Brooklyn, NY – Apple Hit With Class-Action iPhone 3G Lawsuit
Brooklyn, NY - A Long Island man has so many hangups over his iPgone 3G, he's filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple and AT&T in Brooklyn federal court.
The lawsuit which was filed by Avi K...
Tehran – Iran Claims Arrests Of Mossad Espionage Ring
Tehran - Iran's Revolutionary Guards have broken up an Israeli-linked spy network and arrested its members, the guards' commander said on November 24, two days after the Islamic state said it had exec...
Brooklyn, NY – MTA Cuts Would Hurt Most Williamsburg Residents
Brooklyn, NY - Getting around Brooklyn — especially for residents of Williamsburg, Bay Ridge and Bensonhurst — will get a lot harder under proposed cuts by the MTA.
In a desperate attempt to fill w...
London – Prince Charles In Emotional Tribute to The Jewish Children Sheltered By Britain During WWII
London - Prince Charles yesterday paid an emotional tribute to the Jewish children torn from the bosom of their families before the Second World War.
The Kindertransport was a journey that would se...
Bnei Brak, Israel – Man Inspecting His New House Under Construction Falls To His Death
Bnei Brak, Israel - A young man came to inspect his new house that is under construction on Sokolov Street in Bnei Brak when he fell to his dead.
The 35-year-old Liebel Lev, a Gerer chosid a father...
Belgium – Man Arrested in Canada Also Suspect in 1981 Bomb Attack in Antwerp Diamond Center
Antwerp, Belgium - A man arrested earlier this month in Ottawa, Canada, for the 1980 bombing of a Paris synagogue in which four people died and 20 others were injured is also considered in Belgium as ...
New York, NY – Children Who Live in Public Housing Suffer in School, Study Says
New York, NY - City children who live in public housing perform worse in school than students who live in other types of housing, according to a study by New York University researchers.
The study,...
Washington, DC – U.S. Government Agrees to Citigroup Bailout
Washington, DC - The federal government agreed to take unprecedented steps to stabilize Citigroup Inc. by moving to guarantee close to $300 billion in troubled assets weighing on the bank's books, acc...
New York, NY – Proposal of New Registration Fee Based on Vehicle Weight
New York, NY - New York City Comptroller William Thompson is proposing a new registration fee for motor vehicles based on their weight.
Thompson says the fee would generate more than $1 billion a y...
Germany – Cornerstone Laid in Rebuilding of Mainz Synagogue
Mainz, Germany - Officials spoke of hope as the cornerstone was laid Sunday for a new synagogue in the German city of Mainz, just over 70 years after the old one was destroyed.
The old house of wor...
New York – International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries Underway [Live Video]
New York - Chabad Leaders of Jewish communities and dedicated catalysts of Jewish renaissance from 73 countries from all over the globe are now arriving at Pier 94 for the gala banquet, culminating th...
New York – Religious Community Tends to Turn a Blind Eye Toward at-risk Girls
New York - At age 14, Rebecca Sandler decided to stop smoking marijuana, but not cigarettes. Or drinking. She, along with her abusive mother and three brothers, was grieving the untimely death of her ...
Melbourne, Australia – Rabbis Oppose New Legislation That Will Grant Single Women IVF Treatment
Melbourne, Australia - While reaffirming their support for assisted reproduction technology such as IVF, Melbourne’s Orthodox rabbis have expressed concern over aspects of new legislation currently be...
New York City – $3M Starbucks Sued Over Tight Lid That Caused Spill To Injure Granny
New York City - All she wanted was to drown her sorrows in a nice cup of tea.
Now, after a catastrophic series of events that she says involved third-degree burns, skin grafts, a broken tailbone an...
New York, NY – DOT Pay Hike Raises Eyebrows
New York, NY - Just weeks before Mayor Bloomberg ordered city agencies to come up with $1.5 billion in savings to help balance the battered city budget, the Transportation Department doled out raises ...
Washington – New Congress Has Record Number of Jews
Washington - When the new Congress debuts in January 2009, a record 45 Jews will take the oath of office: 32 in the House of Representatives and — regardless of the outcome in the still-contested Minn...
Lakewood, NJ – 3 Indicted In Bias Crimes Against Orthodox Man
Three Lakewood men have been indicted on charges of bias intimidation of a rabbi and another Orthodox Jewish man in connection with attacks and robberies of the two in separate incidents.
In the 13...
Washington – Pro-Israeli Politician Slated As Secretary of Commerce By Obama
Washington - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D) is slated to be named secretary of Commerce by President-elect Obama, adding to the new administration's heavy roster of Clinton administration veteran...
New York, NY – Hate Crimes Fall 18%, Jews Still Targeted The Most
New York, NY - Hate crimes have plummeted 18 percent in the city since last year.
There were 208 bias crimes through Nov. 9 this year, down from 252 over the same period in 2007, according to NYPD ...
New York – AG Cuomo Leading Contender To Take Clinton Senate Seat
New York - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is emerging as the leading contender to take over the Senate seat of Hillary Clinton, who is poised to head the State Department after Barack Obama ta...