WCBSTV reports the following: The New York City Parks Department is considering a proposal to bring border collies with trainers to scare away the geese in Prospect Park. After rounding
The “test case” against New Zealand’s ban on the kosher slaughter of animals will be heard in the High Court in Wellington later this month. New Zealand Jewish Council president
The Jewish Star reports: The Long Island Rail Road’s special “Sundown Service” train got off to a very rocky start last Friday with the train arriving 34 minutes late, right
Drivers now have a $115 reminder that bus lanes are for buses. Five cameras have been installed along the new express bus lanes on First and Second Avenues in Manhattan,
Israel’s two state-run radio stations refused to broadcast Yad L’Achim advertisements on the grounds that they offended the “religious sensibilities” of the missionaries. Last summer, Yad L’Achim received information that
Rejecting a plea for leniency from Rep. Charles Rangel, the House ethics committee voted to censure the New York Democrat, marking the first time in more than three decades that
Today, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D – Queens and Brooklyn) and 39 of his colleagues announced they are sending a letter to President Obama urging him to pardon Jonathan Pollard, who
2:55PM EST: For the second time in two weeks, the NYPD’s Hate Crimes Unit has been sent to investigate a bias crime in the heart of Williamsburg’s Chasidic community. Numerous
A terror attack was thwarted in Jerusalem on Thursday, after a 50-year-old resident of the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya tried to stab a young Jewish woman near Hadassah Mount
The National Council of Young Israel (NCYI) today condemned a report issued by the U.S. Department of State that criticizes the State of Israel for alleged religious discrimination against non-Jews
Senator Carl Kruger (D-Brooklyn), Chair of the Finance Committee, wrote to Governor Paterson today opposing the plan to cut the two remaining inspectors from the state’s kosher inspection division, leaving
As Rep. Charles Rangel pleaded for “fairness and mercy,” the ethics committee’s top lawyer has recommended a censure of the New York lawmaker, one of the harshest punishments that the
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) expressed doubts about the latest Catskills casino project yesterday, while a rival casino developer dismissed the plan as “improbable.” Silver, who owns a home in
The backlash continues over those new TSA screening measures, and now one Central Florida airport has decided to go with a private security screening firm. Orlando Sanford International Airport has
Assemblyman Vito Lopez represents Brooklyn, but for at least five years during his tenure, he admitted that he actually lived in Queens — an apparent violation of state law. This
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ghailani was found not guilty on all but one charge Wednesday by a civilian jury in New York, in a case with ramifications for President
Mayor Bloomberg today is expected to order thousands of layoffs next year in bruising budget cuts intended to close a massive gap, sources told The Post last night. Bloomberg will
Federal agents nabbed two more suspects in connection with the ongoing investigation into disgraced financier Bernard Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme. Joanne Crupi was arrested by the FBI this morning at
Angry community leaders in Stamford Hill have accused Hackney mayor Jules Pipe of “oppressing” orthodox Jewish families and pushing them out of the borough in a row over loft extensions.
11:06PM: The child has just been found by Lakewood Hatzolah – the search has been terminated. (Original article below) Lakewood, NJ – A massive search is underway Wednesday evening for
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