Montreal – Parole Denied for Man Convicted of Fireboming Skver Talmud Torah
Montreal - Omar Bulphred, the man convicted of firebombing a Jewish school and community centre has been denied parole a second time as he continues to serve a 7-year prison term.
The 25-year-old l...
Jerusalem – Rabbi Ovadia Sends ‘Refuah Shleimah’ Letter to Egypt’s Mubarak
Jerusalem - Rabbi Ovadia Yosef has written a letter to President Hosni Mubarak, in which he wished him health, following the Egyptian president's recent medical treatment in Germany and reports about ...
Washington – Phone Call From Russian Spy to Father Led U.S. Officials to Hurry their Arrests
Washington - An anxious June 26 phone call from Russian spy Anna Chapman to her father, a KGB veteran working in Moscow's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, led the Obama administration to hasten the arrest...
New York, NY – Mayor Bloomberg Using iPad at Press Conference Instead of Index Cards
New York, NY - Mayor Bloomberg has a sleek black and silver security blanket - his iPad.
Since the mayor unveiled his handy device last month, he's been spotted with it night and day, including las...
Illinois – Toughest Gun Law In The Nation Takes Effect In Chicago
Illinois - A new gun ordinance in Chicago that officials say is the strictest of its kind in the country went into effect on Monday.
The ordinance was pushed through quickly by Mayor Richard Daley ...
New York – Facebook Installs ‘panic button’ For Children
New York - Facebook has joined forces with a child protection agency to create a "panic button" application on its site, it was announced Monday, as the social networking giant finally gave in to call...
Jerusalem – Israel Report Blames Flawed Planning for Gaza Flotilla Raid
Jerusalem - An Israeli military report has concluded that flawed intelligence-gathering and planning led to the deadly botched raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla.
The report does not fault the commandos...
Brooklyn, NY – Orthodox Man Busted Accused Of Extortion
Brooklyn, NY - An Orthodox Man has been busted on charges of trying to extort more than $50,000 from the son of a convicted child molester, According to The NY Daily News.
The man, 61, was arrested...
Brooklyn, NY – A Few Blocks, 4 Years, 52,000 Police Stops
Brooklyn, NY - When night falls, police officers blanket some eight odd blocks of Brownsville, Brooklyn. Squad cars with flashing lights cruise along the main avenues: Livonia to Powell to Sutter to R...
Berlin – Germany Bans Group Accused of Hamas Links
Berlin - Germany's government has banned an organization it accuses of collecting donations that are sent to Hamas-related welfare projects.
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said in a st...
Washington – Attorney General: Russian Spies Posed Real Threat to U.S.
Washington - While they passed along no U.S. secrets, the 10 Russian sleeper agents involved in the spy swap posed a potential threat to the U.S. and received "hundreds of thousands of dollars" from R...
Brooklyn, NY – For Nine Days: Dagim Donates 2,500 Portions Of Fish To Masbia Soup Kitchen
Brooklyn, NY - This filet has soul.
The Stefansky family, owner of Brooklyn kosher fish company Dagim, is donating 2,500 portions of tilapia, flounder, salmon and tuna to the city's only kosher sou...
Washington – Robert Gibbs: There’s No Doubt Democrats Could Lose Control of House
Washington - President Obama's top spokesman admitted Sunday there's "no doubt" Democrats could lose their grip over the House of Representatives in this fall's elections.
"I think there is no doub...
Jerusalem – Liberal Groups Slam New Law on Conversion
Jerusalem - A parliamentary committee in Israel has approved a bill that some fear could increase the power of conservative rabbis by giving the country's Orthodox rabbinate exclusive control over con...
India – FBI: Unarmed Mumbai Cops Led to 26/11 Mayhem
Mumbai, India - Labeling the 26/11 terror attacks as "deceptively simple and highly coordinated with little money expended", the FBI has said the crippling flaw in the Mumbai police's defence against ...
Jerusalem – Women of Wall Leader Arrested
Jerusalem - Anat Hoffman, leader of the Women of the Wall prayer group, was arrested at the Western Wall on Monday for holding a Torah scroll. She is suspected of violating a High Court ruling which p...
Zawada, Poland – Controversy as Artist Burns Barn to Mark Jewish Massacre [video]
Zawada, Poland - Polish artist Rafal Betlejewski burned down a barn late Sunday in a Polish village to commemorate a Jewish massacre during World War II, but the tribute proved controversial to some i...
Singapore – Australian Jewish Teen In Critical Condition After Diving Accident.
Singapore - A Teenage Melbourne Victory fan is fighting for his life in a Singapore hospital after a diving accident.
Reagan Milstein and his father Kevin were scuba diving in Malaysia on their way...
Brooklyn, NY – Passed Over, Borough Park Gets A Census Recount
Brooklyn, NY - There was silverware to change, food to prepare, and bread to burn. One thing there wasn’t, for more than half the residents of the Borough Park section of Brooklyn, was time to fill ou...
Jerusalem – Oldest Written Document Ever Found
Jerusalem - Hebrew University excavations recently unearthed a clay fragment dating back to the 14th century BCE, said to be the oldest written document ever found in Jerusalem.
The tiny fragment i...