Another Holocaust Claims Conference Schemer Convicted

Posted on: October 11th, 2012

Another participant in the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany scandal has admitted her role in that $57 million scheme to approve nearly 5,000 fraudulent applications, resulting in pay-outs to applicants who did not qualify for the programs.

MTA Sneaks In Free Speech Restrictions, Bypassing Court Ruling Favoring Anti-Jihad Ad

Posted on: September 30th, 2012

These new regulations were announced on Thursday, just three days after the American Freedom Defense Initiative ads were put up with court approval.

While in NYC, Bibi Devours Traditional Jewish Food

Posted on: September 30th, 2012

While staying at a Manhattan hotel, on Friday the Israeli prime minister made a phone "to go" purchase from Pomegranate.

Egyptian Reporter Defaces Subway ‘Anti-Savage’ Ad, Sprays an Opponent, Gets Arrested (Video)

Posted on: September 28th, 2012

Eltahawy was arrested Wednesday evening, September 26, in a New York City subway station because she insisted free speech included her right to deface an ad espousing a message with which she disagreed -- Pamela Geller's anti-Jihad ad. She also insisted her free speech right extended to spraying toxic paint on a woman, Pamela Hall, who tried to interfere with Eltahawy's efforts to deface Geller's ad. And then Eltahawy blamed Hall for interfering with her free speech rights and accused the arresting police officers of interfering with her "non-violent" protest, thereby engaging in anti-democratic activity.

Caroline Starkman Is Reunited with her Family

Posted on: September 20th, 2012

Rabbi Shmuel Goldin has just posted an announcement on Facebook...

Groups Blast NY Hotel for Offering Hospitality to Iranian President Ahmadinejad

Posted on: September 9th, 2012

A growing rumble of protest against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s upcoming welcome in New York has led activist groups to take aim at the New York hotel the leader regularly inhabits during his US stays. The Warwick New York is set to provide a luxury suite to Ahmadinejad when he arrives  to address the United [...]

Tornadoes Tear Through New York City

Posted on: September 9th, 2012

Two tornadoes touched down on the edges of New York City in the morning on Saturday, causing a power outage and hurling debris, but causing no serious injuries. An additional tornado warning for the area is still in effect.

Today in 1934 – Brooklyn Jewish Women Help Refugees from Nazi Germany

Posted on: September 5th, 2012

SEPTEMBER 5, 1934 - Mrs. Stephen S. Wise, president of the Women's Association of the American Jewish Congress, who has just returned from a visit to the German refugee centers in Europe, will be hostess this afternoon to 500 Brooklyn women who have pledged to support the establishment of a center in New York City for refugees from Nazi Germany.

Stolen 3-Foot Menorah is Returned to Rabbi in Borough Park

Posted on: August 29th, 2012

A silver menorah stolen from a rabbi’s Brooklyn home was returned. The 3-foot menorah belonging to Rabbi Yehezkel Zion was stolen last week from the family’s Borough Park home.

Several Shot at Empire State Building

Posted on: August 24th, 2012

As many as five people were shot Friday in front of the Empire State Building in New York, a spokesman for the New York Fire Department said.

JCC Maccabi Games to Hold Worldwide Minute of Silence at Opening Ceremony

Posted on: August 10th, 2012

Ankie Spitzer to lead worldwide minute of silence for ‘Munich 11’.

Women Celebrate Completing Daf Yomi Cycle, Asking ‘Why Not?’

Posted on: August 5th, 2012

On August 1, the biggest Jewish American event ever took place – the completion of the daily learning of the entire Gemara, which happens once every 7 and a half years, known as Siyum HaShas – filling of 90,000 seats at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium. However, a significantly smaller, but just as intriguing group celebrated the event in skirts, scarves and a spirit of sisterhood in Jerusalem.

US Queen of Kosher: “I’m a Jewish Person and it’s the Jewish Homeland, and I Want to Go Home!”

Posted on: August 2nd, 2012

With great emotion and to the joy of Jewish foodies throughout the world, the Queen of Kosher cooking is coming home to rule the roast/roost.

Williamsburg Store Owners Slammed for Banning Sleeveless Shoppers

Posted on: July 25th, 2012

A ban by some Orthodox Brooklyn shopkeepers on customers’ cleavage and bare shoulders has raised the ire of some local consumers.

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Nadler Hails 20-Year U.S. Govt. Lease at One World Trade Center

Posted on: July 18th, 2012

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) of Lower Manhattan welcomed the announcement that the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has signed a 20-year lease for 277,000 sq. feet of office space at One World Trade Center.

Nadler Pushes to Keep Families Seated Together on Commercial Flights

Posted on: July 12th, 2012

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, introduced legislation to help keep families seated together on commercial flights. In response to ever-increasing fees and decreasing transparency among airline carriers, the Families Flying Together Act of 2012 would require the U.S. Department of Transportation to direct each carrier to [...]

The Eagles Have Landed

Posted on: July 12th, 2012

The third flight since June 18 brought 229 Jews home on the “wings of eagles” from New York’s JFK airport. The new Israelis – young and old, singles and large families – were greeted with tears and warm embraces from family members, as well as songs and a celebratory, 800-people welcoming ceremony organized by Nefesh b’Nefesh and its partners.

US Haredi Group Facing Uphill Battle Making Up for Poor Secular Education

Posted on: July 11th, 2012

“Fourteen hours a day in yeshiva but [a student] doesn’t learn a single word of English, math, history, science, geography, music art, nothing, nothing, nothing.”

Brooklyn DA Blames Israel for Mondrowitz Scandal

Posted on: July 2nd, 2012

If there’s any story inside the Jewish community that closely parallels the sexual abuse cover-up inside the Catholic Church, it’s the story of Avrohom Mondrowitz.

Hey, Look, Ma, It’s an Anti-Semitic, Mentally-Deranged Elmo!

Posted on: June 28th, 2012

Jews are the least of Elmo's problems. Four days after a man dressed in an Elmo suit was forcibly ejected from Central Park for spewing anti-Semitic propaganda, an article revealed his frightening past. “I hate those [women],” he told a news reporter in 1999.