Lakewood, NJ – Orthodox Candidate Regains GOP Control In Lakewood
Lakewood, NJ - A 12-year Democratic reign on the Township Committee ended Tuesday when
GOP challenger Steven Langert followed Democratic incumbent Raymond Coles into victory by large margins, unoffic...
Washington – Jewish Congressman Emanuel To Become Chief Of Staff For Obama
Washington - ABC News has learned that President-elect Obama has offered the White House chief of staff job to Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill.
Emanuel, a knowledgeable source tells FOX News has accepted ...
New York – Barack Obama Won 77 Percent of Jewish vote, Exit Polls Show
New York - Despite the tense rift between Republican and Democratic Jews over the course of the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign, exit polls on Tuesday showed that Barack Obama received about 77 percen...
Israel – New Law Prohibits Polls 4 Days Before Primary Elections
Israel - The Knesset today approved a bill prohibiting the publication of polls during the four days prior to any primary election. The bill constitutes a fine of NIS 67,300 (about $17,700).
The bi...
New York, NY – Office Tenants Flee Manhattan Rents for Brooklyn
New York, NY - Among office tenants, bargain hunting is back in style. After years of paying skyrocketing rents in Manhattan, some companies have decided to cross the East River.
"Our lease is up n...
Minnesota – Popular Jewish Senator Norman Coleman Relected By A Few Hundred Votes
Minnesota- One of the most bitter U.S. Senate races in Minnesota history Republican Norm Coleman has won a second term in the U.S. Senate, surviving a stiff challenge from former comedian Al Franken.
...
Berlin, Germany – Parliament Vows to Fight Anti-Semitism
Berlin, Germany - The parliament pledged to fight anti-Semitism and to encourage the revival of Jewish life in a resolution ahead of the 70th anniversary of the Nazis' so-called Kristallnacht pogrom.
...
Albany, NY – Democrats Take Control of New York Senate
Albany, NY - Democrats have won a majority in New York's state Senate. That gives the party control of the full Legislature and governor's office for the first time since 1935.
Democrats, who outnu...
New York City – A Bad Night For Bloomberg, His Supported Candidates Lost
New York City - This election night is shaping up to be kind of a bust for Mayor Bloomberg as far as his endorsed candidates are concerned.
Connecticut Republican Rep. Chris Shays, who not only rec...
Chicago, IL – President-Elect OBAMA
Chicago, IL - Barack Hussein Obama has been elected to the office of President of the United States of America.
The junior Senator from Illinois swept the 2008 election with a majority of both the...
Iran – Iranian Jews Ask Chabad To Open Center In Tehran
Iran - A group of Iranian Jews has asked Chabad in Azerbaijan to set up a Chabad house in Tehran. Army Radio reported Monday morning that the Chabad organization had not yet made a decision in the mat...
Kiryas Joel, NY – Disputed Stretch of County Road Reopens
Kiryas Joel, NY - Orange County reopened Route 44 in Kiryas Joel today after a contractor finished blocking off a roadside walkway that the village built without permission last month.
The county c...
New York, NY – Orthodox Turnout Mixed
New York - Plenty of excited Democratic voters showed up to vote on Manhattan's Upper West Side on Tuesday sporting Obama-wear, but Orthodox comedian Yisrael Campbell was the only one in the hourlong ...
New York, NY – Bloomberg Budget Plan Has 3,000 Job Cuts
New York, NY - The city will need to reduce its labor force by 3,000, including firing 500 workers, as part of a plan to eliminate a $4 billion revenue gap over the next 18 months, a city administrati...
Chazy, NY – Monsey Man Entering from Canada Arrested for Theft in NJ
Chazy, NY - A man was arrested on a felony warrant as he tried to enter the United States.
Chazy-based State Police reported Jacob F., 26, of Monsey was arrested as he tried to enter the United Sta...
New York – Election Boosts U.S. Stocks Up More Than 300 Points
New York - Stocks rallied into the closing bell as Wall Street breathed a sigh of relief that the presidential election is almost over.
Major averages shot to their session highs in the final minut...
Crown Heights, NY – Moshe Rubashkin Sentenced To 16 Months In Jail
Crown Heights, NY - Moshe Rubashkin, Rosh Hakohol of Crown Heights and a private businessman, was sentenced today in Philadelphia with 16 months in prison by a federal judge.
Rubashkin and his son...
Manhattan, NY – Empire State Building Lights Split Up for Election
Manhattan, NY - It's a historic presidential election, even for the Empire State Building.
The iconic skyscraper is splitting its tower lights tonight between red for Republican candidate John McC...
Brooklyn, NY – City Seeks Downzoning of WIlliamsburg
Brooklyn, NY - In hopes of curbing sky-scraping development in Greenpoint and Williamsburg, the city has proposed capping the height of buildings in a 175-block downzoning that residents said should h...
Israel – Knesset Swears in First Haredi Woman
Israel - The Knesset made history today when it swore in its first female Orthodox MK, just before it enters a pre-election recess on Monday. MK Tzvia Greenfield joined the Knesset on behalf of the Me...