Israel Becoming Less Secular More Religious
Israel - An Israeli demographic survey (IDII) finds religious growth and secular decline, and the proportion of religious in the public is highest among the youth.
The survey finds that the secular...
Durham University, UK – University Gets Kosher Kitchen.
Durham University, UK - Durham University is to become the first North East university to provide a kosher kitchen and dining facilities for its students.
The University’s Jewish Society will be cele...
South Florida – Jewish Organizations Get Homeland Security Funds.
South Florida - Fifteen South Florida nonprofit agencies will build fences, erect barriers and add lights and security cameras with more than $1 million from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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Cayman Islands – Fatal Accident Kills Mother, Child Survived
Cayman Islands - Shaney Kol hadn't been in the Cayman Islands very long before a tragic accident claimed her life.
Mrs. Kol, identified by police as Shaney Tania Bar–On, a native from Australi...
Poland – Holocaust Survivor Who Saved Jews from the Nazis In Charge of German Relations
Warsaw, Poland - Poland has announced that former Polish Foreign Minister Wladyslaw Bartoszewski will be a foreign policy advisor for Warsaw's complex relations with Germany, Russia and Israel, w...
Uman, Ukraine – The Breslov Gravesite Causes $50M a Year in Tourist Operation
Umen, Ukraine - In 1802 Rabbi Nachman of Breslov came to Uman, then a sleepy, remote town in the Ukraine, and asked his followers to be buried there, near the mass grave of some 30,000 Jews who were m...
Orange County, NY – Legislature Parties Remains Tied, KJ’s Political Influence the Subtext of the Race
Orange County, NY - Republican Greg Townsend beat two opponents to serve out the last two years of an Orange County Legislature seat he was appointed to fill in March.
Townsend's victory over De...
New York, NY – Rate Hike On Water Coming
New York, NY - Property owners are about to get a nasty New Year's surprise from the city - a water rate hike of up to 18 percent.
Acting at the behest of Environmental Protection Commissioner Emily...
Sugar Hill, GA – Queens Dentist Slay Suspect Claims Had Nothing to Do with the Killing
Sugar Hill, GA - The man charged in the execution-style slaying of a Queens orthodontist embroiled in a bitter custody dispute with his ex-wife - a relative of the suspect, claims he has nothing to d...
Norwalk, CT – Synagogue Divided over Rabbi, Board
Norwalk, CT - A struggle for control of Beth Israel Synagogue of Norwalk has erupted between the 108-year-old institution's board of directors and its spiritual leader, Rabbi Yehoshua Hecht.
Las...
Brooklyn, NY – The Jewish Press Editorial On Mondorwitz Case Has It Right!
Pinned News Nov. 21 2007
Brooklyn, NY - Its interesting to note the only NYC Jewish newspaper to stand up what's right. Below is their editorial.
As is being widely reported, longtime fugitive from...
Manhattan, NY – Columbia Prof. That Praises Hamas is Up For Tenure
Manhattan, NY - Once again, Columbia University is embroiled in a firestorm of controversy. This time, the controversy is coming from within, and despite the public outcry, University officials may be...
New York, NY – NYC Rights Activists Protests Against Leviev Jewlry Store.
New York, NY - The Madison Avenue jewelry store LEVIEV New York was the site of protests by human rights activists angered by Israeli diamond mogul Lev Leviev's settlement construction in the West Ba...
Brooklyn, NY – Anti-Hate Signs Pulled Down in Heights.
Brooklyn, NY - A string of vandalism targeting religious groups continued this week, as banners hanging at synagogues and churches in Brooklyn Heights were torn down by some not-so-merry pranksters.
...
Knightsen, CA – Suspicious Device Forces Large Evacuation
Knightsen, CA - Contra Costa authorities have evacuated residents in a 1-mile radius around Broadway in the unincorporated town near Oakley, said sheriff spokesman Jimmy Lee.A resident discovered what...
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY – DOB Gives Finger Building Thumbs Up at BSA
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY - The Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) pushed back a decision on 144 North 8th Street, a.k.a. The Finger Building, until December 10, but a letter from the Department of...
Minneapolis, MN – Bias Suit Against US Airways Upheld
Minneapolis, MN - A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed by a group of imams against US Airways and a Minneapolis airport can proceed.
U.S. District Judge Ann Montgomery said that the imams...
New York, NY – Stocks Slump 211 Points.
New York, NY - Stocks slipped Wednesday afternoon, but were off session lows, as worries about the credit and mortgage market and higher oil prices were tempered a bit ahead of what for many will be a...
New York – Court: Standing On NY Sidewalk No Crime.
New York - Hanging out on the sidewalk isn't a crime, the state's top court has ruled, even if you and your friends are blocking people's paths through bustling Times Square.
The New York Court of Ap...
Vermont – Corrections Steps Back From Religious Restrictions.
Vermont - Vermont inmates will be able to attend any religious service they choose and wear religious head coverings throughout the prisons under guidelines being finalized by the state Department of ...