Steven M. Mayer, 65 has been missing since Monday and has not been heard of since, as was reported first by YWN last week. Searches over the last week have
Congressman Bill Delahunt (D-Mass) – who sits on the Judiciary Committee – this letter last week to Attorney General Eric Holder regarding Sholom Rubashkin. Dear Mr. Attorney General: Like many Americans, not just those of us who serve as Members of Congress on the Judiciary Committee, I am committed to see that justice is served […]
A supervisor in a Brooklyn precinct was caught on tape vowing to go after officers with “ruthless aggression” if they didn’t make at least one arrest a month. But the most startling of the hundreds of hours of secret recordings was a tape showing just how aggressive the bosses could get. One reveals a showdown […]
Ahead of scheduled rain forecasts for shabbos in Eretz Yisroel that did not materialize, parts of Central Eretz Yisroel received a good washing on erev shabbos. As the dust was
At the end of last week, over a thousand people made their way admidst much music and dancing to the kever of Shimon HaTzaddik in Yerushalayim, starting in the wee
A judge on Friday halted deliberations in the case of four men accused of plotting terror attacks in the Bronx and upstate, after a piece of stray evidence wound up
Bank of America Corp., the biggest U.S. lender, extended a freeze on foreclosures to all 50 states as concern spread among federal and local officials that homes are being seized based on false data. “We just want to clear the air,” Bank of America Chief Executive Officer Brian T. Moynihan said today in a speech […]
With a fare increase already approved for subway and bus riders, the MTA wants to dig deeper into the wallets of motorists who use the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and East River
10/08/10: The Dow closed above 11,000 for the first time since early May on hopes the Federal Reserve will step in to spur economic growth. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
Overnight, a joint IDF-ISA-Border Police arrest operation took place in Hebron. The objective of the operation was to arrest those involved in the terror attack on August 31st, 2010 in
[By Rabbi Moshe Lehrfield, Esq.] Jewish education, a priority for many Jewish families, is at risk in the upcoming November election. For nearly a decade, children from poor families who
Intelligence officials have made a connection between the Islamic militant who trigged Europe’s terror alert and extremists involved in the attacks on September 11th. Ahmad Wali Siddiqui, a German of
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says he believes motorists are distracted by any use of mobile phones while driving, including hands-free calls, as his department begins research that may lead
An estimated 25,000 people attended the Levaya held for eleven burnt Sifrei Torah at the Viznitz Bais medrash in Bnei Brak on Thursday afternoon. A short-circuit during Sukkos sparked a
For the last 44 years, the National Association of Medical Examiners (N.A.M.E.) has held an annual multi-day conference, gathering the medical examiners, coroners, pathologists, medicolegal experts, and other professionals in the field of forensic medicine from around the world. The conference’s agenda includes informative seminars focusing on the many intricate aspects of their field, and […]
Seeking a reset of his faltering campaign for governor, Carl P. Paladino bought a three-minute advertisement on local television stations in Buffalo on Thursday to try to persuade New Yorkers
The United Arab Emirates will not implement a planned ban on all BlackBerry services that was to have gone into effect next week, the state news agency said Friday. The
The Jewish Week revealed today that Democratic Attorney General candidate Eric Schneiderman is the top New York recipient of funds from Billionaire financier George Soros. Soros is best known in Jewish circles for his extreme left-wing views on Israel and his secret financial support for the ultra left-wing “peace” lobby J Street. Soros and his […]
A 4-year-old boy was R”L killed and his mother hospitalized after they were hit by a city bus in Brooklyn this afternoon, police said. Little Evan Svirsky’s 45-year-old mother was seconds too late in her desperate bid to stop her son from running into the intersection of Falmouth Street and Oriental Boulevard, in Manhattan Beach, […]
The following appears on the Jewish Chronicle website: A boycott campaign is mounting against Israel’s most prestigious kosher certification. With dozens of different kashrut seals available in Israel, hechsher snobbery
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