Ottawa, Canada - Canada’s Carleton University will not rehire sociology professor Hassan Diab, an alleged bomber of the Rue Copernic Synagogue. The university said Professor Hassan Diab, 55, who holds dual Lebanese and Canadian citizenship, will be replaced by a current faculty member. Jewish organizations harshly criticized the university, which initially contracted Diab to teach sociology...

Jerusalem - Charedim have intensified their campaign against authorities over the case of the woman suspected of starving her three-year-old son, printing 500,000 copies of a booklet entitled, "Blood Libel" just before Tisha Be'Av eve. The 16-page booklet, refers to the "Axis of Evil" of Hadassah Hospital, police and welfare services. It also contains pictures of police rounding up haredi...

London - According to information obtained and verified by VIN News with London Authorities and the Court., Mr. I.A.Z. a 37-year-old charedi man from Israel was arrested early this week at Heathrow Airport on suspicions of drug smuggling. Early reports indicate he was caught upon arrival in London with seven kilograms (15 pounds) of cocaine in his possession which is alleged to have been strapped...

New York - Agudas Yisroel sponsored an event last night in Borough Park entitled, “VeAsisah HaYashar VeHaTov.” The conclusions of course were that the bottom line is that Chassidim and all Hareidi Jews should conduct their financial activities lawfully. Whether one is in business for himself, or works for someone else, or whether one is in the lofty field of AVodas HaKodesh, there is no...

Borough Park, NY - A packed, eclectic audience from all parts of New York was on hand last night for a symposium for the charedi public to discuss the obligation to obey US laws, following the arrests that have unnerved all of US Jewry. In attendance were a number of the figures who had already been released from custody. The event was held in Borough Park and the cost were paid for as a merit...

Washington - The Internal Revenue Service today announced its first successful prosecution related to fraud involving the first-time homebuyer credit and warned taxpayers to beware of this type of scheme. On Thursday July 23, 2009, a Jacksonville, Fla.-tax preparer, James Otto Price III, pled guilty to falsely claiming the first-time homebuyer credit on a client’s federal tax return. Price...

New York - Swine flu has been hitting pregnant women unusually hard, so they are likely to be among the first group advised to get a new swine flu shot this fall. Pregnant women account for 6 percent of U.S. swine flu deaths since the pandemic began in April, even though they make up just 1 percent of the U.S. population. On Wednesday a federal vaccine advisory panel is meeting to take up...

Marlboro, NJ - When Donna Rubin heard from her 10- and 14-year-old daughters that teachers at their private Jewish school, Shalom Torah Academy, were not being paid, she knew something was up. "I said to my husband, "There's a shortfall coming,' " Rubin said. "A bell went off: There's something going on." She was right. But according to Rubin, staff and other parents, whatever is going on...

New York City - Another day, another garbage fight in New York City. The Consumer Electronics Association and the Information Technology Industry Council filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court of the Southern District in New York against the NYC Department of Sanitation. Their goal: to stop the implementation of a new electronics recycling law set to take effect July 31 in the...

Jerusalem - Education Committee Chairman MK Zevulun Orlev (Habayit Hayehudi) announced a new initiative to be discussed by the committee which will require the Council for Higher Education to adjust the Psychometric Entrance Test to the haredi community. Orlev said "We shall recommend the approval of the bid and failing that we shall act to enforce it by law". The bid emerged following an...

New York City - If Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum thought Councilman Simcha Felder was just mouthing off when he called for the elimination of her office, she's in for a big surprise today when the Brooklyn legislator introduces a bill to do just that. Felder's measure would require that the issue be put before the voters in a referendum, which probably couldn't be held before November...

Jerusalem - Deputy Health Minister Ya'acov Litzman instructed the Health Ministry ombudsman for dealing with complaints about medical professionals, Prof. Chaim Hershko, to conduct a broad investigation into the affair of the haredi mother suspected of starving her child, Israel Radio reported on Wednesday. The probe is to examine alleged shortcomings in the medical system's conduct in the case...

New York, NY - Smoking would be banned outside hospital entrances and on hospital grounds under a bill being considered by the New York City Council. The measure seeks to ban smoking on hospital property and within 15 feet of any hospital entrance or exit. It would apply to public and private hospitals, as well as residential health care facilities and diagnostic and treatment...

New York - Millions of Americans are caught up in the mortgage mess, with local foreclosure rates currently double what they were in 2008. But a little-known practice, which some attorneys believe can buy those racing to save their homes valuable time, is gaining popularity. Kerry McConnell works in the automotive industry, and his monthly commission has taken a hit of late. "My salary...

New York - Microsoft and Yahoo announced a partnership in Internet search and advertising on Wednesday morning intended to create a stronger rival to the industry powerhouse Google. The Microsoft-Yahoo pact is measured step that represents a pragmatic division of duties between the two companies instead of the blockbuster deal Microsoft made last year, when it bid $47.5 billion to buy Yahoo...