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Free Tay-Sachs Screenings at Philadelphia’s Einstein Center

By Jewish Press News Desk

Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia is offering free Tay-Sachs disease screenings to those of Irish descent until the end of May. The screenings, which involve a simple blood test, are free to those who are at least 18 years old and have at least three grandparents of Irish descent. Screenings will take place at the following […]

Haredim & Hassidim / NY / News Briefs / Religion / Local

Spider-Man Makes Exodus from Williamsburg for Passover

By Jewish Press News Desk

Williamsburg, New York Haredim have finally convinced Columbia Pictures to halt filming of "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" in order not to cause parking problems during the Passover holiday. "We expressed the importance for Spider-Man to pass-over filming during Passover and they have answered our call," City Councilman Stephen Levin wrote on his blog. "Reducing the […]

NY / News Briefs / Local

Hit-and-Run Killer of Satmar Couple Charged with Manslaughter

By JTA

Julio Acevedo, the driver of a car in an accident that killed Satmar Chassidim Nachman Glauber and his pregnant wife Raizy in Brooklyn was charged with manslaughter. Brooklyn prosecutors announced a second-degree manslaughter charge against Acevedo, 44, on Tuesday. If convicted, he faces life imprisonment. Acevedo earlier had been indicted on charges of leaving the […]

Terrorism / NY / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Islamists / Local

Would-Be N.Y. Synagogue Bomber Sentenced to 10 Years

By JTA

An Algerian immigrant who admitted to planning to blow up synagogues in New York City was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Ahmed Ferhani, 28, was the first person convicted under a state terror statute that went into effect following the 9/11 attacks. He was sentenced last Friday. Ferhani could have been sentenced to up […]

Jewish / NY / News Briefs / Religion / Local

Court Upholds Citi Field’s Ban on Sale of Kosher Food on Shabbat

By JTA

A federal appeals court told a kosher hot dog vendor in New York that its agreement with Citi Field precludes it from selling kosher products at the stadium on Shabbat. Kosher Sports Inc. had a 10-year contract with Citi Field, home of the New York Mets, to sell hot dogs, sausages and other kosher products […]

Jewish / NY / News Briefs / Local

Satmar Couple Killed in Motzei Shabbat Car Crash; Unborn Baby Survives (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Nachman Glauber’s rabbi told him to rush his wife to the hospital on the Sabbath after she said did not feel her unborn baby moving. The couple was killed in a crash. The baby was later delivered.

Jewish / NY / Politics / News Briefs / Religion / Local

Ed Koch: Fiercely Jewish But Buried in a Churchyard

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

He explained at the time that he could not bear the idea that his body would have to leave New York City. "This is my home, the idea of having to go to New Jersey was so distressing to me."

Israel / News Briefs / Local

Jewish National Fund Project Raises Concerns of Environmental Groups

By Malkah Fleisher

The Jewish National Fund will reconsider a plan to forest parts of the Arava desert, following the request of environmental organizations to consider the impact of trying to alter the native ecosystem.

News Briefs / Media / Local

Scammer Used Noah Pozner's Name in Fake Donations Website

By Jewish Press Staff

The fake website listed an NYC phone number to text with questions about donations.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Local

Declassified: Pollard's Handlers Wanted Arab and Soviet, Not US Information

By Jewish Press Staff

The specific subjects sought by Pollard's Israeli handlers were Syrian drones, Egyptian missile programs, and Soviet air defenses.

Israel / News Briefs / Local

International Birdwatchers Flock to Israel for Bird Festival

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

Israel is an ideal location for migrating birds because it is located along the Great Rift Valley flyway.

NY / Local

Sandy’s Wrath Spurs Comprehensive Jewish Community Response

By Maxine Dovere

NEW YORK—Hurricane Sandy stormed into New York and New Jersey with unmitigated force, carrying death and destruction, disrupting lives, and devastating neighborhoods in America’s most densely populated regions – which happen to be home to some of the country’s largest Jewish populations.

News Briefs / Business and Economy / Media / Local

Debt Ridden NY Times Squeezing Writers, Golden Parachuting CEOs

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Remember how the New York Times lionized the anti-capitalist Occupy Wall Street vigilantes?

NY / Local

Probes Launched Into Alleged Police Brutality

By Elliot Resnick

The NYPD and Brooklyn district attorney’s office have both opened investigations into the October 8th beating of 21-year-old Ehud HaLevy by two Brooklyn police officers.

Local

Outrage Over Planned Truancy Center In Brooklyn Neighborhood

By Naomi Klass Mauer

In a move that has sparked outrage among many in the Flatbush Jewish community, the New York City Department of Education has set into motion the opening of a Truancy Center at 1780 Ocean Ave., corner of Ave. M. The location is just yards from Yeshiva Shaarei Torah, a girls’ high school.

Jewish / NY / Religion / Local

Williamsburg Store Owners Slammed for Banning Sleeveless Shoppers

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

A ban by some Orthodox Brooklyn shopkeepers on customers’ cleavage and bare shoulders has raised the ire of some local consumers.

US / Local

Fearing Anti-Mormon Prejudice, Romney Plays Down His Religion

By Ron Kampeas

WASHINGTON – Mitt Romney’s Lacrosse moment awaits him. The Democratic convention in Los Angeles was where Joe Lieberman made history as the first Jewish candidate on a major ticket on Aug. 17, 2000. But two days later, history came to life in Lacrosse, Wis., the little college town where Lieberman walked – and pointedly did not drive – to the local synagogue on his first post-nomination Shabbat.

NY / Local

Supreme Court: Jerusalem Passport Issue A Matter For Lower Courts

By dvora

The U.S. Supreme Court returned to the lower courts the issue of whether Americans born in Jerusalem may list “Israel” on their passports – a ruling that drew praise from Jewish groups. The decision delivered Monday was a success for the family of Jerusalem-born boy Menachem Zivotofsky. His family for years has sought to force the State Department to agree to state on his passport that he was born in Israel, citing a law passed by Congress in 2002.

Jewish Community / Local / Press Releases

Cheese Recall

By Chumi Friedman

WORLD CHEESE COMPANY AND MILLER’S CHEESE CORP. IN VOLUNTARY RECALL OF SHREDDED CHEESE DESPITE TESTING NEGATIVE   World Cheese Company, producer of Haolam cholov yisrael cheese products, and Miller’s Cheese Corp. have issued a voluntary recall on a limited amount of shredded cheese packaged in a Wisconsin plant.   The Voluntary Recall was requested by the […]

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