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National Council of Young Israel President Shlomo Z. Mostofsky, Esq. today criticized comments made by Vice President Joseph Biden regarding the Jerusalem District Planning Committee’s decision to authorize 1,600 new units of housing in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo.
In a statement issued by the White House, the Vice President said, “I condemn the decision [...]

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Young Israel Movement Responds to Vice President Biden’s Comments About Jerusalem

San Francisco, CA – A federal appeals court panel ruled today that the Pledge of Allegiance does not violate constitutional rules separating church and state.
The opinion, written by Judge Carlos T. Bea, stated that “the phrase ‘one Nation under God’ does not turn this patriotic exercise into a religious activity.”
“Not every mention of God or [...]

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San Francisco, CA – Federal Court Approves ‘Under God’ in Pledge of Allegiance

New York, NY – Ira Goldberg had heard talk of a new traffic agent ploy, but the rumors still seemed too far-fetched to be true as he parked his Mitsubishi Montero on E.52nd St. off Park Ave. on Monday.
“I said, ‘That’s too outrageous. Nobody would do that,’” Goldberg recalled.
The 54-year-old courier proceeded directly to the [...]

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New York, NY – It’s True, Walking To Muni Meter To Pay For Parking Can Get You A Ticket

Albany, NY – Gov. Paterson pushed back at Mayor Bloomberg today for criticizing Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch’s budget-reform proposal, saying mayor already has some of the powers that Ravitch would give the governor.
“The mayor has some of the authority himself that we’re trying to get in the legislation here and when the mayor doesn’t get [...]

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Albany, NY – Gov. Paterson Slams Mayor Bloomberg Over Budget Dispute

New York – Brooklyn Democrat State Assemblyman Felix Ortiz has introduced a bill that would ban the use of salt in New York restaurants – and violators would be smacked with a $1,000 fine for every salty dish.
“No owner or operator of a restaurant in this state shall use salt in any form in the [...]

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New York – New Bill to Ban Use of All Salt in Restaurant Cooking Called ‘Absurd’

How is Israel to cope with the Spanish challenge? Obviously, Ambassador Shotz cannot brave it alone.

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Editorial: The Spanish disease

Jerusalem – Israel humiliated visiting Vice President Joe Biden yesterday with a surprise announcement of Jewish settlement plans that pulled the rug out from under a long-awaited US peace push — and drew a scathing response from the embarrassed veep.
Biden, on a five-day trip to the Mideast, had just wound up praising Prime Minister Benjamin [...]

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Jerusalem – Was Israeli’s Slap in Biden’s Face Purely Coincidental?

Washington – Alan Gross has been about communications all his life: The call-mom-everyday son, the family newsbreaker, the message guy for Jewish groups, the get-out-the-vote enthusiast for candidate Barack Obama, the technology contractor who helped the U.S. government bring the world’s remotest populations into the 21st century.
Now, however, Gross, 60, of Potomac, Md., has been [...]

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Washington – Alan Gross Jewish Activist Silenced in Cuban Jail Cell, Community Urged To Speak Out

New York – Internet con men appear to be targeting victims of the Bernard Madoff scandal.
The Securities Investor Protection Corporation warned Tuesday that someone had set up a bogus Web site in an attempt to trick Madoff victims into turning over confidential financial information.
The site mimics the legitimate one set up by SIPC, with the [...]

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New York – Web Scam Targets Madoff Victims

Cairo, Egypt – Egypt will shoulder the costs of restoring the country’s Jewish houses of worship said the culture minister Tuesday, two days after a historic synagogue in Cairo’s ancient Jewish quarter was rededicated in a private ceremony.
Farouk Hosny said in a statement that his ministry views Jewish sites as much a part of Egypt’s [...]

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Cairo, Egypt – Government to Pay for Restoration of All Synagogues, Jewish Sites