The president of French rail company SNCF has apologized for his company’s role in the Holocaust. Guillaume Pepy acknowledged on Tuesday that SNCF had been a “cog in the Nazi’s extermination machine” during the Second World War. Pepy made the speech just outside Paris, in Bobigny, from where 22,407 Jews were driven in 21 convoys […]
Leading Gedolim in Eretz Yisroel have released a statement removing the ban which was placed on the Electra company, for their role in construction at Jewish gravesites. The short statement
The state Supreme Court today issued a stay of the appellate court order knocking Rahm Emanuel off the Chicago mayoral ballot and ordered election officials not to print any ballots
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Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes today announced the indictment of Anel Kolenovic, charged with killing the driver of a car he struck while speeding down Ocean Avenue drunk.
The Russian president has said that the country will adopt Israeli-style security procedures in order to prevent a repeat of yesterday’s devastating suicide bombing. Speaking less than 24-hours after a bomber blew themselves up in the middle of Moscow’s Domodedovo airport, Dmitry Medvedev said “comprehensive checks” as used in Israel would be the only solution. […]
Congressman Jerry Nadler (D – NY) sent the following letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder earlier today, January 25th, 2011, regarding the Rubashkin case: The Honorable Eric H. Holder,
The national weather service in Upton has issued a Winter Storm Watch for New York City, which is in effect from Wednesday afternoon through Thursday morning. Hazards: Heavy snow with
President Barack Obama wants former chief of staff Rahm Emanuel to stay on the Chicago mayoral ballot, a top presidential confidante said Tuesday. “I think that [Obama] believes that [Emanuel] is eligible, and that he believes that Rahm will pursue his appeal in the courts,” said Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to Obama and fellow […]
The following is from Chabad.org: Long recognized as a one of the most brilliant minds of the past generations, but whose writings were primarily relegated to the purview of a small cadre of scholars, the Rogatchover Gaon – literally, the “genius of Rogatchov” – has for many years occupied a lofty space, inaccessible to the […]
A personalized news service funded by New York Times Co., Washington Post Co., and Gannett Co launched on Tuesday in an attempt to get readers to pay for online news.
Credit cards may soon be as outdated as vinyl records. (Remember those?) And this is the year that the slow, steady march to oblivion begins. You can already use your iPhone, Droid or BlackBerry to buy a hotdog at the ballgame, buy your Starbucks latté, or give a friend a few bucks by Bumping phones. […]
Following increased pressure from the FTC, Google and Mozilla are introducing opt-out features to their Chrome and Firefox browsers. Soon, users will have the option to stop personalized advertisements, ads
Last summer, the University at Buffalo banned smoking on its three campuses. Last month, Columbia University approved a measure that prohibits smoking within 20 feet of buildings. And on Monday,
Last month’s blizzard cost the MTA $30 million between lost revenue from fewer riders and worker overtime costs, top brass revealed yesterday. The revenue hit from lost fares and fees
U.S. chipmaker Intel will invest $2.7 billion over the next two years upgrading its plant in southern Israel to produce its next generation of chips. The amount includes a 740 million shekel ($210 million) grant recently approved by the Israeli government. “We are already in preparation for hiring,” Maxine Fassberg, general manager of Intel Israel, […]
Atlanta – A Spanish-language newspaper in Georgia has drawn bipartisan criticism for publishing a doctored photograph depicting the state’s new governor as a Nazi. El Nuevo Georgia editor Rafael Navarro
A controversial bill handing President Obama power over privately owned computer systems during a “national cyberemergency,” and prohibiting any review by the court system, will return this year. Internet companies
Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi and members of the New York State Chapter of the National Jewish Legislators today sent a letter to Commissioner Darrel Aubertine calling on him to re-instate a portion of the kosher inspection unit that was eliminated by Governor David Paterson in 2010. “We feel that this population must continue to be protected,” […]
A federal judge entered a plea of not guilty Monday on behalf of Jared Lee Loughner to three counts of attempted murder in the mass shooting that wounded U.S. Rep.
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