Yearly Archives: 2007
Brooklyn, NY – Is A Coordinated Store Sale A Good Idea For The Frum Community?
Pinned News - December 31, 2007
Brooklyn, NY - A few days before New Year's, the racks at several haredi loungewear and hostess gown stores were still full of winter "Shabbos rob...
Israel – Talmud Revolution At Work.
Israel - A growing number of Israeli firms hold daily Gemara (the part of the Talmud that contains rabbinical commentaries and analysis of its predecessor, the Mishnah) classes. So...
Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY +Bank Robbery+
Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY +Bank Robbery+ NYPD of the 66th Pct are calling for a level one mobilization for a bank robbery of the Washington Mutual Bank at 4724 13th Avenue between...
Los Angeles, CA +All Plead Non Guilty In Spinka Case+
Los Angeles, CA - The Spinka Rabbi and the six other defendants were in court today to face Magistrate Judge Alicia Rosenberg. Included in the group was also Moshe Arie Lazar, who ...
New York, NY – KAJ Denies Rumors It Has Removed Hechsher From Rubashkin.
New York, NY - There have been many rumors circulating the internet lately about the KAJ organization removing its hechsher from the Rubashkin kosher meat company.
Rabbi Zecha...
New York – Beer A Cancer Fight Substance.
New York - A key ingredient of beer may contain a cancer-fighting substance, a German study indicated.
Studies indicated xanthohumol, found in hops, inhibits a family of enzymes ...
Monroe, NY – Beloved State Police Sergeant, Dies Shoveling Snow
Monroe, NY - The State Police Troop F zone sergeant at the Monroe Barracks died at his home near New Paltz this morning.
Sgt. Warner Hein, who was the zone sergeant at the Monroe ...
Russia – Call to Murder Jews Distributed in Ukraine Churches
Russia - A unknown group is using Russian Orthodox churches in Ukraine to spread a call to murder Jews.
The group, which calls itself the “Orthodox public organization of Odessa,”...
Manhattan, NY – Port Authority to Pay Larry Silverstein Millions in Fines for Missed Deadlines on WTC Site
Manhattan, NY - The owner of the World Trade Center site said it is at least a month behind on a deadline to turn over part of the site to a private developer and will pay at least...
Monsey, NY – Rabbi Blech Speaks Out On KYO Restaurant Controversy.
KYO Restaurant Update
By: Rabbi Zushe Blech
Monsey, NY - KYO Restaurant has successfully served the kosher community in Monsey for over six years. It has enjoyed great popularit...
Suffolk County, NY – New Law Makes it a Crime to Allow Underage Children Drinking
Suffolk County, NY - It is now a crime for adults living on Long Island to let underage children drink in their homes.Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy has signed into law "...
New York, NY – New Laws Place Restrictions on Spare Batteries as Flight Carry-Ons
New York , NY - If you're one of the millions of airline travelers who carry spare lithium laptop, cell phone and camera batteries with you, listen up: The government has some new ...
New York – Pataki Weighs Endorsing Rudy.
New York - Will George Pataki finally get his revenge? When Pataki first ran for governor, in 1994, his fellow Republican Rudy Giuliani crossed party lines to endorse Mario Cuomo’...
Israel – Al-Qaeda Planning Attacks On Israeli Targets in Turkey.
Israel - Intelligence information obtained by security establishment indicates global terror group's cells have infiltrated Turkey, planning attacks on sites affiliated with Israel...
New York, NY – New Years Street Closure In Manhattan.
New York, NY - Times Square festivities for New Year's Eve will shut down a broad swath of Midtown beginning at 4 p.m. Police and city officials are stressing that drivers should ...
Washington Heights, NY – As an Age Recedes, a Craftsman Soldiers On
Washington Heights, NY - With small but energetic steps, Walter Schnerb turned from a cutting machine to his desk, with a page in his hand. Using his index finger, he reached insi...
Germany – Jewish Soldiers Say They Feel Secure in German Army
Germany - Unthinkable for many Jews, Gideon Roemer-Hillebrecht is a staff officer in the German armed forces. He says he feels more secure there than "outside" because the armed fo...
Brooklyn, NY – Grant to benefit Jewish ctr repairs.
Brooklyn, NY - Thanks to a $400,000-plus grant from the New York State Environmental Protection Fund, 12 beautiful stained-glass windows and the “sunburst dome” skylight in the sa...
Ramapo, NY – Anti-Semitism In Letter To Editor To Journal News.
Pinned News Dec. 30 2007
Ramapo, NY - I am not at all surprised to read that Ramapo Town Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence is in arrears for his property tax bill. ("Ramapo supe...
Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY +Working Residential Fire+
Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY +Working Residential Fire+ Fire Department were on the scene and requested all hands for a working fire on the top floor of a two story 20x50 frame attac...