Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY – Does Hasidim’s Political Clout Help Them Stay Clear of Synagogue Violations?
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY - It's been almost a year since the 17,000-square-foot makeshift synagogue building on Kent Avenue in South Williamsburg, was thrown up in a kind of urban barn-raising (200 ...
New York, NY – Mayor Bloomberg Run For President, Will Face A Jewish Issue.
New York, NY - He's from New York, an independent and Jewish. If New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg runs for the White House, he will face those three issues, any one of which could sink a presidential ...
Manhattan, NY +Hanging at Sewer Plant+
Manhattan, NY +Hanging at Sewer Plant+ NYPD ESU have been notified by DEP to assist with a victim who hung himself at the D.E.P. Sewer Plant at 7 Wards Island.
Poland – Polish PM Outburst’s With Anger On Germany For Starting the Second World War.
Poland - The Polish PM has stunned European leaders today with an astonishing attack on Germany for starting the Second World War.
In a spectacularly undiplomatic outburst, he said his country was l...
Meah Shearim , Israel – Haredim for the Environment.
Meah Shearim, Israel - A typical haredi apartment building too often has an entrance area full of strollers, bicycles in various states of decay thrown all around, and in the summer, sticky popsicle ...
Oakland, CA – Holocaust Survivor Fatally Hit by Train
Oakland, CA - Lucie Buchbinder, who escaped the Holocaust during World War II and later became a life-long advocate for fair housing policies, died after she apparently stepped across the tracks at Ja...
Brooklyn, NY – Controversial Caller ID Spoofing Company
Originally Posted 6/20/07 @ 9:45 AM
Brooklyn, NY - Caller ID Spoofing, an innovative new system that allows one to call anonymously from any phone, is a local Brooklyn company making big waves with i...
Novosibirsk, Russia – Publisher of Newspaper Sentenced to Prison for Inciting Anti-Semitism
Novosibirsk, Russia - A court sentenced the publisher of a local newspaper to prison for inciting anti-Semitism.Editor and publisher Igor Kolodzenko already had two suspended sentences on his record f...
Catskills Region, NY – 17B Trafiic Alert.
Traffic Alert!
Catskills Region, NY - A short stretch of Route 17B in the Town of Thompson will be closed tomorrow morning while telephone workers reroute overhead lines, the state Department of Tran...
Jerusalem, Israel – Police Caught Man with Makeshift Bomb
Jerusalem, Israel - Police forces detained a resident of the Orthodox Mea Shearim neighborhood in Jerusalem for carrying a makeshift bomb on Jaffa Street.The suspect said his plan was to deter people ...
Sea Cliff, NY – Owner Loses Anti-Semitism Bias Suit.
Sea Cliff, NY - A federal jury Wednesday found that a former mayor and a former trustee of the Village of Sea Cliff had not acted illegally against the owner of a coffee bar and sushi restaurant who s...
New York, NY – In a Last-Ditch Effort Spitzer Presses Silver on Congestion Study
New York, NY - In a last-ditch effort to resuscitate a congestion pricing bill that Assembly Democrats said was as good as dead Tuesday, Governor Spitzer met with the Speaker of the Assembly, She...
New York, NY – Woman Allegedly Stole 1.2 Million In Jewelry.
New York, NY - A woman was busted for allegedly stealing more than $1.2 million in diamonds and other precious gems from a Midtown jeweler.
Dina Garfinkel's relationship with Takat Gems on West 47th...
Washington, DC – Some Members of Congress to Oppose Giving any More Money to Abbas
Washington, DC - The dramatic split of Gaza and the West Bank into two political entities could reignite long-simmering divisions in the American Jewish community and put them on the spot.
Jewish l...
Brooklyn, NY – Disgraced Judge Convicted of Bribery Loses Bid for Prison Delay
Brooklyn, NY - An appellate judge ruled Wednesday that convicted disgraced ex-Supreme Court Justice Gerald P. Garson of Brooklyn must go to prison even as he appeals his three- to 10-year sentence for...
Brooklyn, NY +Belt Parkway Traffic Alert+
Brooklyn, NY +Belt Parkway Traffic Alert+ A serious motor vehicle accident involving multiple vehicles and a motorcyclist that's down on the westbound lanes of the Belt Parkway and Bay 8th Street...
Bayville, NY – Parents Could End Up in Prison for Kids Playing Loudly In Pool
Posted: 12:57
Bayville, NY - A Long Island couple could go to jail after they were ordered to keep their young daughters quiet.
William and Rachel Poczatek, who live in the village of Bayville, wer...
Jerusalem, Israel – Police Arrests 15 Haredi Protesters
Jerusalem, Israel - Hundreds of protesters were still on the streets in the Meah Shearim neighborhood after midnight.
Police was using high pressure water pipes to disperse the protesters, who were ...
Monsey, NY – Day Camp Fined Maximum in Fatal Accident
Monsey, NY - A day camp was fined the maximum by the Board of Health today for failing to properly supervise a 12-year-old girl who left the camp unnoticed and was hit by a car and killed last summer...
New Jersey – Assembly Passes Religious Accommodation Bills.
New Jersey - Five bills guaranteeing a broad range of accommodations for religiously observant people passed the New Jersey State Assembly by wide margins, The bills cover accommodations for observant...
