Savannah, GA – Construction Interferes with Jewish Laws
Savannah, GA - Since the City closed part of Waters Avenue while working on a drainage project, it has changed people's daily routines in many ways, and it interfered with traditional Jewish laws...
New York, NY – A Freilichen Chanukah.
New York, NY - American Jews lit the first candle of Hanukkah on Tuesday evening to begin the eight-day Jewish festival of lights, one of the jewish most popular holidays.
Hanukkah, which features p...
Cuba – As Jews Celebrate Hanukkah, A Look At Judaism In Cuba.
Cuba - Inside the largest synagogue in Cuba, President of Temple Beth Shalom, Adela Dworan says yes there are Jews in Cuba and the Jewish community here is thriving after many difficult years.
“We ...
Manhattan, NY – DA Creates Immigrant Affairs Unit
Manhattan, NY - The Manhattan district attorney's office will create a council to field complaints from immigrants who are victimized by crime but decline to report it because of worries over the...
New York, NY – City Launches ‘Reverse 911’
New York, NY - The City has launched a pilot program to deliver emergency information in four community districts by e-mail, text messages and recorded telephone calls called reverse-911.Mayor Michael...
Washington, DC – President Bush to Visit Israel
Washington, DC - President George W. Bush is scheduled to visit Israel on January 9th 2008, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office confirmed.Diplomatic officials in Jerusalem said the visit had been...
Brooklyn, NY – Two Friends Arrested After Fight on Kosher Babkas
Brooklyn, NY - Two buddyies were busted after battling over babkas in Gravesend section of Brooklyn.Mordechai L., 21, invited Shilo B., 24, to his house to buy some kosher pastries from him.
When Shil...
Bosnia – Jewish Leaders Seek Info On Bosnians Who Aided Jews In Holocaust.
Bosnia - Leaders of Bosnia's Jewish community appealed Tuesday for help locating Bosnians who aided Jews during World War II and have not been recognized.
The search is aimed at locating people who ...
Caracas, Venezuela – ADL: Raid On Caracas Jewish Center Outrages.
Caracas, Venezuela - The Anti-Defamation League on Tuesday demanded a formal investigation into a recent police raid on a Caracas Jewish community center, calling it "inexplicable and unjustifiable."...
London – Britain: Muslims End Holocaust Day Boycott.
London - The Muslim Council of Britain, the biggest Muslim umbrella group in the country, has voted to end its boycott of Holocaust Memorial Day, The Guardian reported.
The organization’s central wo...
Cumberland, MD – Ten Commandments Monument at Courthouse Upsets Resident
Cumberland, MD - Swanton resident Jeff Davis made a request that the Ten Commandments be removed from its current location at the county courthouse or his organization be allowed to place another stat...
Passaic, NJ – Woman Collects Wigs To Send To Israel
Passaic, NJ - Sometimes people leave bags of wigs on her Van Houten Avenue doorstep.
Short hair, long hair, blond hair and streaked hair; mesh, synthetic, from Europe, China, Russia, you bring it, Ro...
Borough Park, Brooklyn NY – Dov Hikind: Some Ready Hanukkah Lights Not 100% Olive Oil.
Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY - Last year, Chanukah lighting took a dangerous turn with reports of pre-measured, ready to use lights posing a fire hazard. The plastic, self-contained oil holders were hi...
Warsaw, Poland – Wave Of “New Jews” Rekindling
Warsaw, Poland - While Jews around the world celebrate Hanukah, recounting it's tale of everlasting light, another story of endurance is being written in Poland.
Numbering almost half a millio...
New York, NY – Religious Group Charges City Tramples First Amendment for Revoking Catering Permit
New York, NY - A move by the city to revoke a catering permit for secular events at an Upper East Side religious group is a violation of the First Amendment's free exercise of religion clause, la...
Brooklyn, NY – Hate-Attack Teens Go Free
Brooklyn, NY - Four Orthodox Jewish teens pleaded guilty to a hate-fueled attack on a Pakistani man in Brooklyn, but escaped with no-jail sentences because of their ages.David Brach, 17, and Yitzi Hor...
Passaic, NJ – Rabbi Interrupts Prayer to Rush to Help Man Injured by Falling Tree
Passaic, NJ - A rabbi didn't think twice about interrupting prayer to rush to help a man struck on Katherine Avenue by branches of a fallen 40-foot tree."I don't understand why people s...
New York – Dov Hikind: Life Intolerable For Jews In Europe.
New York - Following a recent fact-finding trip to Europe, a Democrat who represents Boro Park in the state Assembly, Dov Hikind, said yesterday he is convinced that anti-Semitism has made life intol...
Spring Valley, NY – Miracle of Medicine Brings New Light this Hanukkah to Yeshiva Teacher and Family
Spring Valley, NY - Teacher Jacob Klang collapsed in front of 200 students in a study hall at the Ohr Hameir Theological Seminary in Cortlandt on Nov. 7. Instantly, students jumped to his aid, one ca...
Antwerp, Belgium – Jews Show Strong Support Buying Israeli Made Products
Antwerp, Belgium - Moslems in Belgium organized a demonstration a few weeks ago at a grocery store which sells Israeli products. The store, located in an Islamic neighborhood of Antwerp, is part of a...
