Newark, NJ – Two New York City police officers are among five people charged with robbing about $1 million of perfume from a northern New Jersey warehouse. Federal prosecutors say Officers Richard LeBlanca and Brian Checo and the others are scheduled to appear in Newark’s federal courthouse at 2 p.m. Friday. A third defendant, Orlando Garcia, is [...]

Ohio – The only certainty about the Warsaw Ghetto’s underground medical school is that it existed, functioning amid the chaos, one of the least-known stories of WW II. Of the 200 students, about five survived. Amazingly three settled in Ohio: my late friend Marc Balin in Timberlake (Lake County); his friend in Canton, the late [...]

Brooklyn – New York City Council candidate and education advocate, David G. Greenfield was endorsed today by Congressman Michael McMahon. Congressman McMahon represents parts of Brooklyn and Staten Island in the House of Representatives, and is the first member of Congress that represents parts of the 44th Council District to endorse a candidate in the [...]

Washington – The United States and Israel are dickering over the price of fish – specifically, gefilte fish – while the holiday of Passover, when it is considered de rigeur for every Ashkenazi Jew to consume at least some, draws closer. The dispute centers on a 120 percent import duty imposed by Israel on nine containers [...]

After the recent incident in which a soldier assigned to protect IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-General Gabi Ashkenazi’s office was apprehended after he stole his credit card, security for the military commander was sharply increased, officials reported.  Now we learn that a 36-year-old Ramat Gan man succeeded in getting into the chief’s office in the Defense [...]

Brooklyn, NY – As part of the annual “Change Your Clocks, Change Your Batteries” campaign, the FDNY Fire Safety Education Unit in conjunction with the New York Rescue Response Team (NYRRT) will be distributing FREE 9-volt batteries and fire safety materials at the following two Brooklyn locations: Williamsburg: Tuesday March 9th 11:00 – 3:00pm at Lee [...]

Rocks hurled at Kotel worshipers after mosque sermon, skirmishes break out in W. Bank.

ANNAPOLIS, MD — On Wednesday, March 3rd, a delegation of Orthodox Jewish community activists and representatives from Jewish educational institutions from across the state converged on Annapolis to engage in advocacy efforts on behalf of the BOAST (Building Opportunities for All Students and Teachers) Maryland Educational Tax Credit. The BOAST program seeks to provide lucrative [...]

When residents in the Mitzpei Yishai neighborhood of Kedumim in Shomron invited soldiers to Friday night seuda as is customary, they were surprised to hear from a soldier “I may not eat in your home and I cannot come to shul for minyan without an officer accompanying me”, the weekly B’Sheva newspaper reports. Residents surmise the [...]

It would appear that Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan have no difficulty labeling Israeli officials “murderers of children” and “guilty of war crimes” but when the United States labels the atrocities perpetrated by Turks against Armenians, that is an entirely different matter. The bloodshed leading to the massacre of Armenians [...]