Washington – UPDATE: TSA Will Work To Make Pat-Downs Less Invasive, John Pistole Says
Washington - The head of the agency responsible for airport security, facing protests from travelers and pressure from the White House, appeared to give ground Sunday on his position that there would ...
London – Muslim Pupils ‘Learn To Cut Off Hands of Thieves’ and Jews are Pigs, Apes
London - A text book taught in some weekend schools in the UK asks children to list the "reprehensible" qualities of the Jews, an investigation discovered.
Around 5,000 Muslim school children are t...
New York – Security Protest Could Disrupt Thanksgiving Travel
New York - As if air travel over the Thanksgiving holiday isn't tough enough, it could be even worse this year: Airports could see even more disruptions because of a loosely organized Internet boycott...
New York, NY – Parking Meter Prices Likely To Increase by Time and Location
New York, NY - City officials want a widespread expansion of a pilot program where parking-meter rates are dramatically raised depending on where and what time a motorist is hunting for a spot, source...
Des Moines, IA – Huckabee Says Ousting of Iowa Judges Historic Move
Des Moines, IA - Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says Iowa voters have sent a national message by ousting three state Supreme Court justices over the gay marriage issue.
Huckabee was in Des Moin...
New York, NY – Israeli Chief of Staff Ashkenazi Met With Henry Kissinger
New York, NY - As part of his last visit to the US as Chief of Staff of the IDF, Lt. Gen Gabi Ashkenazi met with Dr. Henry Kissinger, former US Secretary of State and the first Jew to have held the po...
New York, NY – Anti-Islam Florida Pastor Treated to Top-Shelf Security
New York, NY - It was a security detail worthy of a head of state, not a head case.
A fiery fundamentalist preacher who had threatened to burn a Koran at Ground Zero on Sept. 11 in a protest again...
Israel – PM: Daylight Saving Time should be imposed until end of October
Israel - Vice Prime Minister Silvan Shalom said Sunday that Daylight Saving Time should be imposed until the end of October by law "as in most Western countries."
"Jews fast in countries where the ...
Italy – Airport Had Sign Saying “Flying Sets You Free”
Italy - Authorities are investigating the head of a small airport in northern Italy over a sign echoing a notorious Nazi slogan at the Auschwitz death camp, ANSA news agency reported on Sunday.
The...
Washington – Incoming Speaker Takes Commercial Flight, but Skips the Pat Down
Washington - Representative John A. Boehner, the soon-to-be Republican speaker, pledged recently that he would fly commercial airlines back home to Ohio, passing up the military plane used by the curr...
Jerusalem – Supreme Court May Allow Segregated Kosher Buses
Jerusalem - The High Court of Justice will not ban gender segregation on haredi bus routes, and is likely to accept the Transport Ministry's recommendation to make the separation between sexes volunta...
New York – Grope-A-Dopes: Support a Law to Ban Invasive Searches
New York - Have you ever had a dream where you were standing in front of a group of strangers in your underwear? The next time you fly, you’re likely to be left in less than that. Last month, the Tran...
Israel – Court Demotes Soldiers Who Used Gaza Strip Child as Human Shield
Israel - The Kastina Military Court sentenced two Givati soldiers, who asked a Palestinian boy to open bags suspected of containing explosives, to three months of probation. They were also both demote...
Rome – Pope Praised Wartime Pope for ‘Saving More Jews’ Than Anyone Else
Rome - A Holocaust survivors group has voiced dismay over Pope Benedict XVI's assertion in a new book that wartime pontiff Pius XII was a "great righteous" man who saved more Jews than anyone else.
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Washington – TSA Chief Insists No Change In Screening Policy
Washington - The head of the Transportation Security Administration on Sunday acknowledged that new full-body scanners and thorough pat-downs can be invasive and uncomfortable, but he said that the ne...
Manhattan, NY – 105-Year -Old Aunt Fought for Cremation Against Jewish Relative
Manhattan, NY - A man who refuses to allow a funeral home to cremate his 105-year-old great-aunt began pressuring the woman several years before she died, the executor of her estate said Saturday.
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Israel – Police Raid Numerous Yeshivas for Fake ID Fraud [video]
Israel - Jerusalem Police on Sunday raided the offices of three ultra-Orthodox non-profit organizations, which operate yeshivas in the capital and nearby towns of Beit Shemesh and Beitar Illit. Office...
Jerusalem – Charedi MKs Get Threat Letters Over Yeshiva Stipends
Jerusalem - Ultra-Orthodox MKs on Sunday complained of receiving threatening letters in envelopes with white powder inside.
"Stop sucking our blood," the letters say. "Pack up your stuff and your ...
Berlin, Germany – Report: Confiscated Jewish Wealth ‘Helped Fund the Nazi War Effort’
Berlin, Germany - Nearly 120 billion Reich marks – over £12 billion at the time – was plundered from German Jews by laws and looting.
The official study commissioned by the ministry examined the ye...
Lisbon, Portugal – Obama Says Understands Ire Over Airport Screenings
Lisbon, Portugal - President Barack Obama has asked security officials whether there's a less intrusive way to screen U.S. airline passengers than the pat-downs and body scans causing a holiday-season...