Yearly Archives: 2012
Santiago, Chile – Chile Battles 3 Huge Forest Fires; 1 Killed; Israeli Continues To Deny Any Involvment
Santiago, Chile - Firefighters in Chile battled three huge wildfires Monday that have burned about 90 square miles (23,000 hectares) of forest, destroyed more than 100 homes and ha...
New York – Hamodia: Holocaust Display Demonstrators Are Inciting Secular Media Against Charedim
New York - A scathing editorial that appeared on the front page of today’s New York Charedi English Daily Newspaper Hamodia strongly condemns the actions of those who dressed in Ho...
Independence, IA – Gingrich: ‘I Don’t Think I’m Going To Win’ Iowa
Independence, IA - Newt Gingrich says he doesn't expect to win Tuesday's Iowa caucuses after being battered by millions of dollars in negative ads.
Gingrich told reporters Monda...
Honolulu, HI – Obama Ending Vacation, Readying For Re-election
Honolulu, HI - With an eye on the 2012 campaign, President Barack Obama is wrapping up a low-key Hawaiian vacation and planning to quickly get back in front of voters as he ratchet...
Los Angeles, CA – First Class On Airbus A380 Looks Like Starship Enterprise
Los Angeles, CA - The first class cabin of Qantas's A380 super-jumbos looks astonishingly like the U.S.S. Enterprise in Star Trek - although you'll have to settle for earthly route...
Ramallah, West Bank – Palestinians Hope Peace Efforts Can Be Salvaged
Ramallah, West Bank - The chief Palestinian peace negotiator said Monday his first meeting with Israelis in more than a year will be a last-ditch effort to salvage the peace proces...
New York – Police: SC Man Carried Loaded Weapons In NY Subway
New York - A South Carolina man who entered the New York City subway system with two loaded weapons has been arrested.
The NYPD says a police officer stopped the suspect after s...
Washington – Jewish Groups Get Most Money From Federal Security Grants
Washington - A week after a man killed a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington in 2009, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano cited the murder a...
New York – An Open Letter to Yossi Sarid by Rabbi Yair Hoffman
Dear Yossi Sarid,
The horror that the overwhelming majority of Chareidi Jews are feeling at the actions of the extremists is certainly deep. The sickening demonstration of “cou...
Iowa – Gingrich Again Rips Bloomberg’s Wealth
Iowa - Newt Gingrich may be stumping in Iowa, but he’s in a New York state of mind.
Gingrich yesterday ranted that front-runner Mitt Romney is trying to buy the presidential nom...
Monticello, NY – Sefer Torah Scroll Stolen from Synagogue
Monticello, NY - Someone broke into the Landfield Avenue Synagogue on Friday or Saturday and stole the Torah scroll.
Someone came in through a rear window sometime between 4 p.m...
Istanbul, Turkey – Hamas Premier Visits Flotilla Ship
Istanbul, Turkey - The Hamas premier of the Gaza Strip has visited a ship docked in Turkey that in 2010 was the target of a deadly raid by Israeli troops seeking to prevent an aid ...
Rome – Jewish Friend Of Late Pope John Paul II Dies
Rome - Jerzy Kluger, a Polish-born Jew who was a lifetime friend and childhood playmate of the late Pope John Paul II and who lost much of his family to Nazi death camps, has died...
Modiin Illit, Israel – Charedi Man Arrested Accused In Harassing Women Over ‘Modest Dress’
Modiin Illit, Israel - A Haredi resident of Modiin Illit was arrested on Monday morning on suspicion of verbally harassing women he deemed were "dressed immodestly."
Judea and S...
Tel Aviv – Netanyahu, Livni Visit Rabbi Lau During Shiva
Tel Aviv - Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu visited Tel Aviv’s chief rabbi, Rav Yisrael Meir Lau, who is sitting shiva for his brother, Rabbi Yehoshua Hager-Lau.
Opposition lea...
New York, NY – Gov. Cuomo Condemns Fire Attack Against Islamic Center, 3 Other Sites
New York, NY - Authorities say they are investigating four fire attacks in New York City, including one at an Islamic center.
Police say three of the attacks Sunday night in Que...
Los Angeles, CA – ‘Person of Interest’ Detained in Car Arson Attacks
Los Angeles, CA - Twelve more suspected arson fires broke out early Monday in the Los Angeles area, and a "person of interest" was taken into custody for questioning in connection ...
North Korea – ‘Giant Soldier’ Pays Respects to Kim Jong-il
North Korea - At first glance it appears to be just another photograph of immaculately turned out troops paying their last respects to North Korea’s former leader Kim Jong-il.
...
Danville, PA – Hospital Won’t Hire Smokers; New Yorkers Outraged
Danville, PA - A major Pennsylvania health system will begin testing new hires for nicotine starting in February.
Danville-based Geisinger Health Systems says it will begin test...
New York, NY – Police Tactic to Keep Crime Reports Off the Books Didn’t Work
New York, NY - Crime is poised to climb in New York City for the first time in two decades.
The uptick is all but certain, despite 11th-hour scrambling by police to keep their r...