New Jersey has extended a deadline for eligible homeowners to apply for a credit on their property tax bill. The new deadline to file 2009 homestead benefit applications is Jan.
Up, Up, and away… Rabbis Menashe Malka and Reuven Deri boarded a hot air balloon and ascended 1,000 feet in the air in order to pray for timely rain. The
A milk price war has broken out in kosher shops in London and Manchester after the arrival of a new supplier. Until now, milk for the strictly Orthodox community has
A member of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s security detail has been released on bail after he was arraigned on charges of shooting an acquaintance. New York City Police Detective Leopold McLean,
After enjoying their city’s Holiday event, Portland, Oregon, residents felt a twinge of shock and then a rush of gratitude on Saturday when they learned that law officers foiled a
The investigative arm of the Homeland Security Department appears to be shutting down websites that facilitate copyright infringement. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has seized dozens of domain names over
The Paris City Hall has mobilized its employees to remove wall posters making publicity for an anti-Semitic book denouncing the “Jewish mafia”. The move followed a complaint by the National
The White House says President Barack Obama has received 12 stitches in his lip after being hit during a pick up basketball game. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says
A Sydney man living in the U.S. and en route to Sydney for a friend’s wedding, died when his single-engine plane crashed near Hollister Airport in California. 28-year-old Benny Glattstein
King Hamad of Bahrain on Thursday appointed a Jew and a Christian among four women to the 40-member upper chamber, following a parliamentary election last month, state media reported. The
New York City’s taxi regulators are planning a new dress code for cab drivers that requires them to “present a professional appearance.” Taxi and Limousine Commission chairman David S. Yassky
Federal Express says it is looking for a package containing radioactive material that might be in Tennessee. The package is safe as long as its packaging is left intact, CNN
A new operation will begin next year to find the debris of Air France Flight 447, which mysteriously crashed into the southern Atlantic Ocean last year, French officials said. The
NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly has a secret doomsday plan that spells out who would succeed him and Chief of Department Joseph Esposito should either die in a terror attack or
New Zealand – In an 11th hour settlement, shechita (kosher slaughter) of poultry will continue in New Zealand, after agreement was reached on Friday afternoon between the New Zealand Jewish
A defense attorney has filed what is almost certainly the first ever “writ of possible ‘simcha.’” But first, a little background regarding all the meshugas that has since ensued. In
Manni, 28, opens his front door in Stamford Hill and invites me inside for a tour. “I live in a five-bedroom house and I’ve got six children,” he explains. “I
An all new Season Two of “A Jewish Star” – the world’s first Jewish music singing competition – was launched today, November 25, 2010 with many seeing the contest as
Woburn, MA – The unembalmed body of a widow mistakenly laid to rest next to another woman’s husband in Woburn was dug up and driven back to a Brookline funeral
Authorities have found a second homemade explosive and more of a type of explosive previously discovered in a house in an unincorporated area near Escondido, California, officials said Thursday. The
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