Jerusalem - Yes, yes, there is a media double standard when it comes to haredim. That’s nothing new. And so, when thousands of Iranians poured into Tehran’s streets in protest of what they saw as a fraudulent presidential election, the press emphasis was not on the protesters who threw rocks, set trash bins aflame and vandalized public property. The focus, rightly, was on the bulk of...

Jerusalem - President Shimon Peres on Friday branded Menashe Klipa, the man who jumped in a Jerusalem gas-filled manhole on Wednesday [reported by VIN News] in an attempt to rescue a three-year-old girl, a "real hero," and said his act was "an example of civilian behavior of the highest order." Peres spoke with the wife of Menashe, hospitalized in serious but stable condition, telling her that...

Queens, NY - One of the holiest of Jewish holidays, Rosh Hashana, has been selected as the date for the New York Road Runners’ annual half marathon race in College Point this year, drawing the ire of area officials. The 13.1-mile event attracts up to 5,000 runners from the tri-state area annually, but this year, Jewish runners are unlikely to participate. The race will be held Sept. 20 at the...

Jerusalem - Jerusalem Magistrate's Court Judge Shulamit Dotan placed the mother suspected of starving her son under house arrest and ruled that she can see her children. However, the judge did not allow the mother to see the son she is suspected of starving, who is currently hospitalized, until the end of her remand on August 5. It was also ruled that the child may be transferred from...

Kiryas Joel, NY - The grants keep rolling in for Aishes Chayil, a postpartum rest home built in Kiryas Joel with $10.5 million in state and federal funds. State Sen. Malcolm Smith, the Democratic majority leader, has just handed the village another $250,000 for the 55-bed facility, which charges Orthodox Jewish mothers up to $185 a night to stay there with their babies after giving birth in a...

London - The distraught parents of a baby who died after contracting pneumonia have asked police to investigate their claims of negligence by the Royal London Hospital. Meanwhile, the medical director of another east London hospital has refuted “malicious” texts about the case. Leah and Chaim Herkovitch’s daughter, Shiri, was four months old when she died at the Royal London. Her...