St Petersburg, FL - It was a bittersweet celebration Sunday during the grand opening of the exhibit, "Courage and Compassion: The Legacy of the Bielski Brothers," at The Florida Holocaust Museum. "Courage and Compassion" showcases the heroic efforts of three brothers — Tuvia, Zus and Asael Bielski — who helped save more than 1,000 Jews during World War II. Photos, videos, original documents...

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Rudy Giuliani said today he will consider running for governor of New York and isn't ruling out a second attempt at the U.S. presidency. A one-time presidential front-runner and former mayor of New York City, Giuliani dropped out of the race for Republican nominee in January after losing the primary in Florida, where he had poured the bulk of his campaign...

Mifflintown, PA - Empire Kosher Poultry announced today that effective November 24, it will significantly expand production of Kosher chicken, increasing its output by 50%. This increase will allay any fear of a widespread Kosher poultry shortage. Additionally, Empire announced that it will reduce the price of fresh chicken cutlets (skinless and boneless chicken breast) by at least 10%, also...

Sharon, MA - VIN News has confirmed that Seventeen-year-old Leah Larson, founder, editor, and publisher of YALDAH magazine is the winner in the Someday Stories Contest sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank. Evelyn Krieger, of Sharon, MA, wrote the winning essay, “Dream Girl”, describing her ambitious daughter’s talents and dream of expanding YALDAH magazine, which she started at age 13...

Jerusalem, Israel - A court has ruled that a satirical spoof in the hareidi religious Yated Ne'eman newspaper against national religious Rabbi Yisrael Rosen does not protect it from libel laws. The satire included a comment that Rabbi Rosen "authorized kosher permits for money." The spoof was in response to an article by the rabbi who protested a decision by United Torah Judaism (UTJ) to join...

Brooklyn, NY- Hershel Gluck is one of a number of entrepreneurs who launched successful businesses that stemmed out of a search to improve their own health. Looking for quality, spelt free, all natural whole-grain items for his own diet to improve his health, Mr. Gluck launched Shibolim several years ago and the timing could not have better as an increasing number of health-conscious kosher...

Plainview, NY - A Long Island doctor is rebuilding his practice a year after being accused of spreading hepatitis by using a sloppy injection technique. Dr. Harvey Finkelstein’s lawyer says the Plainview physician’s business shrank after state officials told more than 10,000 of his patients last year to get tested for hepatitis and HIV. But attorney Peter Chavkin says Finkelstein’s...

Washington - The Justice department is getting flooded with a new wave of requests for pardons and commutations from convicted felons hoping for clemency from President Bush before he leaves office. A number of politically connected Washington lawyers have been retained to push the cases, but there are few signs that Bush will be open to anything resembling the last minute "pardon party" that...

New York - In one of the nation’s largest displays of support for alternative life style, tens of thousands of people in cities across the country turned out in support of same gender marriage on Saturday. It was the second major protest within days in New York. Democratic congressman Anthony Weiner, who is seen as a possible challenger to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, told the rally he would...

Kosovo - An Israeli national has been arrested in Kosovo on suspicion of negotiating an illegal organ transplant, says the Kosovo Police Service (KPS). According to KPS spokesman Veton Elshani, Moshe Harel was arrested in Priština yesterday afternoon on suspicion of organizing the arrival in Kosovo of a Turkish kidney donor, as well as of the intended recipient, another Israeli...

Jerusalem - The High Holiday season is a time for giving. Some of the most important pro-Israel philanthropic appeals take place in North America between Rosh Hashana and Succot. But not surprisingly, this year's North American appeals yielded particularly flat results. Even the warmest, most generous North American Jew is reevaluating his/her commitment to Israel's institutions. "This year's...

New York - Following his call to open Bahrain to the return of its native Jewish population, a delegation of 50 Bahraini Jews who live across the United States stood for a blessing on King Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa. Leading the traditional blessing, Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Levi Shemtov, the Washington, D.C., director of American Friends of Lubavitch, thanked G-d for “bestowing a part of His...

Washington - Barack Obama is to pursue an ambitious peace plan in the Middle East involving the recognition of Israel by the Arab world in exchange for its withdrawal to pre-1967 borders, according to sources close to America’s president-elect. Obama intends to throw his support behind a 2002 Saudi peace initiative endorsed by the Arab League and backed by Tzipi Livni, the Israeli foreign...

Israel - Tension over financial difficulties caused a couple in their seventies to attempt suicide early Sunday morning. The woman escaped with her life at the last moment, calling for paramedics who were forced to declare her husband dead. The couple, of the southern town of Nir Akiva, decided to take their own lives by filling their car with exhaust fumes. But the woman changed her mind at...

Jerusalem - Newly elected Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat is considering thanking the city's ultra-Orthodox Ger community for their support in the elections by handing their representatives the municipality's planning and construction portfolio. Barkat met with MK Yakov Litzman (United Torah Judaism), who represents the Ger community, at his house yesterday for a lengthy meeting. "We don't give...