As VIN previously reported, an Israeli woman has been imprisoned for four months in Russia without being allowed to air her defense after 9 grams of marijuana were found in her luggage. Naama Issachar denies the marijuana was hers. The Jerusalem Post reported that Issachar’s sister said the 25-year-old Israeli army veteran, who was traveling […]

Paris – Leaders of the Freemason movement in Paris urged members not to attend events organized by France’s Jewish communities because of their support for Israel, which they said increases anti-Semitism. The circular issued this week by the Grand Orient of France received attention in the French media partly because of how anti-Semites and conspiracy […]

New Jersey – A New Jersey man has accused a Costco cashier of directing anti-Semitic remarks and questions at him while he was checking out. Irwin Levy filed a civil lawsuit on Monday in Monmouth County Superior Court about the April incident at the Costco in Hazlet. The lawsuit claims religious discrimination and negligent hiring […]

A Facebook campaign ad from an upstate New York county’s Republican Party has been slammed as anti-Semitic and “deeply disturbing.” Titled “A storm is brewing in Rockland,” the video takes aim at the large and growing Hasidic Jewish community in the county, the specter of “overdevelopment” and a proposed yeshiva campus. The video features menacing […]

Orange County Consumer Affairs Commissioner Charles Mitchell is warning residents of a gift card scam in which scammers are pretending to be a pastor, rabbi, priest, imam, or bishop. “Members of the clergy will notify the congregation as a whole before they send out requests for contributions,” Mitchell said. “If you receive a request that […]

After a troubling anti-semitic video was posted to Facebook by the Rockland County GOP, many spoke out against it, including NYS Attorney general Letitia James. Now one day later, Rockland County Executive Ed Day settled on his course of action. Speak out against the tone of the video, while still defending the message. Read his […]

A New Jersey law that permits doctors to prescribe life-ending medications went into effect after an Orthodox Jewish doctor lost in his bid to challenge the measure. The Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act was to take effect Aug. 1, but a state Superior Court judge placed a temporary hold on the […]

NYS Attorney General Letitia James condemned an anti-semitic video released by the Rockland County GOP regarding Jewish growth in the region. “The anti-Semitic video from the Rockland County GOP is deeply disturbing,” she tweeted. “They must remove & condemn it. Saying that members of the Jewish community are a threat to families, our safety & […]