Friday, March 29, 2024

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New York, NY – City Has First Baby Boom In 2 Decades

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New York, NY - After two decades, New York City's birth rate finally registered some growth. According to city Deputy Health Commissioner Lorna Thorpe, 125,506 children were born in 2006, more th...

Israel – Historic Visit by President George Bush

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Israel - The following is a slideshow of images from today, of President Bush's historic visit to Israel to press for peace in the battle-ridden Middle East:

Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY – Perp Arested for Road-Rage after Beating Driver with Pipe

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Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY - A motorist brutally beat another driver with a metal pipe in a Boro Park road-rage incident.Moses Stern, 60, was driving on 12th Avenue at 48th Street when he tried to pas...

Val-David, Canada +Suspicious Fire Again in Hasidic Resort Area+

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Val-David, Canada - Fire Department responded to another suspicious fire in the resort area north of Montreal that seemed to target the summer homes owned by the Hasidic community.In June of 2007, Val...

New York, NY – Subway Opening Kosher Location in City

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New York, NY - While kosher-keeping Manhattanites have never been able to "have it their way" at Burger King, they¹ll soon be able to "eat fresh" at Subway with the introduction of the sandwich chain...

New Jersey – Transplant Bill Raises Conflicts Among Orthodox.

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New Jersey - A bill that would require New Jersey driver’s license applicants to declare whether they wish to become organ donors is triggering a debate in some sectors of the Jewish community. At is...

Venice, Italy – Court OK’s Boaz Yonah Extradition

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Venice, Italy - A court ruled today that Boaz Yonah, the escaped CEO of failed real estate developer Heftziba, will be extradited to Israel.The court accepted Israel's formal request to extradite...

Israel – Rabbi Metzger Thanks President Bush for Intervening in Iraq

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Israel - During a short verbal exchange today at the Ben Gurion Airport Terminal Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yona Metzger thanked President George Bush for the US's military intervention in Iraq."...

New York, NY – Commission Studying Congestion Plan to Weigh $4 Tolls for Queensboro, Williamsburg, Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges

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New York, NY - The commission studying Mayor Bloomberg's congestion-pricing proposal will weigh it against three alternate plans Thursday.Bloomberg's original plan, introduced in April, woul...

Brooklyn, NY – Cato Dad Reaches Out to Max Rosenbaum’s Family Over Death

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Brooklyn, NY - They were two fathers caught up in the storm of the 1991 Crown Heights riots - one black, the other white - who bonded over the shared grief of losing their sons. Carmel Cato and...

College Park, GA – School President Commits Suicide after Upbeat Luncheon Speech

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College Park, GA - Woodward Academy president Hank Payne gave a rousing speech at a faculty and staff luncheon to kick off 2008 at the College Park school. "I've never seen him more upbeat,&...

Venezuela – New Fear Among Jews in Venezuela

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Venezuela - Venezuelan Jews, long uneasy with the Chávez government's alliances with Iran and other Middle Eastern countries that espouse anti-Israel views, are concerned that the government is sponso...

Washington – Illegal-worker Court Ruling In Rubashkin Case Yields Odd Paradox

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Washington - Federal law prohibits hiring illegal immigrants, but it also requires companies to bargain with unions that represent them. That's the result of a recent court ruling that showcases the...

Brooklyn, NY – $10 Million Bail For Molester.

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Brooklyn, NY - An orthodox Jew extradited from Israel to face charges of sodomizing two teenage boys in his Brooklyn home was ordered held Tuesday on $10 million bail. Stefan Colmer, 31, allegedly we...

Newark, NJ – Teacher Gets Year Jail for Defrauding NY, NJ Retail Stores

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Newark, NJ - A schoolteacher from the Jewish Institute in Queens, N.Y., was sentenced to over a year in federal prison and ordered to make restitution for his part in a scheme that defrauded several m...

London – Rabbis Back Chasunah Budget Plans.

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London - Rabbis have praised plans for a new budget wedding service in Stamford Hill and expressed hope that it would extend across the community. Stamford Hill’s Rabbi Avraham Pinter welcomed Easy ...

Israel – President Bush Arrives In Israel

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Israel - US President George W. Bush said he saw a new opportunity for peace in the Holy Land as he arrived in Israel on Wednesday at the start of a landmark regional tour marked by escalating tensio...

New Brunswick, NJ – Jewish Cemetery Attack Now Called Hate Crime

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New Brunswick, NJ - The desecration of a Jewish cemetery in New Brunswick over the weekend is now being investigated as a bias incident by police and the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office. ...

New York – Columbia Professors To Apologize to Ahmadinejad?

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New York - A report in the semi-official Iranian news agency, Mehr, claims that a delegation of professors from Columbia University are planning a trip to Tehran to apologize to President Ahmadinejad ...

New York, NY – Fired Worker Sues Touro College

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New York, NY - A single mom from the Bronx is suing Touro College for $24 million, claiming her boss verbally abused her and told her, "Black people think the world owes them something."...