Williamsburg, NY – Everyone’s favorite mosquito-borne disease has made its Capistrano-like return to the city. The health department announced on Friday that it had detected the West Nile virus in four neighborhoods in three boroughs: Old Town on Staten Island; East Williamsburg/Bushwick in Brooklyn; and South Jamaica/Rochdale Village and Auburndale/Pomonok in Queens. No human cases, however, [...]

This video was shot on location in the stadium and on the turf where the games are taking place. The rabbis are actual Chabad rabbis in Capetown, South Africa, and no rabbis or players were hurt in the making of this film.

Postville, IA – Attorneys for a former vice president of an Iowa kosher meatpacking plant have appealed his conviction and sentence on financial fraud charges. Attorneys for Sholom Rubashkin filed their appeal Friday with the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis. Rubashkin was found guilty last fall on 86 federal financial fraud charges. He [...]

Mendy and Miriam Klein (Crown Heights)

Clinton restates US desire for positive relations despite spy scandal.

Man said to be unofficial Hizbullah religious leader has hemorrhage.

Man said to be unofficial Hizbullah religious leader has hemorrhage.

One week after a break-in forced a Tiberias synagogue to delay a long-planned renovation to its centuries-old building, its directors are working overtime to maintain a modicum of services to tourists in one of Israel’s busiest seasons.

½ cup margarine, softened 2 cups brown sugar 3 eggs 2 cups flour 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1-1/2 cups white chocolate chips 1-1/4 cups roasted cashew pieces Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together margarine and brown sugar until fluffy.  Beat in eggs.  Beat in flour and baking powder. On low speed, mix in white chocolate chips and cashews. Pour into greased [...]

Brooklyn, NY – Several families were finally getting back into their homes after a stubborn and smokey fire in Brooklyn. The 5-alarm fire was fed by material inside a cabinet warehouse, has been burning for over 16 hours. Close to 200 firefighters worked through the night, trying to douse the blaze. “Very combustible. Cabinets, cardboard paper. And [...]