Cairo, Egypt – Cleric Blasts Starbucks for Using Queen Esther in Logo
Cairo, Egypt - As Jews around the world are celebrating Purim, one Egyptian cleric has used the holiday to launch an attack against Starbucks, claiming that the woman in the logo of the international ...
Palo Alto, CA – 200 People Evacuated from Jewish School after Suspicious Device with Threatening Letter Found
Palo Alto, CA - Authorities have blocked off the 3900 block of Fabian Way in Palo Alto following the discovery of a suspicious box with a threatening note attached.
Between 100 and 200 people have be...
Lakewood, NJ – Serial Burglar At Jewish Schools Held On $135,000 Bail
Lakewood, NJ - A River Avenue man has been charged with 11 counts of burglary in connection with a series of break-ins at local Jewish schools.
Errick Daughty, 21, admitted to police that he broke in...
Washington – Outspoken Intel Analyst Critisized By Jews, Quits Post
Washington - A former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia resigned Tuesday from his new post as chairman of the National Intelligence Council following congressional criticism for comments about the Israe...
Spring Valley, NY – Village Loses Court Challenge Brought by Congregation Kolel B’nei Brak
Spring Valley, NY - The state's Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a Jewish congregation that sued the village for acting improperly in denying a special permit for construction.
Justice William K...
Brooklyn, NY – New Look for Purim in Obama Era: Black Face and Dreads
Brooklyn, NY - Aw, here's a cute, bright-eyed kid in Borough Park who probably has no idea that his Purim black face costume might be considered just a tad offensive.
The reader who emailed us the p...
New York – Dow Stages Dramatic 350-Point Comeback
New York - Wall Street got some good news from Citigroup, and responded with a huge rally.
Led by financial stocks, the market made its first big move upward in weeks Tuesday after Citigroup Inc. s...
New York – Madoff ‘der ganef’ To Plead Guilty; Faces 150 Years In Prison
New York - Bernard Madoff will plead guilty in two days to 11 fraud charges in a Ponzi scheme that was the largest in U.S. history, his lawyer Ira Sorkin said in a court hearing today.
Madoff appea...
Queens, NY – Jury Convicts Wife, Relative in Dentist Murder
Queens, NY - A woman hatched a plot with a relative to kill her ex-husband over a custody battle, a jury just ruled.
Mazoltuv Borukhova was found guilty of murder, conspiracy and criminal possession ...
Washington – D.C. Emergency Responders Win Legal Right To Retain Beards
Washington - Victory for a group of firefighters and paramedics with the District of Columbia Fire & EMS Department in the fight to retain facial hair. The decision came today in the U.S. Court of...
Washington – Accused 9/11 Suspects Acknowledge Their Involvement
Washington - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others accused in the Sept. 11, 2001, conspiracy called U.S. allegations "badges of honor" and declared themselves "terrorists to the bone" in a written st...
Borough Park, NY – NYC Soup Kitchen Serves Hundreds For Purim
Borough Park, NY - A Brooklyn soup kitchen is offering a festive celebration for the poor on the Jewish holiday of Purim (POOR'-im).
A lavish, traditional meal was served Monday night and again Tue...
Sanaa, Yemen – Jews Protest Bad Living Conditions
Sanaa, Yemen - Yemeni Jews held a sit-in in front of the Cabinet Presidency today to protest bad living conditions, a protest which coincides with the weekly meeting of the minister council.
Chief ...
Meah Shearim, Israel – Child Predator Convicted After Ultra-Orthodox Community Turns Him Over to Police
Meah Shearim, Israel - The Jerusalem District Court found Avraham Katz, 40, a man from the Meah Shearim neighborhood in the capital guilty of three counts of sodomy and indecent assault against minors...
Los Angeles, CA – Torah Ownership Dispute Goes to Superior Court
Los Angeles, CA - A rancorous legal fight over the rightful ownership of four Torahs has spilled from religious to civil courts in Los Angeles, with the widow of one Orthodox rabbi accusing another of...
Syracuse, NY – Not A Purim Joke: Man Claims He Shipped Himself Via Crate With UPS
Syracuse, NY - The Transportation Security Administration and the FBI are investigating a local man's claim that he successfully shipped himself from Savannah to Las Vegas via UPS.
"TSA is working...
New York – A Lesson For Purim: Laughing in the Face of Hatred
New York - Purim is different. Jewish festivals are certainly a time of rejoicing, yet they all contain an element of seriousness.
Sure, it is a commandment to rejoice on Passover, Shavuot and Succ...
Borough Park , NY – Fox 5 Investigate: Vishnitz Wedding Hall A “quality of life issues.”
Brooklyn, NY - New York City leaders boast about how they aggressively crack down on "quality of life issues." But Fox 5 uncovered an interesting controversy in one Brooklyn neighborhood. Some residen...
New York – U.S. Jewish Communities Test Emergency System
New York - In the wake of ongoing terror threats to Jewish targets around the world, representatives of American Jewish communities are now testing an integrated rapid-response system designed to allo...
Perth, Australia – Accused Nazi Zentai Fights Extradition to Hungary
Perth, Australia - An 87-year-old man accused of killing a Jewish teenager in Hungary during World War II asked an Australian court to prevent his extradition to Hungary, and claimed the results of a ...