Moscow, Russia - Micky Saidov, an Israeli businessman living in Russia never would have imagined that a trip with his daughter to one of the most talked about circuses in Moscow would go from an entertaining experience to a full-blown anti-Semitic one. During one of the Nikulin Circus skits, the performers simulated a "Jewish Wedding", with the leading roles being filled by four monkeys...

New York City - These bums are costing you a fortune. Ricky Alardo, a homeless alcoholic nicknamed Ricky Ricardo, swigs cheap vodka by day at his favorite corner in Washington Heights, then calls an ambulance to chauffeur him to the hospital for a free meal and a warm place to sleep, courtesy of taxpayers who fund his Medicaid benefits. For a chronic caller like Alardo -- who phones 911...

Paris, France - France's justice minister says she will appeal the sentences of some gang members who kidnapped, tortured and killed a young French Jew in 2006. She says some sentences are too lenient. Justice Minister Michelle Alliot-Marie said today she instructed the Paris prosecutor to appeal the sentences against members of the self-styled "gang of barbarians." The Paris prosecutor's...

Israel - Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz recently ordered a change in roadside signs across Israel's highways so that the all names appearing on them in English and Arabic would be a direct transliteration of Hebrew. For example, the sign directing drivers to Jerusalem would read Yerushalayim, Nazareth will become Natsrat and Caesarea will become Kesariya. Arab names are to be changed...

London - The House of Lords Appointments Commission has today recommended the appointment of Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks as a Life Peer. He will sit as a cross-bencher. Sir Jonathan Sacks said: “I am honoured by this appointment. I am proud to be following in the footsteps of my predecessor, Lord Jakobovits, who served in the House of Lords. I will be combining both my rabbinical...

New York, NY - Thanks a lot, Hillary! In a surprise turnaround that will cost the city $260 million in back taxes and untold millions in future lost revenue, Hillary Rodham Clinton's State Department has quietly reversed a longstanding policy requiring foreign governments to pay taxes on some diplomatic residences. It's a shocking about-face by Secretary of State Clinton -- who repeatedly...

Munich, Germany - John Demjanjuk, a suspected Nazi death-camp guard, was charged by Munich prosecutors with aiding the murder of 27,900 people in the Sobibor concentration camp during World War II. The indictment today follows the 89-year-old’s deportation to Germany from the U.S. in May and the loss of several bids to stop the extradition in the courts of both nations. A Munich tribunal in...