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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 [...]

Brooklyn, NY – Suspect Wanted For Attempted Robbery In Borough Park Subway Station

By admin on September 2, 2010

Brooklyn, NY – Police are searching for a man wanted for an attempted robbery at a Brooklyn D train station last month.
Authorities say on the morning of August 17 inside the 50th Street station in Borough Park, the suspect approached a 42-year-old woman, demanded she hand over her valuables and ran off without taking anything.
The [...]

France – U.S. Officers Take Up Posts at Paris Airport

By admin on September 2, 2010

France – American officers are taking up posts at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport on Thursday to help identify potential terrorists or other high-risk passengers heading to the United States.
Officers from the US Customs and Border Protection’s Immigration Advisory Program joined French airport personnel and are working at airports in seven other countries under the [...]

Manhattan, NY – Printmaker Blends Jewish Images With a Nod to Pop Culture

By admin on September 2, 2010

Manhattan, NY – Chasidic artist Michael Mordechai Cohen celebrated his East Coast debut as he unveiled a series of pop-influenced spiritual prints at the J. Klaynberg Gallery in the New York City neighborhood of Chelsea.
Last week’s premier of Cohen’s “Don’t Mess With the Besht: Part II” – the title refers to the acronymic name [...]

Washington – Feds: No Link Between Dry Max Diapers and Rashes

By admin on September 2, 2010

Washington – Government safety officials have not found a connection between a new kind of Pampers diapers and the severe skin reactions reported by some parents’ groups.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday that it has reviewed 4,700 complaints, but found no specific cause linking Pampers diapers with new Dry Max technology to diaper rash.
“We [...]

Germany – Library Seeks To Reunite Nazi Theft Sefurim With There Jewish Owners

By admin on September 2, 2010

Nuremberg, Germany – Nuremberg’s city library is turning to the internet to reunite Jewish families with 10,000 books stolen under Nazi rule in Germany, the head of the library announced Thursday.
The library has published a list of the books’ original owners and their addresses online, in the hope that descendants would get in touch.
The books [...]

Chciago, IL – 11 People Indicted on Honey Smuggling Charges

By admin on September 2, 2010

Chicago, IL – Federal prosecutors in Chicago say 11 people and six corporations are accused of conspiring to smuggle $40 million worth of Chinese honey into the United States.
An indictment accuses them of smuggling honey contaminated with antibiotics that aren’t approved for use in the United States.
Federal officials on Wednesday said the illegal imports between [...]

New York – Billboards for Gilad Shalit Goes Live at Times Sq.

By admin on September 2, 2010

New York – At Times Square, known as the crossroads of the world, seven words flash across a 30-by-40 square foot, hi-definition digital billboard: Let Gilad know he is not alone.
Corporal Gilad Shalit marked his 24th birthday on August 28, — his fifth birthday as a hostage of Hamas, which kidnapped him from an IDF [...]

Washington – Clinton: U.S. ‘cannot and will not impose a solution’ To Israeli, Palestinian Conflict

By admin on September 2, 2010

Washington – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton formally opened the first direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians in nearly two years on Thursday, imploring the parties to make needed compromises to forge an agreement.
At a ceremony in the State Department’s ornate Benjamin Franklin room, Clinton said the Obama administration was committed to [...]

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 [...]

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