of abducting and killing an 8-year-old boy who asked him for directions on a Brooklyn street is seeking to quiet the voices in his head by...
Shomrim Knew That Levi Aron Was Stalking Boy
Leiby Kletzky may not be the first boy targeted for harm by accused child killer Levi Aron in a tight-knit Hasidic Jewish community in Brooklyn, N.Y. A source close...