Brooklyn, NY – Lawyer With Access To Disgraced Judge Gets Prison.
Brooklyn, NY - Shady lawyer Paul Siminovsky was all smiles when he walked into Brooklyn Supreme Court yesterday, hoping to avoid jail time for delivering the goods on disgraced Judge Gerald Garson.
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Monsey, NY – Tartikov Developer Seeks Constructive Comments.
Michael Tauber The developer For tartikov Writes an editorial in The Journal News.
Monsey, NY - As a representative of the Rabbinical College of Tartikov, I am writing to thank the people of Pomona f...
Cortlandt, NY – Yeshiva Expansion Proposal Draws Fire
Cortlandt, NY - Community opposition is mounting against a yeshiva aiming to upgrade and modernize its operation at 141 Furnace Woods Road, so the school's enrollment could go from 210 to 250, a ...
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY – NYPD Find 2-Yea-Old Wandering Child
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY - NYPD of the 90th Pct responded to a 911 call that a young child is roaming parentless the streets of Williamsburg.
Police took the child into the 90th Pct station house, w...
New York – US EEOC Accuse Vonage For Jewish Religious Discrimination.
New York - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said on Tuesday it had sued Vonage Holdings Corp. (VG.N: Quote, Profile, Research), alleging the company discriminated against a Jewish emp...
New York, NY – Rent Stabilized Apartments Approved for Hike
New York, NY - The Rent Guidelines Board voted to increase rent for rent stabilized apartments in New York City.
For a one year renewal, the rent hike is 3 percent and for a two year renewal, the rent...
Val-David, Canada – Val-David Hires Guards After Fires in Hasidic Resort Area
Val-David, Canada - Officials in Val-David have hired private security to patrol the resort area north of Montreal after a series of suspicious fires destroyed summer homes owned by the Hasidic commun...
Monsey, NY – As Community Grows, Jews Find Meaning in Rescue Work.
Monsey, NY - When Jonathan Celnick moved to Monsey to live with his mother, he joined the local fire department. In Los Angeles, his father is the coordinator for the central emergency response team a...
Lancaster County, PA – Farmer’s Milk Tainted Officials Seek Cause
Lancaster County, PA - Pennsylvania State Police are trying to determine how a Lancaster County dairy farmer's milk became tainted twice in two weeks.According to state police at the Ephrata barr...
New York – Google Launches Mapping Software To Help Nonprofits.
New York - Google Inc. launched an initiative Tuesday to help charities and other nonprofit groups use maps and satellite images to raise awareness, recruit volunteers and encourage donations.
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Brooklyn, NY +Working Fire+
Brooklyn, NY +Working Fire+ Hatzolah on the scene at East 24 between Avenues "J" and "K" for reports of a working electrical fire that caused a fire in two garages requesting the base to notify the fi...
Waynesville, MO – Man Sues US Army, Claims Jewish Discrimination.
Waynesville , MO - A Waynesville man has sued a Georgia company and Fort Leonard Wood claiming employment discrimination because of his Hebrew religion.
Todd R. Campbell filed a complaint Friday at Sp...
New York, NY – Mayor Bloomberg Campaigning to Change the Big Apple Into Green Apple
New York, NY - New Yorkers will receive a $1 coupon for General Electric fluorescent light bulbs with their Con Edison bills this August as part of GreeNYC, a $3.4 million consumer education campaign ...
New York – National Highway Traffic Safety Recalls China Imported Tires.
Consumer Alert!
New York - Federal safety officials have ordered a tiny tire importer to recall as many as 450,000 tires that it bought from a Chinese manufacturer and sold to U.S. distributors.
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Spokane, WA – FBI Investigate A Mall Evacuation As Terrorism.
Spokane, WA - A February incident in which noxious fumes were released in Spokane's Northtown Mall is being investigated by the FBI as a possible incident of domestic terrorism.
On Sunday February 11...
Queens, NY +Large Phone Outtage+
Queens, NY - Due to a contractor that cut 2 main Verizon cables at 47th Road and 5th Street there are approximately 6000 customers of Verizon that are with out phone services, this is also effecting s...
Adelaide, Australia – No Job for Rabbi as Appeal Lost
Adelaide, Australia - Embattled Adelaide Rabbi Yosef Engel has lost his bid to overturn a court's declaration that his contract to act as rabbi had expired.
The Full Court of the Supreme Court dismis...
Sderot, Israel – Rocket from Gaza Hits Yeshiva
Sderot, Israel - Two rockets were fired from Hamas-controlled Gaza at the Israeli town of Sderot, extensively damaging a yeshiva but causing no injuries.
Tuesday's early morning Qassam strike was th...
Montreal, Canada – St-Adolphe Officials Fear Hasidic Investors Could Isolate Hotel
Montreal, Canada - Municipal officials in a town in the Laurentians say they are concerned about a recent purchase by members of a Jewish community.
St-Adolphe-d'Howard officials fear the $3.5-millio...
New York, NY – Radio Dead Spots Throughout The Tunnel System Put Transit Police At Risk.
New York, NY - The Metropolitan Transit Authority, or MTA, of New York doesn't want to talk about its $140 million radio communications system By E.A. Technologies, a company that develops communicati...