Bronx, NY – Owner Said to be Flipping Troubled Buildings
Bronx, NY - Less than a year after snapping up the debt on six troubled Bronx apartment buildings, the Bluestone Group is quietly marketing the portfolio's mortgage with a price markup of 60%, sources...
Egypt – 2 Killed in Clashes, One Leaders of Opposition Under House Arrest
Egypt - One woman killed in Cairo, another man shot to death in Suez, reports al-Jazeera; ElBaradei arrested after hiding in mosque; tens of thousands continue to clash with police in at least 11 of E...
Sacramento, CA – Asian-American Lawmakers Demand Limbaugh Apology
Sacramento, CA - Rush Limbaugh's imitation of the Chinese language during a recent speech made by Chinese President Hu Jintao has stirred a backlash among Asian-American lawmakers in California and na...
Amman, Jordan – Arab World Unrest Has Jordan’s King Under Pressure
Amman, Jordan - Unrest ripping across the Arab world is putting pressure on Jordan's King Abdullah II, a key U.S. ally who has been making promises of reform in recent days in an apparent attempt to q...
Queens, NY – Feds Grill Councilman over Claims of Snow Workers’ ‘Slowdown’
Queens, NY - Federal prosecutors on Thursday grilled a City Councilman who claims guilt-stricken snow workers came to him to confess a work-slowdown during the post-holiday blizzard.
The claims by ...
Bethel, NY – Residents Trying to Stop Chasidic Group from Getting Sewer Services
Bethel, NY - A Satmar Hasidic group that went to war with town officials in 2009 and organized bloc votes against certain town officials is again at the center of a storm in Bethel.
Residents and t...
Egypt – Cairo Scene Of Violent Chaos As Protests Escalate
Cairo - Egypt's capital was the scene of violent chaos Friday as tens of thousands of anti-government protesters stoned and confronted police, who fired back with rubber bullets and tear gas — a major...
Manhattan, NY – Man Found in Trunk of BMW after Car Sale Gone Wrong
Manhattan, NY - The two men met through the Internet, fate and a 2008 BMW. The car was an M3 coupe, a fully loaded speedster with an eight-cylinder engine and an Interlagos Blue Metallic exterior.
...
Jerusalem – In Memoirs, ex-Israeli PM Regrets Failure Of Talks
Jerusalem - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made a "historic mistake" by rebuffing an Israeli peace offer during negotiations in 2008, Israel's former prime minister wrote in excerpts from his for...
London – Concern over Government’s Plan to Raise School Leaving Age from 16 to 18
London - Charedi leaders have voiced concern about the government's plans to raise the school leaving age from 16 to 18 in a meeting with Schools Minister Nick Gibb.
A delegation from the Union of ...
New York, NY – For Desperate on Staten Island, a Worker of Last Resort
Staten Island, NY - For emergencies, there is 911. For noise complaints, there is 311. For those in dire straits on Staten Island, there is Devorah Weiss, a social worker whose cellphone number is pas...
Washington – Obama Ensures Jews ‘Never Again’ Is Not Just a Phrase
Washington - President Barack Obama issued a statement on Thursday joining the global community on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz death camp to commemorate the 6 million Jews annihilat...
Egypt – Government Cuts Web, Mobile Communications as Protests Intensified
Egypt - The Egyptian government's crackdown on protesters intensified Friday with access to all forms of mass communication, including the Internet, mobile and SMS, taken down, even as United Nations ...
Dulles, VA – Baltimore Baalei Batim/Hatzalah, Regional Chabad Rally Around Snow-Stranded Satmar Rebbe
Dulles, VA - A group of Maryland and Virginia Jews joined forces to pull off a display of achdus—by pulling a stranded Satmar Rebbe off a grounded plane and arranging for a suite with a sefer Torah at...
Jerusalem – Ehud Olmert Gives Account of Key Meeting with Palestinian President
Jerusalem - The memoirs of Ehud Olmert, the former prime minister of Israel, are to be published shortly, to add to the deluge of recent material on negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Y...
Washington – NY’s Gillibrand Gets Senate Armed Services Seat
Washington - U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand says she will serve on the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Gillibrand, recently elected to the seat she was appointed to in 2009, had sought the committee s...
Canberra, Australia – Judge Rules Anti-Semite Allowed To Have A Gun
Canberra, Australia - Leaders of the Jewish community in Canberra say they fear for their safety after a Holocaust-denier was granted a gun licence.
While trying to have his licence reinstated, Can...
New York – CSE/Zaka Help Bring To Kever Yisroel Jewish Man Who Died In India
New York - Hardly a week has passed since the partnership agreement has been signed between Chesed Shel Emes and ZAKA and the first fruits of their joint effort have already come to light.
Sunday m...
Cairo – Egypt Shuts Down Internet, Ups Police Counterterror Unit
Cairo - Internet service in Egypt was disrupted and the government deployed an elite special operations force in Cairo on Friday, hours before an anticipated new wave of anti-government protests.
T...
Honolulu – Hawaii Lawmakers Want Release of Obama Birth Info
Honolulu - Hawaii's government would charge $100 for a copy of President Barack Obama's birth records under a bill introduced in the state Legislature by five Democrats.
The bill would change a pri...