S. Petersburg, Russia - While the Jewish cuisine served at S.Petersburg’s 7:40 Restaurant was certainly popular, it was nevertheless not kosher. In late June, the establishment closed for 17 days to re-open as a kosher restaurant. The management proudly present a certificate that it is under Rabbinic supervision and is kosher certified by the Chief Rabbi of S. Petersburg Menachem Mendel...

Israel - The U.S. has demanded that Israel suspend a planned project in east Jerusalem, senior Israeli officials said Sunday - the latest sign of a deepening conflict between the two allies over Israeli settlements. The officials confirmed that Israel's ambassador to the US, Michael Oren, was summoned to the State Department over the weekend and told that the project being developed by...

Gaza Strip, Gaza - Among those leading the latest attempt by international radical leftists to enter Gaza was New York City Councilman Charles Barron, who is running for Brooklyn Borough President. Barron represents the 42nd council district in Brooklyn, which includes parts of East Flatbush, Canarsie, East New York, and Brownsville. After arriving in Egypt on July 13, the "Viva Palestina"...

New York - Three-hundred Nazis are living in plain sight in the United States, according to the world's preeminent Nazi-hunting organization. Although the case against John Demjanjuk, the former Ohio auto worker formally charged with war crimes in Germany last week, is being called the last great Nazi war-crimes trial, Efraim Zuroff said there are hundreds more suspects to be brought to...

Veendam, Netherlands - A fire in the northeast of the Netherlands has destroyed two wooden barracks in which Anne Frank was detained at the end of World War II. The two barracks were originally located at camp Westerbork, in the east of the country, where Dutch Jews were held as they were being deported to German concentration camps. In 1957 the two barracks were sold and moved to the nearby...

Jerusalem - A woman from Beit Shemesh was convicted Sunday morning by the Jerusalem District Court of child abuse and aggravated assault in incidents involving six of her children. Her husband was convicted of abuse and failing to report abuse. The mother of 12, was charged in April 2008 on suspicion of beating her children with belts, sticks and electric wire for 9 years. According to the...

London - Home Secretary Alan Johnson is to scrap his predecessor's policy of naming and shaming people banned from Britain for spreading race hate and terrorism. The U-turn follows Jacqui Smith's controversial decision two months ago to announce a list of 16 people branded as 'least wanted' in the UK. It led to a claim for £100,000 damages by U.S. radio 'shock jock' Michael Savage, who...

Postville, IA - A Montreal businessman poised to buy the Agriprocessors meatpacking plant vowed Friday that the former owners would have no roles in ownership or in upper management. Hershey Friedman said a few members of the Rubashkin family might continue to work at the Postville plant, but he said they would not be investors, and they would have no say in the plant’s direction. “They...