Crown Heights, NY - Like many other young men in Crown Heights, Itzik Balulu studies the Talmud and other Jewish texts from early in the morning to well into the night. But you should see his ride. When he's not ensconced in 770 Eastern Parkway, the center of the Chabad-Lubavitch universe, the 26-year-old Israeli and his crew drive around in a blinged-out Cadillac, a regular kandy-kolored...

Coral Gables, FL - When students return for classes at the University of Miami, there will be a new dining option for those who want top quality strictly Kosher food. The Oasis, located on the ground floor of the Whitten University Center, will serve as a retail food establishment, offering a variety of Glatt Kosher food from breakfast to dinner, and for takeout. The diverse menu features...

Brooklyn, NY - Fire Department and Hatzolah are on the scene for a fire in the basement of a multiple 6 story dwelling at 150 Skillman Avenue and Myrtle Street. All searches are negative at this time. ...

New York - If you've been using Sprint/Nextel's PCS mail service for your email needs, be prepared to make a switch to one of the other providers come the new year. Sprint announced this week that they will be discontinuing their "@sprintpcs.com" email service on December 31st, 2008. Their website provides no reason for the decision, but one can imagine it's most likely an attempt to cut costs in...

Jerusalem - The struggle between secular and Orthodox Jews in the capital has reached the public parks. A family of ultra-Orthodox Jews attempting to spend a relaxed day in a park located in the secular Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hakerem were driven away from the area by a number of residents. The family arrived at the park with its children in tow on Monday evening, and attempted to have...

Canada - A Hasidic Jew a French tourist was hit in the face while walking to a synagogue in Ste. Agathe, the incident is one of a number of attacks this summer on observant Jews in the Laurentians. The attack took place as the 23-year-old was walking to synagogue with his father and two younger brothers, a group of teenagers began hurling insults at them. When the man asked the teens why they...

Harcourt, Nigeria - Kidnappers have seized an Israeli businessman who had been working for many years in oil-rich southern Nigeria. The attackers kidnapped the foreigner late Tuesday in the southern city of Port Harcourt, said regional police spokeswoman Rita Inoma-Abbey. Authorities arrested the victim's driver in connection with the case, but no further details were immediately...

New York, NY - Teachers who drive to work may learn a new lesson when they come back to school this year. As part of the mayor's initiative to cut back on city issued parking placards, City Hall is vastly reducing the number of permits issued to schools by more than 80 percent, from about 63,000 to just more than 11,000. The city says the DOE exceeded the number of parking permits to available...

Chicago, IL - Documents released Tuesday by the University of Illinois at Chicago shed some light on Barack Obama’s relationship with William Ayers, a founding member of the 1960s and 1970s radical group the Weather Underground. Obama’s association with Ayers, who now teaches at the university, has become an issue in the Illinois senator’s presidential campaign. The Weather Underground...