Istanbul – Top Russian Spy’s Body Washes Up In Turkey ‘After Swimming Accident’
Istanbul, Turkey - The body of one of Russia's top spies has washed up on the Turkish coast after he disappeared close to a sensitive Russian naval facility in neighbouring Syria.
Major-General Yu...
Burbank, CA – Recent Email Scam Hits Jewish Clergy
Burbank, CA - Rabbi Mark Sobel was awakened Wednesday morning by calls from friends and relatives all over the country.
He was the latest victim of a scam. All of his e-mail contacts received the f...
New York – Ellis Island Immigrants’ Oral Histories Go Online
New York - Lawrence Meinwald's voice starts shaking when he recalls the first time he saw the Statue of Liberty.
It was 1920, and the young Polish boy was on a ship with his family, headed to Ellis...
New York, NY – Mayor Bloomberg: I’ll Only Leave Office If I Die
New York, NY - Mayor Michael Bloomberg says there are only two ways he will leave office before his third term ends in 2013.
Death or "total incapacitation," as he puts it.
The billionaire mayor...
New Jersey – Glatt Kosher Meat Counter Opens at Parsippany ShopRite Supermarket
New Jersey - Ned Gladstein believes that if the Jewish community can’t come to the kosher butcher, the kosher butcher should come to them.
The president of Sunrise ShopRite, Inc., recently opened “...
Israel – 2 Israelis Wounded in Second West Bank Attack in Two Days
Israel - Shots were reportedly fired at a vehicle traveling in the area between the settlement Kochav Yaakov and Rimonim Junction in the West Bank on Wednesday night.
Police who arrived in the area...
Vienna – UN Agency Fails to Stage nuke-free Mideast Talks
Vienna - Tensions between Israel and Islamic nations have scuttled plans by the U.N. atomic watchdog agency to convene talks this year on a Mideast free of nuclear weapons, according to a document sha...
Gaza City – Hamas Leader Rejects Talks With Israel
Gaza City - The top Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip rejected compromise with Israel in a fiery speech Wednesday, a day after gunmen killed four Israelis in a strong reminder that the Islamic militant g...
West Hollywood, CA – Sheriff: Suspect in Triple Slaying of Iranian Jews Confessed
West Hollywood, CA - Officials say a man has confessed to fatally shooting three men in a West Hollywood apartment after a drug deal went bad.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lt. Pat Nelson said Wedne...
Poughkeepsie, NY – IBM Unveils World’s Fastest Microprocessor
Poughkeepsie, NY - Got speed?
IBM unveiled details Wednesday about its new advanced chips, which the company says can process information at record-breaking speeds far faster than those in ordinar...
New York – State Reminds Schools Not To Ask About Immigration Status
New York - The State Education Department has sent school districts a memorandum strongly recommending that they not ask for information that might reveal the immigration status of enrolling students,...
Israel – Hebron Eyewitness: “Pure, Unadulterated Barbarity”
Hebron, Israel - It’s been a while since I photographed dead bodies. The last time I remember clearly was the murder of Yossi Shok from Beit Haggai who was shot and killed similarly on a Friday aftern...
New York – OpEd: We Need 300,000 Muslims To March Against Terror in The Name of Islam
New York - Hamas took credit for an ambush attack that killed four Israelis, including a pregnant woman outside Hebron. The terror group promised more murders and later there was a large celebration o...
New York – NY Muslim Groups Decry Hostile Atmosphere
New York - More than 50 leaders of Muslim organizations in New York City are defending plans by developers to build an Islamic community center near ground zero.
Members of the Islamic Leadership ...
Salt Lake City, UT – Mormon Church, Jewish leaders Tackle Proxy Baptism
Salt Lake City, UT - The Mormon church says it has changed its genealogical database to better prevent the names of Jews killed in Nazi concentration camps from being submitted for posthumous baptism...
Ukraine – More Than 20,000 Chasidic Pilgrims Coming to Uman for Rosh Hashanah
Uman, Ukraine - Breslov Chasidim pilgrims began to arrive in Ukraine not only to traditionally celebrate the Jewish New Year in Uman (Cherkasy region, center of Ukraine), but also to mark the 200th an...
Borough Park, NY – Nursing Home Sold, 506 Employees Let Go
Borough Park, NY - he nonprofit Metropolitan Jewish Geriatric Center in Brooklyn is being sold for $60 million to Boro Park Operating Co. and the Boro Park Land Co., a for-profit which does business a...
Coney Island, NY – Principal: PS 90 Is Only Used to White, Jewish Principals
Coney Island, NY - A principal is under investigation for allegedly calling her school "a racist building" because so few teachers are minorities, the Daily News has learned.
Principal Greta Hawkin...
Washington – U.S. Threatens To Shun Military Drill With Turkey If It Bans Israel
Washington - The United States has said it will shun a joint military drill with Turkey in October if Israel is barred from participating, Turkish daily Hürriyet reported on Wednesday.
Sources tol...
Manhattan, NY – NYPD Investigating anti-Semitic Scrawl at NYU
Manhattan, NY - The NYPD Hate Crimes task force is investigating an anti-Semitic scrawl at NYU.
Cleaning staff found "Damn Orthodox Jews" scrawled in a first-floor men's room at 40 Washington Squa...