Brooklyn, NY – Hamilton Avenue Home Depot Cashier Charged Thousands of Dollars to Card Holders
Brooklyn, NY - A Home Depot cashier charged thousands of dollars on a New Rochelle resident's Home Depot card, police said. Others are involved in the fraud, police said.
Police said Philip M. Robins...
The Hague, Netherlands – Teenagers Convicted of Hate Crimes Against Jews to Visit Anne Frank House
The Hague, Netherlands - A Dutch judge has ordered four teenagers to visit the Anne Frank House museum after finding them guilty of discrimination for insulting Jews at a rally.
The boys, aged 14 t...
Newport Beach, CA – Chabad Rabbi Files Suit For Estate
Newport Beach, CA - Longtime Newport Beach resident and Rat Pack comedian Joey Bishop’s longtime, live-in companion this week settled part of her lawsuit alleging that the late entertainer’s financial...
Omaha, NE – Warren Buffet’s AAA Stock Credit Rating Stripped
Omaha, NE - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway was stripped of its 'AAA' credit rating by Fitch, barely hours after S&P cut General Electric's top-tier rating, as the global financial crisis pumm...
New York – State Awards YU Grants For Stem Cell Research
New York - For the third time in 14 months, the Empire State Stem Cell Board has awarded Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University funding for stem cell research. The new grants, total...
Lakewood, NJ – EMS Under Investigation For Using Squad Cars In Snow Stunts [video]
Lakewood, NJ - Township officials are reviewing a video clip posted on the Internet that apparently shows an ambulance and another emergency medical service vehicle being used for joyrides through a s...
New York – Jews And The Death Penalty
New York - Jewish radio talk show host and author Dennis Prager, whom I admire greatly, has been outspoken about his belief that Judeo-Christian values support the death penalty for murderers. He is f...
Switzerland – Swiss Breaks With Tradition on Tax Evasion
Switzerland - The Swiss government said Friday it would cooperate on cases of international tax evasion, breaking with a long-standing tradition of protecting wealthy foreigners accused of hiding bill...
Ottawa – Canadian PM: Canada An Unyielding Defender of Jewish Religious Freedom
Ottawa - Anti-Semitism is an evil so profound that it is ultimately a threat to all Canadians, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said yesterday while attending a ceremony to honour Jewish victims targeted...
Poland – Improved Arrangements for Kohanim in Lizhensk
Poland - Good news from Lizhensk: Kohanim visiting Lizhensk will no longer have to stand on the edge of the road bordering the cemetery and take the risk at getting hit by careless drivers.
Kohanim...
New York – What Would Moshe Rabbeinu Have Done About Abusers?
New York - The stories of Moshe Rabbeinu and Esther HaMalkah are very similar. Both lived in luxurious conditions while their people were suffering. Moshe was raised in the house of King Pharaoh; Esth...
Borough Park, NY – Purim Surprise at Masbia, Pockets of Diners Stuffed with $100 Bills
Borough Park, NY - It was a joyous Purim surprise at a Brooklyn soup kitchen.
Two big-hearted benefactors stuffed the pockets of diners at the Masbia kosher soup kitchen in Borough Park with $100 b...
Jerusalem – Fishy Stink Bombs to Keep Teen Dropouts Away from Haredi Community
Jerusalem - The leaders of the ultra-Orthodox Haredi Community in Jerusalem have come up with an original way for dealing with the nightly riots associated with Purim celebrations in the capital's har...
New York, NY – NYPD Cellphone Ticket Blitz Nails 9,000
New York, NY - Shut up and drive!
That's the message the NYPD delivered yesterday to thousands of motorists who were ticketed in a citywide crackdown on handheld-cellphone use.
Drivers caught w...
Jerusalem – Israeli Charedi Hatzolah Organizations Near Collapse
Jerusalem - The emergency and rescue organizations, the flagship of the ultra-Orthodox volunteer projects, are rapidly collapsing. The financial crisis, petty struggles between the groups themselves a...
Jerusalem – Haaretz: Israel Agrees To Free All 450 Hamas Prisoners For Shalit
Jerusalem - Israel has agreed to free all 450 of the prisoners demanded by Hamas in exchange for kidnapped Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, and the dispute now revolves around Israel's dema...
Connecticut – Dairy Farmers’ Raw Milk Sales to Be Restricted
Connecticut - The Department of Agriculture had learned to live with raw milk - the unpasteurized, unhomogenized milk that enthusiasts believe is good for you but that health officials have long warne...
Brooklyn, NY – Ad for Free Funeral for Work on Apartment, Pulled
Brooklyn, NY - A bartering Brooklyn funeral director pulled the plug on his offer to give a construction worker a free funeral.
Intense media attention - and a squabble with his landlord - forced Pet...
Monsey, NY – Federal Lawsuit Against Ryan Karben over Real Estate Deal
Monsey, NY - A Congers woman is suing attorney Ryan Karben, charging that he misrepresented a real estate transaction in which she lost the deed to her home.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in ...
Boston, MA – Jewish CEO of Hospital Praised As A Head With a Heart
Boston, MA - It was the kind of meeting that is taking place in restaurant kitchens, small offices, retail storerooms, and large auditoriums all over this city, all over this state, all over this coun...