Bad Arolsen, Germany - Vast and secret archives recording victims of the Nazis have begun yielding up the names of one of the most mysterious groups of post-Second-World-War-Two refugees: those who could not or would not go home. The record site, run by the Red Cross at Bad Arolsen in Germany, has already digitized its unparalleled document collection on Holocaust victims and survivors and...

New York, NY - Finding a seat in a subway car during rush-hour is about to get more difficult. New York City Transit officials are planning to roll out a pilot program featuring a train with flip-up seats in four of 10 cars. The seats will be locked in the up position during rush hour. This way, officials hope to squeeze more people — as many as 18 percent more — inside such cars. NYC...

Brooklyn, NY - Professor Moishe Zvi Reicher will be paying tribute to the legacy of the Bobover Rebbe, Rav Shlomo Halbarstam ZATZAL, on Talkline with Zev Brenner, this Motzei Shabbos, 12 midnight on WMCA 570 AM or via www.talklinecommunications.com ...

Westhampton Beach, NY - Gov. David Paterson pleaded for religious tolerance and expressed his support for the idea of an eruv during a speech at a Long Island synagogue on Shabbos. The governor made his remarks to an Orthodox congregation in Westhampton Beach that is trying to win village approval to erect an eruv. The eruv are nearly invisible to those passing by, but to Orthodox Jews they are...

Vashon Island, WA - King County sheriff's detectives are searching for whoever broke into a synagogue here and scrawled racial slurs graffiti “God hates Jews” alongside swastikas on the walls of the synagogue. Sgt. John Urquhart said the vandalism at Havurat Ee Shalom occurred over the weekend and was discovered by worshipers. Urquhart said the break-in likely involved more than one person...