The widow of a North Hollywood rabbi who has fought for years to regain four Torahs that once belonged to her late husband won another battle when a civil court ruled in her favor. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge confirmed an earlier ruling by a rabbinic court that Rita Pauker should get back...
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Widow of Rabbi Gets a Victory in Court, Regains Four Torahs That Once Belonged to Her Late Husband
Hayeled Rivka Kravitz A”H Niftar R”L After Being Struck By Vehicle in Monsey
Monsey, NY – Hatzolah responded to 38 Monsey Heights Road for a child that was struck by a vehicle that was backing out of a driveway. The child was pinned under the car and Hatzolah requested medics to respond to the scene. Please be Mispallel for Rivka bas Avigayil.
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Terrorist Attack: 2 Israeli Shot in West Bank
Shots were reportedly fired at a vehicle traveling in the area between the settlement Kochav Yaakov and Rimonim Junction in the West Bank on Wednesday night. Police who arrived in the area found one person critically injured and one person slightly injured.
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1 Dead Many Sick After Jewish Wedding
Health officials have launched an inquiry after a wedding guest died following salmonella poisoning and eight others were infected. Rene Kwartz, 82, was one of four guests who needed hospital treatment after a meal at a hotel in Prestwich, Greater Manchester.
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Palestinian Forces Arrest Hundreds of Hamas Activists
Palestinian security forces arrested more than 150 Hamas members in an overnight sweep throughout the West Bank after the Islamic militant group claimed responsibility for shooting dead four Israelis on the eve of new Mideast peace talks. With the Wednesday crackdown, the government of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appeared to be trying to send...
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Levaya of Terrorist Attack Victims
Thousands of people attended the funeral Wednesday of Yitzhak and Tali Ames, Kochava Even Haim and Avishai Schindler, who were killed Tuesday evening in a terror attack near Hebron. The four were shot dead in a car. The Islamist Palestinian organization Hamas has claimed responsibility for the attack.
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At B&H Photo, Employees Say Not Everything Is Picture Perfect, Sue Over Female to Male Ratio
Walking in the doors of B&H Photo in Midtown Manhattan is a study in classic New York contradictions. The first thing you hear is the mechanical whirring of conveyor belts overhead, zipping goods from the stock room to the registers in front. The shop takes up an entire city block and the second floor,...
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Different Standards For Similar Businesses; Rubashkin Unfairly Convicted
Ever wonder why Jack DeCoster was allowed to continue business as usual, even after all the run-ins with authorities over the years – concerning the operation of his business – even with the massive fines paid out over the years because of the blatant disregard for the rules and regulations pertaining to the operation...
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August Offers Much Strictly Kosher Fun for Charedim
Two groups of ultra-Orthodox Jews came to the Sultan’s Pool in Jerusalem on Tuesday for the Avraham Fried concert. Among those who came to see the Brooklynite Hasidic star was a sea of whole families, wives, children and all, spread out over the many rows of plastic chairs. Outside the actual venue a swarm...
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Sullivan County Sheriff Opens Investigation Into lights and License Plates of Chesed Shel Emes
The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office has opened an investigation into the license plates that appeared on a vehicle that was stopped in a Liberty cemetery last week. On August 24, State Environmental Conservation police and Sheriff’s deputies questioned Mayer Berger, 29, of Brooklyn, who was spotted in a Jewish cemetery on Hysana Road.
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