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Borough Park, NY – Multiple Shooting Involving Shomrim Members

By admin on September 2, 2010

Borough Park, NY – NYPD of the 66th Precinct are on the scene for shooting that involved a Boro Park Shomrim member.
Police are calling for a level-1 mobilization for the shooting at 46th Street and 10th Avenue.
Hatzolah on the scene, sll injuries are minor, mobilization has been called for crowd control, police have perpetrator in [...]

Jerusalem – Rabbi: Torah at Kotel Only With Permission

By admin on September 2, 2010

Jerusalem – Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, the rabbinical authority in charge of the Kotel (Western Wall), made public a new procedure Thursday regarding bringing Torah scrolls into the Kotel.
Under the new guidelines, individuals who wish to bring in a Torah scroll to the Kotel will require a permit from the Kotel Rabbi.
The guidelines were put in [...]

Columbus, OH – Ohio Gov. Commutes Inmate Death Sentence

By admin on September 2, 2010

Columbus, OH – Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has spared the life of a condemned killer who says he is innocent of a 1994 shooting that killed three people, including a 4-year-old girl.
Strickland says he believes Kevin Keith is likely guilty of the killings but says he’s troubled by evidence used to convict Keith.
Strickland questions some [...]

London – Investigation of Girl that Died from Painkillers She Mistook for Jelly Beans

By admin on September 2, 2010

London – A five-year-old girl died of a drug overdose after mistaking painkillers for jelly beans, an inquest heard this week.
Hanna Collins was believed to have climbed onto a chair to reach what she thought were sweets in a cupboard where her father kept his medication.
Hanna would have been unable to read the “keep [...]

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New York – Sullivan County To Upgrade 911 System Eliminating Dead Zones

By admin on September 2, 2010

New York – Sullivan County is moving forward with a plan to upgrade an emergency communications system beset by a shortage of frequencies and dead spots that have left emergency personnel unable to communicate in some areas.
Firefighters and public safety officials say the current system has not affected the ability to respond to emergencies so [...]

Jerusalem – Thousands Sign Petition to Boycott Daylight Saving Time

By admin on September 2, 2010

Jerusalem – Over 20,000 people signed a petition to boycott Standard Time within three days. Daylight Saving Time (DST) will draw to a close in two weeks, ahead of Yom Kippur , and the clock will be moved back one hour.
An online petition is currently being circulated on the internet calling on the public [...]

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Kiryas Joel, NY – Assemblywoman Calls for Audit in Women’s Health Center

By admin on September 2, 2010

Kiryas Joel, NY – Assemblywoman Nancy Calhoun (R-C-Blooming Grove) renewed her call for a forensic audit of the women’s healthcare center known as Aishes Chayil, in the Village of Kiryas Joel.
She has written to State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli twice asking for the review of the project, which cost over $11 million, mostly in state funding.
“The [...]

Israel – Chief Rabbi Bans Sale of Non-Kosher Meat

By admin on September 2, 2010

Israel – Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger has ordered a complete halt in importers’ sale of non-kosher meat to Israeli chains.
Metzger’s decision has great implications for meat importers, who rushed to stop all sales after hearing it, according to him.
In the debate held at the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, Metzger mentioned that the original permit [...]

Washington – Palestinian Leader: Israel Must Freeze Settlements

By admin on September 2, 2010

Washington – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he will work hard to try to strike a long-lasting peace deal with Israel, but that Israel must agree to a full freeze on all its settlement activity in Palestinian territories.
Abbas also is calling for the release of all Palestinian prisoners.
Appearing at the White House on Wednesday evening, [...]

Instanbul – Top Russian Spy’s Body Washes Up In Turkey ‘After Swimming Accident’

By admin on September 2, 2010

Instanbul, Turkey – The body of one of Russia’s top spies has washed up on the Turkish coast after he disappeared close to a sensitive Russian naval facility in neighbouring Syria.
Major-General Yuri Ivanov, 52, was the deputy head of Russia’s foreign military intelligence arm, known as the GRU and thought to operate the biggest [...]

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