Four teens apologized and read essays on the meaning of Rosh Hashanah before they were sentenced in Sullivan County Court on Friday for ransacking a Jewish bungalow colony in April and spray painting gang graffiti, a swastika and spelling out “Hitler.” Daniel Anderson, 19; Travis Beaupierre, 16; Malik Keith, 18; and Daemion Cameron, 19; previously pleaded [...]

Clinton declares peace is within Israeli and Palestinian interests in Friday night interview with Israeli and Palestinian reporters, rejects suggestion that talks are ploy to gain Arab support for strike on Iran.

A group of nearly 40 Shluchim signed a letter in support of Rabbi Moshe Bogomilsky in the upcoming elections for Rabbonus in Crown Heights.

Bedbugs continued their summer-long invasion of New York businesses by taking over a small portion of Google’s posh Manhattan office. A spokeswoman for Google confirmed Friday that bedbugs had found their way into the search-engine giant’s sprawling space in Chelsea. “Like several other businesses in New York City, we’ve discovered bedbugs in a small area of [...]

Swan Lake, NY – Four teens apologized and read essays on the meaning of the Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah before they were sentenced in Sullivan County Court on Friday for ransacking a Jewish bungalow colony in April and spray painting gang graffiti, a swastika and spelling out “Hitler.” Daniel Anderson, 19; Travis Beaupierre, 16; Malik Keith, [...]

Stocks closed higher for the fourth straight session Friday after a better-than-expected jobs report gave investors another reason to think the U.S. economy is beginning to turn around. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose more than 125 points to end near the session highs, snapping a three-week losing streak. The market gained in the last hour [...]

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – A cargo plane crashed in an unpopulated area near the Dubai airport, killing the two crew members on board, according to the official WAM news agency in the United Arab Emirates. U.S.-based UPS confirmed that the aircraft was one of the company’s planes. The following statement was released by UPS: A UPS cargo plane [...]

Video footage of the aftermath of the explosion today in Al-Shahabiya, a village in southern Lebanon, shows smoke rising from a building. Hezbollah controls this area of Lebanon and the building where the explosion occurred was used as a Hezbollah weapons storage facility. An IDf statement said: “Today’s incident is only one of many that clearly [...]

A key financial backer of the proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero once contributed to a U.S.-designated terror group. Egyptian-born businessman Hisham Elzanaty, who made what is described as a “significant investment” in the Ground Zero mosque project,contributed more than $6,000 in 1999 to the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, also known as HLF, [...]

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) commended the Boro Park Shomrim for their bravery in protecting the children and residents of Borough Park on Thursday night.  Nadler issued the following statement: “Yesterday, four volunteer members of the Boro Park Shomrim put their lives at risk to courageously pursue a perpetrator.  These four heroes were unfortunately wounded in [...]