Monthly Archives: March 2008
Los Angeles, CA – Hatzolah Meets With LAPD Counter Terrorism Unit.
Los Angeles, CA - In response to numerous incidents in the Los Angeles area and the incident earlier today in Los Angeles, Deputy Chief Michael Dowining-Commanding Officer of LAPD ...
Queens, NY – Building Uses Noise To Keep Only Teens Quiet
Queens, NY - Teenagers who hang out one apartment building in Jamaica, Queens are getting an earful these days.A new security device called 'The Mosquito' has been instal...
New York – Wal-Mart Opens Up To an Unfiltered Blog
New York - Wal-Mart known for its strict, by-the-books culture — accepting a cup of coffee from a supplier can be a firing offense — Wal-Mart is now encouraging its merchants to s...
Los Angeles, CA – Swastikas Scrawled On Los Angeles Cheder
Los Angeles, CA - The LAPD are investigating swastikas and hateful graffiti that was scrawled on the property of the Los Angeles Cheder at 801 N La Brea Ave in Hancock Park.Police...
Jerusalem, Israel – New Suicide Bomber-Proof Buses Being Tested
Jerusalem, Israel - Four new armored buses, began rounds today, developed by Israel Military Industries as part of a joint project by Egged, the Transportation Ministry and the Isr...
Staten Island, NY – Toll Clerk Arrested for Keeping Some to Himself
Staten Island, NY - A toll-booth clerk was arrested for stealing from the MTA Bridges and Tunnels division.Ibrahim Albedawi, 22, who collected tolls at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridg...
New York – Airlines Battle Sky Death Toll
New York - More than 17,000 airplane travelers became ill or were injured while flying last year and at least 77 of them suffered the same tragic fate as a Brooklyn nurse who died...
Denver, CO – Islamic Group Supports Jewish School Teams’ Plea Over Sabbath
Denver, CO - A Jewish school's plea for basketball playoff games to be scheduled at times other than the Jewish Sabbath got support from an Islamic civil rights group.
"In a natio...
Israel – Wall Street Journal: Yeshiva Study In Israel How Good Are They?
Israel - By the middle of my post-high-school year of yeshiva study in Israel, it was obvious which of my classmates would return home much as they had left and which would return ...
Borough Park, NY – Community Demonstration At Maimonides Hospital
Borough Park, NY - Some community leaders are calling for a protest demnstartion for the continued land-grab of Maimonides Medical Center in the Borough Park neighborhood, which t...
Crown Heights, NY – NYPD Renews 2 year Old Murder Case
Crown Heights, NY - According to COL, nyc police have renewed there search for information regarding the shooting that killed R' Efraim Klein HY"D.
Two years ago Feb 28 2006, R' E...
New York, NY – Some Jews Have A ‘Beef’ with a Kosher Cheeseburger
New York, NY - The popular Upper East Side restaurant Talia's Steakhouse began cooking up the city's first kosher cheeseburger - a real-beef patty topped with tofu chees...
Brooklyn, NY – Swastika Found on Block where Swastika-Painting Suspect Lived
Brooklyn, NY - He is jailed on charges of spray-painting swastikas and distributing anti-Semitic fliers in at least 23 places around Brooklyn Heights.
Now someone else apparently h...
Brooklyn, NY +Gedolim: Tickets For Big Event Concert Can Be Considered Ma’aser Money+
Brooklyn, NY - VIN News has learned that many gedolim will come out tonight with a P'sak, stating that those people who want to help make a Kidish Hashem should donate the BIG EVE...
New Jersey – Cell Phone Law Takes Effect
New Jersey - A new law is in effect today. If you are driving you'd better not have a cell phone or other electronic gadgets in your hand. Today was the first day New Jersey&#...
Iraq – Jewish Soliders Request Kosher Wine
Iraq - Two boxes of Carmel kiddush wine are headed from Australia to Baghdad for soldiers’ Shabbat celebrations.
The wine will enable Jewish Australian and American troops celeb...
Paterson, NJ – Influential Muslim Leader Facing Deportation
Paterson, NJ - One of New Jersey's most influential Muslim leaders is facing deportation for a 1993 conviction in an Israeli court for assisting Hamas militants.
Imam Mohammad Qat...
New York, NY – Mayor Bloomberg Vetoes Section 8 Bill
New York, NY - Mayor Bloomberg vetoed a City Council bill that would have forced private landlords to accept Section 8.
While the attempt to protect tenants against discrimination...
Brooklyn, NY – Fred Kreizman Considering To Run For Senate.
Brooklyn, NY - According to sources, City Hall staffer Fred Kreizman is considering a run on the republican line for state Senate against Democrat Diane Savino, whose district in...
Brooklyn, NY – Felder: 30 Day Unlimited Metro Cards Is Missleading.
Brooklyn, NY - Council Member Simcha Felder will be calling for commuter-friendly5-day or month-long weekday-only unlimited Metrocards to appeal tocommuters in the outer-boroughs w...