The House on Thursday voted to formally censure Rep. Charlie Rangel for financial misconduct despite pleas from the New York Democratic lawmaker and some of his colleagues for a less
Congressional Democrats rammed a bill through the House of Representatives Thursday indefinitely extending the Bush-era tax cuts only for families making $250,000 a year or less. It would maintain the
ZAKA volunteers working in the area of the bus incident have discovered a pile of about 15 bodies, one on top of another. This shocking and horrific sight would suggest
Special to Yeshiva World News by Rabbi Tuvya Melonsky: In an unprecedented speech, Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum, one of the two Grand Rabbis of Satmar, spoke out sharply against the standards of Kashrus in the Ashkenazic Jewish community. Rabbi Teitelbaum harshly denounced the practical supervision standards involved when a shechita knife is found to be invalid. His […]
Following are Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments, which he made earlier this evening on the massive fire currently raging on Mt. Carmel, near Haifa: “At this hour a terrible fire is ravaging Mt. Carmel; there are many casualties. We are mobilizing all of our forces to deal with this disaster, to rescue the injured and […]
President Obama’s clarification of his stance on the mosque to be built near ground zero shows that he needs new advisers, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says in an interview published in the magazine GQ. “The president, I think, needs some better advisers,” Bloomberg says in the interview. “He campaigns, ‘I’m gonna do A,’ and […]
The trustee seeking to recover funds for the victims of Bernard L. Madoff’s Ponzi scheme sued JPMorgan Chase on Thursday for $6.4 billion, accusing it of profiting from the huge fraud in its role as the primary banker for Mr. Madoff’s investment company. The lawsuit, filed in federal bankruptcy court, is seeking to recover nearly […]
The following is a CNN report: Amazon dumped the controversial site WikiLeaks from its computer servers on Wednesday. But WikiLeaks, which is known for publishing state secrets, apparently has found
Sweden’s royal family has been rocked by a new scandal which has exposed the hidden Nazi past of the Queen’s father. The latest revelations concern Walther Sommerlath, the late father
NYU’s Hospital for Joint Diseases shut down a 10th-floor treatment area after a patient said she saw a bedbug. The woman’s claim forced the evacuation of the hospital’s infusion center
Authorities say the shutdown on the New York State Thruway in suburban Buffalo has been extended to 16 miles (26 kilometres) of eastbound lanes, while a 10-mile (16-kilometre) westbound stretch
The Census Bureau will announce later this month that the New York Congressional delegation will shrink to the smallest it has been in 200 years, continuing to erode the state’s clout in Washington. The 435 seats in the House of Representatives are apportioned every decade on the basis of population. As a result of the […]
A former worker at Memorial Sloan-Kettering stole nearly $4 million from the cancer center in a massive scheme that involved ordering a boatload of unnecessary printer cartridges and reselling them,
A major fire broke out in northern Israel Thursday, setting thousands of acres of land alight and forcing the evacuation of two villages and a prison. The blaze, in the
Fire deaths are down 18 percent from last year. That’s according to New York City Fire Department Commissioner Salvatore Cassano. While the city hasn’t released raw numbers just yet, 2010
There are some dark days ahead for outgoing Gov. Paterson. The lame-duck governor admitted yesterday he’s fearful about giving up the cadre of handlers who have helped him navigate through his daily routine, and wonders how he’ll fend for himself as a blind man in New York City. “So many duties that I would perform […]
The following is a NY Daily News article: A Brooklyn man was remembered as a devoted teacher who would tutor students for free if their families couldn’t afford it, friends said. Moshe Berkowitz, 25, died Monday night after a boozed-up driver ran a red light and slammed into him on Ocean Ave. in Brooklyn, police […]
Chazan Helfgot will be performing at the White House Chanukah party tonight, the first night of Chanukah. According to the Journal Sentinel, the ceremony is sponsored by the Washington-based American
NYC Councilman David Greenfield made a public call for the NYPD to hold the officers involved in last week’s incident accountable for their actions, which violated Rabbi Emert’s rights and religious freedom. “I am calling today on the NYPD, who I am a big fan of…to hold these officers fully accountable for this shocking breach […]
Popular Posts
