Bnei Brak – Police were searching for a married couple from Bnei Brak who fled their home on Sunday with two of their children, abandoning their remaining four children at home, Israel Radio reported. The children left at the Bnei Brak home ranged in age from five to eleven. According to the report, the father telephoned his [...]

Washington – Labor Day finds New York Democrats fearing that President Obama’s sinking approval ratings will cost them ex-US Rep. Anthony Weiner’s seat next week, plus several congressional seats and the recapture of the state Senate next year, senior party officials privately concede. “The fear is that with a Republican [Robert Turner] being so close [...]

Jerusalem – Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef met with US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro on Sunday, telling him that Shas is a party that supports and is obligated to peace, Israel Radio reported. Yosef also implored Shapiro to do everything in his power to bring about the release of Israeli agent Jonathan Pollard from [...]

New York, NY – Twenty-four New Yorkers were hit by gunfire, one fatally, over 24 hours of violence this weekend, prompting Mayor Bloomberg to call the bloody stretch “unconscionable” and demand action from Washington. The eruption of shootings from 6 a.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday left the mayor livid and the parents of three wounded [...]

London – A lie-detection system that uses thermal-imaging cameras and powerful software to spot signs of deception will get a trial run at an unidentified British airport, London’s Sunday Times reports. The system could be used at customs and to check whether people entering Britain are giving true accounts of themselves. A key element is [...]

Istanbul – Some 40 Israeli passengers were held up on arrival at Istanbul Airport for no apparent reason, Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said, amid further tension in Israeli-Turkish relations. Palmor said the Israelis, mostly businessmen, were not told why they were taken to a side room in the airport, where their passports were taken [...]

West Bank – Settlers set fire to a mosque south of Nablus early Monday morning, in an apparent “price tag” attack following the earlier demolition of three homes in the Migron outpost, the Ma’an news agency quoted Palestinian sources as saying. Ma’an quoted the sources as saying the settlers stormed the mosque in the West Bank [...]

Israel – “Out of the depths I cry to you,’ says the Song of Ascents in the Book of Psalms. These words will soon receive a different meaning, when a Torah scroll will be placed in Navy submarines for the first time in history. Every permanent Israel Defense Forces base has a Torah scroll which is [...]

New York – Changes in cabin pressure during flights may cause insulin pumps to deliver too much or too little of the medication, possibly putting extremely sensitive diabetics at risk, according to a study. Researchers led by Bruce King at John Hunter Children’s Hospital in Newcastle, Australia wrote in the journal Diabetes Care decided to investigate [...]

London – Strictly Orthodox leaders have pledged to organize mass protests against plans by Queen Mary, University of London, to build on the site of a Jewish cemetery in Mile End Road, east London. The Committee for the Preservation of Jewish Cemeteries in Europe is leading the campaign against the development of the Novo Sephardic cemetery, [...]