Stamford Hill, London – Judge Delays Sentencing for Speeding Driver Until After the High Holy Days
Stamford Hill, London - A strctly orthodox man has pleaded guilty to intending to pervert the course of justice — but his barrister has successfully persuaded a judge to delay sentencing until after t...
Israel – Head of Zaka Summoned for Questioning after Suspicious Crematorium Fire
Israel - Israel's only crematorium has been heavily damaged by fire, and police said Thursday that arson is suspected.
Burning bodies violates Orthodox Jewish law, which calls for a person to be ...
New York, NY – Obama Meets Off the Record with NY Jewish Leaders
New York, NY - Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) met with top Jewish lay leaders in New York as part of an outreach to Jews across the country."He's reached out to Jewish leaders in major cities li...
Afghanistan +Three British Troops Killed in Friendly Fire+
Afghanistan - Three British soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan in a suspected "friendly fire" incident.
Britain's Ministry of Defense said it believes that a bomb dropped by a U.S...
Melbourne, Australia – Qantas Airline to Probe Antisemitic Slur
Melbourne, Australia - QANTAS Airline, will conduct a full inquiry into an antisemitic incident witnessed by a Jewish passenger.
Daniel Moses was flying first class from Singapore to Sydney earlier...
Delray Beach, FL – Missing Mans Body Found in Delray Canal
Delray Beach, FL - Police dive team pulled a body from a canal in the 2300 block of West Atlantic Avenue shortly yesterday.
The body was identified as Paul Epstein, 76, of the Rainberry Bay developmen...
Seattle, WA – Judge Denies Rabbi’s Request to Dismiss Assault Charge
Seattle, WA - A judge today denied a request to dismiss an assault charge against Rabbi Ephraim Schwartz, the motorist accused of hitting and killing a City Council aide who was crossing a West Seattl...
Miami, FL – Miami Police Chief Faces Ouster For Accepting Expensive Gifts.
Miami, FL - A group of officers want to have votes to oust their Police Chief John Timoney for allegedly accepting a vehicle from a dealer at Lexus of Kendall free of charge.
According to the departm...
North Miami Beach, FL +Child Found Bottom of Pool+
North Miami Beach, FL +Child Found Bottom of Pool+ Emergency medical services BLS and ALS just left the scene at 176th Place between 9th and 10th Avenue's in North Miami Beach, transporting to the hos...
Otisville, NY – New York Prisoner Sues To Get Banned Religious Books Back.
                                    'August 23 Pinned Ne...
Lakewood, NJ – Rabbi Elchonon Zimmerman Found Not Guilty In Assult Case.
Lakewood, NJ - Elchonon Zimmerman, an Orthodox Jewish teacher, was found not guilty Thursday of assaulting a 15-year-old black male last year.
The ruling, after a day-long trial at municipal court, c...
Miami, FL – State Suspends Prisons’ Special Meals for Jews, Muslims
Miami, FL - Jewish and Muslim inmates who follow strict religious diets at Florida prisons are no longer provided meals in line with their beliefs.
The Corrections Department has ended the Jewish D...
New York, NY – Stocks Close Lower On Renewed Credit Crunch Worries.
Business News.
New York, NY - Stocks rebounded from intraday lows but the major markets closed with small losses amid ongoing worries regarding the global credit environment.
The conventional logic ...
Minneapolis, MN – Pigeons Might Be Factor In Minneapolis Bridge Collapse.
Minneapolis, MN - Pounded and strained by heavy traffic and weakened by missing bolts and cracking steel, the failed interstate bridge over the Mississippi River also faced a less obvious enemy: pige...
Monsey, NY +Child Struck+
Rockland County, Monsey, NY +Child Struck+ A motor vehicle accident with a child that was struck on Crest Ct and Calvert Drive, Hatzolah BLS and ALS on the scene requested the Medivac to be on stand b...
Rockland County, NY – Rockland Election Inspector Training Scheduled For Jewish Holiday.
Rockland County, NY - The Rockland Board of Elections has scheduled mandatory training sessions for election inspectors on and on the eve of the Jewish New Year.
Three sessions are scheduled for Sept...
Kiryas Joel, Monroe, NY +Child Out a Window+
Kiryas Joel, Monroe, NY +Child Out a Window+ KJ Hatzolah responding on a rush BLS and ALS to Mountain Road for a child that fell out a window about 16 feet hight, child is in seriouis condition.
U/D:...
Des Moines, IA – Powerball Jackpot Grows To $300 Million.
Des Moines, IA - Millions of tickets were sold, but none had the correct six numbers in Wednesday evening's multi-state Powerball game.
As a result, the $252 million jackpot went begging and has gro...
New York, NY – 4 Injured When Debris Fell From Deutsche Bank Scaffolding.
New York, NY - Two firefighters and two construction workers were injured Thursday when debris fell from a scaffolding at the Deutsche Bank in Manhattan, where two firefighters were killed battling a...
New York, NY – +Yellow Cab Drivers To Go On Strike.+
New York, NY - A union representing 8,500 of the city's estimated 20,000 cab drivers announced Thursday they will go on strike over concerns about the installation of GPS in cabs.
The New York Taxi...
