Orange County, NY – Commuters Have 2nd Longest Travel Time
Orange County, NY - The U.S. Census Bureau has tagged the county as having the second highest percentage of workers in the country who commute more than 90 minutes to their jobs. Only Richmond County ...
Brooklyn, NY – NYPD Officer Arrested Over Walfare Fraud
Brooklyn, NY - A rookie cop broke the law by collecting $7,000 in welfare benefits while on the job.
Officer Julie Sullivan, 32, assigned to downtown Brooklyn's 84th Precinct, was arrested, becaus...
Ekaterinburg, Russia – Jewish Community Protest Hitler Restaurant
Ekaterinburg, Russia - Jewish leaders in a Russian region are protesting against the use of Adolf Hitler’s name by a new pub. The pub, set to open soon, is named Hitler Kaput.
In a letter to the may...
Washington, DC – U.S. Population Hits 300 Million
Washington, DC - The nation's population officially hit 300 million. The Census Bureau recorded the moment at 7:46 a.m. EDT. Census Bureau workers will enjoy cake and punch.
The Census Bureau has a...
West Nyack, NY +NYS Thruway Traffic Alert+
Rockland County, West Nyack, NY +NYS Thruway Traffic Alert+ Traffic on the southbound lanes of the New York State Thruway is backed up a few miles due to a motor vehicle accident with injuries in the ...
Lakewood, NJ +Car Into Lake+
Lakewood, NJ +Car Into Lake+ Police, Fire Department and Hatzolah all responded to a vehicle that drove into the lake on Central Avenue with aided in the vehicle, all occupants were extricated no one ...
Randolph, NJ – Holocaust Survivor to Donate Special Gift
Randolph, NJ - A Parsippany man who survived the Holocaust in Poland will donate a survivor Torah to the Mount Freedom Jewish Center. It's one of nine holy scrolls once hidden from the Nazis that he f...
Wesley Hills, NY +Synagogue Vandalized+
Wesley Hills, NY - Police are investigation the defacing of a synagogue on Lime Kiln Road. Congregation Kehillas Bais Yehudah had been vandalized with swastikas that were spray-painted on the buildin...
Five Towns, NY +Worker at Kosher Meat Market Arrested for Identity Theft+
Five Towns, NY - A 31-year-old woman from Springfield Gardens, Queens, was arrested for identity theft, possession of a forged instrument and criminal possession of computer material at the Five Towns...
Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY +Fire at Yshivah+
Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY +Fire at Yshivah+ A fire in the 4 story brick Beis Yakov Yshivah building at 5610 12th Avenue between 56th and 57th Street's Fire Department on the scene reporting fire is D...
Acco, Israel – Yeshiva Under Arab Siege at Simchas Torah Celebration
Acco, Israel - Hundreds of rioting Arabs surrounded a yeshiva in Acco while Yeshiva students were holding Simchat Torah processions in the area, the Arabs were preventing the students from leaving the...
Washington, DC – U.S. Confrims on N. Korea Nuke Test
Washington, DC - Air samples confirm that North Korea conducted an underground nuclear test, National Intelligence Director John Negroponte's office said.
Lawrence, NY – School Bus Plays Favorites
Lawrence, NY - Every school day, thousands of students living in the Lawrence district board buses heading to six local public schools and 69 private ones, some as far away as Crown Heights, Brooklyn....
Israel – Ultra-Orthodox Spend Less Per Capita on Food
Israel - A new study shows that the expenditure per capita on food in the charedi ultra-orthodox sector is currently NIS 384 a month, 25% lower the NIS 509 spent on food by the general population, acc...
Brooklyn, NY +Hatzolah Member Involved in MVA+
Brooklyn, NY +Hatzolah Member Involved in MVA+ A motor vehicle accident involving an Hatzolah member on Coney Island Avenue and Avenue "N" Hatzolah ambulance transported one aided and FDNY treated one...
Brooklyn, NY +Suspicious Device on Brooklyn Bridge+
Brooklyn, NY +Suspicious Device on Brooklyn Bridge+ DOT on the scene with a suspicious package on the Brooklyn Bridge requesting ESU from Brooklyn and Manhattan to respond.
New York, NY – FAA Limits Flights Along New York City’s East River
New York, NY - The federal authorities have baned low altitude flights along New York's East River in the wake of the small plane that crashed into a building on the upper East Side of the city killin...
Manhattan, NY +Traffic A Mess with Manhattan Bridge Closure+
Manhattan, NY - Today is the first weekday in which traffic of the lower level of the Manhattan bridg is closed, officials are giving the lower roadway of the nearly 100-year-old bridge a facelift, th...
New York – Police Will Be Enforcing School Bus Rules
New York - Police will be watching school buses to ensure drivers stop when children are getting on or off.
The crackdown is part of the statewide "Operation Safe Stop" The state estimates that 5...
Melbourne ,Australia – Man Assaulted on Simchas Torah
Melbourne ,Australia - AN ultra-Orthodox man spent the night in a Melbourne hospital after being physically and verbally assaulted in an antisemitic attack.
Menachem Vorchheimer who runs a textile...