Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto held a closed meeting with 80 Jewish American businessmen in Bulgaria and asked them to invest $5 billion in the Israeli economy, including $2 billion in the coming year. The businessmen who met with Pinto included entrepreneur Jay Schottenstein and one of the owners of the Victoria’s Secret women’s wear retailer. “In […]

The following is a Ynet report: The movement against moving the clocks back to Standard Time is gaining momentum, but former senior officials in the political establishment do not believe

Mispallilim arriving at the “Yeshurun” Shul in Bnei Brak this morning were shocked to find that their twelve Sifrei Torah were stolen. Kikar reports that the Aron Kodesh was found broken into, and the 12 Sifrei Torah were removed from their cases. (The Sifrei Torah stolen were from a Sefardy Shul.) The empty cases were found scattered […]

New York City police have been given new guidelines on how to handle chance encounters with terror suspects. That’s according to the Wall Street Journal, which reviewed an August 20 police memo outlining the instructions. Officers will receive one of four “handling codes” if they encounter someone listed on the National Crime Information database during […]

The following is a Ynet article: Two ultra-Orthodox residents of Jerusalem were arrested after being caught by police in the act of vandalizing a deli that sells non-kosher meat. Police

Protesters hurled shoes and eggs Saturday at former British Prime Minister Tony Blair who held the first public signing of his memoir amid high security in Ireland’s capital. Hundreds more

The violent pervert who shot four members of a private Jewish security patrol remained hospitalized as leaders of the group called on authorities to lock the man up for life.

Four teens apologized and read essays on the meaning of Rosh Hashanah before they were sentenced in Sullivan County Court on Friday for ransacking a Jewish bungalow colony in April and spray painting gang graffiti, a swastika and spelling out “Hitler.” Daniel Anderson, 19; Travis Beaupierre, 16; Malik Keith, 18; and Daemion Cameron, 19; previously […]

A key financial backer of the proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero once contributed to a U.S.-designated terror group. Egyptian-born businessman Hisham Elzanaty, who made what is described as a “significant investment” in the Ground Zero mosque project,contributed more than $6,000 in 1999 to the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, also known as […]

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) commended the Boro Park Shomrim for their bravery in protecting the children and residents of Borough Park on Thursday night.  Nadler issued the following statement: “Yesterday, four volunteer members of the Boro Park Shomrim put their lives at risk to courageously pursue a perpetrator.  These four heroes were unfortunately wounded […]

Although Hurricane Earl weakened to a Category 1 hurricane shortly after 11 a.m., it will still swirl up the Eastern seaboard Friday bringing heavy rain and strong winds to the

The city is no longer under a tropical storm watch, as Hurricane Earl weakens to a Category 1 storm. Still, high waves and dangerous rip currents are still expected at

In the wake of the second incident involving gunfire in Boro Park this week, Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) is calling upon NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly to increase the overall number of police officers assigned to the 66th precinct and to add NYPD foot patrols. “Boro Park has been the site of two shootings this week […]

State Attorney General and gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Cuomo said Thursday he has no plans to investigate the Islamic community center and mosque. According to a recent poll, seven out of

Earlier this week, the NY Times blog posted about the newly found brashness of New York City’s raccoons. Now, they have reports of another animal in NYC: Skunks. For residents of northern Manhattan and the Bronx, skunks have become the stinkiest unwanted guests of them all. Earlier this spring, residents of Co-op City complained of the […]

Toshiba has announced the voluntary recall of about 41,000 notebook computers worldwide at risk of overheating and burning users. The recalled models are the Satellite T135, Satellite T135D and Satellite