On the backdrop of recent tensions with Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clarified Sunday morning that he is against the controversial conversion bill initiated by Lieberman’s Yisrael
Thirty-seven cabbies caught overcharging chose to surrender their hack licenses rather than face a judge, The NY Post reports. The Taxi and Limousine Commission said the 37 were among the
Drivers in New Jersey are getting a break, when it comes to getting their cars inspected. Starting next month, they will no longer have to get their vehicles checked for
A Brooklyn man is accused of stealing an ambulance just as a patient was being dropped off at the emergency room, police said. The incident occurred Friday around 11:50 a.m.
Ynet News reports: A haredi riot broke out on Sunday in a postal branch in Jerusalem’s Bukharim neighborhood over Ynet news updates. A group of 25 ultra-Orthodox protested at the site over plasma screens showing Ynet news updates which they referred to as “abomination.” Several rioters even attacked security guards standing outside the branch. The haredim […]
The strange case of Shahram Amiri has puzzled US intelligence chiefs who approved a $5 million payment to him for information about Iran’s illicit nuclear programme. Former US intelligence agents have predicted that Mr Amiri will disappear into prison or even face death, despite the hero’s welcome he was accorded as he was met by […]
President Obama and his family arrived Friday for a weekend getaway in Maine, but along with a little rest and relaxation comes criticism that the president is taking it easy
A court in Tyumen, Russia threw out incitement charges against a college professor who spread the Blood Libel—a medieval belief that Jews ritually murder Christian children, according to a report by the Slavic Law and Justice Center. Svetlana Shestakova gave a series of lectures in 2008 on the topic of “Sectarian Studies” in a course […]
Sen. Charles Schumer raised $2.2 million for his re-election effort in the past three months, giving him nearly $24 million in cash in a race that is not expected to be competitive. The figures are not surprising given Schumer’s well-earned reputation as a prodigious fundraiser. His last campaign in 2004 left him with about $10 […]
The city Department of Health says it has found an unusually high number of mosquitoes carrying the West Nile Virus this season, but no human cases have been detected yet.
Ninety-four people have been charged for their alleged participation in schemes to collectively submit more than $251 million in false claims to the Medicare program in the continuing operation of
I am an attorney practicing in Monroe and have read many articles in this publication that portray my fellow Hasidim as confrontational, aggressive and radical, while battling over hosts of issues. Many readers may erroneously assume that the vast majority of Hasidim support and promote this form of contentious behavior — we don’t. I have […]
A former State Department analyst was sentenced to life in prison Friday for spying for Cuba for almost 30 years. His wife and partner in spying received a sentence of
The so-called “underwear bomber” apparently isn’t the only terrorist who wanted to stage a X-mas day attack in the United States last year. Another plot targeting night clubs and restaurants
U.S. stocks slid, wiping out a weekly advance, as revenue at Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc. and General Electric Co. missed analyst estimates and a gauge of consumer confidence
An NYPD helicopter was circling overhead late at night, making a lot of noise, an Edgewater Park man woke up and wondered what to do. Then, literally, a light went
Hackensack, NJ – A parking garage at a New Jersey apartment building tower collapsed this morning and rescuers are being called to the Hackensack building to determine if anyone has
Turkish diplomats and government officials told the New York Times that the Turkish organization that led the Gaza-bound flotilla in late May has extensive connections with Turkey’s political elite, and the group’s efforts to challenge Israel’s blockade of the Hamas-run territory received support at the top levels of the governing party. A senior Turkish official […]
After a decade of hit products that made Apple the cutting-edge darling of the mobile and computing world, the rollout of the iPhone 4 has been an atypical and ugly
A 3.6 magnitude earthquake woke the Washington metro region Friday, rattling homes and startling people. The U.S. Geological Survey says it happened at exactly 5:04:49 a.m. about 3 miles under
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