New York, NY – Council to Mandate Plastic Bag Recycling
New York, NY - In a bid to curb nearly 1 billion plastic bags used by NYC consumers annually, the city's council passed a bill today requiring large stores to set up recycling programs.
The bill, whi...
Israel – Spy Handler In Jonathan Pollard Case Meets With Bush
Israel - An Israeli minister barred from entering the United States over his role in a high-profile spy case has attended a dinner with President George W. Bush during his stay in Jerusalem.
"Pension...
Nairobi, Kenya – Kenya’s small Jewish community unscathed by violence
Nairobi, Kenya - While the Jews of Kenya seem unscathed by the country's political crisis, Jewish nongovernmental agencies that work there and elsewhere in Africa are bracing for the long-term effects...
New York, NY – School System to Stop Paying for Disabled Student’s Education
New York, NY - A federal appeals court has ruled that the city's school system does not have to continue paying for the education of a disabled woman.A three-judge panel in the 2nd Circuit Court ...
New York, NY – City Has First Baby Boom In 2 Decades
New York, NY - After two decades, New York City's birth rate finally registered some growth. According to city Deputy Health Commissioner Lorna Thorpe, 125,506 children were born in 2006, more th...
Israel – Historic Visit by President George Bush
Israel - The following is a slideshow of images from today, of President Bush's historic visit to Israel to press for peace in the battle-ridden Middle East:
Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY – Perp Arested for Road-Rage after Beating Driver with Pipe
Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY - A motorist brutally beat another driver with a metal pipe in a Boro Park road-rage incident.Moses Stern, 60, was driving on 12th Avenue at 48th Street when he tried to pas...
Val-David, Canada +Suspicious Fire Again in Hasidic Resort Area+
Val-David, Canada - Fire Department responded to another suspicious fire in the resort area north of Montreal that seemed to target the summer homes owned by the Hasidic community.In June of 2007, Val...
New York, NY – Subway Opening Kosher Location in City
New York, NY - While kosher-keeping Manhattanites have never been able to "have it their way" at Burger King, they¹ll soon be able to "eat fresh" at Subway with the introduction of the sandwich chain...
New Jersey – Transplant Bill Raises Conflicts Among Orthodox.
New Jersey - A bill that would require New Jersey driver’s license applicants to declare whether they wish to become organ donors is triggering a debate in some sectors of the Jewish community.
At is...
Venice, Italy – Court OK’s Boaz Yonah Extradition
Venice, Italy - A court ruled today that Boaz Yonah, the escaped CEO of failed real estate developer Heftziba, will be extradited to Israel.The court accepted Israel's formal request to extradite...
Israel – Rabbi Metzger Thanks President Bush for Intervening in Iraq
Israel - During a short verbal exchange today at the Ben Gurion Airport Terminal Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yona Metzger thanked President George Bush for the US's military intervention in Iraq."...
New York, NY – Commission Studying Congestion Plan to Weigh $4 Tolls for Queensboro, Williamsburg, Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges
New York, NY - The commission studying Mayor Bloomberg's congestion-pricing proposal will weigh it against three alternate plans Thursday.Bloomberg's original plan, introduced in April, woul...
Brooklyn, NY – Cato Dad Reaches Out to Max Rosenbaum’s Family Over Death
Brooklyn, NY - They were two fathers caught up in the storm of the 1991 Crown Heights riots - one black, the other white - who bonded over the shared grief of losing their sons.
Carmel Cato and...
College Park, GA – School President Commits Suicide after Upbeat Luncheon Speech
College Park, GA - Woodward Academy president Hank Payne gave a rousing speech at a faculty and staff luncheon to kick off 2008 at the College Park school.
"I've never seen him more upbeat,&...
Venezuela – New Fear Among Jews in Venezuela
Venezuela - Venezuelan Jews, long uneasy with the Chávez government's alliances with Iran and other Middle Eastern countries that espouse anti-Israel views, are concerned that the government is sponso...
Washington – Illegal-worker Court Ruling In Rubashkin Case Yields Odd Paradox
Washington - Federal law prohibits hiring illegal immigrants, but it also requires companies to bargain with unions that represent them.
That's the result of a recent court ruling that showcases the...
Brooklyn, NY – $10 Million Bail For Molester.
Brooklyn, NY - An orthodox Jew extradited from Israel to face charges of sodomizing two teenage boys in his Brooklyn home was ordered held Tuesday on $10 million bail.
Stefan Colmer, 31, allegedly we...
Newark, NJ – Teacher Gets Year Jail for Defrauding NY, NJ Retail Stores
Newark, NJ - A schoolteacher from the Jewish Institute in Queens, N.Y., was sentenced to over a year in federal prison and ordered to make restitution for his part in a scheme that defrauded several m...
London – Rabbis Back Chasunah Budget Plans.
London - Rabbis have praised plans for a new budget wedding service in Stamford Hill and expressed hope that it would extend across the community.
Stamford Hill’s Rabbi Avraham Pinter welcomed Easy ...
