North Hempstead, NY – Yom Kippur Recognizers Given Parking Tickets. “Yom Kippur is not a town holiday,” Say Town Officials
North Hempstead, NY - Lysa Dyber thought that because of the Jewish holiday she would be exempt from getting a ticket yesterday when she parked near a "No Parking Except Sundays and Holidays" sign whi...
Greece +Plane Hijacked+
Athens, Greece - A Turkish commercial airliner has been hijacked in Greek airspace.
The plane had taken off from Tirana, Albania, and was destined for Istanbul. The plane has landed in the Italian...
Bnei Brak, Israel +Serious MVA+
Bnei Brak, Israel - A serious accident on Rechov Zabotinsky in Bnei Brak with a 70 year old man that was struck by a vehicle (after crossing the street in middle of the block) and is in critical condi...
Namibia, South Africa – Fugitive Ex-CEO of Comverse Technology Granted Bail
Namibia, South Africa - The fugitive former CEO of software company Comverse Technology Inc. in Long Island, NY was granted bail by a Namibian court Tuesday while he awaits extradition to the United S...
Iraq – Rabbi at Yom Kippur Service Prays: Next Year, Anywhere But in Grim Baghdad
Baghdad, Iraq - As the sun set on the holiest day on the Jewish calendar Monday night, the last rabbi in Baghdad sat down for his last Yom Kippur dinner in Iraq: a piece of cake and two glasses of mil...
Gaza Strip – Hamas Weighing Large-Scale Conflict Against Israel
Gaza Strip - Hamas has succeeded in smuggling "hundreds of tons" of weapons from Egypt into the Gaza Strip according to a report by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party.
The...
Williamsburg Bridge Traffic Alert
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY +Traffic Alert+ A stuck tractor trailer on the Manhattan bound of the Williamsburg Bridge is causing traffic delays in to the Island of Manhattan, NY. NYPD of the 90th Pct i...
Ramapo, NY – Towns Denial of Tax Break for Synagogue Upheld in Court
Ramapo, NY - The town's denial of a property-tax exemption for a synagogue's congregation that appeared to gain income from a rabbi's apartment was upheld in state Supreme Court.
Justice Thomas Di...
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY +B.Q.E. Traffic Alert+
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY +B.Q.E. Traffic Alert+ A disabled fully loaded dump truck on the west bound of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway at the Flushing Avenue entrance is causing heavy delays, NYPD o...
Rego Park, Queens, NY +Pedestrian Struck on Way Home from Synagogue+
Rego Park, Queens, NY +Pedestrian Struck on Way Home from Synagogue+ A man walking home tonight after Marriv from Shul, has been run over on Queens Boulevard and 67th Avenue.
NYPD of the 112th Pc...
Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY +Boy Attacked on Yom Kippur+
Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY +Boy Attacked on Yom Kippur+ Earlier today a gang of seven youths attacked and beat up a boy in front of 1559 Carroll Street between Schenectady and Troy Avenue, Hatzolah a...
Silver Spring, MD +House Fire Yom Kippur Night+
Silver Spring, MD +House Fire Yom Kippur Night+ A house on Lamberton Drive in Silver Spring, MD caught on fire Yom Kippur night, from holiday candles that were placed on a windowsill and turned over.T...
Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY +Men Held at Gunpoint+
Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY +Men Held at Gunpoint+ Sunday Yom Kippur night, two men walking on Nostrand Avenue near East 29th Street between Avenue "L" and "M" after leaving R' Sherrer's Synagogue were hel...
Manhattan, NY +FDR Drive Closed+
Manhattan, NY +FDR Drive Closed+ Due to a motor vehicle accident on the north bound lanes of the FDR Drive, NYPD has the roadway shutdown from 42nd Street up to 80th Street.
Brighton, Boston – Rabbi Ruffles Wrong Feathers
Brighton, Boston - The city is cracking down on the rabbi who ruffled feathers in his Brighton neighborhood by slaughtering dozens of chickens Erev Yom Kippur as part of a religious ritual and later ...
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Israel – High Alert as Yom Kippur Begins
Israel - Security forces were on high alert at sundown the beginning of the holiest Jewish holiday, Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
Defense officials reported 17 specific alerts about terrorist ...
Boston – Neighbor Calls Police after Waking Up This Morning and Seeing Caged Birds in Neighbor’s Back Yard
Boston - A flock of 63 caged chickens that will be slaughtered in Erev Yom Kippur ritual sparked an unusual investigation by city inspectors and animal-control officers after a neighbor complained the...
Towson, MD – Police Officer Claims Religious Discrimination By University
Towson, MD - A Towson University police officer an Orthodox Jew has been suspended from his job, in the holiest time of year for Jews -- the week between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
David Brown b...
New Jersey – Pedestrian Face Increased Peril
New Jersey - In the state, 748 people died in traffic accidents last year, up 3.5 percent from the 723 who died in 2004, and Ocean County had 41 recorded motor vehicle fatalities, according to the New...
