Israel – PA Judge: Selling Property to Jews Punishable by Death
Israel - The Palestinian Authority has warned its people that selling homes and other properties to Jews would be a death-penalty offense.
Those who violate the religious order banning such activit...
Hegyeshalom, Hungary – Monument to 124 Jews Buried in Mass Graves in Hungary to be Unveiled on Holocaust Day
Hegyeshalom, Hungary - Holocaust survivor Shraga Shemer will travel to a Hungarian town on Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 21, to lead a ceremony and unveil a monument for 124 Jews, including his fat...
New York, NY – Mayor Bloomberg A ‘Sharpton Fan’
New York, NY - Appearing at the National Action Network's annual meeting at the Sheraton New York in midtown this afternoon, Mayor Bloomberg was full of praise for the organization's founder, the Rev....
Manhattan, NY – Next G-20 Meeting to Be at UN in September, Is NYC Ready?
Manhattan, NY - Leaders of the Group of 20 leading economies say they will meet again at the United Nations in New York in September to assess progress on pledges made Thursday to counter the global s...
Jerusalem – Mirrer Rosh Yeshiva: If You See Haredi Using Internet Not For ‘Parnossa’, You Must Rebuke Him
Jerusalem - At a siyum celebrating the conclusion of meseches Kesuvos which was learned in the yeshiva during the winter zman, Mirrer rosh yeshiva Rav Nosson Tzvi Finkel gave a lengthy sicha during wh...
Russia – 2nd Lenin Monument Vandalized
Russia - Police say vandals have sprayed paint and drawn a swastika across a large painting of Vladimir Lenin on a mountainside in southern Russia. The stone image of Lenin has been defaced by unknown...
Commack, NY – FDA Eyes NY Firm in Pistachio Recall Probe
Commack, NY - Authorities looking into the nationwide pistachio recall say they're investigating a California nut processor's sister company in New York where officials last month found cockroaches an...
Los Angeles, CA – The Diet Cycle And Food Centric Judaism
Los Angeles, CA - One day, almost three years after the birth of my youngest child, I looked in the mirror. I hated what I saw. I had been carrying around “baby weight” through four births, at least t...
Jerusalem – Rockport and Florsheim Donate Shoes to Needy Yeshiva Students
Jerusalem - An impressive charity initiative to benefit thousands of poor bnei Torah began several months ago, when the owners of Hamakom Hanachon from Kfar Chabad, who import Rockport and Florsheim s...
New York, NY – Some Question New Anti-Smoking Ads By NYC Department of Health
New York, NY - Television anti-smoking ads have gotten increasingly graphic, even gruesome, in the past seven years, but a new ad rolled out by the New York City Department of Health goes for the hear...
Jerusalem – Vaad Hatznius Member Charged for Attacking Computer Store Clerks
Jerusalem - The Jerusalem Prosecutor's Office filed an indictment today with the capital's District Court against Shmuel Weisfish, 22, a member of the notorious ultra-Orthodox 'chastity squad'.
Wei...
Boca Raton, FL – Feds Make First Arrest In Secret Offshore Bank Accounts
Boca Raton, FL - Federal authorities have arrested a wealthy American client of Swiss bank UBS on charges of tax evasion.
The client, Steven Michael Rubinstein, an accountant, was arrested in Boca ...
Brooklyn, NY – NYC To Hollywood Industry: Cut Filming in South Williamsburg
Brooklyn, NY - South Williamsburg is no longer a Hollywood backlot.
That’s the message sent by city officials this week when they gave the neighborhood a three-month reprieve from film and televisi...
Uman, Ukkraine – Speeding Pilgrims Arrested after Refusing Police Orders, Sue for Allege Police Abuse
Uman, Ukkraine - Jewish pilgrims stopped for speeding in a Ukrainian town say they were beaten by police.
Yakov Dov Bleich, chief rabbi of Kiev and Ukraine, told the JTA that two fervently Orthodox...
Manhattan, NY – Investment Adviser Accused in $55M Ponzi Scheme
Manhattan, NY - Federal prosecutors have charged yet another hedge fund manager with running a Ponzi scheme.
Edward Stein was arrested at his Manhattan home yesterday and charged with wire fraud. H...
Jerusalem – Vizhnitz Chassid Becomes Deputy Minister for Health
Jerusalem - Amid protests from public health experts that a full-fledged health minister is needed in the third-largest government ministry, United Torah Judaism MK Rabbi Menachem Eliezer Moses was in...
Israel – Boymelgreen CEO: ‘We lack Resources To Repay Debts’.
Israel - The company has not yet published its financial report, but I hope that we'll do so by the end of today," Boymelgreen Capital Ltd. CEO Gil Tobul told bondholders today. US real estate develop...
Queens, NY – JetBlue Lawsuit Down The Toilet
Queens,NY - A JetBlue pilot's advice to "hang out" in the bathroom to a stand-by passenger during a San Diego-to-New York flight wasn't outrageous, a judge ruled in tossing out a lawsuit.
Manhattan f...
New York, NY – More Accusations Against Bloomberg LP for Discriminating Against Pregnant Workers
New York, NY - The number of women suing Mayor Bloomberg's financial-news company for pregnancy discrimination has swelled past 80 -- including two who claim they were harassed so badly, they suffered...
Jerusalem – Barcodes The Latest Weapon in The Fight to Keep Passover Kosher
Jerusalem - The Chief Rabbinate is introducing barcodes this Passover as its latest weapon in the fight to ensure grocery stores meet kosher-for-Pesach standards.
Stores will be required to place t...
