Flatbush +Pedestrian Struck+ A MVA with a pedestrian struck on Ave J and 21st St. Hatzolah EMS responding...

New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said that tests had been conducted by the Department of Environmental Protection, the Health Department and other city agencies, but no toxic substance was found for the smell that seemed most prominent in Manhattan, what many called a sweet smell like maple syrup or pancakes. It's believed to be some sort of food substance, but we can't...

David Ceder the Democratic opponent to City Councilman - an Orthodox Jew-religious commitment restricted him from campaigning for most of October, which comprises 20 days of religious observance between holidays and the weekly Shabbas.For 10 of those days, he had to stop working before sundown to mark the official start of all Jewish holidays, thereby cutting himself off from frequent evening...

ALBANY, N.Y. -- State Police say unsafe speed and an inexperience driver caused an accident near exit 24 of the New York State Thruway. A family of two adults and 13 children were heading home to Brooklyn from a weekend trip to Montreal when their van took a curve too fast and rolled over on the southbound ramp from the Northway to the Thruway. The father, who was behind the wheel , was trapped...

LEEDS, LONDON - Angry nine Orthodox Jewish families have taken Leeds City Council to the High Court in London over claims the authority discriminated against their children. The case was brought by families who pay for their children to be bussed every day to a school in Manchester. They argued, if the council would not provide a Jewish school in Leeds, then it should fund the travel costs of...

Bronx +Again Accident Cross Bronx Expy+ An MVA again on the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound and Jerome Ave, FD on the scene and reporting some are injuried, heavy delays all morning long...

Bronx +Major Traffic Delays At Cross Bronx Expy+ A MVA on the eastbound of the Cross Brox Expressway at the Sheridan Expressway is causing major traffic problems all the way into New Jersey across the G.W. Bridge, PD, FD and EMS are all on the scene with several injuried...

WASHINGTON -- President Bush is nominating Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, choosing a long-time federal judge embraced by judicial conservatives to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. The President is expected to announce his choice at 8 a.m. Eastern Time...

Elizabeth NJ +Train Strikes Multiple Pedestrians+ Multiple pedestrians where fatally hit by a train at Penn St Station northbound, EMS on the scene with 2 DOA's and now searching for more under the train...

BERLIN - Germany's highest administrative court has upheld claims to real estate in Berlin by heirs of a Jewish family who lost their department store fortune under the Nazis. The ruling is a victory for the Wertheim heirs, and delivers a setback to KarstadtQuelle, which had fought the family's claim to the site of its former downtown Berlin department store near the city's glitzy, redeveloped...

Williamsburg +Pedestrian Struck+ Pedestrian was struck at the exit ramp of the eastbound of the B.Q.E. Hatzolah EMS on the scene requesting Medics...

HOUSTON, TX - For more than two decades, anecdotal evidence collected by researchers in New Mexico, Colorado and Texas suggested that some nominally Catholic families of Iberian descent had stealthily maintained Jewish customs throughout the centuries, including lighting candles on Friday evening, avoiding pork. Modern science may now be shedding new light on the history of the crypto-Jews...

Williamsburg +Pedestrian Struck+ A MVA at Wythe Ave and Penn St, Hatzolah on the scene requesting ALS units to respond...

DeWitt, Syracuse - The DeWitt Police are investigating the vandalism of anti-semitic graffiti that was spray painted around the campus of the Jewish Community Center in DeWitt. The swastikas and obscene words were painted on signs in the parking lot and also on the walls.Some in the community are also asking the F.B.I to help in the investigation. They are anxious for the vandals to be caught...

Crown Heights - +Pedestrian Struck+ A MVA with a vehicle hitting a pedestrian in front of 736 Montgomery St. between Kingston Ave. and Albany Ave. Hatzolah EMS on the scene...