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Borough Park, NY – Bank Robbery at Apple Bank

By admin on August 30, 2010

Borough Park, NY – NYPD of the 66th Precinct and Boro Park Shomrim Patrol are searching for a man that just robbed the Apple Bank on 13th Ave.
Level-1 has been called after the robber held up the bank located at 4519 13th Avenue, and reportedly fired one shot into the air.
One perpetrator, a male black [...]

Staten Island, NY – Sisters Sue NYPD for Being Arrested by Plainclothes Detectives

By admin on August 30, 2010

Staten Island, NY – Two sisters are suing the NYPD, saying Staten Island-based plainclothes detectives stopped, handcuffed and arrested them – simply because they got lost on the way to an engagement party.
“We had never experienced anything like this,” said Bracha. “We were treated like criminals for no reason.”
The women asked that their faces not [...]

Jerusalem – Abbas: No Peace Talks With Settlement Building

By admin on August 29, 2010

Jerusalem – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned Sunday that he will not back down from his threat to pull out of new peace talks with Israel if it resumes construction in West Bank settlements.
The negotiations are set to resume this week with a gala summit meeting in Washington after months of American mediation efforts.
Israelis themselves [...]

Albany, NY – Legislators Want All Chickens to be Vaccinated

By admin on August 29, 2010

Albany, NY – Two New York State legislators are introducing a bill requiring farmers to vaccinate their chickens against salmonella.
State Sen. Daniel Squadron and Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh introduced the proposal Sunday in front of a Lower East Side supermarket in the wake of a nationwide recall of hundreds of millions of eggs.
The legislators say that [...]

Manhattan, NY – Subway Driver Stops Train Just in Time to Avoid Woman

By admin on August 29, 2010

Manhattan, NY – An eagle-eyed motorman saved a straphanger from almost certain death when he slammed the brakes on a 370-ton train – missing by mere seconds a woman who had fallen on the tracks.
Stunning photographs show the unidentified woman sprawled out on the subway tracks at the Fifth Ave. and 59th St. station about 7 [...]

Shanghai, China – Supermarket Selling Jew’s Ear Juice” Beverage

By admin on August 29, 2010

Shanghai – The Consulate General of Israel in Shanghai recently was surprised to discover on the shelves of a local supermarket chain a canned beverage called “The Jew’s Ear Juice.”
The drink is made of a black mushroom which does resemble a wrinkled ear.
Israel’s Consul-General in Shanghai Jackie Eldan stressed that this was not a case [...]

Israel – PM’s Office: Rabbi Yosef’s Comments Do Not Reflect Government’s Stance

By admin on August 29, 2010

Israel – Following Rabbi Yosef’s controversial remarks against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinians, the Prime Minister’s Office issued a statement saying, “These comments do not reflect Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or the Israeli government’s stance.”
As was reported here last night, Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef denounced upcoming peace talks with the Palestinians, [...]

Monroe, NY – Times Herald Record to Begin Charging For Online Content

By admin on August 29, 2010

Monroe, NY – The Times Herald-Record will begin charging in September for online access to its coverage of the Hudson Valley and Catskills region, President and Publisher Joe Vanderhoof announced.
According to Vanderhoof, the newspaper will introduce subscription packages that combine print and digital news options beginning Sept. 14. These new options are designed to meet [...]

Jerusalem – Rabbi Ovadia Yosef: Abbas and Palestinians Should Perish From This World

By admin on August 29, 2010

Jerusalem – Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef denounced upcoming peace talks with the Palestinians, which are set to start September 2 in Washington, and called for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to “perish from this world,” Army Radio reported overnight Saturday.
“Abu Mazen and all these evil people should perish from this world,” Rabbi Ovadia [...]

New Orleans, LA – Honoring Volunteers Within Our Own Communities

By admin on August 27, 2010

New Orleans, LA – In an effort to encourage volunteerism within the Jewish community, the Jewish Federations of North America is holding their second annual Jewish Community Heroes Campaign. 570,00 votes were cast in last year’s inaugural campaign which featured over 400 nominees and the JFNA hopes to surpass those numbers this year. [...]

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