Albany, NY – Powerball May be Coming to New York
Albany, NY - New Yorkers who want to play more than one multistate big money lottery are in luck.
The state Lottery is moving toward joining the popular Powerball game.
The game is available in ...
New York – Newsweek Magazine Added OU Rabbi, Drops Satmar Rabbi In Their Annual 50 Most Influential Rabbis In America List
New York - This list is intended to provoke a global conversation about the role of our religious leaders in today's world. Although this is a well-thought-out list, it is by no means scientific and i...
Washington – FBI Dismiss Claim By Taliban Taking Responsibility For Shooting In Binghamton
Washington - A Pakistani Taliban leader bragged Saturday that his militants were responsible for the Binghamton massacre - a claim immediately dismissed by authorities.
"Whatever happened in Americ...
Englewood, NJ – Hitchens Clings to Prejudice to Slander Jews
Englewood, NJ - This past Shabbat my family and I hosted Rabbi and Mrs. Nachman Holtzberg, parents of Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, the head of Chabad in Mumbai, who was brutally murdered with his wife Riv...
Valhalla, NY – Student Group Fights Possible Touro Merger
Valhalla, NY - A vocal group of New York Medical College students are saying "no" to a possible merger with Touro College.
Citing concerns about the value of their medical degrees, potential facult...
Manhattan, NY – 489 Rejected NYU Students Get Acceptance Letters by Mistake
Manhattan, NY - New York University officials weren't laughing when hundreds of people mistakenly received word that they'd been accepted to grad school on April Fools' Day.
NYU says it sent out ac...
Albany, NY – Assemblyman: Post Names of Tax Cheats Online to Humiliate Them
Albany, NY - A Brooklyn assemblyman wants to shame the state's worst tax delinquents into paying up.
Assemblyman William Colton (D-Brooklyn) is proposing legislation that the state tax department cre...
Somalia – Israeli Cargo Shipline ZIM Threatened By Pirates
Somalia - A ship belonging to the Israeli freight company Zim was attacked by pirates on Saturday morning when the ship was sailing some 700 kilometers from Somalia.
An Israeli cargo ship ...
The...
Prague – US First Lady Visits Synagogue and Jewish Cemetery
Prague, Czech Republic - US First Lady Michelle Obama visited today the Old Jewish cemetery in Prague, during the second day of President Barack Obama's official visit to the Czech Republic, she was j...
New York, NY – Bloomberg’s Re-Election Campaign Aiming to Get Obama’s Attention
New York, NY - He refuses to say for whom he voted in the presidential election, but Mayor Bloomberg is now hitching his political wagon to President Obama in hopes of defusing mayoral challenger Bill...
Hamburg, Germany – Jewish Community Expels Chairman after Questions Raised about his Jewish Identity
Hamburg, Germany - After an internal feud, Hamburg's Jewish community has expelled its former chairman, telling him that he is not really Jewish, the official, Andreas C. Wankum, said Sunday.
Wankum,...
Israel – It’s Never Too Late: Brit Milah at 87
Israel - The common age for brit milah (circumcision) is eight days, but as always in life – there are exceptions to the rule. Many men, who for various reasons were not circumcised as babies, choose ...
Vienna, Austria – City Gives Up Art Expropriated in Nazi Germany
Vienna, Austria - The city of Vienna has set a precedent for the restitution of artworks expropriated under the Nazi regime giving up a piece that a German Jewish banker was forced to auction in 1934....
Cherry Hill, NJ – Synagogue to Walk Scrolls Six Miles on Foot During Move
Cherry Hill, NJ - They range in age from 10 to perhaps 200 years or older. The heaviest weighs in around 40 pounds; the lightest, only a few.
Together, the 10 Torahs at the Congregation Beth El syn...
New York – Rabbi: Rabbi Shafran’s Article On Madoff-Sully Grossly Irresponsible and Should be Retracted
New York - I would like to respectfully take issue with Rabbi Avi Shafran’s recent article where he harbors admiration for Bernard Madoff, yet cannot muster admiration for Captain Chelsey “Sully Sull...
Mineola, NY – Madoff’s Brother Awarded $10G a Month
Mineola, NY - Peter Madoff, brother of convicted Wall Street executive Bernard Madoff, can use $10,000 a month in frozen funds for living expenses, a New York judge says.
State Supreme Court Justic...
Washington – Obama Signs Proclamation For Education And Sharing Day, Cites The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Zt’l
Washington - The education we provide our children must prepare them to succeed in a global economy and to contribute to their communities. Commemorating Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., we undersco...
Manhattan NY – A Jewish Holiday, Once Every 28 Years
Manhattan NY - On the morning of April 8, 1953, a day he is certain more than a half-century later was a Wednesday, J. David Bleich walked outside his father’s synagogue in Lewistown, Pa. A high schoo...
Queens, NY – Passover Pantry Gets Boost From Local Supermarket
Queens, NY - A Stop & Shop Supermarket in Forest Hills is giving over a thousand pounds of kosher food to the Queens Jewish Community Council Kosher Food Pantry.
Workers at the Queens JCC say t...
Harrisburg, PA – Synagogue Badly Damaged in Friday Night Fire, Torahs Saved
Harrisburg, PA - Harrisburg and suburban firefighters battled a late Friday night blaze that severely damaged the Chisuk Emuna synagogue at Fifth and Division streets. The fire went to three alarms, s...