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Coney Island, NY - Brooklyn Rabbi Wins Beard Contest
Today at 12:29 AM
Coney Island, NY - A Brooklyn rabbi has won the mustache, beard and sideburns competition by a whisker.
Organizers say Rabbi Abraham Abraham edged out around 20 other competitors to win the facial hair standoff in Coney Island. He took the trophy for the best groomed beard and mustache.
Abraham says he's been growing his Santa Claus-style beard and starched mustache for about 50 years. He says after a shower he uses hair gel to sculpt...
Queens, NY - JetBlue Auctions 300 Round Trip Flights On eBay
Yesterday at 10:05 PM
Queens, NY - JetBlue Airways Corp. is auctioning off more than 300 roundtrip flights and six vacation packages this week on eBay, with opening bids set between 5 and 10 cents.
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The flights are to more than 20 destinations, including four "mystery" JetBlue Getaways Vacation...
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New York, NY - Foreclosure on the Rise in ManhattanYesterday at 08:51 PM
New York, NY - Until now, Manhattan has largely been spared from the foreclosure crisis that has spread across the country, and into the surrounding... |
Beirut - UN Chief: Israel Should Pay Lebanon $1 billion To Compensate Environmental DamageYesterday at 07:27 PM
Beirut - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has renewed calls for Israel to pay Lebanon around $1 billion in compensation for damage inflicted during... | |||
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Beit She'an, Israel - Couple Arrested for Hitting Their Children With BeltsYesterday at 05:53 PM
Beit She'an, Israel - A couple was arrested Sunday evening on suspicion of hitting three of their four children, aged two, five and eight. The man, 40, and woman, 30, have one other child together - a two-year-old.
Beit She'an Police made the arrests after receiving... |
Travnik, Bosnia - Former Synagogue Demolished to Build Shopping CenterYesterday at 04:24 PM
Travnik, Bosnia - A former synagogue was demolished to make way for a shopping center.
The synagogue that was built in 1860 to replace one that was built in the 18th century, was last used for worship in 1941 and damaged during World War II, the synagogue was sold to... | |||
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Postville, IA - Police Chief: Crime Has Risen in City after Immigration RaidYesterday at 03:52 PM
Postville, IA - Postville's police chief says he's trying to add another officer to his staff as crime has risen in the city after an Immigration raid in May.
The Agriprocessors meatpacking plant was raided May 12, when 389 people were charged with being in the... |
New York, NY - Elevators in New York City Housing Authority Projects in Sad ShapeYesterday at 02:28 PM
New York, NY - Riding the elevators in some city Housing Authority projects is like jumping on a scary ride at Coney Island. Say the House of... | |||
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Waterbury, CT - Neighbors: Yeshiva Hasn't Kept Its Part of DealYesterday at 12:43 PM
Waterbury, CT - Seven years after the city signed a 50-year contract giving an Orthodox Jewish sect rights to use the former University of... |
Washington - Government Takes Control of Fannie, FreddieYesterday at 11:22 AM
Washington - The government announced on Sunday that it was taking control of troubled mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac... | |||
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Borough Park, NY - Pull The Lever for Simcha Felder. Interview With VIN NewsYesterday at 08:38 AM
Brooklyn, NY - When addressing the hotly contested race for the 21st State Senate District in Flatbush, incumbent Kevin Parker tells both the press... |
New York - NY Daily News: Dump Sheldon SilverYesterday at 08:27 AM
New York - The time has come for the voters of lower Manhattan to turn Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver out of office.
After 32 years in his seat... | |||
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Tel Aviv, Israel - Rabbonim Fight Hotels for Forced Shabbat Check-OutsYesterday at 07:29 AM
Tel Aviv, Israel - The High Holidays are almost upon us, and Shabbat-observers should think twice before making weekend reservations. Hotels may have a synagogue or provide kosher meals, but they will also ask guests to vacate their rooms in the afternoon, way before... |
Paris, France - Three Jewish Teens Attacked, Injured on Their Way to Shul by Muslim GroupYesterday at 06:11 AM
Paris, France - Three Jewish men aged 17 and 18 from Bnei Akiva organization were attacked by a group of Muslims of similar age in Paris.
The three victims who were wearing yarmulkas at the time were struck by stones and blows thrown by a group of five young men, who... | |||
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Updated: Yesterday at 09:11 PM Brooklyn, NY - Community Activist Ruchie Freier To Discuss Kids At Risk. AUDIO Replay Sep 06, 2008 at 11:29 PM
Brooklyn, NY - Talkline with Zev Brenner will be focusing on this issue of Kids at Risk in the Heimisha-Chasidisha... |
Brooklyn, NY - Felder: Parker Never Delivered Anything To The CommunitySep 06, 2008 at 10:45 PM
Brooklyn, NY - It has become something of a ritual in recent weeks. Every few days, State Senator Kevin S. Parker announces that another prominent elected official has endorsed him, often doing so at a press conference in front of Brooklyn’s Borough Hall.
Mr... | |||
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Montreal, Canada - Notorious Israeli Hacker ArrestedSep 06, 2008 at 10:35 PM
Montreal, Canada - Canadian authorities have announced the arrest of a 29-year-old Israeli named Ehud Tenenbaum whom they believe is the notorious... |
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK - Calls for Ban on Religious Slaughter MethodsSep 06, 2008 at 10:06 PM
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK - Animal rights campaigners will call on MSPs this week to ban the Islamic and Jewish method of slaughtering animals, claiming there can be no exemptions purely on the grounds of religious belief.
A petition will be heard, backed by the... | |||
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Israel - Are Deposits Being Taken to Build Charedi Community In Ramla?Sep 06, 2008 at 09:32 PM
Israel - Orthodox newspapers published featured ads announcing a new project about to be launched: "The City Gates project in Ramla – the new haredi district."
The ads included telephone numbers and an address in the city of a company called Bnei Brak as contact... |
Updated: Yesterday at 09:11 PM Brooklyn, NY - Yeshiva Man Goes Public On Radio Show About His Torment of Abuse Fifteen Years Ago, As a Child. AUDIO Replay Sep 06, 2008 at 09:09 PM
Brooklyn, NY - Tonight on “THE DOV HIKIND SHOW” WMCA 570 AM @11:00 PM A Yeshivish married man a survivor of Sexual abuse will appear together... | |||
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Chevron - Muslims Urinated Next to Torah Scrolls in Moras Ha'MachpelahSep 06, 2008 at 08:43 PM
Chevron - Muslims converged on the Cave of Patriarchs for Ramadan prayers, urinated next to Torah scrolls and left behind Hamas flags.
The desecration occurred on one of the 10 days during the year that the holy site is open only to Muslims and is closed to Jews. The... |
New York - Emergency Preparedness Alert - Tropical Storm HannaSep 05, 2008 at 05:30 PM
New York - The Jewish Community Relations Council [JCRC of NY] has sent sent out the following urgent advisory to the Jewish community that live in... | |||
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New York - New Law Allows Pharmacists to Give Flu ShotsSep 05, 2008 at 04:41 PM
New York - Gov. David Paterson said today he has signed legislation to let pharmacists administer flu and pneumonia shots, a change expected to boost the number of adults getting vaccinated statewide.
New York pharmacists who complete state training and... |
Postville, IA - Agriprocessors: NY Times, PETA Claim Of Law Prohibiting Second Cut A Simple LieSep 05, 2008 at 02:15 PM
Postville, IA - After an article appeared today in the NY Times by Julia Preston, where it accuses Agriprocessors of inhumanly slaughter tactics showing an undercover video released by Peta, we got a Letter that was submitted to the NY Times by Menacham Lubinsky who... | |||
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