Just a week before Election Day, the Board of Elections voted today to oust its own executive director, George Gonzalez. The BOE board vote seems to signal that election commissioners
The following was printed in the Jewish Press last week, and written by Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum, who is the Director of the Rabbinical Alliance Of America: In light of several misconceptions in regard to certain ongoing political campaigns, the following clarification has become necessary: The Rabbinical Alliance of America (Igud Horabbonim) formally declares that it has […]
The city’s murder rate has shot up nearly 15% this year, and residents in the worst-hit precincts are worried New York is headed back to darker days. The NYPD recorded
A severe shortage of butter has become prevalent in Israel over the past few days, with some supermarket chains running completely out of the product and stocking shelves instead with
Gasoline prices haven’t gotten much attention amid all the other bad economic news for Democrats heading into a final week of campaigning, but the price per gallon has climbed nearly
A former Staten Island resident is accused of traveling to Pakistan in a failed bid to join the Taliban. Abdel Hameed Shehadeh, 21, who formerly lived in Arden Heights, was
Thirty community Rabbis, representing a large portion of the Florida orthodox spectrum gathered today for a discussion of issues and an exchange of ideas in Ft. Lauderdale with Florida United
With the midterm elections just a few days away, a delegation of Agudath Israel met with US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. In her two years in office, Senator Gillibrand has shown
A messianic Christian center backed out of hosting a Brooklyn polling place Monday amid an outcry from upset Orthodox Jewish voters. The Board of Elections had tapped Life in Messiah
Iran has begun injecting uranium fuel rods into the core of Bushehr’s nuclear power plant, the Islamic Republic’s Press TV reported Tuesday. Some 163 fuel rods are being loaded into
Tariq Aziz, one of the best-known faces of the Iraqi government from 1981 to 2003, was sentenced to death Tuesday by the Iraqi High Tribunal court for his role in
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg thinks that being able to serve three terms in office is a good idea — just not for anyone else. On Monday, in an unexpected confession, Mr. Bloomberg said he wanted to reverse the changes to the city’s term-limits law, which he successfully campaigned for in 2008. Those changes are now […]
A combination of strong thunderstorms, followed by violent and destructive winds, will make for one of the Midwest’s most dangerous storms in 70 years. When Tuesday morning comes around, the Chicago area will be slammed with furious thunderstorms as a cold front passes over the area. Damaging winds will likely be a component of the […]
The New York City Police Department announced that it will be cracking down enforcement on drivers using their cell phones behind the wheel in the city. The New York Distracted
3:17PM EST: Boro Park Hatzolah is on the scene of a Frum person stabbed in a warehouse at 63rd Street near 15th Avenue. Arriving BLS Units are requesting that Paramedics
As the campaign for State Comptroller begins to attract the attention of voters, Thomas DiNapoli the NY State Comptroller received the unified endorsement of the Bukharian Jewish Rabbinical Leadership, Bukharian
The following is a Ynet article: Members taking part in the dubious meeting at the Carlton Hotel in Tel Aviv were likely surprised to receive such courteous service from the
Hours before President Barack Obama was set to arrive in Rhode Island, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Frank Caprio had some less than hospitable words for the leader of the free world.
Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) is asking for the community’s assistance in solving a hate crime. Yesterday, Hikind was informed by an askan that two Polish men were shouting “Heil Hitler!” at Jewish individuals on the corner of 49th Street and 12th Avenue. Assemblyman Hikind contacted the 66th precinct, and officers responded in a matter of […]
After retiring the floppy disk in March, Sony has halted the manufacture and distribution of another now-obsolete technology: the cassette Walkman, the first low-cost, portable music player. The final batch
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