Farmingdale, NY - One trip for their Jack Russell terrier in a plane's cargo hold was enough to convince Alysa Binder and Dan Wiesel that owners needed a better option to get their pets from one city to another. Today, the first flight for the husband-and-wife team's Pet Airways, the first-ever all-pet airline, took off from Republic Airport in Farmingdale, N.Y. All commercial airlines allow a...

Norfolk, VA - The Securities and Exchange Commission can continue with its fraud complaint against a former officer of WexTrust Capital while prosecutors pursue a criminal case against the Norfolk resident, a federal judge said. Joseph Shereshevsky, who had been chief operating officer and a part owner of the investment firm, requested that proceedings in the civil case be suspended until the...

Millburn, NJ - Members of the township's Zoning Board of Adjustment have given themselves a March 31, 2010 deadline to decide on whether to allow Rabbi Mendel Bogomilsky to combine his two properties on Jefferson Avenue in Short Hills so he can operate a house of worship there. Attorney Michael Kates of Kates Nussman Rapone Ellis & Farhi, LLP, the special counsel representing both the...

Tulsa, OK - The Tulsa Police Bomb Squad was called to the Charles Schustermann Jewish Community Center this afternoon shortly after 5 o'clock. The center, located at 2025 E. 71st Street, had reportedly received a number of threats during the day and a suspicious package was found in a trash can outside the center. Tulsa Police say that a person saw the device and thought it was ticking. ...

Postville, IA - State child labor charges against former owners and managers of a Postville meatpacking plant won’t be dimissed, but they also won’t be heard in court until next year. The case was initially scheduled to go to trial Aug. 4. Both sides, however, asked for more time which Judge Nate Callahan granted in a hearing today. A trial date hasn’t been set but a hearing on the...

Jerusalem - Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews clashed with Israeli police in Jerusalem on Tuesday to protest the arrest of a Charedi woman who is accused of abusing her infant child, as reported earlier by VIN News. "Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox protestors burned rubbish bins and threw stones at police vehicles this evening," police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told AFP. "Traffic was seriously...

Westhampton Beach, NY - A speech given by U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who emphasized the importance of the country’s continued support and protection of Israel while addressing 1,100 people at the Hampton Synagogue Saturday morning, was met with thunderous applause and a standing ovation. Ms. Gillibrand, who was making her first speech to a Jewish house of worship since Governor David...

New Jersey - State child welfare officials and car dealers this summer plan to to promote the "Not Even For a Minute" campaign, urging adults not to leave child alone in hot vehicles. A child left alone in a vehicle, even for a short time, is in danger of abduction, injury, dehydration and even death. Approximately 40 children die each year in the United States, and hundreds more are injured...

Queens, NY - Two Homeland Security airport personnel -- including a TSA officer -- were arrested after being caught in a sting riffling through a luggage bag and pilfering a laptop and an iPod at JFK Airport, sources told The Post. The employees were identified as Brian Burton, 28, a seven-year veteran Transportation Safety Administration officer and Antwon Simmons, 26, a Aviation Safeguard...

Jerusalem - New details emerged on Tuesday on the remarkable fugitive life led by a US white supremacist who chose Israel as a refuge from American law enforcement efforts to hunt him down, including startling revelations on the suspect's relationship with a Jewish Israeli woman, whom he reportedly impregnated while staying in the country. Micky Louis Mayon, 33, one of America's 100 most...

New York - Vos Iz Neias presents four brand new FREE a cappella downloads which can be listened to during the 3 weeks. 1. Shua Kessin's Nishmas: Download Song Or listen below. Shua Kessin is finishing up his debut album, in the meantime, as a preview, he has recorded an a cappela version of a song from the upcoming album. 2. Beri Weber's Aheim: Download Song Or listen below. This is a...

Israel - It only lasts a minute but has sparked days of argument and controversy. Cellcom, one of Israel's leading mobile phone networks has produced a TV commercial starring Israel's controversial security barrier with the Palestinian West Bank. The ad shows an Israeli army jeep patrolling a concrete section of the barrier. Their jeep is hit by a soccer ball kicked by unseen Palestinians...

Bulgaria - The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria "Shalom" has issued an official declaration voicing alarm over encroachment upon historical Jewish sites in Bulgaria. The reaction of the Bulgarian Jews has been triggered by Monday evenings throwing of several Molotov cocktails at the Synagogue in the Black Sea city of Burgas. "Shalom" also lists examples of other vandalism, the broken...

Mea Shearim - A Jerusalem resident was arrested for suspicion of starving her two-year-old son. The toddler, who had reached a weight of only seven kilos (about 15 pounds), is hospitalized at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in serious condition. During a Jerusalem Magistrates' Court hearing on the extension of the woman's remand, Judge Alexander Ron called the affair "the worst of the...

Germany - The Jewish community of Dresden has broken ground on construction of a new Mikveh, a purifying immersion pool, designated for use by the Jewish population of this historic city. The Mikveh construction is being funded by international entrepreneur and philanthropist Mr. Samuel Mouli Cohen. Rabbi Schneur Havlin, rabbi of the Jewish community of Dresden, said, "We are extremely...