More than 500 people celebrated the completion of the first Torah scroll to be written in the birthplace of Communist leader Vladimir Lenin.

Borough Park, NY – Four members of an Orthodox Jewish volunteer patrol in Brooklyn were shot Thursday night after they followed and confronted a man in a vehicle who had been acting suspiciously, the police and witnesses said. The men, members of the Shomrim Patrol, a volunteer security force, were shot about 8 p.m. near 49th [...]

Jerusalem – Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, the rabbinical authority in charge of the Kotel (Western Wall), made public a new procedure Thursday regarding bringing Torah scrolls into the Kotel. Under the new guidelines, individuals who wish to bring in a Torah scroll to the Kotel will require a permit from the Kotel Rabbi. The guidelines were put in [...]

Kevin Bright producer of a popular TV sitcom, “friends” speaks about Chabad.

United Kingdom – Tony Blair regrets banning fox hunting, but not invading Iraq. He was captivated by Princess Diana, intimidated by Queen Elizabeth II. He heaps praise on President George W. Bush but calls his close colleague Gordon Brown a man of “zero” emotional intelligence. He acknowledges that some find him delusional, and says he [...]

Schneur Kamensky (Pittsburgh, PA) and Sonya Antopolsky (New York)

Brooklyn, NY – Police are searching for a man wanted for an attempted robbery at a Brooklyn D train station last month. Authorities say on the morning of August 17 inside the 50th Street station in Borough Park, the suspect approached a 42-year-old woman, demanded she hand over her valuables and ran off without taking anything. The [...]

MTA Long Island Rail Road will suspend service on Friday to the East End of Long Island for safety reasons as forecasters are calling for Hurricane Earl to bring sustained winds of 40 mph (with gusts of up to 60 mph), heavy rains and possible flooding. The LIRR will suspend train service east of Speonk on [...]

Levi Dubrawsky (Dallas, TX) and Leah Rudolph (Pittsburgh, PA)

Stocks ended higher for a third session, a day before investors got a better glimpse of the economy’s health in the August jobs report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended up 50.63 points, or 0.5 percent to 10,320.10. The S&P 500 rose 9.81 points, or 0.9 percent, to 1,090.10, while the Nasdaq rose 23.17 points, or 1.1 [...]