Tel Aviv – Israel Fears ‘Flood’ of Migrants Threatens State
Tel Aviv, Israel - Ismail Abdul-Rasul and his family escaped war in Darfur, languished in squalid conditions in Egypt for five years and nearly suffocated in a harrowing journey across the Sinai deser...
New York, NY – Con Ed Rates More Than Double the National Average
New York, NY - You'd need a dog sled or a boat to find Americans who pay more for electricity than Con Ed customers do.
In 2009, Con Ed again charged New Yorkers the highest residential rates of a...
Jerusalem – Rabbi’s Last Words: I Am On My Way To Rescue Jews
Jeruslaem - Warden Rabbi Uriel Malka, father of five from Karnei Shomron, was one of the 36 prison cadets to be consumed by the Carmel fire. An elaborate website has already been established in his tr...
Jeruslaem – Yishai: I’m Being Lynched Because I Am Ultra-Orthodox, Right-Wing and Mizrahi
Jerusalem - Eli Yishai is furious. "It's a lynching," the interior minister said to Haaretz on Sunday, in response to growing pressure for him to resign over the Carmel fire.
Yishai was the first t...
Dearborn, MI – Helen Thomas Slams WSU for Ending Award Named for Her
Dearborn, MI - Journalist Helen Thomas fired back at Wayne State University for ending an annual diversity award in her name, telling the Free Press Sunday night that "the leaders of Wayne State Unive...
Manhattan, NY – Upper West Side War over Landmarks
Manhattan, NY - A battle of historic dimensions is brewing on the Upper West Side.
The city's Landmarks Preservation Commission is considering a proposal that would extend protection to an additio...
France – Court Finds Continental Guilty in 2000 Concorde Crash
Pontoise, France - A French court has found Continental Airlines Inc. and one of its mechanics guilty of criminal wrongdoing in the crash of a supersonic Concorde jet outside Paris a decade ago that k...
London – US Ambassador Slammed for Visiting One of Britain’s Most Extreme Mosques
London - The American ambassador to the UK has been criticized for an official visit he made last week to a London mosque deemed to have accentuated extremism.
A London-based research institute and...
Haifa – Israel’s Top Policewoman Dies from Fire Burns
Haifa - Israel's top policewoman, who had clung to life for four days after her patrol car was trapped in a burning Israel forest, died Monday of her wounds as the last of the flames subsided in the w...
Havana – Raul Castro Celebrates Chanukkah With Cuban Jews
Havana - President Raul Castro celebrated Hanukkah on Sunday with Cuba's tiny Jewish community, a heavily symbolic act at a time when his government is holding a Jewish-American subcontractor on suspi...
Brooklyn, NY – Reviving a Yiddish Group With Memories and Music
Brooklyn, NY - Midway through his 10 a.m. class, Dmitri Slepovitch, the teacher, had his hands full. Students were coming in late, talking out of turn and whispering. Several times, he tried to regain...
Israel – PM: In Other Countries Fires Last Longer
Israel - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Druze village of Usfiya on Sunday after convening his cabinet in the northern city of Tirat Carmel. Although the fire raging on Mount Carmel in t...
Petersburg, KY – $24 Million Full-Scale Replica Of Noah’s Ark Planned
Petersburg, KY - The Creation Museum plans to build a full-scale wooden replica of Noah's Ark based on biblical descriptions.
The $24.5 million project will be constructed by the same team that bui...
Jerusalem – The Flames Are Out; Massive Damage; Could Take 40 Years To Recover
Jerusalem - Millions of Israelis breathed a collective sigh of relief on Sunday after firefighters from here and abroad succeeded in overcoming the worst fire disaster the country has known, which kil...
Miami, FL – More Spirit Producers Seek Kosher Seal of Approval
Miami, FL - Kosher drinkers have more to cheer about this holiday season as a growing number spirits producers seek — and receive — the seal of approval from Jewish dietary authorities.
“It’s an ad...
Antwerp, Belgium – Jewish Community Was Target of Major Terror Attack
Antwerp, Belgium - Terrorist suspects arrested two weeks ago in Belgium and Holland planned to target the Jewish community with a major terror attack, a Jewish magazine said, quoting information obta...
Tehran, Iran – Iran Claims Nuke Advance Ahead of Talks
Tehran, Iran - Iran delivered a resolute message Sunday on the eve of talks with six world powers: We're mining our own uranium now, so forget about stopping our nuclear ambitions.
The Islamic Repu...
Buffalo, NY – NY Bust: Medicaid Patients’ Rx Drugs Go To Dealers
Buffalo, NY - Police in western New York have charged 33 people so far in an investigation that shows a new kind of supplier in the illicit drug trade.
They say medical patients, including many who...
Fort Lauderdale, FL – Decades After The Holocaust, Cousins Reunite
Fort Lauderdale, FL - They learned English, married, had children, and led happy lives in new countries. And for many years two cousins thought: I survived the Nazis, but my cousin didn't.
That cha...
Warsaw, Poland – Polish President Celebrates Chanukkah With Jews
Warsaw, Poland - Poland's president lit a Hanukkah candle and distributed gifts to Jewish children, continuing a tradition started by his predecessor of marking the Jewish holiday.
Bronislaw Komoro...