'Guardian' says US official assured Abbas Washington could consider move; State Department denies reports.

Teheran apparently wins seat by default due to lack of candidates.

A spokesperson for the Brooklyn district attorney’s office says State Senator Kevin Parker will be tried this summer for allegedly attacking a New York Post photographer. Prosecutors say William Lopez had his finger broken when Parker grabbed his camera last May. Felony charges were recently restored after a judge initially dismissed them for a lack of evidence. The [...]

New York City is forecast to break a 9-year-old record high temperature tomorrow as a blast of unseasonably warm air arrives to start the new month, according to the National Weather Service. The temperature in New York’s Central Park is expected to reach 89 Fahrenheit, which would break the 2001 record for the day of 87. High [...]

Citing an increase in noise complaints from helicopters, the city’s Economic Development Corporation announced plans Friday to eliminate short sightseeing tours entirely. There will also be no more tours over Central Park, the Empire State Building or Brooklyn. Sightseeing flights will now follow one of two routes designed to cut down noise in Brooklyn Bridge Park and [...]

Kalispell, MT – Hundreds of Montana residents crowded around a library to protest a pro-Nazi film being shown by a white separatist group called Kalispell Pioneer Little Europe. The Kalispell residents held signs reading “No Neo-Nazis,” and “No Hate in My Backyard,” on Thursday to protest the showing of “Epic: The Story of the Waffen SS,” [...]

The Jewish Technical Vocational School, located on top of Advantage Wholesale Supplies, poses for a group picture in their Beis Medrash together with Reb Dovid Smetana, owner of AWS.

Dan and Estee (nee Stern) Sachs (Crown Heights)

Sholom Zochor at 888 Montgomery St, Apt A8
[betweeen Troy and Schenectady Ave]

Long Island, NY – If you’ve ever had takeaway coffee in New York City, you’ve seen the iconic “We Are Happy to Serve You” cup, with its blue-and-white Grecian theme. It’s called the Anthora, and is only available in New York, though their fame has spread around the world. Leslie Buck, who designed the Anthora, [...]