Miami-Dade, FL – Teens Charged In Hate Crime Against Jewish Family
Miami-Dade, FL - Police have made an arrest in the hate crime targeting a Southwest Miami-Dade family.Five teens are all facing felony charges. They also face a charge of hate crime with prejudice.
Sw...
New Yrok, NY – Upstate Farmers To Supply School Veggies.
New York, NY - Under a new "Farm to School" program, children in the Big Apple will soon be crunching carrots from upstate fields.
Schoharie Valley Farms will soon start shipping carrot slices to mor...
Spring Valley, NY – Jewish Fire Fighters Praised For Saving Victim In Serious Fire.
Spring Valley, NY - She expects to spend her time in the burn unit of a Bronx hospital, but Shirley Lee is still grateful: Her father is alive, thanks, she said, to the fast work of Spring Valley resc...
Newark, NJ – Continental Airlines to Accept Bankcrupt MAXjet Airways Tickets
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Newark, NJ - Continental Airlines has announced that it will accept tickets for standby travel from passengers who were originally scheduled to fly on MAXjet Airways following that ai...
Chicago, IL – Gov. Cited In Corruption Filings Close Ties To Jewish Lobbyist.
Chicago, IL - Federal prosecutors' filing in a state corruption case Friday focuses a new, unwelcome spotlight on Gov. Blagojevich's close relationship with two holdover power brokers from Republican ...
Jerusalem, Israel – Search Hastens for Lost Fragments of Oldest Hebrew Bible
Jerusalem, Israel - A worldwide hunt is under way, and an appeal to members of the Jewish community throughout the world for missing segments of the oldest and most reliable copy of the Hebrew Bible,...
Rockland County, NY – RCC Campus Security Gets More Powers
Rockland County, NY - The job description for five Rockland Community College security officers has gotten a little beefier when the county Legislature approved five positions of peace officer spots.
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Brooklyn, NY +Child Struck+
Brooklyn, NY +Child Struck+ A motor vehicle accident with a child that was struck on East 9th Street and Quentin Road, Hatzolah responding BLS and ALS for the multiple calls.
U/D:
Child sustained min...
Albany, NY – New Allegations In Gov. Spitzers Cover Up In Scrubbing Computer Records.
Albany, NY - Computers in Gov. Spitzer's office were intentionally "purged and scrubbed" of potentially crucial records involving the Dirty Tricks Scandal - while others have simply disappeared, inves...
New York – Torah Put On a Pinhead-Size Chip
New York - Researchers in Israel say they have succeeded in putting a version of the torah on a chip smaller than a pinhead.
Its 300,000 words in Hebrew were inscribed on a silicon surface at the H...
New York, NY – Paint on Lampposts Cuts Stray-Volt Risk
New York, NY - The city is working to take the amps out of its lamps.
All 160,000 city lampposts will be coated with a special nonconductive paint that should minimize the risk of stray voltage injuri...
Montreal, Canada – Montreal Airport Faces New York Rival
Montreal, Canada - It cheekily bills itself as "Montreal's U.S. airport" and has even put up bilingual signs at its new passenger terminal to lure Quebec travellers.
Plattsburgh International Airport...
Israel – Jewish Immigration To Israel at Lowest in 20 Years
Israel - Jewish immigration to Israel continued to slide in 2007 with the number of newcomers at just 19,700, the lowest level in 20 years, according to figures published on Monday.
Immigration was...
Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine – Soon To Come In Your Shul The New ATM Tezdokah Machine.
Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine - In Dnepropetrovsk, the 'Golden Rose' Synagogue has introduced an innovative idea aimed at promoting the mitzvah of giving Tzedaka or Charity. In its entrance hall now stands...
Little Rock, Arkansas – Presidential Candidate Huckabee: Put Palestine’s In Saudi Arabia.
Little Rock, Arkansas - Mike Huckabee was a barely known former governor of Arkansas when he attended a house party on his behalf at the home of Jason Bedrick, New Hampshire's first Orthodox Jewish s...
Johannesburg, South Africa – Man Shot and Killed Walking to Synagogue
Johannesburg, South Africa - The Jewish community is outraged after a middle-aged man was shot dead Shabbos morning while walking to a synagogue, just 100m from Chabad Lyndhurst.Three men in a Toyota ...
Kiryas Joel, NY +Retaining Wall Collapse+
Orange County, Kiryas Joel, NY +Retaining Wall Collapse+ Multiple units of KJ Fire Department and KJ Public Safety are on the scene at Mountain Road and Radumsk Road for a retaining wall that collapse...
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY +Pedestrian Struck+
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY +Pedestrian Struck+ A motor vehicle accident with a pedestrian that was struck on Hooper Street and Wythe Avenue, Hatzolah on the scene requesting Medics to respond.
Jerusalem, Israel – Mayor Backs Plan of ‘Kosher’ Electricity for Charedi Neighborhoods
Jerusalem, Israel - Mayor Uri Lupolianski has directed municipality officials to move forward with plans to connect haredi neighborhoods to "kosher" electricity.
The move is designed to eradicate pi...
Manhattan, NY +Working Fire+
Manhattan, NY +Working Fire+ Fire Department on the scene for a working fire on the 6th floor of a 50x100 multiple dwelling at 504 Grand Street and Kazan Street, fire is blowing out the windows and is...