Boca Raton, FL – Proposed Law to Modify House of Worship Construction Law
Boca Raton, FL - A proposed law allowing houses of worship to go up in single-family neighborhoods without City Council approval has quietly been making its way through City Hall.
City officials said...
Brooklyn, NY – Hikind Forms New Group To Fight Racism, Anti-Semitism.
Brooklyn, NY - Black and Jewish New Yorkers need to stand together against the hatred expressed by swastikas and nooses, a group of politicians and community leaders proclaimed Sunday in Brooklyn.
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Germany – Holocaust Group Angry Over Rail Company Charges
Germany - Organizers of a rolling exhibit that highlights the role of the German transport system in the Holocaust have complained on the charges from Germany's largest national railway company, ...
Wesley Hills, NY – Bomb Scare Prompts Evacuation
Rockland County, Wesley Hills, NY - The discovery of a device made to look like a bomb inside a vacant village home led to the evacuation of surrounding residences.Ramapo police and the Rockland Count...
New York, NY – Average FDNY Response Time Decrease
New York, NY - The fire department's average response time decreased last year for the second consecutive year.
The average response time for all incidents was 4 minutes and 49 seconds in 2007, ...
Mainz, Germany – Ancient Jewish Gravestones Found Near Old Cemetery
Mainz, Germany - A number of Jewish gravestones were found next to an old Jewish cemetery during construction work for a new housing project.Mainz, a city on the Rhine, was home to a famous Jewish com...
Brooklyn, NY – Kudos, School Offers Hope To Potential US Yeshiva Dropouts.
Brooklyn, NY - A new partnership between the educational arm of Chabad and a technical training college will give haredi youth in New York who are at risk of dropping out of yeshiva an alternative cou...
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY – City Doesn’t Pay the Ferryman
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY - The abrupt shutdown of winter ferry travel between Manhattan and Williamsburg and DUMBO is a result of the city's failure to properly subsidize the service.
"W...
New York, NY – Buildings Department Tightens Watch On Contractors
New York, NY - There is no shortage of construction in the city, and with that comes no shortage of accidents. As a result, city Buildings Department is trying to be more proactive in its efforts to p...
New York, NY – School Bus Safety Violations Soar after Surprise Inspections
New York, NY - School buses have been cited with more safety violations in the first four months of this school year than in all the previous year — before officials made sure surprise inspections are...
Israel – Hebrew Rose From The Dead.
Israel - In the annals of language, the revival of Hebrew counts as a singular achievement, a feat unequalled in all the millennia that have stuttered past since humans first dispensed with grunting ...
New Bedford, MA – Kidish Hashem: Newspaper Profiles Frum Prominent Doctor For His Righteousness.
New Bedford, MA - Who in this faction-ridden city by the sea has been the most effective over the past 20 years in gaining the greatest good for the greatest number of people — without great materia...
New York – Thruway Toll Increase Takes Effect
New York - As of Sunday morning, toll rates on the New York State Thruway have gone up in price. For people paying cash, that means paying 10-percent (10%) more.
EZ Pass holders do get a break ...
Mount Hope, NY – School Systems Delinquents Mar County Tax Tolls
Mount Hope, NY - Hundreds of Orange County property owners still haven't paid property tax bills they got a year ago.
Most of those with the largest unpaid bills were businesses or developers. E...
Brooklyn, NY – New Revolutionary Medical Assistance For Frum Community.
Brooklyn, NY - Community advocates from the Community Choices Assistance organization have spearheaded an effort to bring medical services to the neighborhood, home to a large Hasidic Jewish populatio...
Papeete, Tahiti – Tahiti’s Orthodox Jews Try To Keep The Shul Alive
Papeete, Tahiti - Bright morning sunlight illuminates the synagogue floor as Francois Yonah Poul sits alone in a dark corner wrapped in a tallit and tefillin.
Praying in the Quarter Fariipiti of th...
Melbourne, Australia, – Father of Crown Heights Riot Murder Victim Dies
Melbourne, Australia, - Max Rosenbaum, whose son Yankel was killed in an assault that sparked violent race riots in New York in 1991, has died after suffering a major heart attack. He was 85.
Rosenb...
Georgia – Saakashvili Wins Election in Georgia
Georgia - Mikheil Saakashvili has won Georgia's presidential election in the first round with 52.5% of the vote, according to early exit polls organized by Georgian TV companies.
President Saakashvil...
Washington – Eight of the Nation’s Most-Frequently Delayed Flights Involve NY Area
Washington - Of the nation's eight most-frequently delayed flights, all involved a New York City airport and half involved a flight flying under the Continental logo.
Continental affiliate Expres...
St. Louis MO – Kosher Meals Denied To Inmate With SS Tatoo
St. Louis, MO - Prison inmate Norman Lee Toler was a white supremacist who was once caught with seven photos of Adolf Hitler and a fresh "SS" tattoo. However, Toler went to federal court, sa...