Cottage Grove, MN – Hand-Written Scroll Stolen from Yeshiva
Cottage Grove, MN - A Torah valued in the tens of thousands was stolen from Yeshiva High School of the Twin Cities.
The 2-foot tall scroll was reported stolen by officials from the Orthodox Jewish ...
Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY +Another Bias Crime in Jewish Community+
Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY +Another Bias Crime in Jewish Community+ Its not the first time in the last few weeks that bias and hate crimes occurs in the Boro Park section of Brooklyn around and right ...
Lisbon, Portugal – Jewish Cemetery Desecrated
Lisbon, Portugal - Jews were shocked by the first-ever desecration of a Jewish cemetery in the country's capital.
Police have arrested two youths accused of vandalizing 20 gravestones and paintin...
Jerusalem – Yad Vashem Honors Czech Righteous Tree.
Jerusalem - Thousands of trees line Yad Vashem's Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations, honoring the people who saved Jews during World War II. On Monday, Israel's official Holocaust memorial hon...
Iran – President Ahmadinejad Suggests Jews Relocate to Alaska
Iran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that Jews do not deserve Israel and should be relocated to parts of Europe or Alaska to establish their own nation.Ahmadinejad called the existence of...
Queens, NY +MVA Overturned+
Queens, NY +MVA Overturned+ A motor vehicle accident on the Grand Central Parkway eastbount before Exit 18 with one vehicle that overturned, Hatzolah on the scene requesting backup units to respond to...
Jerusalem, Israel – 70-Year-Old Arrested for Spraying Swastikas
Jerusalem, Israel - Police arrested today a 70-year-old man caught spraying swastikas on electricity poles in Jerusalem.The man has been remanded for interrogation.
Elmsford, NY +MVA Rollover+
Westchester County, Elmsford, NY +MVA Rollover+ A motor vehicle accident at the off ramp of Exit 1 on the westbound lanes of I-287 with vehicle that overturned, Fire Department and Yonkers Ambulance o...
London – Smart Shopping Carts is Battle Against Obesity
London - The shopping cart, is seen as a new weapon to fight the nation's obesity crisis.
Technology experts have devised an "intelligent" cart that will alert shoppers when junk-foo...
İzmir, Turkey – İzmir Jews Lobbying for Solution to Ownership Issue
İzmir, Turkey - The Jewish community of İzmir is planning to restore İzmir's historical synagogues built in the beginning of the 16th century and open them to tourists. The community, which has 12 syn...
Boise, ID – +Plane With 10 Onboard Missing+
Boise, ID - Search planes are in the air at this hour - looking for a plane from Boise, missing near White Pass, Washington.
The plane left Boise, and did not arrive in Shelton, Washington as schedu...
Alarm Over Drunken Teens on Simchat Torah Holiday
Groups of drunken teen shul-hoppers have triggered alarm bells with the Jewish Community Council of CSG.
CSG director Gavin Queit said Simchat Torah alcohol abuse was rife again this year and has b...
New York, NY – Mayor Bloomberg Wants To Control The Media On His Own Story
New York, NY - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has taken on a guy who doesn't bow to pressure easily.
That Bloomberg would pick a fight with Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau demons...
Israel – Man Arrested for Beating Holocaust Survivor on Simchas Torah
Israel - Police arrested a 30-year-old Or Akiva resident for having assaulted an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor in the town last Thursday.
Police suspect that Avi Strikovsky assaulted Ogen Radar, h...
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY – Outrage Over City Asbestos Confusion
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY - Elise Kairys was walking her dog by a construction site on her block in Brooklyn when she was suddenly covered by a gust of demolition dust.
The 23-year-old says her ey...
London – New Breast Cancer Gene Identified
London - A multi-centre international team of researchers has uncovered a new gene that may raise a woman's likelihood of contracting breast cancer by more than a third.
The researchers have al...
Brooklyn, NY +Pedestrian Struck+
Brooklyn, NY +Pedestrian Struck+ A motor vehicle accident with a pedestrian that was struck on Avenue "M" and Ocean Parkway. Hatzolah responding to the scene.
New York – Israeli Doctor To Serve As President of World Medical Association.
New York - Israel Medical Association Chairman Dr. Yoram Blachar was selected as president of the World Medical Association.
Also contending for the presidency were one candidate from New Zealand a...
New York, NY – BlackBerry as a Weapon in the Fight to Commute
New York, NY - Information is the lifeblood of commuters in distress, and the lack of it — which is very common — can create mass confusion, like this summer, when New York subway riders were stranded...
Krasnoyarsk, Russia – Vandals Smash 67 Tombstones at Jewish Cemetery
Krasnoyarsk, Russia - The keeper of the Jewish cemetery in Krasnoyarsk reported today to the Sovetsky District Interior Department that vandals have smashed the cemetery and that tombstones had been ...