Jerusalem – Litzman To Promote Religious Reform in Hospitals
Jerusalem - Knesset Member Yakov Litzman (United Torah Judaism) intends on appointing a number of rabbis and kashrut supervisors for hospitals across Israel due to problems with Jewish law and kosher ...
Brooklyn, NY – Organization That Helps Troubled Teens Tries Method Of Hypnosis [video]
Brooklyn, NY - Hypnosis – that word evokes mystery and a fear of the unknown. That might all changed with LMSW Mordechai (Mutty) Weinberger, the first frum hypnotist, prominent therapist and musmach...
Flatbush, NY – Holy-War Between Orthodox Boxer vs Muslim
Flatbush, NY - Brawl that is holyJabbin' Jew eyes title bout vs. Muslim
He's a religious Jew from Brooklyn and the only thing unorthodox about him is a mean left jab.
Now boxer Dmitriy "Star of ...
Jerusalem – Gravesite of ‘Yedid Nefesh’ Composer Discovered in Tzfat
Jerusalem - Eliyahu Ben Tubim, who has spent the past four years searching on a volunteer basis for ancient gravesites and gravesites of tzaddikim at the Tzfat Cemetery, discovered the gravesite of ka...
Washington – Wilson To Dems: I Will Not Apologize on House Floor for Outburst
Washington - Rep. Joe Wilson said Sunday that he will not meet Democrats' demands to apologize on the House floor for his outburst during President Obama's health care speech Wednesday.
The South ...
South Carolina – Wilson Funds Reach $1 Million After ‘you lie’ Cry
South Carolina - U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson -- the South Carolina Republican who heckled President Obama during his speech to a joint session of Congress -- has raised at least $1 million in contributions, ...
Phoenix, AZ – Driver In Monkey Disguise Eludes Cops
Phoenix, AZ - An Arizona man with a lead foot is trying to make a monkey out of cops - by wearing a monkey mask.
Dave VonTesmar has racked up thousands of dollars worth of speeding tickets while dr...
Hillside, NJ – Why Did Zoning Board Reject Bid to Turn Synagogue Into Dormitory?
Hillside, NJ - Hillside's zoning board denied a petition to convert an existing synagogue into a dorm to house religious students -- a decision the applicants called "arbitrary and capricious."
Congr...
Bnei Brak – Embattled Vishnitz Chasidim Build Large Tent To Accommodate Guest for High-Holidays
Bnei Brak, Israel - The Vishnitz Hasidim are preparing for an influx of the sect's followers from Israel and abroad ahead of the High Holy Days by building a 3,000-square-meter tent in a vacant lot in...
London – Rabbi: Article Claim That Orthodox Jews Are Fundamentalists, An Insult
London - Writing in the UK’s Guardian Newspaper this week my friend Dan Rickman quotes a new book by Sol Schimmel that claims that Fundamentalism is characterized by "fear of truth." He then goes on t...
Lakewood, NJ – Secular Law And The Torah: An Inside Look How The Orthodox Community Deals With Abuse
Lakewood, NJ - At some point, amid battling a drug addiction and childhood memories of molestation, Shua Finkelstein wrote a letter.
Discovered on his computer after he died Feb. 28 from an overdos...
New Windsor, NY – Former Convent to Become Orthodox Yeshiva
New Windsor, NY - A former convent is becoming a yeshiva.
The Order of St. Helena has sold its 51-acre property at Blooming Grove Turnpike and Forge Hill Road to Congregation Mesivta Ohr Hatalmud, an...
Los Angeles, LA – Jewish Cemetery Accused of Desecrating 500 Graves
Los Angeles, CA - One of the largest Jewish cemeteries in the Los Angeles, California, area has been accused of desecrating the remains of those buried there, according to a lawsuit.
The suit filed...
Washington – Tens Of Thousand Protest Obamacare
Washington - Tens of thousands of protesters fed up with government spending marched to the U.S. Capitol on Saturday, showing their disdain for the president's health care plan with slogans such as "O...
New York – 8 Years Later The Dow Jones Stands At Exact 9-11-2001 Level
New York - Anything in numerology ? The eighth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks brought a reminder of how little progress the stock market has made since then, largely because of the steep slide...
Tel Aviv – President Peres Collapses on Stage at Event
Tel Aviv, Israel - Israeli President Shimon Peres was rushed to the hospital Saturday night after he fainted on stage while speaking at an event in Tel Aviv. He regained consciousness shortly afterwar...
Williamsburg, NY – Child Walking to Shul Early Shabbat Morning Fatally Struck
Williamsburg, NY - A 9-year-old boy was killed a block from his home Shabbas morning when he was mowed down by a motorist with a suspended drivers license, police said.
Joshua Ganzfried was on the si...
New York – Fines Will Double for E-ZPass Cheats
New York - Drivers who travel through E-ZPass lanes on New York-bound bridges without paying the toll will soon be facing double the fines.
Starting Nov. 15, the toll evasion fine will rise from $25 ...
Washington – Congressman Wilson Becomes Star After ‘You Lie’ Outburst, Raises $200,00
Washington - Less than a day after Rep. Joe Wilson formally apologized to President Obama over his "you lie" outburst, a campaign aide confirms that the South Carolina Republican has raised "more than...
Washington – ‘You Lie’ Works: Baucus, Conrad Cave To Joe Wilson On Health Care Bill
Washington - Health care negotiators in the Senate pressed for a way to ensure that illegal immigrants can't get access to government-funded insurance, a contentious issue now front and center after a...