Washington – Terrifying 57% Tax Looms for Biggest Earners in NYC
Washington - Congressional plans to fund a massive health-care overhaul could have a job-killing effect on New York, creating a tax rate of nearly 60 percent for the state's top earners and possibly p...
Gaza – Hamas Meets Neturei Karta Rabbis in Gaza Strip
Gaza - Deposed Hamas Premier Ismail Haneya on Thursday met anti-Zionism Jews in the Gaza Strip.
The meeting between the Islamic movement's leader and the four rabbis, members of Neturei Karta movem...
Brooklyn, NY – Rising Condo Sales Attributed to First-Time Buyers
Brooklyn, NY - Finally, a glimmer of hope in Brooklyn's reeling real-estate market.
Although sale prices across the borough remain down compared to the prior year much like the rest of the city, Broo...
Israel – Rabbi Amar Overturns Rabbinical court’s Annulment of a Groom’s Conversion
Israel - Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar overturned a decision by a regional rabbinical court to annul a conversion, and approved the man's conversion – and Jewishness - on the eve of his wedding.
Amar rec...
Williamsburg, NY – Broadway Street Fight as CB1 Approves City’s ‘Triangle’ Plan
Williamsburg, NY - It started with rival protests and ended with a shouting match, but when the dust settled, the city’s plan to rezone a wide swath of South Williamsburg for low-income housing scored...
Washington – Prescription Drugs A Bigger Threat Than Marijuana By U.S. Gov.
Washington - Over the last several years, without many people realizing it, the U.S. government has changed the focus of its anti-drug efforts, deemphasizing marijuana in favor of prescription drugs.
...
Jerusalem – Zionist Rabbi: Blind Man Permissible To Touch Their Dates
Jerusalem - Rabbi Yuval Sherlo, head of the Petah Tikva Hesder Yeshiva, has declared it permissible for a blind man to "feel" his date if he intends to marry her.
"This is the way a blind man gets ...
New York – Major Lender On Verge Of Bankruptcy After Washington Rejects Bailout
New York - CIT Group, a major lender to small- and mid-sized U.S. businesses, said on Wednesday that bailout talks with the government had ended, a development that heightened the chances the company...
Nizhyn, Ukraine – Preservation Project of Jewish Cemetery Completed
Nizhyn, Ukraine - Philanthropist Mouli Cohen and his wife Stacy Cohen have provided funding for and important Jewish cemetery in Nizhyn.
The city of Nizhyn located in northern Ukraine was once a ma...
Washington – Antisemitic Rant Causes Red Faces at Islamic Confab
Washington - Efforts to bring together Jewish and Muslim communities hit another snag when an imam at a major Muslim conference gave an incendiary speech in which he said Jews were to blame for the Ho...
New York – Ba’alei Teshuva Turned Off By “frum” People Engaging in Corrupt Behavior
New York - We got on board because we were striving for truth, and guess what? We’re still striving! So please, make sure your seat belts stay fastened because we’re sitting beside you now, and we hop...
Mount Kisco, NY – Westchester County Hospital Notifying Patients of Possible Hepatitis C Exposure
Mount Kisco, NY - A Westchester County hospital is notifying about 2,800 patients of possible exposure to hepatitis C, the state health department says.
The department says a surgical technician wh...
New City, NY – Madoff’s Accountant To Plead Guilty
New City, NY - Bernie Madoff's former accountant is expected to plead guilty to criminal charges, federal authorities said this afternoon in court papers.
The filing -- signed by a federal prosecut...
Boston, MA – Madoff Victim Pays for His Employees’ 401(k)
Boston, MA - A North Shore-based philanthropist is using $5 million of his own money to restore the retirement savings of his employees who lost their nest eggs to admitted swindler Bernard L. Madoff....
Brooklyn, NY – Owner Touting His Scooters As Convenient
Brooklyn, NY - Motor scooters — those cool Vespa-like mini-Harleys that put the buzz in so many European cities — aren’t just convenient, they’re also Zen.
“When you’re driving a scooter, you’re a...
New Jersey – N.J. Attorney General Targets Mortgage Modification Frauds
New Jersey - State Attorney General Anne Milgram announced today two separate lawsuits charging 10 defendants with mortgage-related fraud. According to the lawsuits, filed on Friday, the companies pro...
Virgina Beach, VA – Jewish Tot Found Safe After Carjacking
Virgina Beach, VA - Police have found 1 1/2-year-old Naomi Hilel, who was in a minivan that was stolen this morning at a Virginia Beach 7-Eleven. They said she was found in good condition walking arou...
Spring Glen, NY – Town Asking Skver Girls Camp To Evacuate Homowack Lodge; FD: No Firefighters Will Respond Into The Building
Spring Glen, NY - The Department of Health has asked the former Homowack Lodge voluntarily to evacuate, the Town of Mamakating supervisor says.
The town and the Department of Health have found numero...
Los Angeles, CA – Did An Israeli Anesthetic Cause Michael Jackson’s Death?
Los Angeles, CA - United States federal drug enforcement officials have contacted Israeli company Teva Pharmaceuticals - the maker of the powerful anesthetic Propofol - as part of their investigation ...
Jerusalem – Father Of Meah Shearim Mother Accused of Abusing Child Imprisoned Speaks, Others Continue Protest
Jerusalem - Angry protests continue to stage throughout Meah Shearim and Kikar Shabbos after a Meah Shearim woman exhibiting signs of Munchausen psychological syndrome in abusing her 3 year old child ...