As of midday Friday, forecasters at the National Weather Service in Sterling, Va., were uncertain that the Baltimore area would see any thunderstorms at all later in the evening. Without
The European Jewish Congress (EJC) has condemned the decision by a regional court in Cologne to criminalize circumcision. Last Tuesday, the court ruled that non-medical circumcision, practiced by most Jews
An estimated 150 people took part in the weekly shabbos protest against Jerusalem City Halls operating the Karta parking lot on shabbos. This weeks event began at 5:30PM at Kikar Zupnik, making its way to HaNeviim Street where protestors confronted riot cops who prevented them from blocking the street. As is frequently the case, shouts […]
Police are signaling that the shots fired in front of Manchesters Yeshivas Shaare Torah were intended for the yeshiva and the venue was not a matter of coincidence. The yeshiva is located in the predominately Jewish area of Broughton Park. According to one report a number of talmidim went outside to request that a driver […]
Contract negotiations between Consolidated Edison and its unionized workers broke down early Sunday, prompting the dismissal of about 8,500 workers, utility officials said. Union officials said the workers were locked
Russias chief rabbi, Rabbi Berel Lazar on motzei shabbos visited Kever Yosef escorted by Rabbi Elyakim Levanon, the rabbi of the Shomron Regional Council. Also taking part in the visit was IDF Chief Rabbi Brigadier-General Rafi Peretz. Rabbi Lazar was part of the delegation of 400 arriving last week with Russian President Vladimir Putin and […]
A deadly storm, fueled by extreme heat and humidity, left Maryland in a state of emergency Saturday and 850,000 homes and businesses without power, with some residents expected to remain in the dark over the next week. The severity of the storm being blamed for at least two deaths in Maryland and nine others […]
Missing Florida millionaire Guma Aguiar could have staged his own disappearance to escape his financial, marital and legal woes, his wifes lawyer suggested to a packed Florida courtroom. Its a family tragedy involving a young man whos intelligent and very talented, but has a severe mental illness and those two things have interacted in his […]
Egypts incoming president made an outlandish but troubling pledge Friday to push for the release of a blind sheik imprisoned in the U.S. for a plot to blow up five New York landmarks. Omar Abdel-Rahman, spiritual leader to the men convicted in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, is rotting in a North Carolina federal […]
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani had harsh words for President Barack Obama during a campaign stop in Las Vegas, saying he has accomplished nothing and will turn the nation more socialist than France if re-elected. What do we want to elect, an unsuccessful person? We tried that, OK, we tried a person of […]
Florida Gov. Rick Scott now says Florida will do nothing to comply with President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul and will not expand its Medicaid program. The announcement is a
Extreme heat across the U.S. and severe storms in the D.C. area have claimed the lives of fifteen people, and the National Weather Service warns more “dangerously hot” temperatures and
Con Edison of New York and union leaders are negotiating at the Hilton Rye Town in Westchester County as a midnight-strike deadline looms. 8,500 workers could walk off the job on Saturday night if the two sides cant reach a deal. And with this second heat wave in full swing, Con Ed is calling the […]
First it was a penalty. Then it was a tax. Now it’s a penalty again. The war of words over what to call the fine attached to the federal health
The Justice Department announced on Friday that it will not prosecute Attorney General Eric Holder for contempt of Congress. Holder heads the department. Deputy Attorney General James Cole said in a letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) that Holders response to a congressional subpoena does not constitute a crime and that the department will […]
Berlins Jewish Hospital will suspend circumcisions after a German court ruled this week that performing the procedure on religious grounds is unlawful, a hospital spokesman said Friday. We are suspending circumcisions until the legal position is clear, Gerhard Nerlich told AFP, citing head of internal medicine Kirstof Graf. The hospital performs 300 circumcisions a year, […]
Staten Island drivers are finally getting some significant toll relief. The Port Authority yesterday approved a plan to give E-ZPass users on its Staten Island bridges a steeply discounted toll
What’s the official symbol of the Kfar Sava municipality doing on an invitation to a missionary event being held in Australia? That’s the question many in Israel were asking recently,
[EXCLUSIVE VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations welcomed Sergeant Major Gilad Shalit to his extended Jewish family as they marked his
A widely criticised German court verdict on religious circumcision this week aims only to delay the act, not ban it, and is not directed against any faith, a jurist with
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