Washington – DEA Seizes drug-smuggling Submarine Near Ecuador
Washington - The Drug Enforcement Administration said Saturday it has helped seize a submarine capable of transporting tons of cocaine.
DEA officials said that the diesel electric-powered submarine...
New York – Gov. Paterson Urged to Veto Limit on NYPD Stop-and-Frisk List
New York - To police officials, a computer database full of the names and addresses of people questioned by officers in millions of street stops in New York City is a core tool in their fight to keep ...
Williamsburg, NY – Shops at the Loom is Rebirth of a Neighborhood
Williamsburg, NY - For years there wasn't much to see on this industrial block near the border of Bushwick and East Williamsburg. Welders sprayed iron sparks inside Metro Hi-Tech Steel and Builders, a...
Beit Shemesh, Israel – MO Claiming Charedim Seeking to Dominate Public Life
Beit Shemesh, Israel - The quarrel between Beit Shemesh's heavily Anglo national-religious community and the city's mayor reached new heights this week, as more than 200 people demonstrated Wednesday ...
New York, NY – New Police Chief Of Community Affairs Takes Office
New York, NY - The New York City Police Department promoted several key officers on Friday.
During a ceremony in One Police Plaza, presided over by Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, Assistant Chief Ph...
Poland – US Plans Grant to Preserve Auschwitz Death Camp
Poland - The United States plans to contribute 15 million dollars to help preserve the Nazi German Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Poland, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Saturday in Krakow.
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Jerusalem – Erekat Denies Report That Israel Would Keep Kotel
Jerusalem - Chief Palestinian Authority Negotiator Saeb Erekat denied on Saturday a report in claiming that PA President Mahmoud Abbas agreed to Israel maintaining control over the Western Wall, repor...
Israel – IDF Rabbinate Developed Shabbat-Friendly Phones for Soldiers
Israel - The IDF rabbinate has developed a Shabbat-friendly phone that will allow soldiers to speak on the telephone without desecrating Shabbat. The military magazine B'Machaneh reports that hundreds...
Damascus, Syria – Planner of Munich Olympics Attack Dies
Damascus, Syria - Mohammed Oudeh, the key planner of the 1972 Munich Olympics attack that killed 11 Israeli athletes, died Saturday morning in Damascus, his daughter said. He was 73.
Oudeh died of ...
France – Jewish Millionaire Builds Mosque in Montereau
France - An Israeli resident who made a fortune in the European real estate business has decided to pay for the construction of a mosque in France for the benefit of the local Muslim community.
Fat...
Williamsburg, NY – Don’t Expect Much Sleep at New York’s Marcy Hotel
Williamsburg, NY - Zev Eisenberg and Gadi Mizrahi provoke extreme reactions. As the production duo Wolf + Lamb; as DJs at their Marcy Hotel parties; and via their leftfield house label – also called W...
Jerusalem – Poll Majority Israelis Fed Up With Ultra Orthodox Parties
Jerusalem - public will no longer tolerate selling Israel’s future to the haredi parties, Rabbi Uri Regev, director of Hiddush – For Religious Freedom and Equality in Israel, said, in response to a p...
Postville, IA – Lawyers for Rubashkin File Appeal
Postville, IA - Attorneys for a former vice president of an Iowa kosher meatpacking plant have appealed his conviction and sentence on financial fraud charges.
Attorneys for Sholom Rubashkin filed ...
Broklyn, NY – FDNY: 4-Alarm Fire At Bushwick Warehouse Suspicious
Brooklyn, NY - Several families were finally getting back into their homes after a stubborn and smokey fire in Brooklyn.
The 5-alarm fire was fed by material inside a cabinet warehouse, has been bu...
Sydney, Australia – Residents Draw Line Over Eruv
Sydney, Australia - It is a spiritual boundary made from wire just one centimetre thick but a planned Jewish eruv around St Ives has divided residents of the upper north shore suburb.
Jewish reside...
Moscow – Russian President Visits Jewish Autonomous Region
Moscow - Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev is the first Russian head of state to visit Birobidjan, the capital of Russia’s Jewish Autonomous Region.
Medvedev was accompanied by Russia’s Chief Rabb...
Manhattan, NY – Majority Oppose Ground Zero Mosque
Manhattan, NY - A newly released poll finds strong opposition to a plan to build a mosque near Ground Zero.
According to a Quinnipiac University survey, 52 percent of New Yorkers said they are agai...
New York – Man Sues Yoo-Hoo Over Chocolate Drink Advertising
New York - A New York man is suing the makers of Yoo-Hoo chocolate-flavored drinks for $5 million, claiming they falsely advertise it as "good for you" when it actually contains unhealthy ingredients....
New York – Manhattan Toilets Rated As America’s Best Restrooms
New York - It's enough to make New York potty proud.
The toilets at Bryant Park and Manhattan's Muse Hotel are among 10 finalists in the annual America's Best Restroom contest.
Citing an attenda...
England – Experts: Listening to Sports in Car Is as Dangerous as Drunk Driving
England - As the world enjoys a feast of sport, motorists are being warned that listening to games on the radio may be as dangerous as drunk driving, Sky News reported Friday.
The alert comes after...