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New Orleans – Volunteers Clear Out Synagogue
New Orleans - College students start cleaning up the Beth Israel Synagogue, since Hurricane Katrina flooded it with more than 10 feet of water three months ago, and is the only New Orleans synagogue t...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Supreme Court Declines To Block Judgment Against PLO Over Deaths Of Jewish Couple
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to disturb a $116 million judgment against the Palestinian Authority and the PLO in the deaths of a Jewish couple near the West Bank.
The PLO and t...
Staten Island – Man Found Decapitated Body Near Synagogue That Might Be He’s Sons
Detectives from the 122nd Pct are investigating a murder of a decapitated and decomposing body of a man, that was found near 835 Forest Hill Road.
Police say the body may be linked to the case of a pe...
Fake Kosher Food Caught In Gaza
Israeli customs officials have seized a large shipment of fake kosher "Krembo" sweets being imported to Israel from the Gaza Strip, with forged kosher seals and certificates.
Customs staff normally s...
TEXAS – Investigation In The Murder-Suicide In A Synagogue May Never Be Solved.
TEXAS - Detectives say Eloise Evans walked into the B'Nai Israel synagogue Sunday morning, shot Zachary Weir once in the head and once in the torso, then shot herself in the chest.
Evans was estrange...
UN To Designate Today, January 27 As Annual Holocaust Day.
UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. General Assembly on Monday that designated January 27 as an annual commemoration day for the 6 million Jews and other victims murdered in the Nazi Holocaust during World War ...
First Rabbi Picked For Polish City in Krakow Since Holocaust.
WARSAW, Poland - The first rabbi to serve Krakow full time since the Holocaust has taken up his post, guiding a revival of Jewish life and helping a growing number of people through decades of communi...
Ukrainian To Ensure Free Entry To Chasidim
Kiev - The Ukrainian Government has instructed its Foreign Ministry to ensure entry permission to Chasidic pilgrims, citizens of Israel, at Borispol and Odessa airports in the period from October 1 to...
Kiryas Yoel, Monroe +Serious MVA+
Kiryas Yoel, Monroe +Serious MVA+ A serious accident at Bakertown Road and Israel Zupnick Drive near KJ Auto, Kiryas Yol Hatzolah on the scene requesting additional EMS from the Town of Monroe.
Quebec High Court Overturns Historic Get Ruling
The Quebec Court of Appeal has overturned a precedent-setting order that a man pay damages to his ex-wife for withholding a get despite having signed an agreement to appear before a Montreal rabbinica...
Bloomberg Appoints Liaison To City’s Jewish Day Schools
Mayor Bloomberg announced this week the appointment of Deputy Mayor Dennis Walcott to the newly created position of liaison to the city's Jewish day schools.
During a meeting with more than 100 Ortho...
Is Coke Kosher ?
IN the early 1930's, Rabbi Tobias Geffen of Congregation Shearith Israel in Atlanta approached Harold Hirsh, an attorney for the Coca-Cola Corporation, and told him he had to know what ingredients wer...
Moscow Rabbi Denied Re-entry To Russia
Moscow, The Russian border control on Tuesday refused entry to Russia to the chief rabbi of the Moscow Choral Synagogue, Pinchas Goldschmidt, after he flew in from Israel.
Moscow sources told Interfax...
FBI Release Report: Jihad Prevented in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, California -- According to an FBI affidavit unsealed recently, local police agencies uncovered an alleged plot while investigating a string of gas station robberies, that three men charge...
Southeast, NY, — To Forgive For The Rabbi Or Not To That Is The Question.
Southeast, NY, -- THE legal case of the Rabbi of Congregation Sons of Israel was closed on Sept. 14. The misdemeanor charges against him for possession of marijuana were dropped. For driving with abil...
Shofar Blowing Contest
Eleven days before Rosh Hashana, New York's first Great Shofar Blast Off yesterday tooted, bellowed and cried through tiny Herald Square Park. One by one, some of the nation's most seasoned blowers of...
NETZARIM, Palestinians Take Over Jewish Settlements And Smash Up Gaza Synagogue
NETZARIM, Gaza Strip -- Palestinian police stood by helplessly as crowds of Palestinian triumphant youths smashed the windows of a synagogue in a former Jewish settlement and tried to set on fire an...
New York — Small Rally Near The United Nations.
New York -- On Monday a small rally of more than 40 Orthodox Jews stood near the United Nations building, some holding placards saying "Torah Forbids Any Jewish State", One held a placard with a Pale...
Abe Hirschfeld Dies
Eccentric multi-millionaire Abe Hirschfeld is dead at age 85. A family spokesman says that Hirschfeld, who made his fortune, building parking lots and health clubs after immigrating to the United Stat...
Jewish Group Seeks Nation’s Top Shofar Blower At The “Great Shofar Blast-Off”
NEW YORK, NY — The search is on for the best shofar blower in America.
The NJOP is inviting amateur and professional shofar blowers to enter the "Great Shofar Blast-Off" competition for a chance to w...