New York – Mark McGwire Admits Using Steroids When He Broke the Home Run Record in 1998
New York - Mark McGwire finally came clean Monday, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998. McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Monday that ...
Wyoming – Newborn Increasing Jewish Awareness
Wyoming - Chana Mendelsohn may be her parents’ second child, but to the people of Wyoming’s Teton County, the newborn girl will always be a first.
Just after giving birth at 10:47 the morning of Ja...
Jerusalem – Wikipedia Founder Celebrates Hebrew Wiki As It Reaches 100,000 Articles
Jerusalem - Hebrew Wikipedia is celebrating posting 100,000 articles, six and a half years after the first article was put on-line on mathematics. Wikipedia worldwide has 14.5 million articles.
To ...
New York City – NYC Auction Offers NY Gangster Meyer Lansky Item
New York City - A canceled check signed by notorious Mafioso Meyer Lansky and a Bible awarded to the vice president of Universal Pictures Corporation in 1956 are being auctioned in New York City.
T...
Albany, NY – Former Rabbi Takes Responsibility for Inappropriate Contact With Students
Albany, NY - A 29 year year old Former Chabad rabbi admitted in court today he had "inappropriate physical contact" with two naked boys and tried to convince one of the boys to keep silent.
Accor...
New York – Subway Pug Owner Plans Lawsuit Against NY Post, NYC
New York - The Greenpoint woman who was arrested after trying to carry her sick pug out of the subway is planning to sue the NY Post for defamation, and possibly the city of New York. To recap, last J...
Rome – Holocaust Survivors Ask Rabbi to Tell Pope of Pain
Rome - Holocaust survivors and their families will ask Rome's rabbi to tell Pope Benedict of their pain at his advancement of the case for declaring Pope Pius XII a saint when the pontiff visits Rome'...
London – BBC Report: The High Cost of Leaving The Charedi Life Style
London - It's hard to imagine the software engineering student, now wearing jeans and a checked shirt, in the black hat and suit of the ultra-orthodox Jew he used to be.
It is seven years since he ...
Mexico City – Levaya for Saba Family Crash Victims Now Set to Begin
Mexico City - The levaya for Moises Saba, one of the pillars of the Syrian-Jewish community in Mexico, and three of his family members z”l, who were all killed in a tragic helicopter accident on the o...
New York – Gov. Paterson Riding to Rescue of free MetroCards for Students
New York - Gov. Paterson all but promised Sunday the state will come up with the cash to let students keep their free or discounted MetroCards.
"The revenues are making me feel that we will be able...
New York – Agudath Israel Calls On U.S. Government To Reconsider Aid To Palestinian Authority
New York - Agudath Israel of America executive vice president Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel has called on Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to reconsider whether the Palestinian Authority is entit...
New York – ZOA: Jimmy Carter a ‘Liar,’ Continues To Spread Hate Against Israel
New York - The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has labeled former U.S. President Jimmy Carter a “liar” for apologizing for slandering Israel and then continuing to spread “false statements” agai...
Australia – Melbourne Chabad Rabbi ex-Communicates Group for Defying Fast of Asarah BeTeves
Melbourne - A group of Melbourne’s Lubavitchers has been ex-communicated for drinking and eating throughout the Fast of Tevet believing that since the Meshiach is already here, the Fast is no longer n...
Ankara – Turkish TV Show Portrays Israelis as Baby Snatchers
Ankara - Turkey's ambassador to Israel was summoned for an inquiry Monday by Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon, following a new serial thriller on Turkish TV depicting Mossad agents and Israeli re...
Jerusalem – Charedi Media Calls On Its Own to Question Rash of Child Abuse Cases
Jerusalem - Last Monday, Nachman Anshin, who is suspected of having killed his 8-month-old daughter two weeks ago, called his father-in-law's home and asked to speak to his wife. "I want to explain to...
New York – EJF Responds To Interview By Executive Director of the Conference of European Rabbis
New York - Your interview here with Rabbi Aba Dunner, the executive director of the Conference of European Rabbis (January 7, 2010), unfortunately twists the truth about Eternal Jewish Family Internat...
Queens, NY – Congressman Ackerman’s Ties to Firm Questioned
Queens, NY - Rep. Gary Ackerman hosted a meeting between Israeli officials and a defense contracting firm whose stock he later sold at a big profit, in which he had invested money - and made a big pro...
New York – Today’s Daf (143a): Donating to a Rabbi and his Yeshiva
New York - What happens when a wealthy benefactor requests that money be donated to Rabbi Ploni and his Yeshiva? What does it mean? Should it just go to the Yeshiva or was the Rabbi included as well...
Israel – Minister: Want Business License? Observe Shabbat
Israel - Will Shas Chairman Eli Yishai thwart the business licensing reform over Shabbat observance? The major reform planned by the Finance Ministry together with the employers' organizations, which ...
Mexico City, Mexico – World Renowned Orthodox Jewish Tycoon Killed In Helicopter Crash
Mexico City, Mexico - A Mexican business tycoon was killed along with his wife, also killed was his Son and his Wife in a helicopter crash on the outskirts of Mexico City on Sunday night, emergency o...