Mass Brawl In Ponovezh Yeshiva
A long-standing quarrel in Bnei Brak’s flagship Lithuanian-haredi Ponevezh Yeshiva exploded Saturday night, as a mass brawl erupted between rival factions in the dining room.
Syria: Israel Attacked Base
The Syrian army said in an official announcement that Israeli warplanes had attacked a military base in western Syria.
Florida Attorney Richard Colbert Gets Prison Time
A former Gulf Breeze attorney has been sentenced to more than three years in prison and ordered to pay $3.7 million in restitution for fraud and embezzlement.
Israel Continues To Arm Burma Military
Israel continues to sell weapons to Myanmar’s military junta despite the ongoing persecution of the Rohingya Muslim minority in the state of Rakhine.
Brooklyn DA Hopeful Claims Current Prosecutor Is Corrupt
A former Brooklyn district attorney bureau chief now vying to become the borough’s next top prosecutor claimed Wednesday he had “mounting evidence of corruption” within the current DA’s administration.
Rabbis Arrested For Fraud Sent To House Arrest
The four rabbis from various Israeli cities whom police arrested today, Wednesday, on suspicions of fraudulently obtaining police “fitness certificates,” that testify to a criminal-free past and would enable them to qualify for the post of “City Rabbi,” have been sent to house arrest with limiting conditions.
Shameful: Rabbi Meir Porush Comes Out In Support of Alleged Child Abuser
Deputy Education Minister Meir Porush (United Torah Judaism) arrived in court earlier this week to request that an ultra-Orthodox teacher accused of physically abusing and sexually assaulting his students be allowed to attend a wedding.
More Criminal Damage To Jewish Boundary In Mahwah
MAHWAH – For the third time in recent months, a ritualistic Jewish boundary known as a eruv on a town utility pole has been damaged, according to a report.
Israel Police: Arnon Milchan Bribed PM Netanyahu
Investigators who grilled the Israeli-born tycoon Arnon Milchan in London last week on suspicion he bribed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, apparently told him “you bribed Netanyahu in exchange for the assistance he gave you on Channel 10 interests,” according to police officials.