Jerusalem – 11 Charedim Indicted for Rioting
Jerusalem - The District Prosecution filed rioting charges against 11 of the capital's ultra-Orthodox residents – five minors and six adults – who took part in the riots which erupted in the city earl...
Albany, NY – Senate Fight Turns Into Criminal Claim
Albany, NY - The Republican-dominated faction claiming control of the New York Senate says a Democrat-appointed official doctored the original, official minutes of the session three weeks ago when the...
Israel – 20 Hotels Sign Modesty Code to Attract Charedi Guests
Israel - The television will be closed in the closet, internet connections will be offered only to married couples, and there will be an option to separate the beds. These are some of the services som...
Trenton, NJ – Supreme Court: Child Custody Doesn’t Have to be Decided Before a Judge
Trenton, NJ - Couples getting a divorce can decide who gets custody of their children outside of court through mediation, the state Supreme Court said today.
The unanimous decision expands on a 1997 ...
Avon, CO – Colorado Newspaper Apologizes for ‘Jewish descent’ Description
Avon, CO - The Vail Daily last week took the brunt of a well-deserved public beat-down for publishing a sheriff’s department press release in which a witness to a home break-in in Edwards described a ...
Los Angeles, CA – Feds: American Apparel Hired 1,800 Illegal Workers
Los Angeles, CA - American Apparel whose founder Dov Charney has been a vocal advocate of immigration reform, has been told by the United States government that 1,800 of its employees are working ille...
New York City – NY Supreme Court: Injured Pedestrian Can Pursue Lawsuit Against Owner Of Illegally Parked Car
New York City - A Brooklyn woman who was injured when she stepped into a pothole while exiting a bus may pursue a negligence action against the owners of two cars that allegedly parked in the bus stop...
New York – Chilling Court Recordings of the Mumbai Terrorist
New York - The British Channel Four has published segments of the first interrogation of Mumbai terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab, the sole terrorist who remained alive and revealed the kidnappers conversati...
New York – Rabbi Steven Weil New OU Executive Takes Helm Of Largest Orthodox Organization
New York - More than a year after the announcement of his appointment, and three months following his arrival in his new office in New York, Rabbi Steven Weil, today, July 1, 2009, officially assumes ...
Israel – Law Passes to Increase Funding for Charedi Education
Israel - The Nahari law, intended to increase funding for Haredi education, passed an initial vote in the Knesset today.
The law was introduced by United Torah Judaism, and has the support of the c...
Albany, NY – A Governor That Fumbles And Bumbles
Albany, NY - Gov. Bumble rolled into the circus to squirt cold water on the bad senators who were ru ining his day and keeping him up here in the state capital well past happy hour.
David Paterson,...
Berlin – Germany May Rehabilitate Nazi ‘Traitors’
Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition plans to pass a law that would rehabilitate all the people branded as traitors by the Nazis in World War Two, a leading conservative said on Tuesda...
New York – Ruth Off The Hook
New York - Ruth Madoff is in the clear -- for now.
Ruth will not be prosecuted for the massive Ponzi scheme that won her husband Bernard Madoff a 150-year prison sentence, sources told The Post yes...
Brooklyn, NY – 100’s Attened Emotional Levay’a Of Pious Plumber and His Son Who Perished in a Toxic Well
Brooklyn, NY - Sobs and unspeakable sadness enveloped a Brooklyn family Tuesday as they bid farewell to a father and son killed in a freak cesspool accident at a Queens sewage plant.
"What can you ...
Brooklyn, NY – Williamsburg Experienced a Rash of Burglaries This Week
Williamsburg, NY - No wonder they call it Williams-BURG!
Burglars ransacked the Southside, East Williamsburg, and Bushwick this week, raiding at least 16 residences between June 22 and June 28, pol...
Moroni, Comoros – Yemeni Plane Crash: Father Tells How Girl Survivor Was Saved by God
Moroni,
Comoros - The "miracle" child survivor of the Yemenia Air crash off the Comoros Islands who was "ejected" from the plane into the Indian Ocean could not swim and did not have a life jacket, h...
New York, NY – NYPD: High-Profile Buildings Need Tighter Security
New York, NY - The New York Police Department has published a new report advising managers and developers of high-profile buildings to take more steps to guard against terrorist attacks.
Police off...
London – Gas Explosion Injuries One and Damages Shop Belonging to Jewish Property Owner
London - An explosion has ripped through a building's flat in north London. Firefighters rushed to the blast this morning and rescued a man who was taken to hospital suffering from burns.
Residents f...
Brooklyn, NY – Witness: Subway Rider Cursed Anti-Semitic Slurs Against Hasidic Cop
Brooklyn, NY - The city's first Hasidic cop was excoriated in a anti-Semitic rant by a dog-loving subway passenger who allegedly refused to place her sick pet in an animal carrier, sources and a witne...
Washington – U.S. Reapproves Loan Guarantees With Israel
Washington - The Israeli Finance Ministry announced today that the United States re-approved its Israel loan guarantees program launched in 2002 to help the country deal with a crippling recession cau...