| Calgary, Canada – Cops Investigating Anti-Semitic Graffiti on Holocaust Memorial Posted: 15 Nov 2009 08:16 PM PST Calgary, Canada – Police are hoping to catch the culprits who sprayed anti-Semitic slogans on or near the Calgary Jewish Centre. Racist slogans were sprayed on a Holocaust War Memorial and on the facility at 90 Ave. and Jerusalem Rd. S.W. The vandalism is believed to have happened sometime last night. The vandals also struck at another Jewish [...]  |
| Baltimore, MD – Mayor Dixon Attends Shomrim vs. Baltimore City Police Department Football Game Posted: 15 Nov 2009 08:36 PM PST Baltimore, MD – Mayor Dixon and Baltimore City Police Department Commissioner Frederick Bealefeld joined Baltimore City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Baltimore City Councilwoman Rikki Spector, State Delegate Sandy Rosenberg, and Baltimore City Orphan‟s Court Judge Karen Friedman at the annual Shomrim vs Baltimore City Police Department Northwest District flag football game at Northwestern High School. [...]  |
| Brooklyn, NY – Photo Gallery Of Chabad Annual Kinus Hashluchim Posted: 15 Nov 2009 08:33 PM PST Brooklyn, NY -At the Bedford Armory in Brooklyn, the annual Chabad Shluchim Convention is currently happening live. over 4,000 Chabad rabbis and hundreds of admirers are enjoying an evening of inspiration and reinvigoration, under the watchful eyes of national and international media both Jewish and non-Jewish. Below is more than 400 photos that was just taken, [...]  |
| New York, NY – Council Set to Ease Parking Restrictions, Over Mayor's Objections Posted: 15 Nov 2009 03:49 PM PST New York, NY – Reacting to outrage over a perceived ticket blitz, the City Council will vote Monday to ease several parking restrictions, setting up a showdown with Mayor Michael Bloomberg. "This is a message to the mayor that we won't tolerate over-aggressive traffic agents," said Councilman Peter Vallone (D-Astoria). One measure would create a five-minute grace [...]  |
| Albany, NY – Governor Paterson to Kill New License Plate Requirement, If… Posted: 15 Nov 2009 03:58 PM PST Albany, NY – The rallying cry of "no new plates" has apparently reached the ears of New York's top elected officials. The governor's office a Press release said today that Governor David A. Paterson has intention to eliminate the State's new license plate requirement if, prior to the release of his 2010-11 Executive Budget, the Legislature [...]  |
| Jerusalem – Zionist Rabbi: Shabbos Protests Important Posted: 15 Nov 2009 01:38 PM PST Jerusalem – Rabbi Aryeh Stern, the religious Zionist candidate for Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, said that it was important to protest the desecration of the Sabbath, but that any such protests must be conducted in a non-violent manner. Relatiing to the protests by hareidi-religious Jews outside the Intel plant on Saturday and their insistence that the [...]  |
| Israel – Government Approves Plan to Fight Teenage Drinking Posted: 15 Nov 2009 12:55 PM PST Israel – The government has approved a plan submitted by Internal Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch to fight drinking among teenagers. The plan limits the sale of alcohol between 11 pm and 7 am, and bans public drinking between these hours. In addition, officers will be permitted to confiscate alcoholic beverages from underage persons. Minister Silvan Shalom, who [...]  |
| London – Margaret Thatcher Dead? Posted: 15 Nov 2009 11:29 AM PST London – A text message about a pet's death sparked a rumor that ex-British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had died – and set off a flurry of diplomatic activity in Canada. Canadian Transport Minister John Baird sent a text message to phone buddies that read, "Thatcher has died" – a reference to his 16-year-old tabby cat. But [...]  |
| Israel- Barkat: Intel Working in Jerusalem for 24 Years in Current Framework, No Change In It Posted: 15 Nov 2009 10:50 AM PST Israel – Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat on Sunday evening expressed his unequivocal support of Intel's continued activity in the capital, which experienced a violent demonstration on Saturday of haredim opposed to the factory's work on Shabbat. Haredim protest Shabbat work at Intel factory in Jerusalem "I am a believer in the status quo and coexistence within the [...]  |
| Des Moines, IA – Rabbi Draws Orthodox To Live Here Posted: 15 Nov 2009 10:41 AM PST Des Moines, IA – Rabbi Aaron Schwarzbaum remembers the reaction three years ago after telling his congregation he wanted to lure 250 Orthodox Jewish families to Des Moines. At least one person at Beth El Jacob Synagogue thought the goal was overly optimistic by about 249. "Just bring one," somebody blurted out. It isn't as easy as it [...]  |
| Jerusalem – Mumps Outbreak at Yeshiva Posted: 15 Nov 2009 10:16 AM PST Jurusalem – A mumps outbreak has hit the Or Shmuel Yeshiva at Givat Shaul in Jerusalem, according to Yisrael HaYom. Fifteen of the yeshiva's 120 students have already contracted the disease. The first case was discovered about a month ago, and three weeks later, three more cases were diagnosed. Yeshiva sources said that some of the boys [...]  |
| Buffalo, NY – City Landlords Profit by Doing Right Posted: 15 Nov 2009 09:23 AM PST Buffalo, NY – Buffalo's stock of depressed housing has seen its share of hard knocks. Beckoned by rock-bottom home prices, out-of-town investors have scooped up dirt-cheap properties looking for a quick profit. Too often, the results have been disastrous for both the city and the investors themselves — overpriced, under-renovated flips; mortgage fraud; tenants living in [...]  |
| Perth, Australia – 65 Years After His Sons Murder, Fathers Collecting Evidence Pays Off in Hungary Posted: 15 Nov 2009 09:07 AM PST Perth, Australia – The envelope was postmarked Budapest, Aug. 25, 2004, and it arrived in my Jerusalem office about a week later. It contained more than a dozen yellowing pages detailing a decades-old murder in the Hungarian capital. According to witness statements included with the letter, Peter Balazs, an 18-year-old Jew, was tortured and beaten to [...]  |
| Jerusalem – Intel to Remain Open on Sabbath Despite Charedi Protests Posted: 15 Nov 2009 09:03 AM PST Jerusalem – Intel says it has no plans to close a factory in Jerusalem on Saturdays, despite violent protests by ultra-Orthodox Jews who accuse the chip maker of desecrating the Jewish Sabbath. Intel spokesman Kobi Bachar says the factory has operated on Saturdays for more than 20 years and it will continue to do so. About 1,500 [...]  |
| New York City – Hidden Deathtraps: Illegally Apartments Still Run Rampant in NYC, Inspectors Denied Entry At Borough Park Brothel Posted: 15 Nov 2009 07:36 AM PST New York City – Each year, for the past three years, the city has received more than 20,000 complaints about illegal apartments. Half of those investigations were closed without the Buildings Department ever being able to set foot inside, records show. A fire that ripped through a maze-like warren in Woodside, Queens, on Nov. 7 and [...]  |
| New York City – The Most Powerful Woman in NYC You've Never Heard of Posted: 15 Nov 2009 07:13 AM PST New York City – Patti Harris is Mayor Bloomberg's top deputy – a longtime confidant so close to Hizzoner she picked out his burial plot and decides which charities get his gazillions. The way Bloomberg tells it, he never would have made it to City Hall without Harris. Her power and influence are so sweeping, she's [...]  |
| Albany, NY – Feds To Probe Low Milk Prices Paid to NY Farmers Posted: 15 Nov 2009 07:17 AM PST Albany, NY – A top antitrust investigator from the U.S. Justice Department is investigating why New York farmers are getting record low payments for milk and consumers are seeing just a fraction of the savings. Sen. Charles Schumer is scheduled to announce the effort Sunday. It follows his request for a probe after his office released [...]  |
| Jerusalem – Report: Missing Iranian General Held in Israel Posted: 15 Nov 2009 06:49 AM PST Jerusalem – An Iranian website reported Sunday that Iranian General Ali Reza Asgari who defected to the West is being held in prison in Israel. According to the report, an investigation by Iranian security officials showed that "Asgari was kidnapped by the Mossad in cooperation with the British and German intelligence services, and was ultimately transferred [...]  |
| Jerusalem – Hero Nanny Still Watches Over Boy She Saved During Mumbai Terror Attack Posted: 15 Nov 2009 06:21 AM PST Jerusalem – At first glance, Moshe Holtzberg looks like any happy boy on the brink of his third birthday. Messy lunches and tons of playtime is how the lovable tot spends his time with his grandparents and nanny living in Afula, Israel. But Moshe is far from normal. He is a living miracle. Last year, a group of [...]  |
| New York – Hackers Take Over Private E-mails of Accused Holocaust Denier David Irving Posted: 15 Nov 2009 06:52 AM PST New York – A group identifying themselves as "anti-fascist hackers" broke into the web site and AOL e-mail account of controversial British historian and accused Holocaust-denier David Irving and obtained his private communications as well as attendee lists for his current U.S. speaking tour. The hackers posted Irving's e-mail correspondence online, as well as the user [...]  |
| Brooklyn, NY – Military Armory Transformed for Chabad Kinus Hashluchim Posted: 15 Nov 2009 06:56 AM PST Brooklyn, NY – The non-descript building occupying a square block on Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn, draws little attention of passersby and local residents. But this Sunday evening, thousands will file into the Troop C Armory for the banquet session, concluding the International Conference of Shluchim. When Lieutenant Paul Grout petitioned the Ways and Means Committee [...]  |
| Bethel, NY – Chasidic Group Reach Settlement With Town Over Construction of New Shul Posted: 15 Nov 2009 07:26 AM PST Bethel, NY – A Hasidic group has reached a settlement with the Town of Bethel in an ongoing dispute over a shul, whereby it will pay the town $20,000 for road improvements, submit new plans and consent to further inspections. Bethel has agreed to grant the United Talmudical Academy a six-month temporary certificate of occupancy for [...]  |
| New York – VINDAF VIEWS: Bava Basra 86 Contradictory Gemorahs Posted: 15 Nov 2009 05:49 AM PST New York – At times we find a sugya repeated in two different mesechtos – yet with slight differences. In one mesechta we might find that a question remains unresolved. But when the sugya appears in the other Mesechta we may find that there is an answer. The question arises as to [...]  |
