White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuels Kosel visit on Thursday was a major media event in Israel, receiving prominent air time on the evening news. Accompanied by his son, Zach, who is celebrating his bar mitzvah, Emanuel was seen wiping away a tear at the Kosel. This even earned a headline in Haaretz, and […]
A hardhart fell to his death Thursday from the fifth story of a building under construction in Brooklyn, officials said. The death of construction foreman Luis Zaruma, 36, of Williamsburg
The Department of Homeland Security announced terror attacks against the United States are on the rise. According to reports, an unclassified intelligence memo claims, “the number and pace of attempted
The self proclaimed champions of human rights making their way to the Gaza shore, hoping to break the Israeli naval blockade on Hamas-controlled Gaza, continue to compare Israel and the
The Jewish community in Victoria, B.C., was stunned to learn that vandals had spray-painted anti-Semitic graffiti on the slides and climbing apparatus in Clawthorpe Park last week. Police estimated the
Jerusalem City Hall and the Ministry of Transportation announced on Thursday that beginning next Sunday; the Jaffa Gate of Jerusalems Old City will be closed to all vehicular traffic between 9:00am-6:00pm. Exceptions will be made for residents with parking stickers affixed to their vehicle, authorized deliveries, and drivers with valid handicapped permits. The closure is […]
Earlier today, the President took questions from the press at the White House on the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. During his opening remarks, the President updated the American people on the top kill procedure that was approved yesterday. This procedure attempts to plug the well with densely packed mud to reduce […]
The Israeli defense establishment will implement the Supreme Court’s decision to open Route 443 to Palestinian vehicles today, Friday May 28th, 2010 at 08:00 in the morning. The IDF Central
Drink up! The water’s safe, officials say. There are no harmful levels of pharmaceuticals in New York City drinking water, according to a report released today by the NY Department
In a humorous but pointed piece of political theater, a critic of Andrew M. Cuomo who called himself King Cuomo II and who wore a gold plastic crown and a full-length red velvet robe with white trim, made an unexpected appearance at the New York State Democratic convention here. Underneath the costume, the man mocking […]
MKs Moshe Gafne and Uri Maklev on Thursday visited the Jaffa archeological site, the subject of stormy protests accusing Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) officials of chilul kevarim. Protests continued on
7:00PM EST: Boro Park Hatzolah is currently on the scene of a child struck by a bus at 20th Avenue and 53rd Street. Arriving units are requesting Paramedics to expedite
The Israeli Arab community is calling it a political witch hunt after the gag order has been lifted and a serious criminal indictment has been filed against Amir Makhoul, 52, a father of five, who allegedly worked with Hizbullah agents, facing charges of espionage and treason cooperating with the enemy in a time of […]
Tnuva, Israels largest dairy cooperative, which produces a sizable mehadrin line, insists the allegations are baseless but Yad LAchims Rabbi Sholom Dov Lifshitz insists his organizations information has been confirmed. This story begins in Kibbutz Herdoff in the Lower Galil, a community located in the Jezreel Valley Region. The community, which was founded about 30 […]
Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) is calling upon California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to take immediate action to address a seemingly growing anti-Semitic trend among teens in La Quinta, California. High school seniors have been engaging in a chase game called Beat the Jew, which involves a runner called “a Jew” being chased by “Nazis” in cars. […]
The Gulf of Mexico undersea gusher has already spilled more oil than the Exxon Valdez disaster — possibly more than twice as much, making it the largest oil spill in
The following is an Asbury Park Press report: In April, the state Department of Environmental Protection sent a sternly worded letter to a local rabbi, ordering him to remove thousands
The recall of children’s Tylenol products and other Johnson & Johnson medicines were precautionary measures taken against “remote” health risks, a company executive told lawmakers Thursday. Drugmaker McNeil Consumer Healthcare,
[Written for Calligraphy By Basie Goldman, as told to Azriela Jaffe] My husband, Nachman and I were zocher to bring into the world our sixth boy, Tuvia, on Purim, 2007.
A Sullivan County grand jury Wednesday indicted Monticello Mayor Gordon Jenkins, 50, and his friend, Rochelle Massey, 49, both of Monticello, for felony trademark counterfeiting in the second degree and
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