House Speaker John Boehner said Sunday that there is unprecedented demand for seats in the House for Binyamin Netanyahu’s speech Tuesday. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” he said on CBS’s Face the Nation. “Everybody wants to be there.” “What I do wonder is why the White House feels threatened because the Congress wants to…
DetailsA tutor working in boy’s schools in Crown Heights was arrested last week and charged with a number of heinous crimes, including child molestation and endangerment. Law enforcement sources told CrownHeights.info that the suspect, 32-year-old Gershon Selinger, turned himself in to police in the 84th Precinct on Wednesday night to answer for charges that he…
DetailsThe State Attorney’s Office filed indictments Monday, as well as remand requests, against three Israelis accused of aiding in Hamas’ quest to build terror tunnels into israel. One of the defendants is a resident of a community in the Eshkol Regional Council; the other two defendants reside in the center of the country. In addition…
DetailsThe Tel Aviv District Court on Sunday convicted Danny Biton, father of superstar pop singer Eyal Golan, of a series of serious sex crimes, including procuring for prostitution and for prostitution with minors. Biton confessed to the crimes, in accordance with the plea bargain signed with the State Prosecutor’s Office, and will serve a two-year…
DetailsArgentine President Cristina Fernandez said Sunday the prosecutor who had accused her of a criminal cover-up had also praised her, characterizing the late Alberto Nisman’s actions as contradictory in a sharply worded speech that included a rebuke of Israel over the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center.
The 2015 election campaign has seen a fierce fight between ultra-Orthodox rivals Arye Dery and Eli Yishai over the political inheritance of the late Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. But the dispute over the spiritual leader’s material and intellectual property has now reached the courts. Yosef’s 10 surviving adult children are scheduled to report on Tuesday to…
DetailsMEMBERS of Melbourne’s Jewish community have called for the immediate resignation of the board at the disgraced Yeshivah Centre in the wake of a damning royal commission probe. While several high-profile rabbis have already resigned from positions — including the nation’s top rabbi, Meir Shlomo Kluwgant – the management committee has escaped the same level…
DetailsTzohar, a Religious Zionist Rabbinical organization in Israel, in conjunction with the Israel Bar Association, has announced the creation of a new so-called “Halakhic Pre-nup” agreement to be offered to Israeli couples in accordance with Jewish Law (Halakha). In a press release, the organization’s Chairman Rabbi David Stav was quoted as saying: “This agreement can…
DetailsLOS ANGELES — An altercation that occurred on Sunday in downtown Los Angeles on Skid Row prompted a deadly officer-involved shooting. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers were sent to the 540 block of South San Pedro Street around 11:36 a.m. for report of a robbery.
DetailsWELLSTON, MO – A man is in critical condition after an officer involved shooting in Wellston. The incident happened at 10:15 AM on Saturday. Wellston’s chief of police G. T. Walker said one of his officers had made a traffic stop on Morton Street just north of Page and was questioning the driver outside of…
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