New York, NY – Federal Judge Strikes City’s Rule on ‘Gruesome’ Anti-Smoking Ads
New York, NY - A federal judge has rejected New York City's planned campaign to scare people into quitting smoking with grisly advertisements near where cigarettes are sold, saying the effort is lauda...
New York, NY – Passengers’ Tempers Flare at JFK Airport
New York, NY - Stranded passengers lost their tempers and got into yelling matches with airline employees at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Wednesday after delays stymied their plans yet aga...
Tel Aviv – Court Sends Parents Accused of Kidnapping Daughter to Jail
Tel Aviv - The Supreme Court has accepted an appeal filed by the State Prosecutor's Office and sent to jail two parents from London accused of trying to kidnap their daughter from Israel.
The Tel A...
Englewood, NJ – Police Still Seeking Info In Orthodox Jewish Doctor’s Hit-Run Death
Englewood, NJ - The police are asking residents for help finding the driver of a vehicle involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident on Christmas Eve.
Chief Arthur O'Keefe said that an Englewood resid...
Israel – Jerusalem’s Western Wall Gets an iPhone App
Jerusalem - IPhone users can now visit Judaism's holiest prayer site from anywhere in the world.
The Israeli foundation that administers the Western Wall has launched an iPhone application that str...
New York – Americans Turn To Technology To Control Impulses
New York - Dan Nainan can't trust himself to work at his computer without clicking on distractions, so he uses an Internet-blocking program to shut down his Web access twice a day.
"I'm sorry, but ...
Hungary – Chabad Opens Center In Debrecen; Meets With Hungarian President
Hungary - Chabad-Lubavitch of Hungary announced the installment of new representatives to serve the Jewish community of Debrecen.
Rabbi Shmuel Feigin and his wife will join the team of Chabad emiss...
New York, NY – Mother Pays $900 for Cab to Drive Family Home During Blizzard
New York, NY - Stranded by the massive winter storm that battered the East Coast this week, a New York mother of five paid $900 for a cab to drive her family home through heavy snow and high winds, AB...
New York, NY – Mayor Bloomberg Finally Apologizes for Snow Screw-Ups
New York, NY - Mayor Bloomberg finally issued a mea culpa today for the snow fiasco that has crippled the city - but vowed not to sack the sanitation chief for the screw up.
"We did not do as good ...
New York, NY – Fares Going Up On Subways, Buses and Commuter Rails
New York, NY - Riders on the city's subways, buses and commuter rails are going to have to come up with some more money.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is increasing fares on Thursday.
...
Washington – Post Office Marks New First-Class Stamps ‘Forever’
Washington - Postal patron Sean Swilling is tired of the inconvenience that comes with every change in the price of mailing a letter. That makes him just the type of customer the U.S. Postal Service w...
New York – Palestinian Draft Resolution To Highest UN Body
New York - Excerpts of a draft resolution the Palestinian Authority intends to have presented to the United Nations Security Council in the coming days.
— "Reaffirms that the Israeli settlements es...
New York – NY Assemblyman: Bring In The National Guard It’s A State Of Emerency
New York - Today is Day Three after the storm and there has been little or no visible progress. Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) called on Governor Paterson this morning and asked him to coordinate...
Jerusalem – Oiz v’Hadar Talmud Yerushalmi Released in Bnei Brak [Live Event]
Jerusalem - When the Oiz v’Hadar edition of the Talmud Bavli was completed several years ago, Rav Aharon Leib Steinman expressed his wish that “with Hashem’s help, there will be a Talmud Yerushalmi ve...
Montreal, Canada – Legendary Lubavitch Shliach Passes Away At 94
Montreal, Canada - Rabbi Volf Greenglass, a symbol of the hardships of the Jewish people in the previous generation and Judaism's current prosperity, passed away Wednesday, 22 Teves 5771.
He was 94...
New York – Meals On Wheels: The Five Towns Feed Stranded El Al Students
New York - It was an email from Benzion Klatzco that set a chesed train in motion that was just as powerful as the mega blizzard that blew through the New York area this past Sunday night.
Klatzco,...
Newark, NJ – Cory Booker: The Mayor of Twitter and Superhero of the Blizzard
Newark, NJ - If you're a mayor of a northeastern U.S. city, you probably despise Cory Booker right now, because the tweeting mayor of Newark, N.J., is now a social-media superhero, able to move toweri...
Poland – Book Claims Polish ‘Gold-Diggers’ Robbed Jewish Corpses at Treblinka
Poland - A new book by the controversial historian and sociologist Jan Tomasz Gross describes how Polish gold-diggers robbed Jewish corpses in the area of the Treblinka Nazi death camp immediately fol...
New York, NY – Snowblind Mayor Woke Up and Smelled the Catastrophe
New York, NY - Mayor Bloomberg finally joined his 8.4 million irate constituents yesterday in their fury at painfully slow efforts to clean up the snow-clogged streets that have brought New York to a ...
Jerusalem – Israel Rabbis, Wives Warn on Intermarriage
Israel - At least 27 Israeli rabbis' wives have signed a letter calling on Jewish women to avoid intermarriage with Arabs and even avoid working alongside Arab men, Israeli media reported on Wednesday...