Yearly Archives: 2007
Israel – Zionist Leaders Join Potential El Al Boycott
Israel - Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu and Rabbi Avraham Shapira, the two most senior leaders for the Zionist community, gave their backing for a potential boycott of El Al Airlines.
Ra...
Newton, MA – Major Dispute in Glatt Kosher Restaurant over Tip
Newton, MA - Two Newton women filed a police report following an alleged disagreement over a tip at Taam China.
Shiffra Domankevitz and Tziporah Solokiy filed the report regardin...
Cedarhurst, NY – Kosher Mess Forces Five Towns Market to Sell to Businessman from Borough Park
Cedarhurst, NY - Gourmet Glatt has been sold to an investor group headed by Henry Kauftheil, a businessman and philanthropist from Boro Park.
The popular Five Towns market owned...
Gaza City, Gaza – French News Photographer Kidnapped
Gaza City, Gaza - A French news photographer was kidnapped in Gaza City just before sundown.
The kidnapping happened in central Gaza City, in the area where many foreign news agen...
Neturei Karta Regrets Iran Fiasco
The Neturei Karta has written a letter of apology to its rabbis in the United States.
Several of the sect's rabbis attended an Iranian conference that featured speakers who...
Staten Island NY – First Newborn at SI Hospital Shares Fathers Birthday
Staten Island NY - The first baby born in 2007 on Staten Island gave Yosef Horowitz an unexpected 31st birthday present.
"We'll have a birthday cake and two different ca...
Miami, FL – Man Develops GPS Shoes
Miami, FL - Global Positioning System technology is turning up in more and more devices, like watches and cellphones.
But a Miami company has used the technology to develop shoes ...
Suffern, NY +NY State Thruway Traffic Alert+
Rockland County, Suffern, NY +NY State Thruway Traffic Alert+ Services are on the scene and Haz-Mat requested at North bound of the New York State Thruway at MM 25.7 for a motor ve...
Monroe, NY – Planning Board Hearing for Chabad Jewish Center
Monroe, NY - You might have seen them recently shepherding kids around Orange County in stretch Hummer limousines with menorahs lashed to the roof.
They are Rabbi Pesach Burston ...
Jerusalem, Israel +Former Mayor Kollek Dies+
Jerusalem, Israel - Jerusalem, Israel - Former Jerusalem's Mayor Theodor “Teddy” Kollek, who was Jerusalem’s mayor for 28 years, died at the age 95. “He passed away this morning,” ...
Brooklyn, NY – Dueling Rabbis Struggle Over Who Gets to Spread the Faith
Brooklyn, NY - A turf war has erupted between two Lubavitch'r rabbis claiming dibs on the rapidly gentrifying brownstone neighborhoods that surrounds the Atlantic Yards area.
In on...
Israel – Driver Wounded in Mortar Attack
Israel - A truck driver was lightly wounded after a mortar fired by Palestinians at the Karni crossing hit his truck. MDA teams evacuated the driver to Soroka Medical Center in Bee...
Lakewood, NJ – Committee to be Voting for New Mayor
Lakewood, NJ - In this annual organization meeting township committee members will be voting for a new mayor.
At the beginning of the meeting, the Rev. Michael O'Connor wil...
Indonesia +Passenger Plane Missing Was Found+
Jakarta, Indonesia - Indonesian rescuers spotted in the Sulawesi Mountains regin the wreckage and many bodies of the crashed passenger plane that went missing, but no word of any s...
Queens, NY +MVA+
Queens, NY +MVA+ A motor vehicle accident with multiple aided on Rockaway Tpke and Brookville Blvd, Hatzolah on the scene requesting several ambulances.
Crawford, Texas – Plane Violates Airspace Over President’s Ranch
Crawford, Texas - A small airplane twice flew into restricted airspace above President George W. Bush's Texas ranch, while the president and his wife were at the ranch, in what the...
Monsey, NY +MVA Car vs Tree+
Monsey, NY +MVA Car vs Tree+ A motor vehicle accident with a car that crashed into a tree in front of 20 Blauvet Road, Hatzolah on the scene and Fire Department is responding for a...
Aqaba, Jordan – King Complains of Odors Coming from Livestock Facility in Israel
Aqaba, Jordan - Jordanian King Abdullah II has complained of bovine odors coming from the Israeli side of the countries' shared southern border, Israel's environment minister said....
Brooklyn, NY +MVA+
Brooklyn, NY +MVA+ A motor vehicle accident on Avenue "N" and East 13th Street, Hatzolah on the scene requesting back-up units to respond.
Brooklyn, NY +Gowanus Expy Traffic Alert+
Brooklyn, NY +Gowanus Expy Traffic Alert+ A motor vehicle accident with an overturned box truck on the Gowanus Expressway East bound Staten Island bound near 56th Street and 7th Av...