New York – Who Gets Assemblyman Towns’ Seat
New York - Darryl Towns announced earlier today that he is leaving the Assembly seat he has held since 1992, setting off a special election in central Brooklyn to replace him.
According to central ...
Moscow – How Chabad Triggered a Superpower Art War
Moscow - Russia has halted the loan of artworks to major American museums because of a row between the Russian government and Chabad.
Works by Gauguin, Cézanne and Canaletto will be missing from ex...
Ukraine – Crumbling Jewish Quarter in Lviv May Get New Hotel
Lviv, Ukraine - The battle over Lviv’s architectural and archeological heritage is being waged on historic Fedorova Street, just off the city’s main square.
The heart of the old Jewish quarter has...
New York, NY – DOT Cutting Speed Limit to 20 MPH in 75 New Zones
New York, NY - The Department of Transportation is greatly expanding the number of reduced speed zones around the city.
This year, the department will triple its 20 mph reduced speed zones around s...
Israel – 70 Rabbis Protest Arrest Warrant Against Rabbi Dov Lior
Israel - Nearly seventy prominent national-religious rabbis signed a letter of protest to be published Friday over the police's intention made public on Monday to arrest prominent settler leader and K...
New York – Mario Cuomo Gets Role in Madoff Mess
New York - Now batting in the legal mess involving Bernard Madoff and the New York Mets: Former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo.
A federal bankruptcy judge in Manhattan appointed Cuomo on Thursday to ser...
Washington – Spy Chiefs Defend Mideast Work Despite CIA Director Wrong Egypt Call
Washington - CIA Director Leon Panetta incorrectly predicted Thursday that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak could step down by day's end, even as he and other top U.S. intelligence officials defended ...
Cairo – ElBaradei: Egypt Will Explode
Cairo - Nobel Peace laureate and leading democracy advocate Mohamed ElBaradei is predicting "Egypt will explode" after President Hosni Mubarak refused to step down and is calling on the military to in...
Canada – After A Serious Accident Faith and Response from Community Keeps Rabbi Strong
Ottawa, Canada - When his ninth child — a boy — was born in September, Rabbi Yehuda Simes was still in the intensive care unit of The Ottawa Hospital.
He had been transferred there in early July, t...
San Francisco, CA – Court: Stores Cannot Ask for Customer Zip Codes
San Francisco, CA - The California Supreme Court says merchants in the state can no longer ask credit card customers for their ZIP codes.
The high court ruled unanimously on Thursday that asking f...
Manhattan, NY – Irish Eyes Not Smiling Over Bloomberg Remark
Manhattan, NY - Leaders of the Irish-American community on Thursday harshly criticized Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg for invoking a stereotype about drunkenness at a reception honoring the city’s St. Pat...
Cairo – Egypt’s Mubarak Does Not Step Down
Cairo - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak announced he is handing his powers over to his vice president, Omar Suleiman, and ordered constitutional amendments Thursday. But the move means he retains his...
Brooklyn, NY – Rabbi Yehuda Tirnauer, Rav Of Famed Shul ‘Shomrei Shabbos’ Passes Away
Brooklyn, NY - R’ Yehuda Halevi Tirnauer, Rov of the Shomrei Shabbos Shul in Boro Park was niftar this afternoon at the age of 88, surrounded by his sons, grandsons and sons in law. R’ Tirnauer was ...
Kiev – Visa Requirements Between Israel, Ukraine Canceled
Kiev, Ukraine - Israelis traveling to the Ukraine no longer need an entry visa, and Ukrainians do not need a visa to enter Israel, following an agreement signed between the two nations.
The Ministr...
Albany, NY – Gov. Cuomo Taps Towns as Commissioner of NYS Housing Agency
Albany, NY - Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday appointed Assemblyman Darryl Towns as commissioner and chief executive of New York State Homes and Community Renewal, the state agency that oversees finance,...
Michigan – Obama: U.S. Supports ‘Orderly Transition to Democracy in Egypt’
Michigan - US President Barack Obama on Thursday stated that the US is closely monitoring the situation in Egypt, telling a crowd of university students in northern Michigan, "We are witnessing histor...
Jerusalem – High Court Orders Army Radio to Explain Why it Refused to Air Yad L’Achim Ad
Jerusalem - Israel's Supreme Court has given Army Radio 60 days to explain why it refused to air a Yad L'Achim advertisement warning of missionaries.
"Neshama," begins the ad, "don't let them mess ...
Cairo – Egyptian Minister Denies Mubarak Will Step Down
Cairo - State TV says Egypt's information minister has denied that President Hosni Mubarak will step down.
The comment by Anas el-Fiqqi, in a written scroll on state television, comes ahead of an a...
Greenwich, CT – Mark Madoff’s Widow Refused to Let His Mom Into His Funeral
Greenwich, CT - Ruth Madoff flew from Florida to Greenwich, Conn., to attend a private memorial service for her son Mark after his suicide last December -- but was turned away by his unforgiving widow...
Diego County, CA – Desk Purported to be Hitler’s for Sale
Diego County, CA - A San Diego County man is selling what he believes to be the desk set that Adolph Hitler used to sign the historic 1938 Munich Pact.
The 50-pound brass inkwell bears the initial...