New York, I-87 Northway – Adirondack Park Agency Approves Two More Cell Towers Near Highway
New York, I-87 Northway - The Adirondack Park Agency approved permits late friday for Verizon to erect two more cell phone towers near the Northway. The towers are among almost a dozen the company pla...
Australia – Australian Gov’t to Boost Security at Jewish Schools
Australia - The Australian government confirmed that it plans to spend $18 million protecting Jewish, schools at risk of hate-based attacks. Under the plan, police and intelligence officers will asses...
Winnipeg, Canada – Mentally Challenged Man Froze to Death Outside Supervised Home
Winnipeg, Canada - A woman from Birds Hill is looking for answers after her mentally challenged brother in-law was found dead in the courtyard of a supervised residency in Winnipeg.
"It was te...
New York – Millions In NY State Lotto Go Unclaimed.
New York - "You’ve got to be in it to win it" That’s New York State’s lottery slogan. But some people aren’t really in it when they buy a ticket.
They buy it on a whim when the prize looks inviting, a...
Monticello, NY – Tribe Sues Interior Secretary for Denying Casino
Monticello, NY - The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe filed a lawsuit against U.S. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne, who had denied last week the tribe's land trust application for a casino at Mon...
Crown Heights, NY – Comedy Central, by Way of the Torah
Crown Heights, NY - AS usual, Mendy Pellin wore the traditional black coat and hat of a Hasid and sat on a high stool facing the camera. He read quickly through a page of notes, shook his head vigorou...
New Brunswick, NJ – Police Say They Misspoke, Damages Of Jewish Cemetery Considered Bias
New Brunswick, NJ - Authorities in New Brunswick are now investigating the desecration of graves in a local Jewish cemetery as a bias crime.A New Brunswick police spokesman initially said anti-Semitis...
West Hempstead, NY – Doctor’s Home Burns; Citations Follow
West Hempstead, NY - An obstetrician lost his house but saved his wife and six children from a fire that ravaged their home early Friday, and then got cited with building violations.
"Today was ...
Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY +Working Fire+
Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY +Working Fire+ Fire Department just got under control a working fire in a bakery on the first floor of a 3 story 20x60 structure at 4312 15th Avenue and 44th Street, all sea...
Winnipeg, Canada – U.S. Doctors Weigh In on Call to Remove Man from Life-Support
Winnipeg, Canada - Family members fighting to keep their 84-year-old father on life support were back in court yesterday hoping to convince a judge to hear new evidence in the case.
Samuel Golubchu...
New York, NY – US Stocks Tumble on Economic Fears
New York, NY - U.S. stocks fell as lower-than- estimated profit forecasts at American Express Co. and Tiffany & Co. heightened concern the economy is shrinking, and continued problems in the credi...
Chicago, IL – 57 Tombstones Spray-Painted at Jewish Cemetery
Chicago, IL - 57 headstones were defaced, spray-painted with swastikas anti-Semitic vandalism at the Westlawn Jewish cemetery, also some other symbols commonly associated with neo-Nazi hate groups.
...
New York – Orange County Home Sales Lowest Level in Decade
New York - Orange County single-family home sales fell last year to the lowest level in a decade, according to data released today.
Sales dropped to the lowest level since 2001 in Sullivan County, ...
Las Vegas, NV – CNN Reporter: Most Striking At CES Show, Is The Minyan By Jews.
Las Vegas, NV- Making your way around the convention center floor here in Las Vegas, one would think that the most striking thing would be the brightest and the loudest... the shiniest and the slicke...
Israel – Isreali Teacher Indicted For Molesting 29 Kids.
Israel - an Israeli court indicted today a charidi teacher Mr. Itzchak Boroviski who worked in a kindergarten, and also as a substitute teacher, and molested more then 29kids. details of the indictme...
Fort Lauderdale, FL – Judge: Chabad Synagogue Can Return to Storefront
Fort Lauderdale, FL - A federal judge ruled today that an Orthodox synagogue forced out in 2006 must be allowed to operate in Cooper City shopping areas.
Chabad of Nova, an outreach center now oper...
New Brunswick, NJ – Cops: Vandalism of 499 Tombstons in Jewish Cemetery Wasn’t Bias Crime
New Brunswick, NJ - Announcing the arrest of four juveniles in a devastating attack on a Jewish cemetery, investigators said the evidence points to an act of vandalism rather than a bias crime.
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Paterson, NJ +Reverse 911 System is Alerting Residents of Hazmat Incident+
Paterson, NJ - Emergency management authorities are warning residents and ordered a 5 mile shelter in place in Paterson and nearby Clifton about a possible hazmat incident ongoing now at a Paterson re...
New York, NY – NY Post Gossip Reporter Fabricates Anti-Semitic Story.
New York, NY - A couple of days ago the NY Post gossip page had a story that claimed that staffers at the Hotel Gansevoort’s in manhattan taunted a Spa participating jew wearing a yarmulke, eventuall...
Warsaw, Poland – Historian Shocks Poland with Charges of Ethnic Cleansing
Warsaw, Poland - Accusing Poland of having forced out Jews who survived the Holocaust, United States-based historian Jan Gross sparked a backlash ahead of the Friday launch of the Polish edition of hi...
