New York, NY – Officials Drill for Possible Anthrax Attack
New York, NY - New York City has been getting ready for a massive anthrax attack — even if it never happens.
The Department of Health conducted a drill to test city preparedness to distribute antib...
Tel Aviv – Court Sides with Kashrut Supervisor Fired for Not Backing Shas
Tel Aviv - The Regional Labor Court ruled a Holon kashrut supervisor had been dismissed improperly, after he was fired by Holon chief rabbi Avraham Yosef for not supporting Shas. Yosef is the son of S...
Hartford, CT – Columnist Fired for Exposing Sleepy’s Bedbugs Mattresses
Hartford, CT - A consumer watchdog columnist was fired from a Hartford newspaper he had worked at for forty years after writing a piece that exposed allegations against retail giant Sleepy's for selli...
Israel – Rabbis Activist Judaism in the Military Draws Criticism
Israel - Most Israelis expect their military rabbis to confine themselves to such tasks as making sure the army provides kosher food and respects the Sabbath. But lately, some of them are asserting th...
Manhattan, NY – Sightseeing ‘Miracle on the Hudson Spot’ for $26
Manhattan, NY - It's official: The Miracle on the Hudson has achieved Big Apple landmark status.
Joining the Brooklyn Bridge and the Statue of Liberty, Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger's expert dit...
New York City – Thompson: I’ll Brake Chains Of ‘Everywhere’ Stores
New York City - You'll have to hike awhile to reach the nearest Starbucks or Duane Reade if city comptroller and mayoral candidate Bill Thompson has his way.
During a forum last week in Midtown, t...
Jerusalem – A Man Who Lived Modestly, Ate Little, and Lived to Be 108
Jerusalem - He was born in Lithuania in 1901, 13 years before the outbreak of World War I, two years before the Wright brothers first flight and 22 years before the birth of Israeli president Shimon P...
El Paso, TX – Holocaust Exhibit Sheds Light on Story of Unlikely Rescuers, Muslims
El Paso, TX - Photographer Norman H. Gershman's "Besa: A Code of Honor" exhibit chronicles one of the more unusual -- and less-known -- stories from the Holocaust.
Its 30 black-and-white photos tel...
Washington – Rahm Runs The Show
Washington - As White House chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel was the one to bring the hammer down on Sidney Blumenthal.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton wanted to hire Mr. Blumenthal, a loyal...
Kiryas Joel, NY – The Satmar Rebbe zatzal
Kiryas Joel, NY - The world is a different place today because of the Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum zatzal – the Satmar Rebbe. He was a tzaddik whose unique personality and strengths enabled him to do the un...
Switzerland – UBS to Disclose Data on 5,000 U.S. Clients to IRS
Switzerland - UBS AG may disclose data on 4,000 to 5,000 U.S. clients as part of a settlement agreement initialed last week by Switzerland and the U.S., Sonntag reported, citing two unidentified peopl...
New Jersey – After The Big Sting, The Big Guns are Hired
New Jersey - Not long after Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano was arrested on corruption charges, he reached out to Joseph Hayden Jr., a former prosecutor and one of the state's top criminal defense attor...
Jerusalem – Yad L’Achim Activist Rumored to Have Been Found Murdered
Jerusalem - An Israeli Lubavitcher who was active in anti-missonary and intermarriage causes is rumored to have been found handcuffed and murdered.
Refael Miriashvilli, a single 25 year-old coordin...
White Lake, NY – Legal Battle over Shul Continues
White Lake, NY - A Hasidic group got a permit to build a shul on Schultz Road without submitting basic plans and environmental studies and then rapidly constructed and occupied the building before pan...
Iran – Jewish Teenager on Trial for Activism in Post-Election Turmoil
Tehran, Iran - Iran today put on trial 25 more activists and opposition supporters, including a Jewish teenager, for their alleged involvement in the turmoil following the recent presidential election...
Uzhgorod, Ukraine – Criminal Charges Filed Against Mayor for Inciting Ethnic Hatred
Uzhgorod, Ukraine - A criminal case has been opened today against Uzhhorod mayor Serhiy Ratushniak – on fomentation of international dissention. The prosecutors charged a Ukrainian mayor with inciting...
Kiryas Joel, NY – Tens Of Thousand To Attend Thirtieth Yahrzeit Of Reb Yolish Teitelbaum, Dean Of Chasidic America [photos-video]
Kirays Yoel, NY - This Sunday, August 16 the 26th of Av, marks the 30th year since the passing of Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum, zecher tzadik livracha, the legendary leader of the robust Satmar Chasidim.
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Texas – Newly Discovered Hitler Album Could Shed Light on Missing Looted Art
Texas - The "Hitler Album" contains details of art works stolen by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR), an organisation established by the Nazis in 1940 to confiscate works of art from territ...
London – British Swimming Pools Imposing Muslim Dress Codes
London - British swimming pools are imposing Muslim dress codes in a move described as divisive by Labour MPs. Under the rules, swimmers – including non-Muslims – are barred from entering the pool in ...
New York City – New Details Of Woman Who Left $150,000 To Hebrew University
New York City - New details have emerged about a Jewish immigrant who fled Austria as World War II was brewing, lived frugally in New York and left an estate whose size -- $300,000 -- astounded some.
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