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Los Angeles, CA – Traffic Changes Headaches For Community, And Relation With Mayor
Los Angeles, CA - Pico Boulevard that has become this city’s central Jewish shopping district, is under the threat of a new city-mandated traffic plan looming over the area, and now many fear that wh...
New York, NY – Mayor Bloomberg Vetoes Section 8 Bill
New York, NY - Mayor Bloomberg vetoed a City Council bill that would have forced private landlords to accept Section 8.
While the attempt to protect tenants against discrimination is "well-inten...
New York, NY – NYPD Beefs Up Security at Jewish Institutions After Threat
New York, NY - The NYPD has beefed up patrols at the Israeli mission and consulate and is monitoring synagogues and schools after a recent threat from the militant group Hezbollah.
Hezbollah and its...
Israel – Israel To Get “smarter” U.S.-Made Bombs Than Saudis
Israel - The United States has agreed in principle to provide Israel with better "smart bombs" than those it plans to sell Saudi Arabia under a regional defense package, senior Israeli security source...
Montreal, Canada – Panel on Immigrant Relations Adds to Din of Discord
Montreal, Canada - After a political opponent took up anti-immigrant as his cause, Premier Jean Charest of Quebec responded by creating a commission to discuss immigration concerns. But rather than qu...
Hollywood FL – Ben Gamla Charter Hebrew School, Separation Of Church And State debate.
Hollywood FL - Two approved changes to a Hebrew-language charter school contract turned into a standing-room-only debate Tuesday on whether the taxpayer-funded school violates the U.S. Constitution's ...
New York – Banker Plans Jewish al-Jazeera Rival.
New York - Russian banker-turned-politician is planning to launch a global Jewish TV network to rival Al-Jazeera, the Evening Standard has learned.
Vladimir Sloutsker, a senator in the upper house o...
Vilnius, Lithuania – Power Struggle Heats Up Over Restitution
Vilnius, Lithuania - Here in the former home of the Vilna Gaon, two rabbis have been battling for three years for control of the city's lone synagogue.
Now one of them -- Rabbi Sholom Ber Krinsky, a C...
Orangeburg, SC – Presidential Candidate Obama Caught Off Guard On Israel Question.
Orangeburg, SC - In yesterdays presidential candidates debate hosted By Brian Williams Of MSNBC, Barack Obama did just walk right into a trap he set.
Brian Asked Obama to name America's three most im...
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY – Synagogue Firefight Deemed Suspicious
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY - Fire marshals are probing two suspicious early-morning blazes at the soon-to-be-completed synagogue that will serve as the new Williamsburg headquarters of the Satmar Hasi...
Monticello, NY – Owners of Apollo Plaza Mall Owe More Than $1 Million in Taxes
Monticello, NY - The broken-down Apollo Plaza mall has sat moldering in the shadow of the Sullivan County landfill since the village shut it down in 2003. And either developers Sam Backer, Uri Nussbau...
Williamsburg, Brooklyn – Rabbe Aron’s Hasidim Head Home
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY - Sect-based sibling rivalry subsided into a quiet Saturday night as seething Satmars parted ways.
Although there was no resolution to the conflict over which of two brothe...
New York City, NY – Mayor Nixes Idea Of Escape Lift
New York City, NY - A company promoting an escape apparatus for high-rise disasters has run into high-level resistance from Mayor Bloomberg.
The escape system would be a backup if elevators and sta...