Jerusalem, Israel – Two Haredi Men Still Under Arrest for Election Fraud
Jerusalem, Israel - As the nation voted in municipal elections on Tuesday, police said around 420 election irregularities were reported across the country, including 20 cases of suspected fraud, one o...
Washington Heights, NY – Hospital Patient Claims Assaulted By Man Walking Into His Room
Washington Heights, NY - New York police have arrested a 27 year old New Square man accused of molesting an elderly hospital patient.
It happened at New York Presbyterian Hospital in Washington He...
New York – U.S. Stocks Close Sharply Higher
New York - Stocks closed sharply higher as investors went bargain-hunting after the market tested its 2008 lows.
Wall Street bounced back after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq fell past their lows for ...
Quebec, Canada – Arrest in Decades-Old Paris Synagogue Attack
Quebec, Canada - Canadian police have captured a man suspected of bombing a Paris synagogue in 1980. The man, Hassan Diab, was nabbed today in the city of Gatineau. French judges issued an internation...
Chicago, IL – Obama In 2004 Interview Cited Judaism as Part Of His Influence
Chicago, IL - Barack Obama said in a 2004 interview that Judaism was as influential a factor "as any other faith" in defining his beliefs.
The transcript of the interview of the president-elect by ...
New York – Governor Paterson Gets An Early Jump On Chanukah
New York - Gov. David Paterson, who has made it very clear he plans to run in 2010 for the post to which he accidentally ascended, is reaching out to the Jewish community in at least one way his prede...
New York – Cash Cuts By Leviev Crisis Rock Chabad
New York - The world's biggest Jewish outreach group faces a cash crisis fuelled by fears that its biggest donor, billionaire diamond mogul Lev Leviev, may slash funding due to his own financial diffi...
Brooklyn, NY – Tears for Slain Mitzvah Deliveryman Imonil Aminov
Brooklyn, NY - Held aloft by mourners, the simple pine coffin that carried the body of a slain meals on wheels deliveryman wound through the streets of Brooklyn.
A dozen wailing women, including the...
Washington – U.S. Halts All Nosh Imported From China
Washington - Federal health officials Thursday slapped a sweeping detention order on dozens of imported foods from China, from snacks and drinks to chocolates and candies.
It's unusual for the Food...
New York – First Aid Kit For Jewish Marriages
New York - If you would like to know if your marriage is relationship-centered or not, the way to find out is to ask yourself about your core values. For example, what is the most important principle ...
Secaucus, NJ – Kosherfest Trade Show Exclusive Photos Highlighting The Best And Brightest
Secaucus, NJ - Kosherfest is an annual trade event that attracts hundreds if not thousand of Jewish vendors, business people, retailers and wholesalers alike in a massive display of frum Jewish tr...
Brooklyn, NY – Williamsburg Is McCain Country!
Brooklyn, NY - Kings County may be Barack-lyn now, but the President-elect’s unorthodox candidacy turned many Democratic south Williamsburg voters into McCainiacs.
While Barack Obama won the vast maj...
Los Angeles, CA – California Putting on Large-scale Earthquake Drill
Los Angeles, CA - Some 5 million Californians promise to drop to the ground, cover their heads and hold onto furniture Thursday as if an earthquake had just struck.
Don't worry, it's not real. But ...
Jerusalem – Israeli Beduins Claim Tribe Link to Obama
Jerusalem - He has a host of relatives in exotic locations from Hawaii to Kenya, and during his run for the American presidency he discovered that he had an aunt living in Boston.
Now Barack Obama ...
Lauderhill, FL – 700,000 Rubber Bands Gets Man In Guinness World Record
Lauderhill, FL - It started with just a few rubber bands.
But four years, $10,000 and more than 700,000 rubber bands later South Florida resident Joel Waul has clinched the Guinness World Record fo...
Brooklyn, NY – Outlet for Survivors of Holocaust at Risk Due to Cut of City Funding
Brooklyn, NY - Helen Berkovitz comes to remember.
"I was 14 when I was in the concentration camps, in Auschwitz," she said. "I lost my whole family there. I was the only family member left.
"Now w...
Golden, CO – Menorah Display Zapped from Religious Decorations
Golden, CO - The City of Golden is considering a ban on religious symbols on city property after a rabbi asked to put a menorah next to a tree strung with holiday lights.
Golden City Council will vot...
Postville, IA – Postville Becoming a Ghost Town
Postvile, IA - The flame under this ethnic melting pot is flickering.
As production falls at the Agriprocessors meatpacking plant, the immigrants who came to work there are hitting the road.
The...
Vladivostok, Russia – Primorye Chief Rabbi Attacked
Vladivostok, Russia - Primorye Chief Rabbi, U.S. citizen Yisroel Silberstein was attacked on a central street of Vladivostok, a source in the Federation of Russian Jewish Communities said Thursday.
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Atlanta, GA – Congressman Didn’t Issue An Official Apology for Calling Obama A Marxist
Atlanta, GA - Congressman Paul Broun tonight stood by warnings that President-elect Barack Obama might set up a Gestapo-like civilian security force.
One day after the Athens Republican told a radi...