Melbourne – Richest Prominent Australian Jew Richard Pratt Succumbs to Cancer
Melbourne - Prominent Melbourne businessman and Australian football identity Richard Pratt has died at the age of 74, after being diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2005.
Mr Pratt's impression on Au...
New Delhi, India – Mumbai Terrorist Attack Suspect ‘Lying about Age’
New Delhi, India - Medical tests show that the lone surviving suspect in last year's Mumbai terrorist attacks is not a juvenile, so should be tried as an adult, prosecutors said today.
A panel of f...
Jerusalem – Israel Health Ministry Confirms 1st Case of Swine Flu
Jerusalem - Israel confirmed its first case of swine flu today, Israel Radio reported, as the Health Ministry raised its level of alert 4 out of 6.
A 26-year-old man who recently returned from Mexi...
Kazakhstan – Cockroach Extermination Splits Israeli Embassy Staff
Kazakhstan - A cockroach extermination gone awry not only had Israel's envoy in Kazakhstan spend a day in hospital but also poisoned the mood at the embassy.
A foreign ministry inspector was headin...
Brooklyn, NY – Alleged Racist Found with Explosives Asked Judge to Separate the Cases
Brooklyn, NY - Ivaylo Ivanov, who allegedly spray-painted swastikas along Remsen Street in Spetember 2007 and was later discovered to have an arsenal of explosives in his nearby apartment - appeared i...
Prague, Czech Republic – Visitors Dismantle Controversial Prague Exhibition on Jews
Prague, Czech Republic - A controversial Prague exhibition by Polish artist Peter Fuss showing large pictures of Nazi soldiers with stars of David instead of swastikas on their sleeves lasted only sev...
Israel – Yad L’Achim Asks Pope to Find Jews Raised Catholic
Israel - Yad L'Achim, a haredi anti-missionary organization, called today on Pope Benedict XVI to help find thousands of European Jews who as young children were saved from the Holocaust by Catholic c...
New York – AG Cuomo: Warranty Firm Cheated New Yorkers
New York - The New York attorney general says a New York City-based home warranty company cheated customers in at least 32 states out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Attorney General Andrew Cu...
Boston, MA – Jewish Students Ask DOJ for Help to Honor Sabbath
Boston, MA - Orthodox Jewish students at a Boston-area high school are petitioning the Justice Department to investigate the Board of the National Mock Trial Championship for refusing their request to...
Geneva – World Health Organization Raises Alert Level To 4, Two Away From Pandemic
Geneva - The World Health Organization raised its pandemic risk level to 4 from 3 and said the swine flu virus cannot be contained.The fourth threat level represents "Evidence of increased human-to-hu...
Vienna – Holocaust Denier Gets 5 years in Austrian Prison
Vienna - An Austrian court convicted a right-wing author on Monday of promoting Nazi ideas and Holocaust denial and sentenced him to five years in prison.
The trial, which began on April 20, the 1...
Monroe, NY – Medical Biller Charged With Embezzling $100,000 From Prominent Jewish Doctor
Monroe, NY - A 55-year-old medical biller is accused of stealing at least $109,000 from two Orange County doctors over the course of three years, state police said Monday.
Patricia Hughes of Milfor...
Manhattan, NY – Bloomberg Outraged over Military Photo-Op with Low-Flying Presidential Jet; White House Apologizes [video]
Manhattan, NY - Mayor Bloomberg went ballistic after the U.S. military - without any warning to the public - buzzed New York City with one of the presidential planes trailed by an F-16 fighter jet.
F...
Cancun – Amid Swine Flu Panic, Chabad in Mexico Remains Open
Cancun - A deadly strain of the Swine Flu, originating in Mexico and erupting in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, has caused death, illness, and travel restrictions across the globe....
Washington – U.S. Customs Officers Don’t Have Fever-Screening Technology Used in Asia
Washington - In an effort to flag potential carriers of the swine flu, some Asian countries reportedly are using scanners that automatically measure the body temperatures of people crossing the border...
New York, NY – Nation’s Leading Treatment Center To Address Eating Disorders Within the Orthodox Community
New York, NY - The Renfrew Center has been the country's leading authority on eating disorders for almost 25 years, treating women of all cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Recently, the Jewish communit...
Amsterdam – The Once Lively Jewish Life in Morocco
Amsterdam - Unique photographs of Jewish life in southern Morocco in the 1950s are on display at the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam. Today, only dilapidated synagogues and empty cemeteries are ...
Cooper City, FL – City Reaches $800,000 Settlement with Chabad in Discrimination Case
Cooper City, FL - Nine months after losing a federal discrimination lawsuit, the city has reached an $800,000 settlement with an Orthodox Jewish synagogue that claimed Cooper City used zoning laws to ...
New York City – NYC DOH: Surveillance of City Hospitals Shows No Increase In Severe Illness From Swine Flu
New York City - The Health Department today announced that four days of close monitoring has yet to show any increase in reports of severe respiratory illness in New York City. The agency is investiga...
Oswiecim, Poland – Workmen Find Hidden Auschwitz Letter
Oswiecim, Poland - The note, written in pencil then rolled up and inserted in a bottle, contains the names of seven young people who probably thought they were doomed to die in the notorious Auschwitz...