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Caracas – Tens Of Thousands Protest Chavez In Venezuela
Caracas, Venezuela — Tens of thousands marched through Venezuela's capital on Saturday to protest what they call growing authoritarianism by President Hugo Chavez.
A few thousand of the president's...
New York – J Street Working Its Self To Become a Powerhouse
New York - J Street announced Tuesday that it would be launching field operations around America to encourage grassroots activists to become involved in shaping local debates on Israel and US Middle E...
New York – Arabs And Muslims Among J Street Donors
New York - The J Street political action committee has received tens of thousands of dollars in donations from dozens of Arab and Muslim Americans, as well as from several individuals connected to org...
New York – Secret Bank Accounts: No More
New York - The days of secret bank accounts are numbered for U.S. taxpayers and European tax dodgers should also watch out after the United States and Swiss bank UBS AG agreed to settle a tax evasion ...
Albany, NY – Passions Remain High as Child Victims Act Is Derailed
Albany, NY - Assemblywoman Margaret M. Markey was rushed to an Albany hospital on June 23, the last day of the Assembly's session, and was held overnight for observation with symptoms later diagnosed ...
Jerusalem – Orthodox Youngsters Have Something To Say, But Lack The Means To Do It
Jerusalem - What I’m about to write was to be expected, but it’s also as appropriate as it gets: The obvious comparison between the suppression of the Orthodox protests in Jerusalem (despite the many ...
Tehran, Iran – Tens of Thousands Rally To Mourn Those Killed In Protests
Tehran, Iran - Tens of thousands of Mirhossein Mousavi's backers, wearing black and carrying candles, rallied in Tehran on Thursday to mourn those killed in mass protests against an election the defea...
Manhattan, NY – NYC Opens Trendy Park In Meatpacking District
Manhattan, NY - An elevated railway line which once carried freight over the tough streets of New York's Meatpacking District reopened Monday as the city's newest and trendiest park.
Snaking on tre...
Albany, NY – Albany Coup: Two Democrats Join Republicans to Topple Smith as Senate Leader [Video]
Albany, NY - In a dramatic late afternoon overthrow of the Senate leadership, Senate Republicans joined by two dissident Democrats took control of the upper chamber and installed Sen. Pedro Espada as ...
Lebanon – Blow To Iran Syria, As Pro U.S. Group Wins Election
Lebanon - An anti-Syrian coalition defeated Hezbollah and its main Christian ally Michel Aoun in Lebanon's parliamentary election on Sunday, sources on both sides said.
If confirmed, the result wou...
Albany – New York Teen Drivers to Face New, Tough Limits
Albany - A measure to enact tough, new restrictions on teenage drivers is suddenly rolling through the Assembly after languishing there for months and now is poised to pass both legislative houses bef...
Washington – Supreme Court Rules Suspects Can Be Interrogated Without Lawyer
Washington - The Supreme Court on Tuesday made it easier for the police and prosecutors to question suspects, lifting some restrictions on when defendants can be interrogated without their lawyers pre...
Washington – Obama to Give Palestinian Aid Even if Hamas Joins Government
Washington - The Obama administration has asked Congress to let aid to Palestinians continue if Hamas backers are included in a new unity government.
The proposed change in U.S. law would be necessar...
London – Building The Most Expensive School In England Under Way And It’s Jewish?
London - The construction of the UK's most expensive state school, for children from the Jewish population, is being marked with a ground-breaking ceremony.
The Schools Secretary for England, Ed Ball...
Jerusalem – U.S. Israeli Terror Victims Sue North Korea
Jerusalem - US citizens in Israel injured by Hezbollah rockets on Friday sued North Korea seeking more than 100 million dollars, saying the communist state assisted the Lebanese Shiite group.
Hezbo...
Iran – Biblical City of Shushan a Garbage Dump
Iran - Iranians have turned a huge excavation site in the city of Shush, site of "Susa," the ancient city of Shushan -- center of the events in the Purim story -- into a garbage dump.
Culture heri...
Brooklyn, NY – Red Flags Raised by Rep. Weiner’s ‘earmarks’ To Sephardic Foundation
Brooklyn, NY - Rep. Anthony Weiner is directing $238,000 of this year's federal budget to a Brooklyn nonprofit whose backers have showered him with campaign contributions, records show.
At least fo...
Tel Aviv, Israel – Haredim Enraged by Mayor for Choosing a Shabbat Desecrator Sponsor for Culture Event
Tel Aviv, Israel - Tel Aviv will be marking its 100th anniversary in April, and the city has launched a year's worth of special cultural events celebrating the city's founders, character, prominent fi...
Washington – JTA Report: The O.U. Has An Open Door In The White House
Washington - As a strong backer of President Bush's faith-based initiative, the Orthodox Union's Nathan Diament was no stranger at the White House during the past eight years. At several meetings he w...
Chicago, IL – Rahm’s Rabbi Speaks: Chicago Synogogue’s Leader Gives His Take on New Chief of Staff
Chicago, IL - Rep. Rahm Emanuel, recently named President-elect Barack Obama’s new White House chief of staff, has a reputation as a hard-nosed political operator who won’t take no for an answer — he’...