A Brooklyn lawmaker is trying to extend the city’s indoor smoking ban to hookah bars. City Councilman Vincent Gentile says he will press this week to have the legal herbal smoke included in the city’s ban. Gentile argues hookah smoke, containing tar and carbon monoxide, is just as dangerous as cigarette smoke. Under the proposal, […]
In a surprise move, over a dozen of the most influential leaders of the Chasidic sects of Satmar, Bobov, Munkatch, Klauzenberg, Boyan, Belz, Krasna and Ger have dumped their preferred
Teaneck, NJ – A Teaneck police officer died following a one-vehicle accident, according to a report on News 12 New Jersey. He has been identified as John Abraham, 37, who
New York City’s bedbugs have climbed out of bed and marched into landmarks like the Empire State Building, Bloomingdale’s and Lincoln Center, causing fresh anxiety among tourists who are canceling
Israel’s Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger said the Vatican “doesn’t have to teach us about interpreting the Bible”, in a comment to remarks by a archbishop who said that the theme of the Promised Land “cannot be used as a basis to justify the return of the Jews to Israel and the expatriation of the Palestinians.” […]
Former British PM Tony Blair’s sister-in-law has converted to Islam after having a ‘holy experience’ in Iran. Broadcaster and journalist Lauren Booth, 43 – Cherie Blair’s half-sister – said she now wears a hijab head covering whenever she leaves her home, prays five times a day and visits her local mosque ‘when I can’. She […]
Philadelphia, PA – A Muslim man claims he was fired by a trucking company after refusing to transport a load of alcohol, according to a civil-rights lawsuit filed recently in federal court. Vasant Reddy, 35, of Northeast Philadelphia, said it’s against his religious beliefs to “consume, possess or transport alcohol or tobacco,” according to the […]
Residents of Selden, LI, have been swamped with fliers denouncing the expansion of the Islamic Association of Long Island. The fliers list a litany of complaints, including calls to prayer being broadcast over loudspeakers and snarled traffic. The notes warn that the expansion of Long Island’s oldest Muslim house of worship will force residents to […]
The number of suspected Medicaid-fraud cases handled by state investigators — ranging from dirty dentists and druggists to millionaires illegally on the dole — more than doubled last year, according
Nearly 200,000 city drivers may park their cars for good with the MTA’s next toll hike, AAA New York estimates. The organization says drivers already pay too much in MTA bridge and tunnel tolls – $1.3 billion a year, with about one-third used by the MTA to subsidize subway, bus and commuter train operations. If […]
A top Israeli official on Sunday criticized a new statement from Catholic bishops on the Middle East and blasted the remarks of a Catholic archbishop who spearheaded the statement as
New York City – Today, in a letter to YouTube CEO Chad Hurley, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D – Queens and Brooklyn) called for the removal of terrorist videos featuring Anwar al-Awlaki, dubbed the “Bin Laden of the Internet,” who is using the site to find new recruits and promote radical Islamic extremism and violent jihad […]
Following what can only be described as a major flop to his campaign, Carl Paladino is once again visiting the Chasidic community of Williamsburg this Sunday afternoon, only this time there is no media circus tailing him. A reader submitted the attached photo of Paladino entering what appears to be a simple home in Williamsburg. There […]
Sullivan County, NY – George Phillips Republican challenger to incumbent Democrat Maurice Hinchey campaigned today in upstate Sullivan County. Phillips spent Sunday morning with activists from the Catskills Homeowners Alliance, visiting the Yeshiva of South Fallsburg and leaders from the Yeshiva community, The Viznitz (Gibbers) community in Kaimesha and local businesses. While at the Viznitz […]
Republican Dan Donovan has received the Daily News’ endorsement in the race for NYS Attorney General. In backing the Staten Island District Attorney, the paper cites Donovan’s legal abilities and
Thousands of people visited the Kever of Maran Hagon Rav Shach ZATZAL in Bnei Brak – whose Yartzheit is today – 16 Cheshvon. Here are parts of Rav Shach’s Tzava’ah. In the will, Rav Shach conducts a scathing cheshbon hanefesh: “Since no man knows when his final day on earth will transpire,” the tzava’ah begins, […]
October 21st was declared as the 2010 Great California Shake Out day. Over 8 million Californians have participated in a wide variety of drills of various natures. From the basic “Drop, Cover, and Hold On” drill to full scale evacuations, Californians were once again reminded that they live in an earthquake country and consequently preparedness […]
Lincoln University History Professor Kaukab Siddique is in the eye of a new storm in the United States, after several statements he made calling for the destruction of Israel prompted
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s office has sued FedEx, saying the delivery giant has cheated its drivers out of overtime and other benefits. Cuomo’s lawsuit, filed Friday, alleges FedEx uses an
The FDNY is almost ready to roll out a pioneering program to salvage the organs of people who die of cardiac arrest at home, in accidents, or otherwise outside hospitals.
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