Yearly Archives: 2008
Williamsburg, NY – Bike Lane Sagas: Phony Detour Sign on Kent Comes Down!
Williamsburg, NY - The unauthorized detour sign near the intersection of Kent Avenue and Broadway in Williamsburg came down this morning after the property owner was alerted to the...
San Francisco, CA – Holocaust Memorial Vandalized For Second Time
San Francisco, CA - A Holocaust memorial near San Francisco's Legion of Honor museum was defaced with spray-painted graffiti, police said.
The incident was the second in two mon...
Zagreb, Croatia – Nazi Officer Who Saved a Jew from Death During World War II, Gets Award
Zagreb, Croatia - Wilm Hosenfeld has become the first Nazi officer who has received the highest Jewish decoration, international media reported.
The Former Nazi officer got the ...
New York, NY – Chabad Committee Formed to Help Rubashkin Defense
New York, NY - A group of Lubavitch Chassidim, members of the Chabad Jewish Community in Brooklyn, NY, is planning on monitoring the well being of Shalom Mordechai Rubashkin, impri...
New York City – Yeshiva University Revises Madoff Losses to Just $14.5M
New York City - Yeshiva University sharply lowered its estimated loss from investing with Bernard Madoff, saying it now appears to have had just $14.5 million tied up with the disg...
Washington – Reform Jewish Leader Appeals to Bush to Commute Jonathan Pollard’s Sentence to Time Served
Washington - The Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism today December 30, 2008 released a letter from Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform ...
Trenton, NJ – New Jersey New Law Requires Insurers To Cover Kids’ Hearing Aids
Trenton, NJ - Health insurers in New Jersey are now legally required to cover hearing aids for kids.
Acting New Jersey Gov. Richard Codey today signed "Grace's Law,'' which requ...
New York – Non-Jewish Victims Ready To Testify Against Pedophile Avrohom Mondrowitz
New York - The Brooklyn District Attorney’s office has indicated to prosecutors in Israel that the alleged victims of an accused pedophile who fled to the Jewish state more than tw...
New York – Former U.S. Army Arsenal Employee Pleads Guilty To Being Spy For Israel
New York - The Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Ben-Ami Kadish pleaded guilty earlier today to a one-count Information charging h...
London – Community Outraged over Graffiti
London - Tensions have risen in Stamford Hill after anti-semitic graffiti was daubed on bus stops and pavements in the area.
Rabbi Hershel Gluck, of the North London Muslim Jewi...
New York – NY Israeli Consulate To Hold Live Citizen Press Conference On Twitter Regarding Hamas Conflict
New York -Today Between 1-3 pm (EST), the Consulate General of Israel in New York will hold a live Citizen "Press" Conference on Twitter in order to directly answer the public's qu...
Chicago, IL – Disgraced Gov. To Name Former Illinois Atty. Gen. To Obama Senate Seat
Chicago, IL - Gov. Rod Blagojevich is expected today to name former Illinois Atty. Gen. Roland Burris to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate.
The action come...
Jerusalem – Conflicting Reports About 48 Hour Israel Truce With Hamas
Jerusalem - Officials in the defense establishment denied on Tuesday evening reports that they had recommended to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to suspend military operations for 48 h...
New York – Shmuley Botech: Community Needs To Recognize Real Jewish Heroes, Not Idolize People With Money
New York - Our community idolizes people with money. Their names are on our buildings; they get the most aliyas in shul; they are feted at large communal banquets. Our kids are wat...
North Miami Beach, FL – Children Furious at Dad’s Big Lie Memoir of Holocaust
North Miami Beach, FL - Furious family members are horrified that a Holocaust survivor concocted a story that the girl who became his wife saved him from starvation by tossing appl...
Detroit, MI – Ford Plans to Offer Lincoln Models That Self-Park
Detroit, MI - Ford plans to introduce its version of a car that parallel parks itself in mid-2009 with its new Lincoln MKT luxury crossover and the Lincoln MKS large sedan.
It e...
Jerusalem – Israeli Airstrikes Continue On Hamas Targets
Jerusalem - Israel pressed ahead with Operation Cast Lead on Tuesday afternoon, with Palestinians reporting IAF strikes on two targets in Gaza City and the southern Gaza city of Kh...
Jerusalem – IDF Launches YouTube Gaza Channel
Jerusalem - In the midst of its Gaza operations, the IDF is entering yet another conflict zone: the Internet. The Israeli army announced yesterday the creation of its own YouTube c...
New York City – Council Speaker Rewards Her Political Buddies With Funding For Extra Staff
New York City - City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has quietly been rewarding her political allies by allowing a handful of loyal lawmakers to bolster their legislative staffs wi...
London – U.K. Drivers to Take 10-Year Health Checks Under Driver Licence Reforms
London - Drivers will have to declare every 10 years whether they are medically able to get behind the wheel, according to proposals to be set out early in the new year.
For the...