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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 [...]

New York, NY – Governor Paterson Signs Domestic Worker Rights Bill

By admin on September 1, 2010

New York, NY – Gov. David Paterson on Tuesday signed into law the first extensive domestic workers’ rights measure in the nation, which he said will correct historic injustices.
“I am grateful to the sponsors for their extraordinary efforts to enact this landmark bill, and most of all to those domestic workers who dreamed, planned, organized [...]

New York, NY – NYPD Brass Pressuring Cops to Keep Down Crime Stats

By admin on August 27, 2010

New York, NY – Two academics at an FBI-sponsored conference Friday will accuse the NYPD of cooking the books to make the city appear safer.
The claims are contained in a survey of more than 309 police officers – most of whom have served as precinct commanders since the department started using the CompStat program in the [...]

New York – Well-Respected Criminal Court Judge Abruptly Resigns in Disgrace

By admin on August 27, 2010

New York – A Manhattan Criminal Court judge resigned last week after court officials discovered what may have been pornography on his work computer, according to law enforcement officials.
Court officials turned over the evidence to the Manhattan district attorney’s office. Its discovery on the computer of the judge, James D. Gibbons, came as part of [...]

Jerusalem – ‘Sinner’ Singer Given ‘malkas’ 39 Lashes By Rabbis [video]

By admin on August 27, 2010

Jerusalem – A singer who performed in front of a “mixed audience” of men and women was lashed 39 times to make him “repent,” after a ruling by a self-described rabbinic court on Wednesday.
Rabbi Amnon Yitzhak, founder of the Shofar organization aimed at bringing Jews “back to religion” (hazara betshuva), has made it his recent [...]

Twin Mountain, NH – Fiery Accident Kills Jewish Woman from Queens

By admin on August 25, 2010

Twin Mountain, NH – A Queens, NY woman has died from injuries sustained Tuesday when her car crossed the center lane and struck a tractor trailer truck near the entrance to the Mount Washington Hotel, according to state police.
U.S. Route 302 was closed for several hours following the accident just before 2 p.m. The driver [...]

New York City – Brooklyn Bridge’s $508M Rehab Means Much Pain for Drivers

By admin on August 24, 2010

The Brooklyn Bridge just isn’t the same at night anymore – and won’t be for the next four years.
New York City – Crews shut the Manhattan-bound lanes of the bridge on Monday night to start a four-year, $508 million project to repaint, rehab and reroute the 127-year-old landmark.
Drivers heading into the city were shunted off [...]

Washington – CIA Forms New Center To Combat Nukes, WMDs

By admin on August 18, 2010

Washington – The CIA says it’s opening a counterproliferation center to combat the spread of dangerous weapons and technology. The move comes as Iran is on the verge of fueling up a new nuclear power plant.
CIA Director Leon Panetta said the new unit would place CIA operators side-by-side with the agency’s analysts to brainstorm plans [...]

Israel – Machinery at Barzilai ER Construction Site Sabotaged, Curse Put on Antiquities Director

By admin on August 18, 2010

Ashkelon, Israel – The contractor working on the construction of the fortified emergency room at Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon filed a complaint with police on Wednesday claiming machinery at the site was damaged. Work at the site was halted and Ashkelon Police launched an investigation. Police suspect haredim opposed to construction at the site [...]

New York – ‘American Schindler’ Helped 4,000 Jews Escape the Nazis

By admin on August 17, 2010

New York – Those saved by Varian Fry, known as the American Oskar Schindler, include Marc Chagall, the Jewish French-Russian artist, Claude Levi-Strauss, the French anthropologist, and surrealist artist, Marcel Duchamp.
But while Schindler, a German Industrialist, has been internationally recognised for saving an estimated 1,200 Jews – his story was made into the 1993 [...]

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