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| Posted: 05 Sep 2008 11:34 AM CDT Chicago, IL - It is quite a swipe at the organized Jewish community that the Jerusalem Post is reporting Senator Biden has launched against the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. "I take a backseat to no one — including Aipac — when it comes to supporting Israel," the Post quotes the Delaware Democrat just chosen [...] |
| New York - Dishonest Congressman Rangel Failed To Report Income Posted: 05 Sep 2008 10:12 AM CDT Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel dozes on the beach at the Punta Cana Resort, where he owns and rents out a villa. He was squeezing in some vacation time before attending the Democratic convention. Photo Credit: NY PostNew York - A published report says Rep. Charles B. Rangel has earned more than $75,000 in rental income [...] |
| Hallandale Beach, FL - First Orthodox 'mikvah' With Hydraulic Lift to Serve The Disabled Posted: 05 Sep 2008 09:45 AM CDT illustrationHallandale Beach, FL - It's part of a Jewish religious duty for married women — a monthly bath. Yet in Hallandale Beach, Rabbi Raphael Tennenhaus was hearing whispers that some orthodox women hadn't been participating in the mikvah. The ones who have multiple sclerosis or other forms of paralysis found that getting in and out of the [...] |
| New York, NY - Mark Green to Fight Bloomberg on Term Limits Posted: 05 Sep 2008 09:49 AM CDT Mark Green, nterviewing Michael Bloomberg in 2007 New York, NY - Former Public Advocate Mark Green is forming a coalition of civic and labor leaders to block Mayor Bloomberg from changing term limits. Green described Bloomberg's attempt to serve four more years by getting the City Council to pass a bill as "a Putin power grab," [...] |
| Postville, IA - PETA: USDA Should Install Cameras At AgriProcessors Slaughterhouse. VIDEO. Posted: 05 Sep 2008 09:12 AM CDT Postville, IA - A new PETA undercover investigation has caught AgriProcessors—the world's largest kosher slaughterhouse, which is located in Postville, Iowa—cruelly hacking holes in cows' throats. Dr. Temple Grandin, the world's foremost expert on slaughter methods, has stated that these gouging, circular cuts cause the cows pain and suffering. This isn't the first time AgriProcessors has [...] |
| Posted: 05 Sep 2008 08:17 AM CDT Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn residents of all races and genders — and even species — are invited this weekend to Celebrate our Diversity Day, an event organized by state Senator Eric Adams. The day is designed to "observe and honor the multiplicity of ethnicities, cultures, religions, and lifestyles that make up our great borough," Mr. Adams [...] |
| Posted: 05 Sep 2008 09:26 AM CDT Mendota Heights, MN - Leaders of the Conservative movement's ethical-kashrut certification program are seeking to take their campaign to the next level. They are inviting Conservative rabbis to sign onto the Hekhsher Tzedek initiative, are meeting with at least one Orthodox kosher certification agency and are making initial overtures to selected kosher food producers that might [...] |
| St. Paul, MN - McCain: Empower Parents With Schools Of Their Choice Its The Civil Rights Of Our Time Posted: 05 Sep 2008 08:19 AM CDT St. Paul, MN - Sen. John McCain of Arizona accepted the Republican presidential nomination Thursday night with a dual message: Sen. Barack Obama does not have the judgment to govern the nation, whereas he himself can reach across party divisions to "get this country moving again." In an address at the party's national convention in St. [...] |
| Dairyland, NY - Perp That Stole 2 Diamond Ring from Camp Rov Tov, Under Arrest Posted: 05 Sep 2008 10:11 AM CDT Dairyland Park, NY - State Police said that a traffic stop led to the arrest of a Brooklyn man who police say stole two diamond rings from a Jewish summer camp. Police said Timothy D. Best, 42, was stopped at night on Route 209 and was arrested and charged with DWI. When police searched him, Best had [...] |
| Israel - Elad Bais Yaakov School Rejects Sephardi First-Graders Posted: 05 Sep 2008 06:46 AM CDT Israel - The Orthodox Beit Yaakov school in Elad is refusing to accept girls into its first-grade class if they attended the Agudat Yisrael preschool, where most of the children are from Sephardi families. The school belongs to the Ashkenazi independent school system that is funded by the Education Ministry but has broad pedagogic freedom. The parents [...] |
| Norfolk, VA - NY Judge Allows $10 Million Bail For WexTrust CEO With Strict Conditions Posted: 04 Sep 2008 09:57 PM CDT Norfolk, VA - A federal judge in Manhattan ruled Thursday that a Norfolk businessman arrested last month on fraud charges and detained by the government can be released on a $10 million bond. Ten relatives and friends of the defendant, Joseph Shereshevsky, agreed to sign the bond, Martin J. Siegel, a New York attorney who is [...] |
| Postville, IA - PETA New Undercover Video Accusations: Agriprocessors Doing Inhumane Slaughter Posted: 04 Sep 2008 09:10 PM CDT Postville, IA - An animal rights organization secretly recorded a video last month in the slaughterhouse of a kosher meatpacking plant in Iowa and presented it to the Department of Agriculture, claiming it showed inhumane practices in the killing of cattle. The brief video, about four minutes long, was recorded on Aug. 13 without the knowledge [...] |
| Canada - Jewish Group Seeking Change to Election Date Posted: 04 Sep 2008 07:53 PM CDT Canada - The largest Jewish organization in Canada has asked Prime Minister Stephen Harper to reject plans to call a federal election for October 14, which is the first day of Sukkot. The Canadian Jewish Congress has written a letter to Harper, saying that holding an election during Sukkot would make it difficult for observant Jews [...] |
| Phoenix, AZ - Slain Well-Respected Prominent Jewish Businessman's Car Found Posted: 04 Sep 2008 05:52 PM CDT Phoenix, AZ - Police say a luxury car belonging to a prominent real-estate broker found dead this week turned up in Southern California today. Four people who were in the Lexus were taken into custody by San Bernardino, Calif., police pending questioning in the investigation into the death of Irving Shuman, who was found dead in [...] |
| Queens, NY - Meal Mart Under The Microscope Posted: 04 Sep 2008 04:58 PM CDT Queens, NY - Luis Molina lost part of his middle finger to a 2,000-pound food mixer while working at what is now the country's largest producer of kosher beef, Alle Processing. Molina, 23, said that the accident, which happened when a fellow employee flipped a power switch, was not a surprise, given that he and others [...] |
| Jerusalem - Rabbi Tendler: Rabbis Against Ascending To Temple Mount Don't Know The Halacha Posted: 04 Sep 2008 04:20 PM CDT Rabbi Tendler (foreground left) and Temple Institute founder Rabbi Yisrael Ariel (right) atop the Temple Mount.Jerusalem - "The rabbanim are not talking halacha," Rabbi Moshe Tendler told The Jewish Press. "They're issuing a political statement." Last week two leading haredi rabbis, Rabbi Shalom Elyashiv and Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, and former Sephardic chief rabbi Rav Ovadia [...] |
| Postville, IA - Boston Globe: Agriprocessors Has Chutzpah Posted: 04 Sep 2008 03:16 PM CDT Postville, IA - The Owners of Agriprocessors are at it again. The infamous kosher meat company, whose Iowa plant was raided in May and found to have hundreds of illegal immigrants working in substandard conditions, now wants to challenge a vote to unionize at its Brooklyn distribution center. The reason? Many of the workers who [...] |
| New York City - Brutal Selloff on Wall Street Posted: 04 Sep 2008 03:12 PM CDT New York City - Stocks plummeted on Thursday afternoon, with the Dow clsoing down nearly 350 points as mixed retail sales, lower oil prices and dour labor market readings amplified worries about a global economic slowdown. The concerns overshadowed a better-than-expected sales report from Wal-Mart Stores and surprisingly strong readings on productivity and the services [...] |
| Yonkers, NY - Teacher's Keys Taken from Handbag, Car Stolen from Yeshiva's Parking Lot Posted: 04 Sep 2008 02:34 PM CDT Yonkers, NY - Police arrested two Yonkers men and a 17-year-old city boy in a stolen 2002 Honda Suburban that was swiped from the parking lot of Stein Yeshiva Lincoln Park School after someone stole the keys out of a teacher's handbag. Omar Edwards, 20, of 88 Shoreview Drive, Charleton Lucas, 19, and William Lucas, 17, [...] |
| Posted: 05 Sep 2008 08:48 AM CDT Morris Smith and his wife, Devora.Lawrence, NY - A recent New York Times article posed the following question to the gold winners at this year's Olympics: Where do you go once you've got the gold medal? What next after you've managed to hit the dream? The same question, albeit in a nonsporting context, could [...] |
| Brooklyn, NY - Coney Island Amusement Park Icon Closing for Good Posted: 04 Sep 2008 02:06 PM CDT Brooklyn, NY - The longtime operator of the fabled Coney Island amusement park Astroland, confirmed today that the 46-year-old Coney Island icon will close its doors for good Sunday because a new lease deal couldn't timely be reached. Carol Albert threatened to shut down the park if she didn't get a two-year lease extension by 1 [...] |
| Paterson, NJ - Judge: Muslim Leader Can Stay in U.S. Posted: 04 Sep 2008 01:56 PM CDT During a lunch break of his immigration trial, Imam Mohammad Qatanani (center) Paterson, NJ - An influential New Jersey Muslim leader whom U.S. authorities had sought to link to a terrorist group and have deported has won his fight to gain permanent U.S. residency. A federal immigration judge ruled today that Mohammad Qatanani, the spiritual leader [...] |
| Fallsburg, NY - Fire Chief Arrested For Arson At Skopps Bungalow Colony Posted: 04 Sep 2008 01:22 PM CDT Fallsburg police have charged Smith, of Fallsburg with burning down this bungalow on Aug. 29 at the intersection of Laurel Avenue and Brickman Road. Photo Credit: THR-MICHELE HASKELLFallsburg, NY - The Fallsburg fire chief has been arrested in connection with the August 29 arson of a bungalow at a Jewish summer camp in Sullivan [...] |
| Jerusalem - A Glimpse Of The Greatness Of Chesed L'Avraham Posted: 04 Sep 2008 12:49 PM CDT Jerusalem - He was wearing a white shirt and a black kippah, and approached me all excited, asking, "Can you lend me a pen? I have to get something down on paper." We were by the Skulener Rebbe, shlita, together with thousands of other chassidim taking the opportunity to see a tzaddik who, while his [...] |
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