Manhattan, NY – Mystery Giver Leaves $10,000 in 9/11 Donation Box
Manhattan, NY - An anonymous benefactor stuffed $10,000 in cash into a 9/11 donation box at the World Trade Center.
Jose Daniels, president of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, tells...
Rockland County, NY – ‘Blame The Jews’ Taking Center Stage At Town’s Education System
Rockland County, NY - The dirt road that someone cut through a few feet of brush to connect the Hasidic village of New Square to the playing fields of Hillcrest Elementary School in early October is o...
Lakewood, NJ – Jewish Leaders’ Vaad Sees Clout Diminish On Political, Development Issues
Lakewood, NJ - For a man who had lived here only one year, Bill Hobday felt remarkably secure as a candidate for Township Committee in early 2002. He already had Republican Party backing and faced no ...
Washington – Former President Clinton Lost Nuke Attack Codes for Months
Washington - Former President Bill Clinton lost the biscuit - a card with the codes needed to launch a nuclear attack - and couldn't find it for months, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ...
Tokyo – Toyota Recalling 1.53 Million Cars Globally
Tokyo - Toyota is recalling 1.53 million Lexus, Avalon and other models, mostly in the U.S. and Japan, for brake fluid and fuel pump problems, the latest in a string of quality lapses for the world's ...
Washington – Employer Credit Checks on Job Seekers Draw Scrutiny
Washington - Checking the credit histories of job applicants—a common practice among employers—is coming under fire.
Four states have passed laws in the past three years that limit the practice, an...
New York – NPR Fires Juan Williams For anti-Muslim Remarks
New York - Veteran journalist Juan Williams was fired from his job as senior news analyst for National Public Radio late Wednesday because of comments he made about Muslims and terrorism on "The O'Rei...
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – US-Saudi Arms Deal Ripples From Iran to Israel
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - As American and Saudi officials spent months quietly hammering out a wish list for a mammoth sale of American warplanes and other weapons to the oil-rich kingdom, leaders...
New York, NY – City Mulls 40% Cuts in Services for Senior Citizens
New York, NY - Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration is considering slashing in-home counseling services for the city's senior citizens by 40%, a cut advocates worry would endanger already vulnerab...
New York, NY – Cab Officials Will Ease Cellphone Ban
New York, NY - Taxi officials will finally end a rule today that penalizes cabdrivers for talking on cellphones while off duty and driving their personal cars.
Now, instead of letting personal inf...
Canada – Orthodox Jews Challenge Quebec Niqab Ban
Canada - Quebec’s Orthodox Jewish community appeared for the first time on Wednesday before a National Assembly committee, taking up an unexpected cause – fighting a bill that would ban the wearing of...
Mumbai – Work Begins To Restore Attacked Nariman House Jewish Center
Mumbai - The Jewish centre that was attacked by gunmen in the Indian city of Mumbai in November 2008 is being renovated.
Nariman House was one of the sites under siege for more than 40 hours when 1...
Los Angeles, CA – Octomom’s Jewish Fertility Doc Testifies To Save License
Los Angeles, CA - The fertility doctor whose in vitro treatments gave Nadya Suleman her octuplets tearfully began testimony Wednesday as he defended his methods in the fight to keep his medical licens...
Karmei Tzur, West Bank – Israeli Settlers Building 544 New Homes
Karmei Tzur, West Bank - Israeli settlers have begun building new homes at an extraordinary pace since the government lifted its moratorium on West Bank housing starts — almost 550 in three weeks, mor...
New York, NY – Man Faces $2,000 Fine for Collecting Recyclables
New York, NY - The Department of Sanitation intends to make an example of a Staten Island man who tried to horn in on their turf by collecting recyclables from benefactors along his paper route.
Po...
New York – UN Report: Internet Users To Surpass 2B in 2010
New York - If the Internet were a country, it would be experiencing explosive population growth.
According to a U.N. report released Tuesday, the number of people worldwide with access to the Inte...
Richmond, VA – Founding Fathers’ Papers To Be Accessible Online
Richmond, VA - History buffs will soon be able to explore the private thoughts and official writings of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and other Founding Fathers in a public, online clearinghouse...
Chicago, IL – Man Who Took Jewish Daughter to Church Not Guilty of Contempt
Chicago, IL - A Cook County judge today said there was no evidence a man violated a court order that prohibited him from taking his Jewish daughter to a Catholic service, the man's lawyer said today. ...
Washington – IRS Warns New Yorkers about E-Mail Scam
Washington - The IRS is warning New York taxpayers about a new phishing scam. Phishing, a word play on “fishing” for information, is a scam in which Internet fraudsters send seemingly legitimate e-mai...
Jerusalem – Israel Marks 15 Years Since Rabin Assassination
Jerusalem - Israel on Wednesday marked 15 years since Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by an Israeli extremist who opposed his concessions for peace with the Palestinians.
At ceremonie...