Shira Banki, 16, who was critically wounded after being stabbed during the Jerusalem Pride Parade on Thursday by a Jewish terrorist, has succumbed to her wounds after a three-day battle for her life. Banki is an orgran donor.
Jerusalem – Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Aryeh Stern visited the victims of the stabbing attack at the capital’s gay pride march, denouncing the assault as “totally contrary to the Torah.”
Ein Keren, Israel – Over 700 residents of the Even Sapir moshav and Ein Keren, near Hadassah University Medical Center in southwest Jerusalem, were forced to evacuate their homes this morning as 20 firefighting teams and eight airplanes attempt to contain a blaze amid soaring temperatures.
A Tennessee police officer was shot and killed during a traffic stop in Memphis on Saturday and a manhunt is underway for the suspect, officials said.
Queens, New York – Orthodox Jewish residents of the massive 4,605 apartment complex in Lefrak City, Queens have filed a “discrimination” suit against the buildings’ owners over the installation of key fobs and other electronic renovations that are causing major problems for them during the Sabbath.
About 40 people have been removed from a set of houses in Ste-Agathe-des-Monts owned by the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect Lev Tahor.
Three family members of former Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden were killed in a private plane crash in southern England, British police said Saturday.
LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles man who prosecutors say was a leader of an Israeli organized crime ring that moved drugs and money across the globe was sentenced Friday to 32 years in prison.
Concern is rising in Israel over the fate of Dor Cohen, a 23-year-old backpacker from Jerusalem, who has been missing since Wednesday while on a trek in the Caucasus Mountains in northern Georgia. A helicopter has been assisting in a widespread search effort in the area.
A riot broke out in the haredi neighborhood Beit Yisrael in central Jerusalem on Saturday night, after large police forces used heavy force to arrest Rabbanit Yocheved Grossman, on suspicion that she knew the haredi stabber who attacked the controversial gay pride parade last Thursday.