Yearly Archives: 2007
Jerusalem, Israel – Arab in Charedi Garb Arrested on Suspicion of Robbery
Jerusalem, Israel - An Arab resident of Jerusalem was arrested for allegedly stealing merchandise from a city store disguised as a haredi.The suspect was apprehended by police afte...
Miami, FL – Man Hailed As Hero After Helping Catch Burglars.
Miami, FL - A South Florida man is being called a hero after he helped police catch three burglars.
According to the victims, Edwardo Fields was leaving his home when he noticed s...
New York, NY – Frum Girl Rescued From Subway Tracks, Searches for Her Hispanic Hero.
New York, NY - The morning before Thanksgiving, Lisa Donath was waiting for the No. 1 train at 191st Street in Washington Heights when she was overcome by dizziness. She leaned ag...
Jerusalem, Israel – Municipal Worker Attacked by Haredi Rioters
Jerusalem, Israel - A Jerusalem municipal worker was lightly injured after he was sprayed with tear-gas by a group of haredi rioters in the city's Mea Shearim neighborhood.The...
Palm Beach, FL – Investigation Into Murder Of A Sheriff, Leads to Discovery of Jewish Man Missing for 15 Years.
Palm Beach, FL - Fifteen years ago, Barry Fish disappeared. Fish, 42, left his parents' suburban Boca Raton home one day. He got in his silver 1986 Mercedes coupe and drove to Deer...
New York – Construction and Traffic Coming This Summer to Route 17
New York - Motorists have less than three months to enjoy a New York Route 17 in Orange County devoid of any construction projects.
Coming summer motorists can expect constructi...
Pakistan +Opposition Leader Benazir Bhutto Dead In Gun Battle+
Pakistan - Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was killed in a gun battle in the aftermath of a suicide bomb attack that killed 20 people, after an election rally in the cit...
Dagestan, Russia – Windows of Synagogue and Rabbi’s House Broken
Dagestan, Russia The house of Derbent Rabbi Ovadiya Isakov was attacked in the morning hours of Thursday."The attackers tossed a stone at the window of the bedroom, and the wi...
Brooklyn, NY – Corpse Ghost Cuts Deal
Brooklyn, NY - A Brooklyn funeral home employee charged with slicing open corpses to steal bone and tissue as part of a body parts-harvesting ring has pleaded guilty and is expecte...
Iran – Jewish Group: Iranian Jews Emigrated Is Pure Propaganda.
Iran - A top Jewish community leader in Iran on Wednesday described the recent immigration of 40 Iranian Jews to Israel as a “misinformation campaign” and insisted that Jews living...
Brooklyn, NY – Gunplay Plagues the 71st and 79th Precincts Neighborhoods
Brooklyn, NY - On the streets of Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant, nearly everyone has a crime story to tell.
The law-abiding residents of Brooklyn's 79th and 71st p...
Israel – Government Agency Rejects Job Applicant Due to Shabbas Observance
Israel - The JNF (Jewish National Fund) rejected a job applicant on the basis of her observance of Jewish law.
The applicant, known in the case as "Liron", was sent by...
New York – Spitzer Aims To Insure More Despite Presidents Veto
New York - The Spitzer administration is likely to press ahead with its plan to extend subsidized health care coverage, without federal assistance, to children in families earning ...
Israel – Rabbi Slams New Trend of Women Preserving Their Maiden Names
Pinned News December 26 2007Israel - "A hyphenated last name for women undermines family values," Rabbi Yisrael Rosen head of the Zomet institute writes in an article to...
Bridgwater, NJ – Man Falls from Construction Scaffolding
Bridgwater, NJ - A worker at the Shimon and Sara Birnbaum JCC construction site at Talamini Road fell approximately 18 feet off scaffolding.The 50-year-old worker, was taken to Som...
New York – Diabetes Test Strips Recalled.
New York - Test strips used with the Contour TS Blood Glucose Meter produced readings 5% to 17% higher than actual levels and are being recalled, manufacturer Bayer Diabetes Care a...
New York – ADL US Actor Did Not Praise Hitler.
New York - A Jewish group said Wednesday that it accepts Will Smith's explanation that he never praised Adolf Hitler in remarks the star says were misinterpreted.
"We welcome and ...
New York, NY – Violent Crime Figures Fall To All-Time Lows
New York, NY - the city is on track to set an all-time low homicide rate.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said that crime in the city fell this...
Israel – Leviev Leaving for London
Israel - Billionaire businessman Lev Leviev is leaving Israel. He will be spending most of his time in London in the near future, where he will supervise a new development company ...
Thompson, NY – Orthodox Jewish Camp Rov Tov to Replace Kutsher’s Sports Academy
Thompson, NY - The famed Kutsher's Sports Academy is moving from Sullivan County, and an Orthodox Jewish group has signed a five-year lease to hold summer camp on the sports a...