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| Jerusalem - VP Candidate Jo Biden: Israel Will Have to Reconcile Itself to a Nuclear Iran Posted: 01 Sep 2008 11:01 AM CDT Jerusalem - Democratic vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden was quoted Monday as telling senior Israeli officials behind closed doors that the Jewish state will have to reconcile itself to a nuclear Iran. In the unsourced report, Army Radio also quoted Biden as saying that he opposed "opening a additional military and diplomatic front." Biden, chairman of the [...] |
| Tokyo - Yeshiva Boy Jailed in Japan Writes From Prison Encouragement Posted: 01 Sep 2008 10:10 AM CDT Tokyo - A letter written by a yeshiva boy imprisoned in Japan for apparently-unwitting drug-trafficking contains pages of spiritual encouragement. The youth has been imprisoned in Japan since April of this year, together with two friends. The three are yeshiva students from Bnei Brak and Jerusalem, and were arrested after Japanese authorities said they found "an [...] |
| New York - Egoistic Liar Sen. Schumer Outdid Gov. Paterson At Denver Convention Posted: 01 Sep 2008 09:31 AM CDT New York - HYPERAGGRESSIVE Sen. Chuck Schumer really outdid himself last week at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, lying to Gov. Paterson about an embarrassing incident and horrifying several associates with his antics, party insiders say. Schumer lied to Paterson about the circumstances under which he upstaged the governor by denying him his agreed-on role [...] |
| Posted: 01 Sep 2008 08:41 AM CDT Brooklyn, NY - Agriprocessors, the Brooklyn-based company that is the nation's largest kosher meat producer, is well known for the labor troubles at its meatpacking plant in Iowa — federal agents detained 389 of its workers as illegal immigrants in May, and labor officials in Iowa have accused it of employing 57 under-age workers. But Agriprocessors [...] |
| New York City - Bloomberg's Secret Mission to Satmar Community in State Senate Race Posted: 01 Sep 2008 08:55 AM CDT Daniel SquadronNew York City - Mayor Bloomberg is reportedly sending Kevin Sheekey on a "secret mission" to convince the Satmar community to vote for Dan Squadron, who is running for the Democratic nomination for a State Senate seat in the the 25th State Senate District in Brooklyn and lower Manhattan, the race is against Democratic [...] |
| New York - Chasidim Make Annual Exodus from Sullivan County Posted: 01 Sep 2008 09:19 AM CDT Photo Credit : record MICHELE HASKELLSullivan County, NY - Bakery workers scraped mounds of poppy seeds into trash bins. Fathers strapped luggage and toys to the roofs of minivans. Mothers were too busy hosing off chairs and folding the last of the laundry to talk about the exodus. This scene has repeated for decades now. The [...] |
| Israel - 48% of Jerusalem Students Attend Charedi Schools Posted: 01 Sep 2008 08:43 AM CDT Jerusalem, Israel - The trend of growing numbers of ultra-Orthodox students in Jerusalem continues, with 48% of all students in the capital this year set to attend the haredi school system, according to a Jerusalem city hall press release. Overall, 87,020 students will begin their studies at Orthodox institutions this year, in addition to roughly [...] |
| Nigeria - Israeli Hostage Freed by Kidnappers Posted: 01 Sep 2008 06:23 AM CDT Nigeria - Israeli businessman Ehud Avni was released by the militant kidnappers who held the construction project manager hostage in Nigeria for nearly a week after four operatives pulled him out of his car at gunpoint in front of his home in the city of Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State in the country's southern [...] |
| Brooklyn, NY - Chasidim: This Ad is Anti-Sign-Metic Posted: 31 Aug 2008 11:36 PM CDT This is the Billboard we erased the photosBrooklyn, NY - A billboard hyping the teen drama "90210" has some members of Williamsburg's Hasidic Jews all worked up. The ad, which is visible from the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, depicts a handful of swimsuit-clad actors and actresses lounging in a pool — starkly violating the Hasidic interpretation of at [...] |
| Poway, CA - Synagogue Spray-Painted with Hate Messages Again Posted: 31 Aug 2008 06:17 PM CDT Poway, CA - For the second time in four months, the Ner Tamid Synagogue on Pomerado Road near Meadowbrook Lane was spray-painted with hate messages. A sheriff's deputy driving by the temple, found a swastika and the number 14 spray-painted in blue on the front of the temple, said sheriff's Sgt. Jason Rothlein of the Poway [...] |
| Jerusalem - Young Hero Yeshiva Student In Mercaz Harav Attack Goes Back to School Posted: 31 Aug 2008 05:18 PM CDT Sheetrit returns to yeshiva -Photo Credit: Shlomi CohenJerusalem - Naftaili Sheetrit, a 14-year-old boy seriously wounded in the terror attack at Jerusalem's Mercaz Harav yeshiva, will return to the yeshiva this week after a long absence. The next few months will mark yet another struggle for Naftali as he attempts to return to his normal [...] |
| New Orleans, LA - President Bush: 'This storm is dangerous' Get Out Posted: 31 Aug 2008 02:19 PM CDT A patient is evacuated in Marrero, Louisiana. (AP Photo)New Orleans, LA - President Bush warned residents of the Gulf Coast on Sunday that a serious storm was headed their way, echoing the sentiments of New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, who reiterated his demands that city residents evacuate. Meanwhile, a federally supported computer projection says Hurricane [...] |
| Gaza - Palestinian Students Helping Barack Obama To Get Elected As Next US President Posted: 31 Aug 2008 02:05 PM CDT Gaza - "Hello, I'm calling from Gaza. I want some of your time. We are supporting Barack Obama…" For the past seven months, a group of 24 students and young professionals have gathered in the Gaza Strip nightly to phone random telephone numbers in the United States, urging the voices at the other end to [...] |
| Chicago, IL - Tight Security Affects Synagogue Across Obamas' Home Posted: 31 Aug 2008 02:33 PM CDT Chicago, IL - Now that Senator Obama is the official presidential nominee for the Democratic Party, tight security has been beefed up around his South Side home. Obama's popularity draws visitors to the area around his home on Hyde Park. It is a quiet neighborhood, but it became a historic area containing the home of the nation's [...] |
