Brooklyn, NY – Crime Down in the Majority of the Borough
Brooklyn, NY - Crime is down nearly across the board in most of the precincts in the borough.
In northern Brooklyn, there were 16.5% fewer robberies and 17% fewer car thefts than last year. The only e...
New York – Tropicana Orange Juice Omega 3, At Issue.
KASHRUS ALERT!
New York - TROPICANA ORANGE JUICE with OMEGA 3:
This type of Tropicana orange juice contains a type of fish oil know as Omega 3. The fish oil is in very small amounts, but we still fe...
Israel – Haredi Majority Keep Out Of Pride Parade Limelight.
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Israel - Religious activists leading the struggle to prevent Jerusalem's pride parade from taking place Thursday are nearing the last round of their fight. Despite their efforts, it seem...
Jerusalem, Israel – Police Rescue Engineer from Orthodox Neighborhood
Jerusalem, Israel - Police officers rescued a structural engineer who was stoned after handing out an eviction notice in the Orthodox Mea Shearim neighborhood.
The engineer's car was tipped ov...
Dublin – Jimmy Carter Says U.S. and Israel Aim to Split Hamas and Fatah
Dublin - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said on Washington's support for the Palestinian Fatah group and the blocking of aid to Gaza were part of a mistaken policy aimed at dividing Palestini...
Washington, DC – Religious Visas Program to be Changed Due to Abuse
Washington, DC - U-S Citizenship and Immigration Services spokeswoman says a visa program for immigrant religious workers is rife with abuse and needs to be changed, agency spokeswoman Chris Rhatigan ...
Spring Valley, NY – Man Gets 15 Years in Monsey Kosher Supermarket Robbery
Spring Valley, NY - A 21-year-old man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for his role in robbing a Monsey supermarket on Thanksgiving.Aldaberto Lucus of Spring Valley became the second of four ...
New York, NY – Simcha Felder Against Allowing Religious Symbols In Schools.
New York, NY - A Department of Education policy barring Nativity scenes from the city's public schools could be the focus of a new debate at City Hall.
A City Council member of Queens, Tony Avella, i...
Miami FL – Magazine Highlights A Frum Entrepreneur For His Tezdokah.
Miami, FL - Florida developer Yizhak Toledano, an orthodox Jew, was in temple one day when a fellow congregant of B’nai Sephardim in Broward County approached him to talk business. Citing Toledano’s r...
Philadelphia, PA – Pathmark Investigates Snake Head Found In Can of Beans.
Philadelphia, PA - Earl Hartman was a little rattled by something he says he found in a can of green beans: a snake head.
The Philadelphia man said he found the reptile head on his plate Wednesday ...
New York – Google Getting Into The Auto Industry..
New York - Google said Tuesday it is getting in on the development of electric vehicles, awarding $1 million in grants and inviting applicants to bid for another $10 million in funding to develop plu...
Jerusalem, Israel – Haredi Employment Grows by 8 Percent
Jerusalem, Israel - The number of haredim employed in the industry sector in Jerusalem rose by eight percent in the last year, chairman of the Jerusalem branch at the Manufacturers Association of Isra...
New York – AT&T Quietly Introduces $10 DSL Plan.
New York - Without any fanfare, AT&T Inc. has started offering a broadband Internet service for $10 a month, cheaper than any advertised plan.
The DSL, or digital subscriber line, plan introduce...
New York, NY – NYC Rewards Poor With Cash for Good Behaviour
New York, NY - Poor New York City residents will be rewarded for good behaviour - like US$300 for doing well on school tests, $150 for holding a job and $200 for visiting the doctor - under an experim...
Gothenburg, Sweden – School’s Licence Revoked Over Disaggregation
Gothenburg, Sweden - An independent Jewish school in Gothenburg has had its licence taken away by authorities for teaching boys and girls separately.The Beit Menachem School in Gothenburg, a small sch...
New York – Toshiba Warns Of Batteries To Laptop That May Cause Fire.
Consumer Alert!
New York - A Toshiba Corp. laptop with a recalled Sony battery pack that hadn't been replaced burst into flames last month in Great Britain.
It was the third Toshiba laptop blaze susp...
New York – Orthodox Jews Powerfull In Washington.
New York - Eight senators, two of them presidential candidates, addressed an audience of 90 Orthodox Jews who were enjoying a kosher lunch and some politics in the Hart Senate Office Building last wee...
Miami, FL – Doctor’s secret: A Nazi father, Now a גר by choice
Miami, FL - In an amazing tell-all story, a Florida doctor, a ger גר tzedek, reveals his father's staunch Nazi history.
Bernd Wollschlaeger has two stories to tell.
First, he's a former officer in...
Rome, Italy – Nazi War Criminal’s Work Permit Revoked
Rome, Italy - An Italian judge has suspended the work permit of a 93-year-old Nazi war criminal whose first day at work sparked angry protests by Italian Jews.
Serving a life sentence under house arr...
Brooklyn NY – Accusecd Kidnapper Out on $1 Million Bail.
Brooklyn NY - The towering Brooklyn man who's accused of grabbing an 11-year-old girl after chatting her up inside the lobby of her building last month is free for the second time since his arrest.
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