Hartford, CT – Feds Investigating Sen. Joseph Lieberman Campaign Money.
Hartford, CT - Federal campaign records show that U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut received at least $14,000 in contributions for his 2004 presidential campaign from an indicted businessman a...
Deerpark, NY – Kosher Road Salt Donated by Monroe Co. Tainted with Chicken Waste
Deerpark, NY - The tate DEC is investigating the donation of salt containing the chicken parts by a kosher chicken-processing plant for road use.
The chicken is usually separated from the salt throug...
Bergen-Belsen, Germany – New Exhibition Center Opens in Former Nazi Concentration Camp
Bergen-Belsen, Germany - A new memorial exhibition center at a former Nazi camp in central Germany reflects the experiences of inmates when it was a prisoner of war facility, a concentration camp and ...
London – Daughter Flees Fathers Graveside after Noticing Family of Rats at Nearby Grave
London - A woman says she was left “horrified and distressed” after seeing what she described as a family of rats near her family graves.
Sarah Conway, who lives near Gants Hill in Essex, was visitin...
Poland – Rabbi Attacked on Train
Poland - The Chief Rabbi of Wroclaw, Poland, Icchak Rapaport (31), was attacked by a young hooligan in a train. The police didn't find the offender.
Rabbi Icchak Rapaport (31)...
Israel – Nations Only Crematorium to Re-Open
Israel - The owners of Israel's only crematorium, Aley Shalechet, whose premises in Moshav Hibat Zion near Hadera were burned down by arsonists in late August, expect to complete the construction...
Upstate NY – Freeze Warning Issued for Northern NY Suburbs
Weather Alert!
Upstate NY - So much for the endless summer.
After averaging 8 degrees above normal all month, temperatures are expected to plunge Sunday night and early Monday.
The National Weather...
Ukraine – Ukraine President Orders Return Of 700 Confiscated Torah Scrolls
Ukraine - Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko signed last week a presidential order to return an estimated 700 Torah scrolls confiscated from Jewish communities during the Soviet Union's Communist r...
Washington – Rep. Lantos: Europe More Outraged On Guantanamo Bay, Than Auschwitz.
Washington - Dutch lawmakers who visited the Guantanamo Bay military prison this week said they were offended by a testy exchange in Washington with a senior congressional Democrat.
The lawmakers sai...
Brooklyn, NY – Syrian Jew Faces Deportation For Reporting False Bomb Threat To Subway Systems.
Brooklyn, NY - A jeweler, apparently seeking revenge against former business associates, went on trial Friday for falsely reporting that five Arabs were plotting to bomb New York subways on the U.S. I...
Monroe, NY – Influence of Kiryas Joel is Issue in County Legislature Race
Monroe, NY - Only one seat on the 21-member Orange County Legislature is up for grabs on Nov. 6, but it's a doozy.
Republican Greg Townsend, Democrat Myrna Kemnitz and independent Gary DeFilip...
Clearwater, FL – Woman Who Risked Her Life To Save Many Jews Escape The Nazis, Dies.
Clearwater, FL - Maria Castagna came from a wealthy family in Prague, Czechoslovakia. She worked as nurse and assistant to a well-known plastic surgeon.
Her father, a highly educated English profess...
Manhattan, NY +Major Collapse+
Manhattan, NY - Fire Department transmitting a 10-60 (major emergency) for a 6 story 25x50 empty hotel at 22 West 24th Street between 6th Avenue and Broadway that all interior floors have pancaked col...
Washington – Funeral Flag-Folding Recitation To Tribute Judaism Banned.
Washington - The Department of Veterans Affairs has told administrators of its 125 veterans cemeteries not to participate in a religion-laced recitation that sometimes accompanies the folding of the ...
New York – Feds Strike ID Deal Over NY Licenses.
New York - The Bush administration and New York cut a deal Saturday to create a new generation of super-secure driver's licenses for U.S. citizens, but also allow illegal immigrants to get a version. ...
New York, NY – Anti-Jewish Materials Sent To 2 Columbia U Professors
New York, NY - New York City police are investigating a new bias incident at Columbia University.The Provost of Teachers College Friday informed students that two faculty members received anti-Semitic...
Rockland County, NY – In Legislature Race Longtime Democratic Challenged by 19-year-old Politiical Novice
Rockland County, NY - In Legislature Race Longtime Democratic Challenged by 19-year-old Politiical Novice
Rockland County, NY - Philip Soskin, a longtime Democratic Party loyalist who represents Dist...
Belarus – Belarus: We’re no anti-Semites.
Belarus - Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko denied that there is anti-Semitism in his country.
"If anyone tells you that there is anti-Semitism in Belarus, or that we oppress Muslims here, don't...
Madison, NJ – Another Massive recall On Cough Medication Related To Dosage Cups.
Health Alert Recall.
Madison, NJ - VIN News has learned that Wyeth Consumer Healthcare is going to recall many of its cough medication. This action is specific to the dosage cup and was made independ...
Ramapo, NY – Highway Superintendent Race is Youth Versus Experience
Ramapo, NY - Youth versus experience is the flavor of the race for superintendent of highways.The youthful ingredient comes in the form of Mark Lerer, who at 19 figures he's ready to take on the ...