Airmont, NY – Village Loses Bid to Void Settlement Over Yeshiva Project
Airmont, NY - A federal judge has ruled against Airmont in its bid to undo the settlement of a lawsuit over construction of a yeshiva with housing for students and faculty on Hillside Avenue.
U.S. ...
Eugene, OR – White Supremacist Sentenced for Attack Synagogue
Eugene, OR - A Springfield man has been sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison for an attack on a Eugene synagogue in 2002.
Jacob Laskey, 26, who calls himself a white supremacist, admitted...
Manhattan, NY – Google Search Engine Was Searching for Snake
Manhattan, NY - Google may be famous for instant searches, but it took a bit longer to find the three foot snake that escaped in its massive Manhattan offices.The pet of one of its employees, "Ka...
Kiryas Joel, NY – KJ Meat Processing Plant Gets Funds.
Kiryas Joel, NY - The Newburgh-Stewart Empire Zone's board approved benefits yesterday for an expansion of the Kiryas Joel Processing Plant, The project promises to create 50 or more jobs.
Williamsburg, NY – Truck Traffic Study On The Way.
Williamsburg, NY - City agencies would like to work with Community Board 1 to improve truck traffic conditions in Williamsburg.
To that end, Department of Sanitation (DSNY) and Department of Transpor...
Brooklyn, NY – Children Shocked By Wires Inside Kings Plaza Mall.
Brooklyn, NY - Two children were hospitalized on Tuesday after suffering electric shocks inside a Brooklyn mall.
A 3-year-old and an 11-year-old were taken to King's County hospital after coming into...
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY – Kitchen Fire on First Day of Passover Holiday
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY - Fire Department responded to a kitchen fire at a 14th storry building at 225 Division Avenue and Marcy Avenue Apt. 5-F on the first day of the Passover holiday, fire was D...
Albany, NY – Sen. Schumer, Thank You For Your Saftey Concern At Airports.
Albany, NY - After we reported a few Weeks ago Of a pair of Comair employees that were able to smuggle 13 handguns onto a plane out of Orlando Airport, Sen. Chuck Schumer figures if airline passengers...
Spring Valley, NY – Matzo Bus Bakery is Cold After Owner Issued Second Warning
Spring Valley, NY - The rabbi who turned a school bus into a makeshift matzo bakery was given a second warning by village officials not to ignite the oven.
The oral warning came a day after Rabbi Aar...
Monsey, NY – The Hasidic Community Needs A Better Dialogue.
Monsey, NY - It could not come at a worse time. A fire Sunday destroyed the synagogue of Neturei Karta, the Hasidic sect that courts controversy by its loud anti-Zionist pronouncements.
As Passover a...
Teharn, Iran – Iran to Free British Sailors.
Teharn, Iran - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defused a growing confrontation with Britain, announcing the surprise release of 15 captive British sailors Wednesday and then gleefully accepting the crew...
Sacramento, CA – Fatal Accident that Killed Woman and her Fetus Rocks Jewish Community
Sacramento, CA - Annette Brodovsky -- 33 years old and five months pregnant -- was fatally struck Monday night as she headed to a neighbor's home for the first Passover Seder.
The news shook mem...
Montreal, Canada – A Homemade Bomb Exploded Tusday At A Jewish Center.
Montreal, Canada - A homemade bomb that exploded at the entrance to a Jewish community centre in Snowdon late Tuesday has some members of Montreal’s Jewish community demanding police set up a permanen...
Brooklyn, NY – Hit And Run For a Brooklyn Couple On Their Way Home From a Passover Seder.
Brooklyn, NY - The heartless hit-run driver who struck an elderly Brooklyn couple on their way home from a Passover seder - killing the wife - left a side-view mirror at the scene before he sped off, ...
Monroe, NY – Massive Counter-Terrorism Drill Held at Monroe-Woodbury High School.
Monroe, NY - The largest counter-terrorism drill at a school in New York began with the premise that a siege like one that left more than 150 children dead at a school in Beslan, near the Republic of...
Monsey, NY – Sifer Torahs Rescued From Burnt Synagogue, Most Books Destroyed.
Monsey, NY - Three holy scrolls were recovered seemingly undamaged from a safe inside the burned-out synagogue of a fiercely anti-Zionist group that is a source of tension in this largely Jewish comm...
Kiryas Joel, NY – Is Camp La Guardia Purchase Linked To KJ?
Kiryas Joel, NY - The real estate broker pushing to buy the sprawling grounds of the former Camp La Guardia homeless shelter has insisted his clients are unconnected with the Village of Kiryas Joel, r...
Chestnut Ridge, NY – Matzo Baking Burns Private Dwelling
Chestnut Ridge, NY - Fire Department and EMS were all on the scene just before the start of the passover holiday for a fire at a 40X20 wood frame private dwelling at 5 Debra Road from a matzo-baking o...
New York, NY – A Chag Sameach.
New York, NY - Chag Kasher V'Sameach to all our readers, and your families.
Because of the Passover Holiday The Site will not be updated until April 4 9:00 PM.
Monsey, NY +Kitchen Fire+
Monsey, NY +Kitchen Fire+ Fire Department and EMS were all on the scene for a kitchen fire at a 40X20 wood frame private dwelling at 5 Debra Road.