Britains Foreign Secretary says the U.K. has withdrawn its entire diplomatic staff from Iran following attacks on the countrys embassy and a residential compound in Tehran. William Hague told the House of Commons on Wednesday that Britain had also ordered all Iranian diplomats to leave the U.K. Mobs hauled down British flags and ransacked offices […]
A Lakewood man accused of fatally gunning down a police officer early this year had previously told someone that he would “kill a cop before going to jail,” a prosecutor
Montreal – The City is in court this week to shut a 30-year old Hasidic synagogue in the central-Montreal borough of Outremont because its operating in a residential zone – a move that is fomenting divisions between Jews and non-Jews in the area. Members of Congregation Munchas Elozer Munkas who pray at 1030-1032 St. Viateur […]
David Duke, the former Ku Klux Klan leader, white supremacist and Louisiana politician, was arrested and taken into custody in Cologne on Friday, prior to a planned speech to a
A state judge says a lawsuit seeking to overturn New York’s marriage equality act can move forward. Acting State Supreme Court Justice Robert Wiggins ruled the State Senate may have
The Israel Defense Forces will inaugurate the first military mikvah in history on Thursday, at the southern Air Force base in Ovda. The ceremony will be attended by the donor who transferred some $100,000 for the ritual baths construction, as well as senior Military Rabbinate and base officers. According to Military Rabbinate sources, the project […]
The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that it joined some of the world’s major central banks in a coordinated action to inject liquidity into the global financial system. Joining in the
Up to 2 million public-sector workers walked off the job in Britain on Wednesday, potentially the biggest nationwide strike to hit the country in a generation. Teachers, border patrol agents,
Los Angeles – Police dressed in riot gear moved in on protesters camped outside City Hall early Wednesday and arrested more than 200 protesters who refused orders to leave, police
Three events will converge in New York tomorrow that will contribute to epic gridlock, making travel in and around the city impossible in spots. The tree-lighting at Rockefeller Center, in and of itself is a cause of major gridlock. The New York Daily Newss Gridlock Sam predicts that miles of frozen streets” will await anyone […]
In a Facebook post announcing, Consider the gauntlet thrown, the Bay Ridge Democrats indicate that the club is ramping up a possible primary challenge to Democratic Assemblyman Dov Hikind (who has endorsed a number of Republicans for various offices lately). Hikind has indicated that he will work to defeat President Obama for reelection ideally […]
Three City Council members introduced a resolution Tuesday that would formalize support for Occupy Wall Street and its message condemning economic inequality. The Occupy movement is more than occupying a public square, said Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, one of the resolutions authors, along with Councilman Jumaane D. Williams and Councilwoman Letitia James all Democrats. It […]
The percentage of school-age children living in poverty has grown in Orange and Ulster counties and leaped ahead in Sullivan County since the recession took hold, according to figures released
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Brooklyn, NY A new music video shows exclusive footage from Rubashkins Game Plan, the long awaited documentary film focusing both on the Rubashkin case and dual reaction of anger and solidarity from the Jewish community following the harsh sentence handed down in the case. The song, titled Yedid Nefesh, features […]
President Obama’s slow ride down Gallup’s daily presidential job approval index has finally passed below Jimmy Carter, earning Obama the worst job approval rating of any president at this stage
Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday for a surprise visit to mark the close of the U.S. war in Iraq as troops prepare to return home by the end of the year. Bidens visit is his eighth since he was elected vice president in 2008 and comes as the Obama administration works […]
Federal authorities have arrested a Brooklyn lawmaker on fresh corruption charges just weeks after a jury acquitted him on unrelated bribery charges, according to the FBI. An indictment unsealed Tuesday
[VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] More than a hundred educators participated in a school safety forum hosted by Misaskim on Monday, November 28th. The educators represented nearly 200 Yeshivas
The story is almost exactly identical to theprevious incidentwhich occurred on Motzei Yom Kippur. In that story a 2-year-old child was found wandering the streets by a Shomrim Volunteer. This time a child was found by a Hatzolah Volunteer at 3:30AM, early Tuesday morning. Sources tell BoroParkScoop.com, that Boro Park Hatzolah has a vehicle staffed […]
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Brooklyn Councilman David G. Greenfield is urging non-profit organizations to fill out their property tax exemption forms in order to avoid facing property tax bills in 2012. Every non-profit that receives exemption from property taxes is required to renew that exemption on an annual basis although, in recent years, the […]
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