A once-prominent Orthodox rabbi who pleaded guilty to secretly videotaping nude women at a Jewish ritual bath in Washington was given a lawful penalty when a judge sentenced him to approximately 6 ? years in prison, an appeals court ruled Thursday.
Fashion Week’s craziest moment wasn’t at the Kanye West show it was in Brooklyn Supreme Court, where a drug suspect who had been banned from reading Talmudic quotations at a pre-trial hearing showed up in an outfit made entirely out of religious texts.
A number of Israeli rabbis, authorized by the Rabbinate to perform weddings recognized by the state, have been conducting fictitious wedding ceremonies between Jews and non-Jews, a new report by Channel 2 has revealed.
A powerful New York law firm has entered the fight over haredi education in the city, throwing its weight behind a group dedicated to bringing the curriculum at yeshivot in line with state-mandated curriculum.
The diamond mines have been closely guarded by the Angolan elite and a Chinese company is set to make its first investment in Angola’s precious stones.
Two and a half years after Lev Tahor fled Canada amid a variety of legal battles, members of the ultra-conservative Jewish sect are facing a government crackdown in their new home.
Washington – The United States on Wednesday signed an unprecedented new security agreement with Israel that will give the Israeli military $38 billion over 10 years.
A fierce critic of Mayor de Blasio slammed Hizzoner on Wednesday for taking a call from crooked businessman Jona Rechnitz, who successfully lobbied to have a retired NYPD official named to a plum post in the administration.
Federal agents on Wednesday raided the Long Island home of Victoria Gotti, daughter of late mob boss John Gotti, and an auto-parts store in Queens owned by her jailed ex-husband, Carmine Agnello, sources said.
A former Romanian secret service agent has been arrested for allegedly masterminding an operation that used an Israeli private intelligence firm to intimidate a key anti-corruption official, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
