Karlsruhe, Germany – Neo-Nazi, Holocaust Denier Sentence Upheld
Karlsruhe, Germany - A federal court today upheld the Holocaust denial conviction of a founding member of a left-wing terrorist group turned neo-Nazi, saying he must serve his six-year sentence.
Th...
Jerusalem – Man Arrested for Threatening Gays Released to House Arrest
Jerusalem - The Jerusalem Magistrates' Court has released from custody a Haredi Nahal soldier arrested Saturday on suspicion that he sent threats to a gay internet forum just hours before a rally held...
Munich, Germany – Nazi War Criminal Jailed for Life
Munich, Germany - A state court found 90-year-old Josef Scheungraber guilty of ordering the killings, in what was one of the last Nazi crimes trials in Germany.
Scheungraber had previously been sen...
Israel – Flying Rabbis Fight Swine Flu with Prayer, Shofar [video]
Israel - On Monday morning an Arkia airlines plane took off from Ben Gurion Airport carrying rabbis and kabbalists and flew over the country in a flight aimed at preventing the swine flu virus from sp...
New City, NY – Heavy Fire Damages West Clarkstown Synagogue
New City, NY - Fire Departments are on the scene at 195 West Clarkstown Road for a large fire at the W Clarkstown Jewish Center that was started from a fallen power line.
A tree that fell knocked d...
Jerusalem – Israel: Holocaust Survivors to Get Free Medications
Jerusalem - Tens of thousands of Holocaust survivors will be able to enjoy free medications starting next month, Ynet has learned, following an agreement reached Sunday evening between Social Affairs...
Israel – Bar Mitzvah Boy from NY Gives Sderot $40,000 Playground
Sderot - A 13-year-old from New York has decided to give $40,000 he received from his parents for his bar mitzvah to the children of Sderot. The municipality says the money will go to build a park wit...
Roosevelt, NJ – Borough Delivers Another Legal Blow Against Yeshiva Me’on Hatorah
Roosevelt, NJ - The yeshiva run by Congregation Anshei Roosevelt synagogue was dealt another legal setback from the borough, which maintained the Jewish school is operating an illegal dormitory inside...
Kinshasa, Congo – Quick-Tempered Hillary: I’m Secretary of State, Not Bill
Kinshasa, Congo - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's temper flared on Monday when a Congolese university student asked for her husband's thinking on an international matter.
"My husband...
Manhattan, NY – Passengers Killed In Plane Collision Were Wealthy Jewish Philanthropist
Manhattan, NY - It was a perfect summer day when Steven Altman set out from a suburban airstrip in his single-engine plane, heading up to northern New Jersey to pick up his brother and nephew and take...
New York City – A New Litter Problem For NYC, Cigarette Butts
New York City - No good deed goes unpunished. When New York City banned smoking inside public establishments and office buildings in 2002, millions of non-smokers (including myself) rejoiced. But an u...
Sacramento, CA – eBay, GM to Start Car-Selling Trial
Sacramento, CA -General Motors and eBay will start a trial program Tuesday to let Californians buy cars online.
Dealers at 225 locations in California will participate in the program, which will ru...
New York – Lessons From a WWII Ghetto Resonate With Doctors Today
New York - In the Lodz ghetto in Poland, home to as many as 204,000 Jews during World War II, there were 170 doctors, as well as a few nurses and midwives, according to diaries and memoirs. Like all t...
Chihpen, Taiwan – Hotel Collapse In Typhoon Storm Caught On Video
Chihpen, Taiwan - Torrential rains brought by Tropical Storm Morakot, which was downgraded from a typhoon on Saturday, continued to wreak havoc in the south of the country yesterday.
As of 8pm yest...
Jerusalem – Officials, Haredi Leaders Meet to Solve Shabbat Opening of Parking Lot
Jerusalem - Internal Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch met today with heads of the ultra-Orthodox rabbinical court in an attempt to put an end to the weekly protests against the opening of Jerusa...
New York City – Parks to Pop Up in Parking Spaces All Over NYC
New York City - Haven’t you ever dreamed of having your own public park?
On September 18, it’s (sort of) possible: In more than 50 cities across the globe, people will be reclaiming parking spaces ...
New York – ConAgra Foods Goes ‘Yoshon’
New York - The KOF-K, one of the most accepted kosher certification agencies, which certifies over 20 flour mills throughout the U.S., and ConAgra Foods, one of the largest producers of flour world-wi...
New York – So You Want to Be an Oil Speculator?
New York - You don't need a huge pot of bailout money to trade oil these days. Just don't expect to make the big bucks without one.
In the past year oil has traded above $120 per barrel and below $...
Boston, MA – Russian Jewish Community Wants Israeli Diplomat Recalled
Boston, MA - Members of the Boston area Russian Jewish community are calling on the Israeli government to recall diplomat Nadav Tamir, Israeli consul general in Boston.
In a letter posted by the Russ...
New York City – Councilman Legislation To Keep Tow Pounds Open Till Midnight
New York City - If city officials insist on towing cars to raise money, they should at least make them available to owners before the day is over, a lawmaker said yesterday.
Calling the city's tow ...