Monthly Archives: March 2008
Hilton Head, SC – Video: Rabbi Jacobson’s Address To U.S. Military Chaplaincy
Hilton Head, SC - A story on VIN news a few weeks ago, on the First Rabbi Ever To Address U.S. Military Chaplaincy, Chabad Rabbi Yossi Jacobson.
the U.S. military has now made pub...
Brooklyn, NY – Rate Your Brooklyn Bus Routes
Brooklyn, NY - Starting on Tuesday, and continuing through April 18, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is giving local bus customers in Brooklyn a chance to rate —and rage ...
New York – Union Dispute Fuels Kashrut Debate.
New York - When consumers see the OU, OK, or another label certifying that their food is kosher, they know that it was prepared according to halakha. They don’t, however, know if f...
Miami, FL – U.S. Suspends ‘Frum’ Supplier Of Arms To Afghanistan
Miami, FL - U.S. investigators are looking into accusations that a company hired by the U.S. military supplied corroded and decades-old Chinese ammunition to the Afghan Army and po...
San Francisco, CA – AG Mukasey Gets Emotional In Speech In The War On Terror.
San Francisco, CA - That was quite a moment when Attorney General Mukasey appeared yesterday at San Francisco
The general was making a plea for broad surveillance authority in the...
New York, NY – New Bill Against Discriminating Tenants with Section 8, Slaps Mayor
New York, NY - Siding with low-income tenants, the City Council voted to enact a new law - over Mayor Bloomberg's veto - to bar rental discrimination against tenants with Sect...
New York – Jews Hit Hard by Bear Stearns collapse
New York - The UJA-Federation of New York is bracing for potential fallout from the collapse of Bear Stearns.
A cloud of uncertainty is hanging over the company after a run on it...
Bulgaria – We Are To Blame For Deaths of 11,000 Jews in Shoah
Bulgaria - Bulgaria accepts responsibility for the genocide of more than 11,000
Jews in its jurisdiction during World War II, President Georgi Parvanov said during a visit to Isr...
Israel – Rice Delays Landing in Israel Because of Shabbas
Israel - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has agreed to postpone her landing in Tel Aviv by one hour and a half on Saturday in order not to land during Shabbat.The Foreign Mi...
Lakewood, NJ – Teen Identified as Suspect in Howell Robbery
Lakewood, NJ - A 19-year-old man has been identified as the suspect sought by authorities in an armed robbery at Reich Jewelers, where two employees were held at gunpoint and force...
Lizhensk, Poland – “Der Hilger” Rabbi Elimelach of Lizensk Zt”l
Lizhensk, Poland - From all corners of the world, Chasidim flocked to Lizhensk,Poland for the 221th yarzheit of the holy tzaddik, Rabbi Elimelach from Lizensk. Thousands of them u...
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY – Hasidim Not Guilty of Trespassing Into Synagogue
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY - A Brooklyn criminal judge found four Satmar Hasidim not guilty of breaking into a Williamsburg synagogue office nearly three years ago, part of a dispu...
Jupiter, FL – Fire Destroys Rabbis Home, Torahs Saved
Jupiter, FL - Fire Department were on the scene for a major fire at an exlusive home in Presidential Estates off Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard, owned by Rabbi David Goldstein of Congr...
Brooklyn, NY – Community Coalition Stands Against Hate Crimes
Brooklyn, NY - A coalition of religious and community groups gathered in Brooklyn's Borough Hall today to demonstrate their opposition to hate crimes in the borough.
The even...
Lakewood, NJ – Shock: Con-Man Faking as Frum ‘Yid’ Turned Out To Be Goy, Under Arrest By US Marshal’s
Pinned News Mar 27 2008
Lakewood, NJ - The Yeshivishe community of Lakewood, NJ is all astir at the biggest exposé to hit the bastion of Torah Judaism in years.
After initially d...
New York – Mezuzas Blast Off With NASA.
New York - Mezuzas created by Judaica designer Laura Cowan will soon be, literally, out of this world.
Cowan has been making space-travel themed ritual objects since she moved to...
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY +Bias Crime+
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY +Bias Crime+ Williamsburg Shomrim Patrol and NYPD of the 90th Pct are on the scene in front of the synagogue on Rodney Street between Lee and Bedford Ave...
New York – New GPS Traffic Technology, Wave of The Future.
New York - Long-Awaited new revolutionary GPS traffic data sharing, 'Dash' Arrived for the first time for sale at Amazon today.
The Dash Express as its called, features both Wi-Fi...
Manchester, England – Hunt for Fraudster
Manchester, England - A fraudster with a penchant for fast cars is being hunted across Europe, after being found guilty of a multi-million-pound fraud.
International arrest warran...
Gorham, ME – Police Probe Anti-Semitic Drawings in High School
Gorham, ME - Gorham police are investigating anti-Semitic drawings found on the walls of Gorham High School.The police department's school resource officer, the school princip...