Berlin – Der Spiegel Describes Mossad agent’s Operations in Germany
Berlin - The day the Mossad operation on German soil began was a clear, sunny Sunday in late March 2009. Alexander Verin, who holds an Israeli passport, had an appointment with an attorney in Cologne ...
Albany, NY – State Law Would Be 1st To Take DNA From All Criminals
Albany, NY - Gov. David Paterson has proposed roughly doubling New York's DNA database to include samples from even low-level offenders, making it the first in the nation to so broadly collect and use...
Brooklyn, NY – Thousands Attend Borough Park Rubashkin Gathering [video]
Brooklyn, NY - A massive gathering was held in Borough Park last night to show support for Shalom Mordechai Rubashkin who is scheduled to be sentenced today. So many people came to show their support...
Israel – 13 of 22 Emmanuel Moms Exempted from Prison
Israel - The High Court of Justice exempted on Tuesday afternoon 13 of the Emmanuel mothers from the two-week prison term it had ruled upon them, but at the same time upheld its decision regarding nin...
New York – Analyzing the Rubashkin Sentence
New York - It is clear to anyone who read Judge Reade’s fifty page sentencing memorandum that she is aware that she needs to explain herself. This is perhaps why she released the instant sentencing m...
Washington – Michael Oren: Rogue Agents And Not Israel Sent Pollard to Spy on U.S.
Washington - Israel's ambassador to the United States on Monday said that convicted spy Jonathan Pollard was not working for Israeli government spymasters but for a rogue intelligence agency - apparen...
Israel – Emmanuel Mother Scheduled for Court Hearing Miscarries
Israel - One of the women ordered to go to jail as part of the Beit Yaakov school discrimination affair collapsed in her house in Emmanuel on Monday and later underwent a miscarriage at the Mayanei Ha...
Afghanistan – Top US General Summoned to Washington after Insulting Obama Administration
Afghanistan - The top US commander in Afghanistan has been summoned to Washington, US media report, in the wake of a magazine article that mocked senior Obama administration officials and diplomats.
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Adelaide, Australia – Rabbi’s Fraud Charges Dropped
Adelaide, Australia - Fraud charges against an Adelaide rabbi and his wife have been dropped in Adelaide Magistrates Court.
Rabbi Yosef Engel and Chana Engel had been accused of falsifying accounts...
Chicago, IL – The Bloomberg-Blagojevich Connection
Chicago, IL - It turns out that Rod R. Blagojevich, the impeached former governor of Illinois, flamboyant reality television star and billboard for the helmet hairdo, had an unexpected admirer in New ...
New York, NY – Brawl Over New Domino Development Comes To City Hall
New York, NY - Supporters and opponents of a plan to develop Brooklyn's Domino sugar refinery into a high-rise housing development rallied Monday outside City Hall.
Competing protesters took to the...
New York – Smokers To Pay $11 A Pack
New York - New Yorkers who like to smoke will have to dig a little deeper to light up next month, after the Legislature passed a bill on Monday that will give the state the highest cigarette taxes in ...
Israel – Badatz: Charedi Who Petitioned Court over Immanuel School ‘Raised Hand Against Torah’
Israel - Yoav Laloum, who petitioned the High Court of Justice against segregation at an ultra-Orthodox girls school in the West Bank town of Immanuel, is guilty of "raising his hand against the Torah...
San Pablo, CA – 16 Million Baby Salmon Released Into Waterways
San Pablo, CA - Millions of baby salmon have been released into Northern California waterways to help the struggling fish recover from population declines.
The state Department of Fish and Game say...
France – Only Known Photographs of French Resistance Fighters Facing Nazi Firing Squad Are Shown For First Time
France - The only known photographs of French Resistance fighters facing a Nazi firing squad at an execution site on the outskirts of Paris have gone on display for the first time.
The three pictur...
New York – Agudath Israel Leader Asks Israeli Ambassador To Intervene On Emmanuel Situation
New York - Agudath Israel executive vice president Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel has asked Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael B. Oren for a face-to-face meeting to discuss the situation in Em...
Brussels – Anti-Semitism Drives Jews from European Diamond Center
Brussels - The De Standaard newspaper in Belgium has reported that Jews are deserting Antwerp, the country's diamond centre.
The Belgian newspaper has predicted that in fifty years there will be n...
Manhattan, NY – Times Square Bomber Pleads Guilty
Manhattan, NY - A Pakistan-born U.S. citizen has pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge accusing him of plotting the failed Times Square car bombing.
Faisal Shahzad entered the plea to the fir...
Manhattan, NY – Buildings Along Second Ave. Subway Crumbling
Manhattan, NY - Scores of buildings along Second Avenue are crumbling into disrepair as construction begins on a new subway line.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is working to shore up tw...
Pakistan – Facebook Founder Sought by Muslims
Pakistan - A Pakistani citizen filed a lawsuit against Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, claiming he insulted Muhammad when he refused to remove a Facebook group that the Pakistani said harms the imag...