Brooklyn, NY +Srious Accident with Pedestrian Yom Kippur Night+

Brooklyn, NY +Srious Accident with Pedestrian Yom Kippur Night+ A very serious accident with a boy eight that was walking with his father to shul at Muagen David Yeshva Yom Kippur night, when he was hit by a vehicle on McDonald Avenue and Avenue "T" when he walked out from behind one of the train pillers on McDonald Avenue.

NYPD of the 61st Pct and Hatzolah got on the scene, the boy went in to full tramatic arrest was revived by hatzoloh in route to Coney Island Hospital via escort from NYPD Highway Division. NYPD Highway-2 A.I. Team was also requested, child was in very likely condition.

Boy was later transported by Hatzoloh to Long Island Jewish Hospital. He is in very very poor condition.

U/D: 10/13/06 14:37
Baruch Dayan HuEmes the child just passed away.

Ramapo, NY +Kangaroo On The Loose+

Ramapo, NY - Police and town animal control officers are hopping around and chasing an animal that appeared to be a kangaroo thats on the lose.

Animal control officer Kathy McGrath, said that the animal appeared to be wearing some type of a harness, and officials are taking it seriously.

It was also seen in the area off Route 306 in Pomona and Wesley Hills.

North Korea +Tests Show No Radioactive Particles From Nuke+

North Korea - A U.S. government intelligence official says an air sample taken after North Korea's announced nuclear test showed no presence of radioactive particles.

Netcong, NJ - Anti-Cop, Anti-Semitic Graffiti Spray-Painted on Store

Netcong, NJ - Police are looking for the perps that spray-painted obscenity-laced anti-police and anti-Semitic slurs on both sides of the Shop Rite on Route 46.
Sgt. Russ VanHouten said "We at this time are still investigating the incident," he said. "Basically they just spray-painted all over the building."

VanHouten said the obscene messages were along the lines of wanting to kill the police, obscenities directed toward Jews, along with a swastika painting on the wall. The perpetrators sprayed names of specific people on the wall, along with phallic symbols.
The rest of it is pretty much aimed at us," VanHouten said, adding that many of the words they used were misspelled. "They're not even intelligent graffiti artists," VanHouten said.

Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY +Pedestrian Struck+

Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY +Pedestrian Struck+ A motor vehicle accident on Franklin Avenue and Myrtle Avenue with a pedestrian that was struck, Hatzolah responding.

Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish Community is Capital of Jewish Poverty

Brooklyn, NY - A new study claims that not only is poverty high in the Orthodox Jewish communities in Brooklyn, but many people who need the most help are either too embarrassed to ask, or unaware of the programs available to them, according to a study conducted by City Harvest.

The study, which was just released and focused on centers of Orthodox Jewish life in Brooklyn such as Borough Park, concludes that poverty within those communities has a distinct character and needs to be addressed with this in mind. William Rapfogel, executive director of MCJP, said it was safe to assume that the poverty rates remained largely the same. "Since September 11, there has been a significant improvement in employment for all New Yorkers, but at the same time the birth rate within the Orthodox communities is high and people live longer, which means there are more elderly, and therefore more poverty," Rapfogel said. "The two balance each other out." Brooklyn, he said, remained "the capital of Jewish poverty."

To be classified as poor by the federal standards, a family of four must have a combined annual household income below $16,050. This figure does not consider the cost of housing in New York, nor does it consider the high cost of kosher food or day school education, according to Rapfogel.
Poverty among traditional Jews is unique for several reasons, due in large part to costs associated with yeshiva tuition, kosher food and large families, the City Harvest study found.

Many of the poor in this community are not eligible for benefits because their salaries place them above the poverty line. But even for those who are eligible for help, shame and sometimes ignorance of "the system" are often obstacles when it comes to seeking help.

Buffalo, NY - Snow In The Sukkah

Buffalo, NY - Lake effect snow has come early to parts of Western New York, especially in Buffalo, New York and its suburbs. The snow has been falling since early this morning and has continued since, heavy at times. The people in Buffalo, got a taste of the snow this morning in their Sukkah.

Many of the people lost there power, due to trees that have snapped in half as the snow started to fall around the city. Many trees, which still have their leaves, have broke into pieces as the heavy wet snow began to pile up, tree’s limbs break under the weight of the snow and brought down the power lines as they fell.
According to the NOAA, at least 50,000 people in Buffalo and surrounding suburbs have lost power.

Also are many of the roads blocked with tree limbs, leaving a lot of people stranded.

Areas could see 6 inches of snow or more.

Saint Louis, MO +Serious MVA with Rabbi's Family After Chol Hamoed Trip+

Saint Louis, MO - A serious motor vehicle accident when a oncoming truck hit the vehicle of a prominent rabbi and his family on there way back from a Chol Hamoed trip to a farm north of the city, the vehicle rolled over numerous times.

The accident involved the family of the Rabbi of Shaari Chessed synagogue in St. Louis where he he has been the Director of Aish HaTorah in St. Louis for over 20 years.
Some of the aided were children, three of them have been medevacd to a hospital in critical condition, the others are in serious but stable condition.

Columbus, OH - Can't Find A Job? Got An Idea!

Columbus, OH - A man in Columbus robbed a bank, then handed over the money to a guard and waited for police to come and arrest him.
The perp handed the teller a note demanding cash in an envelope. The teller gave him four $20 bills and pushed a silent alarm. At that time the perp walked over to the security guard standing in the lobby and handed him the money and told him it is your day to be a hero.

In court, the perp Timothy J. Bowers told the judge, that a three-year prison sentence would suit him, and the judge obliged. "At my age, the jobs available to me are minimum-wage jobs. There is age discrimination out there," Bowers, who turns 63 in a few weeks, told Judge Angela White, I have been able to find only odd jobs after the wholesaler I made deliveries for closed, so I walked to the bank.
The judge told him: "It's unfortunate you feel this is the only way to deal with the situation."

Bowers pleaded guilty to robbery, and a court-ordered psychological exam found him competent.
Prosecutors had considered arguing against putting Bowers in prison at taxpayer expense, but they worried he would do something more reckless to be put behind bars. "It's not the financial plan I would choose, but it's a financial plan," prosecutor Dan Cable said.

Kiryas Joel, Monroe, NY +Child Struck+

Kiryas Joel, Monroe, NY +Child Struck+ A motor vehicle accident with a child that was struck in front of 11 Meron Drive, Hatzolah on the scene requesting ALS with a rush.

New York - Legislators Target Religious Vandalism

New York - Two state legislators are pushing to make vandals pay a heftier price for desecrating holy ground.

State Assemblyman George Latimer, D-Rye, and state Sen. Jeffrey Klein, D-Bronx, are proposing a law to increase the criminal penalties for vandals who steal from or vandalize houses of worship and other religious institutions.

Rancho Mirage, CA - Former President Ford hospitalized

Rancho Mirage, CA - Former President Gerald Ford has been hospitalized for medical tests.
Ford's chief of staff Penny Circle said that the 93-year-old is doing well at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage.

This summer, Ford had heart procedures at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, then returned to his Rancho Mirage home.

Israel - Russian Immigrant Files Lawsuit for Being Denied Job Because She's Not Jewish

Israel - A 30-year-old single parent woman from the town of Ma'alot in northern Israel, who immigrated to Israel from the former Soviet Union, has filed a NIS 100,000 compensation lawsuit in Court against the Supersol retail marketing chain, on grounds of "racial discrimination."

The woman was referred by the Employment Bureau to a Supersol-Deal branch in Ma'alot, where she was told by the director that there is a vacant position at the branch's bakery. The director then asked her whether she was Jewish, when the woman replied that she was not Jewish, the director told her that if this was the case, she would not be able to hire her for the job, because the branch only hires Jews and has specifically asked the Employment Bureau to only send them Jewish applicants.

According to the woman's attorneys, she was deeply offended by the racial discrimination she has experienced. And that the requirement that non-Jews do not bake goods being sold to Jews is racist.
The Supersol chain has not turned in its statement of defense, and hasn't issued a response.

West Nyack, NY - Palisades Center Mall Employee Charged with Skimming Store Receipts

West Nyack, NY - A 21-year-old Tuxedo man, who was an employee at Dave and Buster in the Palisades Center Mall, has been charged with stealing from the company.

Clarkstown Police alleged that between September 3 and October 8, Christian Vogeler of Tuxedo allegedly discounted patrons’ receipts and kept the money totaling some $700, for himself.
Vogeler was charged with 29 felony counts of falsifying business records and 29 counts of misdemeanor petit larceny.

He was issued an appearance ticket to appear in justice court at a later date.

Bondi, Sydney, Australia - Kashrus Authority Taking Action Against Unreliable Kusher Butcher

Bondi, Sydney, Australia - A kosher butcher that exports meat to Sydney claims the Kashrus Authority of Western Australia (KAWA) and the Kashrus Authority (KA) are driving him out of business.
However, KAWA accuses the butcher of cutting corners by not hiring a mashgiach to oversee packaging of the meat it sends to its Sydney subsidiary, Healthy and Kosher, on Bondi Road.

KAWA and the KA have placed three advertisements in the media stating that meat purchased at Healthy and Kosher is not supervised by them.
The shop’s owner, Oren Cohen, claims it has caused a massive slump in sales and cost him tens of thousands of dollars, forcing him to take a second job. “I am disgusted and embarrassed by the way the kosher authorities have acted,” Cohen said. “I urge every rabbi and consumer to inquire for themselves about our hechsher and not be misled by these accusations.”

Until July, the meat being sold in Healthy and Kosher was produced in WA Kosher Butcher under KAWA’s supervision. It was considered kosher for consumers, however KAWA said that if WA Kosher Butcher wanted to send meat to Sydney, it needed to hire a mashgiach to oversee the packaging process and pay KAWA 40 cents per item.
The owner of WA Kosher Butcher, Mordechai Cohen – Oren’s father – refused to pay a mashgiach to oversee packaging because the cost was prohibitively expensive, he said, as KAWA was demanding “full-time” supervision. He continued sending meat to his son’s shop in Sydney.
In response, KAWA placed a second advertisement in the AJN telling consumers that Healthy and Kosher’s meat was not fully supervised, causing a further slump in business.

Since then, WA Kosher Butcher has taken the unprecedented step of obtaining a new hechsher from an Israeli kashrus authority. The cheaper rates have enabled Cohen to pay for a mashgiach to supervise the packaging process as well as the meat’s preparation. 
But the KA argues that an Australian butcher cannot be given a hechsher from an Israeli kashrut authority, and it still maintains that the meat being sold in Healthy and Kosher is not properly supervised.

Brooklyn, NY +Williamsburg Bridge Traffic Alert+

Brooklyn, NY +Williamsburg Bridge Traffic Alert+ Due to Fire Department activity on the Manhattan side of the Williamsburg Bridge on Delancy Street and Clinton Street, they are leaving some lanes closed coming off the bridge which is causing major traffic delays on the Manhattan bound of the bridge on the inner and outer roadways.
Use the Manhattan or Brooklyn Bridges

Geneva, Switzerland - Cemetery Law Requires Jews and Muslims to be Buried in Public Burials, To Build Tolerance

Geneva, Switzerland - Jews in Geneva want private religious burials.
They are pressing to change a cemetery law in the city that requires Jews, Muslims and all people to be buried in public ceremonies as part of efforts to build tolerance.

The Jewish community has long gotten around the issue by burying their dead in a cemetery that has an entryway in Switzerland and graves in France, but that cemetery is filling up.

Dix Hills, NY - Student Killed in Shabbas Crash Mourned

Dix Hills, NY - During Jeffrey Spiegel's funeral, Rabbi Marc Gellman picked up a battered Machzor. "It is broken and etched with tire marks," he said sadly.
The machzor, a prayer book for the recent Jewish holidays, was lying next to Spiegel's car early Saturday morning. It was the first identification police found of the 17 year-old senior from Half Hollow Hills High School West, who died when he lost control of his car and hit a tree off the Long Island Expressway north service road in Dix Hills.

At the funeral, held at Gutterman's Memorial Chapel in Woodbury, about 700 mourners celebrated Spiegel's quiet compassion, his determination to succeed, and his dedication to his school and friends.

Burial was in New Montefiore Cemetery in Pinelawn.

Baku, Azerbaijan - Jewish Community Upset over Anti-Semitic Graffiti

Baku, Azerbaijan - The Jewish community in Baku is disturbed over anti-semitic graffiti that was spray-painted on several buildings in the area.

Evda Abramov, the only Jewish member of the Azeri Parliament, said that the graffiti could have been inspired by Iranian special services, who is Azerbaijan’s southern neighbor and major trade partner, and they are believed to be irritated by Azerbaijan’s diplomatic relations with Israel.
The city of Baku promised to paint over the graffiti.

London +Man Admits to US and UK Terror Bomb Plot+

London +Man Admits to US and UK Terror Bomb Plot+ A British man pleads guilty at a London court to conspiring to murder people in a series of terror attacks in the UK and US. and plotting to bomb financial landmarks in Washington, Newark, N.J., and New York.

Brooklyn, NY +Jumper Up Manhattan Bridge+

Brooklyn, NY +Jumper Up Manhattan Bridge+ NYPD of the 84th Pct, ESU, Harbor and Aviation with a jumper up on the bridge walkway, vehicle traffic and transit has been shut down.

U/D: 08:16
NYPD ESU Adam-8 has EDP in custody still requesting all power to be shut down so they could walk him back over the tracks, also requesting EMS to respond.

Santo Domingo - Helicopter Crashes Onto Building Killing Famous Philanthropist

Santo Domingo - Dominican Republic Resort tycoon Howard Butch Kerzner is killed along with three other people when a helicopter they were traveling in crashed into a building on the Dominican Republic's north coast.

Kerzner, chief executive officer of Kerzner International Holdings Ltd., a Bahamas-based casino and resort operator, was aboard the helicopter when it went down in the resort of Sosua.
Kerzner, 42, was surveying potential development sites when the helicopter crashed on the roof of a business. He is survived by his wife and two young children, the company said, they are very well known for there wide Tzdukah activities. His father, Sol Kerzner from a famous Russian Jewish family, was en route to the Dominican Republic, the company said.

Kerzner International has developed and owns nearly 70 percent of the Bahamas' Island.

Two officers in the Dominican armed forces, David Rosario Pimentel and Kevelier Matos, also died in the crash, the fourth victim was Delio Luis Gonzalez.

Blooming Grove, NY - Kosher Market Shut Down

Blooming Grove, NY - Town officials and sheriff’s deputies shut down Orange Kosher Market on Route 17M after it failed to comply with repairs ordered by the Blooming Grove town building inspector.

State Supreme Court Justice Lawrence Horowitz directed deputies to help the building inspector lock down the business at 1025 Route 17M. The town has been seeking an injunction to close the market, which it says was built and opened illegally.
Customers, mostly Orthodox Jews, and employees were turned away by Orange County Sheriff’s Capt. Dennis Barry and town Building Inspector Jeanne Ovensen. Those inside the store were allowed to finish their shopping. Many patrons sought answers and weren’t given any.

Brooklyn, NY +Train Job+

Brooklyn, NY +Train Job+ Child was dragged by a train when childs hand got stuck in the door pocket of the "F" line at 18th Avenue and McDonald Avenue Hatzolah responding, child has minor trauma.
North bound trains running express service only from Avenue "X" to Ditmas Avenue due to NYPD doing there investigation.

Manhattan, NY +Small Plane Crash Into Building+

Manhattan, NY +Small Plane Crash Into Building+ A small plane has crashed into the upper portion of a 50 story residrntial building at 524 East 72nd Street and York near the FDR Drive, with debris falling from the building down to the street, very heavy fire fully involved on 2-3 of the upper floors. All services to respond to the scene.

Fire Department calling for a 2nd Alarm.

U/D: 14:59
Reports of numerous people trapped on the top floors of the building, level one mobilization has been called, all units to respond with caution due to debris coming off the building

U/D: 15:02
EMS reporting of one DOA on the street.

U/D 15:14
FD calling for a 3rd Alarm, and PD calling for a level 3 mobilization.

Air rescue team standing by.

U/D: 15:31
FD calling for a 4th Alarm, main body of fire has been knocked down and P/W/H
Workers are trapped on the roof of the bldg, ESU setting up the airbag, no injuries reported inside the bldg after primary searches, two on board the aircraft are DOA

FBI says crash dosnt appear to be terrorist related.

U/D: 15:41
Aircraft fighter jets have now been launched as a precaution into the NYC area.
East River being checked for plane remains.

FDR Drive, Triborough Bridge and the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel inbound are all shut down, just open for emergency vehicles. Also numerous streets and avenues around the area are shut down, expect major delays.

U/D: 16:01
All visible fire has been knocked down and primary searches complete and negative through out, fire remains P/W/H.
In addition to the two DOA's from the plane EMS reporting that 11 firefighters are being treated.

U/D: 16:46
Plane left from Teterboro Airport. Plane made a mayday call stating lack of fuel.

U/D: 17:11
All major highways reopened.

U/D: 17:24
NYC mayor said that there are only two DOA's.

U/D: 18:54
Officials say, that there were two people aboard the plane that crashed into the high-rise apartment building the owner of the plane and a flight instructor.

Manhattan, NY +Water Search at USS Intrepid+

Manhattan, NY +Water Search at USS Intrepid+ NYPD of the 10th Pct and ESU are on the scene requesting Coast Guard and Harbor to respond to the USS Intrepid Ship at West 46th Street and 12th Avenue for a confirmed crane boom that has collapsed and is now hanging across two barges at the location, PD are checking if any victims fell into the Hudson River.

U/D:
NYPD are reporting, no injuries and no one in the water.

West Bank +American Student Kidnapped+

West Bank - Palestinian security officials are investigating a claim that an American student by the name of Michael Philips has been kidnapped in the West Bank city of Nablus.

A group calling itself Ansar al-Sunna claimed responsibility in a statement it sent to local journalists. The group also said that it faxed a photocopy of the student's passport to news agencies and Palestinian security offices.
Samah Atout, manager of Project Hope, where Philips was working as a teacher, said she received a call saying Phillips had been kidnapped.
She said Phillips was working with Project Hope in refugee camps near the West Bank city of Nablus, teaching English.

The military said that it was looking into the report, and said that it had not yet obtained any confirmation of the group's claim.

U/D: 18:47
The American teacher was freed late Wednesday after being held for a day by Palestinians. He appeared to be unharmed.

Montgomery County, MD +Schools on Lockdown

Montgomery County, MD - Many schools are on a lockdown after a man with a gun approached some kids at a bus stop and said he was going to shoot some schools.

Police are searching the areas for the perp.

Philadelphia, PA - Man Leaving Synagogue Killed by Hit-Run Driver

Philadelphia, PA - Mirian Viniashvilis, an orthodox Jew who emigrated from the Soviet Union in the 1970s, had started a new life in Queens, N.Y., where he took a job in a funeral home "And that's where he's going now," his daughter Leyla Gross said.

Viniashvili a 70-year-old man who was in Philadelphia visiting his daughter for Sukka's - was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver as he and his family were crossing busy City Avenue, returning to his daughter's home in Wynnewood from synagogue Congregation Beth Hamedrosh, in Overbrook Park. Police still haven't caught the driver who struck Viniashvili.

Earlier his son Elijah was sitting in his sister's back yard with his father, reading aloud an ancient biblical text. A temporary sukkah, where the family eats and entertains guests for the week-long holiday, was erected in the back yard in Wynnewood. Only a few hours later, Elijah was screaming at his father and vainly trying to wake him as he lay crumpled in the southbound lanes of City Avenue.

Police are still not sure what happened. Cops on the scene received conflicting accounts of the accident from witnesses. Mirian had successfully crossed the northbound lanes of City Avenue when he was struck. Police are urging anyone with information related to the case to call Sgt. Christopher Polo, of the Lower Merion Traffic Safety Unit,

Gedera, Israel - Physicians Arrested for Illegal Experiments on Elderly Patients

Gedera, Israel - Four senior doctors at Kaplan Hospital in Rehovot and the Hartzfeld Geriatric Hospital in Gedera were arrested for carrying out hundreds of illegal experiments on elderly patients without their consent. Police searched the homes of all four suspects and confiscated documents.
The doctors are suspected of wrongful death through negligence, abuse of helpless victims, aggravated assault, fraud, violation of a statutory obligation and interference in an investigation.

A report by a Health Ministry inquiry committee, found that illegal and unethical experiments were conducted over several years, in a systematic manner, on thousands of elderly patients. At least one patient is suspected of having died as a direct result of one of the experiments. In addition, 12 patients died either during or shortly after one of the experiments, but the incident was not reported to the Health Ministry or investigated, in contravention of the law.

Some of the doctors submitted articles to medical journals in Israel and abroad on the basis of the experiments, which appear to have provided a foundation for their professional and academic advancement.

Moscow, Russia - Jews Mourn American Jewish Journalist Assassination

Moscow, Russia - Jewish organisations will participate in a gathering in memory of Jewish journalist  Politkovskaia who was killed last Saturday in Moscow.

Anna Politkovskaya, a prominent Russian Jweish journalist and an American citizen, who was very critical of the war in Chechnya, has been found shot dead at her apartment block in central Moscow. Her body was discovered in an elevator by a neighbour on Saturday evening. Police officers found a pistol and four rounds abandoned in the elevator.
Politkovskaya a mother of two, was an American citizen because of her birthplace in the US. Her jewish parents worked as " Russian diplomats" in the "Russian embassy" in Washington, DC. She also held a Russian citizenship.

Politkovskaya's widely-praised war reporting came under scrutiny from Russian politicians and security services. She had been arrested and complained of sometimes being threatened. Contract killings are not unusual in Moscow. Reporters are frequently targeted.

Today, demonstrators led by the Jewish community, will demand an international and independent investigation over the assassination.

Brooklyn, NY - Major Renovation Coming to Brooklyn Navy Yard

Brooklyn, NY - The Brooklyn Navy Yard which sits along the river between Williamsburg and Dumbo, and has more than 200 tenants, is in the early stages of a more than $100 million renovationas.

Demolition is to begin early next year on Building 128, a former machine shop as big and hulking as an airport hangar; three new buildings are planned in its place.
Elsewhere in the 300-acre industrial park, are a half-dozen projects in the works, all for more tenant space.

Rochester, NY - Family Sues Nursing Home for Woman's Death

Rochester, NY - The family of a woman who killed at a Rochester area nursing home has filed a lawsuit arguing the home's negligence caused the death.

Ernest Tschanz says The Jewish Home and Infirmary of Rochester in suburban Brighton should have protected his 94-year-old mother, Maria Tschanz, from Willa Bishop, who apparently pulled Tschanz out of bed causing numerous injuries.
The Monroe County Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide because of complications from a broken femur and other complications.
Officials from the nursing home were not available for comment.

Tatar, Russia - Arrest Made on Jewish Cemetery Desecration

Tatar, Russia - Police in northwest Russia have arrested six members of an ultranationalist organization for involvement in desecrating Jewish cemeteries earlier this month, as was reported on VOS IZ NEIAS.

The detainees, affiliated with the extremist Russian National Unity group, are believed to have destroyed more than 100 graveyards, and scattered leaflets with racist content in the cemeteries in Tver, about 100 miles northwest of Moscow.
They face charges of inciting racial and religious hatred.

A ministry spokesman said the suspects, all aged under 26, have admitted to taking part in the cemetery desecration, and that the group's leader has also "confessed to committing two murders and several violent attacks."

Manhattan, NY +Overturned Truck at Lincoln Tunnel+

Manhattan, NY - An overturned tractor-trailer hauling garbage is wreaking havoc at the Lincoln Tunnel in and out of New York City, all traffic coming out of the tunnel into New Jersey is being converted onto local streets, on the inbound side all lanes are shut until the truck is moved.
Officials are recommending motorists use the Holland Tunnel or George Washington Bridge.

There is no express bus service into the city as the express bus lane is also shut down.
NJ Transit is cross-honoring bus and rail tickets on this morning.

Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY +Child Fall Victim+

Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY +Child Fall Victim+ Hatzolah and Fire Departpent on the scene with a child that fell from bleachears inside the big sukkah on Bedford Avenue and Wilson Street, Hatzolah treating and transporting the cild with minor injuries.

Spring Valley, NY +MVA+

Spring Valley, NY +MVA+ Serious motor vehicle accident on Route 59 in Spring Valley, NY between Pascack Road and South Central Avenue, just before the entrance to the New York State Thruway.
Police have closed off the road, Hatzolah EMS BLS units are on the scene with additional 5 - 6 Parmadeic vehicles, Fire Department also on the scene.

Monroe, NY - New Shopping Center Proposed for the Village

Monroe, NY - A plan to develop the former Bowl-o-Fun bowling alley site on Route 17M is under review by the village planning board.

Developer Zigmond Brach, along with Monroe Real Estate Properties LLC, is proposing to build a mixed use, retail shopping center on the 3.2 acre site that will be shared with the Sunoco gas station.
The design of the new 30,000-square-foot facility will be a single two-story building with 120 parking spaces on the site. Possibilities for tenants at the new shopping center include both professional offices and upscale retail stores. The only business that is presently committed to the location is the M&T Bank branch.

South Fallsburg, NY - Man That Looted More Than a Dozen Homes Arrested

South Fallsburg, NY - Police say a South Fallsburg man is responsible for at least a few of the series of break-ins that have plagued South Fallsburg over the past month.

David McCollum, 42, was arrested after Fallsburg police with a search warrant raided his Laurel Avenue home and have founded 34 items many of them matched the descriptions of those reported stolen in the recent burglaries.
McCollum was arraigned and sent to Sullivan County Jail in lieu of $25,000 bail, pending an appearance in Fallsburg Town Court.

Police expect to make more arrests and to file more charges.

Marblehead, MA - Fire at Jewish Community Center Under Investigation

Marblehead, MA - A fire consumed a large wooden deck at the Jewish Community Center of North Shore and a spokesman for the Marblehead Fire Department said nothing is ruled out regarding the cause of the blaze.
Marblehead police and fire along with State Police are conducting the investigation. The investigation is focused on a hot spot where the deck joined building, neither the electrical system nor any other utility in the facility started the fire.

There are security cameras cover the entire building inside and out. "They're everywhere," said Penny Schuler, spokeswoman for the JCC. She would make no comment if the tapes revealed foul play.
And she said that very little disruption will be felt by members of the JCC as crews are cleaning during the scheduled closure during the holiday of Sukka's.
No school time was lost because its a holiday for everyone, said Schuler.
With the reality of recent attacks on Jewish centers in Los Angeles and Seattle in mind, Schuler quelled local speculation that the fire was the result of a hate crime. "I can't imagine it in happing here, this is Marblehead," she said.

Nanaimo, BC, Canada - Anti-Semitic Graffiti Upsets Family

Nanaimo, BC, Canada - Jola Berkman is angry and her family scared after they came home to discover someone had written anti-Semitic comments outside her house, etched on the sidewalk opposite her driveway with sidewalk chalk.
She said she was pretty sure the remarks and drawings were aimed at her family, because they are the only Jewish family on Corfu Drive, an upscale neighbourhood in north Nanaimo off Dover Road.
Berkman said the neighbourhood is home to many minorities and finds it strange that one minority would be targeted on the block. "When we came back we were told by three neighbours that it had happened," she said. "Apparently Kill the Jews was written, there was a swastika and the other thing was there was a stick man with a noose around his neck."

One of the group of kids who took part in the graffiti did admit to being a part of it and apologized, but Berkman said the teen could give her no explanation why he or the others did it.

Brooklyn, NY - Steakhouse That Couldn't Afford A Rabbinical Supervision, Gets One

Brooklyn, NY - Mike Domgjoni was looking for a way to get larger crowds at lunchtime into his Brooklyn Heights restaurant.
At first he said he could not afford to pay for a rabbinical supervision, but one day while walking on Remsen Street he saw many Jewish people lined up to buy from the Kosher Cart of Burach Yehuda Ganz, and he felt bad for them. So he went and found a rabbi who inspects the restaurant's kitchen to be certain it meets are strictly with kosher standards.

Rabbi Israel Steinberg, who leads a Queens congregation began unannounced visits last week to Mike's Steakhouse on Clark St.
"A lot of people called me because they need a kosher restaurant in this area," Steinberg said. "So I decided to give my service."
Steinberg said he never tells the restaurant's owners and staff when to expect him. "When I come in, I check the meat and the seal to see where it came from," Steinberg said. "Everything has to be prepared according to Jewish law.
"We have to make sure there's no consumer fraud," Steinberg added. "It's a great sin for us to eat nonkosher food."

Staten Island, NY - Orthdox Jews Outcry Over Shabbas Hours at New JCC

Staten Island, NY - The Jewish Community Center's decision to open its new exercise facility in Sea View on Shabbas is causing controversy among Staten Island's Orthodox Jews.
They say, Saturday is the Jewish Shabbas, when many things are prohibited, including starting and stopping electrical equipment like treadmills, elliptical trainers and other exercise equipment found in the JCC's fitness center. Jews do not work on that day, nor can they handle money. They cannot carry things -- like gym bags -- outside of a symbolic enclosure known as an eruv, and the new JCC is not covered by the eruv.
"It's pretty cut and dried," said Rabbi Moshe Meir Weiss of Agudath Israel of America. "A Jewish center that is carrying the name of the Jewish community should not be desecrating the Shabbas."

But Lewis Stolzenberg, executive director of the JCC, said he and other leaders have worked closely with the Orthodox community to accommodate their needs as much as possible, and because men and women may not swim together, separate hours will be set in the pool, and a system will be in place to ensure that no money need change hands on Saturdays. "We feel it's the right thing to do," Stolzenberg said. "We want to make this place very welcoming for everybody. And most Jewish people on Staten Island will recreate on Saturday."

Jerusalem, Israel - Wanted Charedi Mohel Flees Country

Jerusalem, Israel - Israeli police said that a group of charedi mohelim suspected of being part of a pirate circumcision network that carried out illegal bris milah's on dozens of Russian teenagers in Jerusalem has fled the country and remains at large.
They have performed the circumcisions on the 16-17-year-old youths in a private city apartment in exchange for presents and without the consent of their parents.

The affair came to light after the mother of one of the teens discovered what had happened to her 16-year-old son and filed a complaint with police.
Jerusalem police subsequently raided the city apartment where the suspects allegedly carried out the circumcisions, but the suspects had already fled the country.

According to police, the leaders would solicit teens, most of whom were Russian-born and had not undergone circumcision as babies, in schools outside of Jerusalem and cajole them into undertaking the operation in exchange for gifts.
They would then be driven to Jerusalem during the night for the operation.
Police said the circumcisions were carried out in the apartment without basic sanitary conditions.

The complainant also gave for police a copy of a videotape she found in her son's room, in which the whole illegal circumcision procedure was documented.

Nyack, NY +Tappen Zee Bridge Traffic Alert+

Nyack, NY - PD on the scene have completely shut down all south bound lanes of the Tappen Zee Bridge due to a motor vehicle accident.

New Brunswick, NJ - College Forms Middle East 'Peace' Dorm

New Brunswick, NJ - About a dozen women students, including a handful of Muslims and Jews, are living together at Rutgers University as they work toward ideals that have seemed out of reach for years in the Middle East: peace and understanding.   

The new Middle East Coexistence House was created for students to spend enough time together to bridge their differences and explore solutions to an age-old conflict. 
"When you're brushing your teeth next to someone every morning, you just can't hate them,'' said Danielle Josephs, 21, a senior political science and Middle Eastern studies major from Teaneck who lives in the dorm.

Jefferson, OR - Man and Granddaughter Killed in MVA

Jefferson, OR - A Jefferson man and his granddaughter who were on there way with their family to Oklahoma to participate in a Sukka's festival, were killed in a car crash in Wyoming.
The levaya will be at Fisher Funeral Home in Albany, OR on Wednesday.

Lyle Chester Adams, 69, and Michayla Louis, 11, were riding in a 2005 Toyota van with three other family members when it rolled over on Interstate 80 about 35 miles east of Rock Springs. Michayla’s sisters, Felicity Threet, 18, who was driving and Hannah Louis, 8, both of Jefferson, were hospitalized for a short time at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County in Rock Springs.

According to the Wyoming Highway Patrol, the van was eastbound when it drifted onto the left shoulder of the road. Police said Adams grabbed the steering wheel to get the van back on the roadway. The van, however, swerved and went into the median, where it rolled three times. Michayla was thrown from the van.

Cleveland, OH +Diverted Plane+

Cleveland, OH +Diverted Plane+ An alert at Cleveland Airport at 5300 Riverside Drive with a Continental Express plane that was diverted to the airport due to a threat, plane is currently isolated on taxiway.

Woodbury, NY +NY State Thruway MVA+

Woodbury, NY +NY State Thruway MVA+ A five car motor vehicle accident on south bound of the New York State Thruway at M/M 42 Kiryas Joel Hatzolah responding with multiple ambulances and ALS on board.

Woodbury Fire Department also responding.

Brooklyn, NY +Burich Dain H'Emes+

Brooklyn, NY +Burich Dain H'Emes+ Hrav H'Goen R' Yisroel Perkovski Z"L, Rav of 16th Avenue Aguda Shul and Rosh Yeshiva Bais Hatalmud has passed away.
The levaya is sceduled for tonight at 1900 by his shul and then at 20:15 in front of Yeshiva Bais Hatalmud, 2127 82nd Street and Bay Parkway in Brooklyn, NY.

Jerusalem, Israel - Hospital Opens Maternity Ward Special for Orthodox Jews

Jerusalem, Israel - An Israeli hospital unveiled a maternity ward designed for fervently Orthodox Jews.

The five new delivery rooms at Jerusalem’s Bikur Cholim Hospital designed for Orthodox Jews, feature a special partition which allows the birthing mother to see her husband sitting beside her, but not for him to see her. This provision satisfies Orthodox requirements of modesty.
The rooms also have the options of stands for women’s wigs and piped-in Chasidic music.

This renovations cost Bikur Cholim some $1.3 million, most of it donated. “The delivery rooms are the hospital’s flagship,” said hospital director Barry Bar-Tziyon.

Manhattan, NY +Fire at Macy's in Midtown+

Manhattan, NY +Fire at Macy's in Midtown+ A commercial fire on the 2nd floor of Macy's Department store at 151 West 34th Street.
Fire Department has water on the fire requesting additional trucks, Fire Patrol-1, Patrol-2 and Car-101 are all on the scene operating.
Traffic in the area is shut down.

New York, NY - Holocaust Victims To Get Millions More From Insurer

New York, NY - An Italian insurance giant will pay tens of millions of additional dollars to the heirs of Holocaust victims who once held policies with the company, according to settlement papers filed in three class actions against Assicurazioni Generali in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.

The settlement has come under criticism from some who say Generali has been able to avoid paying all but a fraction of what it owes.
The settlement calls on the company to pay the claims currently pending before a London-based commission set up to deal with Holocaust-era insurance claims. The $100 million Generali gave to the commission, called ICHEIC, in 2000 has already been exhausted and additional claims remain, according to the settlement agreement.

The settlement will also allow victims and their heirs to submit new claims directly to the company through February 2007.

Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY +Pedestrian Struck+

Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY +Pedestrian Struck+ A motor vehicle accident with a pedestrian that was struck on 49th Street and 13th Avenue, Hatzolah responding and requesting medics and back-up medics on a code-1.

Israel - New Fashion Catalogue Targets Charedi Children

Israel - "Kiddie Chic" a kids clothing chain, has issues a first of its kind catalogue aimed at the ultra-Orthodox public. While fashion catalogues are a familiar commercial item, this is the first to be aimed at the charedi public and constitutes a milestone in the advertising world to the ultra-Orthodox sector.

The new catalog, which has been snapped up in the community, does not contain immodest pictures or older models. Only young children
appear in the catalogue modeling various items of clothing produced by the company.
In the ultra-religious society, emphasis is not placed on external beauty, and therefore the catalogue is used not only as a commercial means, but also as an educational means. The catalogue, titled, “A Year of Good Deeds” features children in various situations carrying out good deeds for the New Year. For example, children can be seen crossing the road with care, being punctual and taking care of their younger brothers and sisters.

The catalogue has been created with the coming holidays in mind accompanied by a positive message for children.

Forest Hills, Queens, NY - State Fines Clinic For Fraud and Patient Abuse

Forest Hills, Queens, NY - A substance abuse clinic in Forest Hill, is closed for the Jewish holidays, days after being fined fined $16.5M for state Medicaid fraud.    

The Forest Hills alcoholism and drug abuse treatment clinic faces closure for allegedly exploiting hundreds of patients in an elaborate scheme to defraud the state Medicaid program of millions of dollars, state investigators said.    At a hearing in Albany, the Medicaid Inspector General’s Office levied a $16.5 million fine on Community Related Services, located at 99 07 Queens Blvd., citing charges that the center billed the state for treatment services that were either grossly inadequate or unnecessary for its patients.
The state also froze $30 million in payments to the clinic and is trying to revoke its operating license.

The actions follow the release of an 18 page report last month detailing the state’s investigation into the clinic, which was founded in 1998 and serves about 600 patients annually.    According to the report, the clinical staff knowingly admitted patients for services that routinely failed to address their needs, bilking the state out of an average $11 million a year. Investigators also claimed the owners transferred $3.52 million in program assets into a separate company to pool illicit profits and avoid scrutiny from investigators.    

Nobody answered the phone at Community Related Services early this week, and signs in a front window said it was closed for the Jewish holidays.

Riverdale, Bronx, NY - Woman Walking Yom Kippur in Upscale Park, Fights Off Perp

Riverdale, Bronx, NY - A 46-year-old woman bravely fought off a pervert who tried to assoult her in a popular park in Riverdale, one of the city's most upscale neighborhoods.

The brazen attack in the heavily Jewish section of The Bronx took place on Yom Kippur in bucolic Ewen Park, long considered a safe haven for nannies and Manhattan-bound commuters crossing to the Broadway IRT El at 231st Street.
The victim, whose name was withheld, was walking alone through a hilly section of the park near Johnson Avenue at 8 a.m. when she was ambushed by a burly 5-foot 2, 180-pound man in his 20's, he grabbed her from behind and dragged her behind a tree. The woman screamed as she desperately struggled with the crazed attacker. She somehow managed to fend off the perp, who ran away.

Residents of the neighborhood were stunned at the brazen, daylight attack. "It's a shock. I'm surprised," said longtime parkgoer Suzanne Corber, 53. "It's a middle-class area of college-educated people," she added, pointing to pricey parked cars sporting Ivy League school bumper stickers.
Passers-by said the park is usually busy, but, because of the holiday, it was virtually empty. "This place was a ghost town because of the Jewish holiday," said Corber.

Cops have released a sketch of him.

Washington, DC +Restricted Airspace Incursion+

Washington, DC +Restricted Airspace Incursion+ A small plane that entered air defense zone, has been directed to land in Fredericksburg, MD.
Coast Guard air assets were utilized.

Brooklyn, NY +MVA+

Brooklyn, NY +MVA+ Motor vehicle accident on Ocean Parkway and Foster EMS on the scene requesting Hatzolah to respond.

Manhattan, NY - NYPD Searching Perp that Robbed Bank with Bible in His Hands

Manhattan, NY - The New York City Police Department are asking for the public's assistance in identifying a Bible-carrying thief who robbed a bank in the Financial District.

The bearded black perp walked into a Commerce branch bank on Wall Street near Broadway, and slipped demand note for a teller. The bank employee handed over an undisclosed amount of cash.
The bespectacled bandit is a black man age 30 to 36, 5-foot-7 to 5-foot-9 and 190 to 210 pounds. He was wearing an olive-colored jacket, and a Star of David pendant on a neck chain.

Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY - NYPD Working Hard to Reduce Crime, But Some Don't See it That Way

Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY - In order to reduce assaults on members of the Jewish community in Crown Heights, the police department has deployed some modern technology that was never used before for crime prevention.
One of the new gadgets they are using, is the watch tower, the "sky tower," as police call it, stands about 25 feet high on the corner of Carroll Street and Troy Avenue. A police officer sits behind tinted windows on a swivel chair inside the compartment, where he can monitor video feed from four cameras. This is the first time the police have used the tower for crime prevention. "It literally gives us the high ground from which to deter crime or to respond to crimes in progress," the police commissioner, Raymond Kelly, said.

Police have also set up command center vans at two other spots in Crown Heights, due to a group of young men that have assaulted a teenage boy on the night of Yom Kippur, causing him a laceration to his head that required three staples, a broken nose, and cuts and bruises. Police have arrested three of the perps.

Comparing the same period this year with last year, crime is down in every category except grand larcenies. Murders have increased from eight in 2001 to 14 in 2006. But for many community members the attack was indicative of a rise in crimes especially in hate crimes in the 71st precinct. Therefor several hundred members of the community rallied in front of Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters, calling on police to charge the three boys with hate crimes.

A resident of Carroll Street, Yosi Henich, 41, said the tower made people in the neighborhood feel safer. "The last few days have been great," he said, referring to the tower. "But, it's just a show. They're trying to calm us down."

Cleveland Heights, OH - After Lots of Presure Board of Elections Moves Polling Place Out of Christian Church

Cleveland Heights, OH - Orthodox Jews upset about going into a Christian church hall to vote are relieved after learning the Board of Elections moved their polling place to a public building.

The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections officially approved moving the polling place from the church hall to City Hall, ending a weeklong battle that raised charges of anti-Semitism and calls for Director Michael Vu's resignation, as was reported on VOS IZ NEIAS.
"We're exceptionally happy and gratified they're doing the right thing," said Rabbi Sruly Wolf.
Wolf was among those who protested when the elections board last month announced it was moving their neighborhood polling place from a public school building to the Euclid Avenue Christian Church on Mayfield Road. The polling place served two precincts, both heavily populated by Orthodox Jews.

Wolf and others complained to Mayor Ed Kelley, saying the move would keep hundreds of Orthodox Jews from voting because they are uncomfortable going into places of worship other than their own. Wolf and Kelley said the move smacked of anti-Semitism. Kelley launched an attack on Vu, repeatedly calling for his resignation, though Vu did not back down. Vu was adamant about not making a change. But Kelley, with the backing of City Council, threatened a lawsuit.
But after Vu was consulting with the Cuyahoga County prosecutor's office, agreed to the City Hall site, one of three that Kelley suggested.

Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY - Court Lets Husband Build Barrier Splitting Home in Half

Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY - A New York sweater manufacturer in a nasty divorce battle has received permission from a court to divide the family home with a wall.

Simon Taub and his estranged wife, Chana, are locked in a bitter fight as was reported on VOS IZ NEIAS, and Chana Taub said she fears having her husband back in their home in Brooklyn's Borough Park section, even with a wall splitting their living spaces. "I am absolutely petrified," she said. "I will never feel safe again if he is in this home. He has threatened to take my life. He has told me more than once he would poison my food. This decision is totally shocking to me."

An appeals court ruled that Chana Taub had failed to prove any danger. Simon Taub says he was thrown out of the house "for no reason" and wants to be back with his children. "I was thrown out of that house for no reason, and it's so good to know that I'm going back home," he added.
The Appellate Division ruling held that Chana Taub failed to prove that removing her husband from the house was necessary for her safety. "The wife's only allegations of actual violence were incredible, and the alleged threats made by the husband were uncorroborated," the ruling said. "I feel vindicated," said Taub. "In time, I will have the entire home back."
Chana Taub has asked for permission to take the case to the state Court of Appeals.

Baltimore, MD - Nine-Year-Old Builds Sukkah

Baltimore, MD - "I did it all by myself, but with a little help," said 9-year-old Talmudical Academy student Yerachmiel Markowitz. Arguably the youngest person in Baltimore to build his own sukkah this year, Yerachmiel said he is "really proud of it."

The idea was formulated last year when Yerachmiel decided he would build a rocket ship out of cardboard. "I'm very good at building," he said. But when he mentioned his idea to a family friend just a few weeks before the holiday, Yerachmiel was convinced he should build a sukkah instead.
His first attempt was made of cardboard, and he said that it fell down. So his neighbor offered him some spare wood and he built a miniature hut all of his own.

This year, Yerachmiel said he knew from the start he would make his sukkah. "My father took me to Home Depot," he said, "and we picked out the wood and then they cut it. I took L-brackets and put the pieces together." But Yerachmiel said there was only enough wood for two walls of his 4-foot-by-3-foot sukkah, so he looked around the neighborhood. One family donated a sliver of screen and another offered plastic garden netting. The boy used yarn to put the two together and then attached that side to one of the wood panels from Home Depot. He then was given an extra piece of wood, which he tied with rope to either side of the wood panels to erect a "hanging" fourth wall. And then he painted it. Lastly, Yerachmiel hung specially laminated decorations of the things he holds most deeply in his heart - Eretz Yisrael and the Gedolim, or most respected rabbis of our generation.

Mr. Markowitz said that even though Yerachmiel has his own sukkah, the youngster will still enjoy holiday meals with the family in their larger hut. "He'll probably just have friends over," said the father, "offer them a snack."
Yerachmiel said this will indeed be the case. He is eager to have his buddies over to "check out" his self-made home.
He added "I think I'm old enough, and I will go to shul," Yerachmiel said. "If I can build a sukkah, I could also have a lulav."

New Concerns Over E. Coli

A Popular brand of lettuce has been recalled.
Nunes Company Incorporates, the supplier of "Foxy" lettuce, is recalling their product over concerns of E. coli contamination.

White Oak, PA - Feds Seek Help in Area Synagogue Threats

White Oak, PA - Investigators have posted a $10,000 reward for information about a series of threatening letters sent to two synagogues and the police chief.

For more than two years, someone has sent letters threatening to blow up Temple B'nai Israel and Gemilas Chesed Congregation in White Oak, about 15 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, investigators said.
Several letters had specific death threats against Gemilas Chesed leader Rabbi Irvin Chinn and his family. White Oak police Chief Joe Hoffman also received two death threat letters.

The FBI and U.S. postal inspectors offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to a conviction. Officials would not disclose details of the threats. "These letters are filled with very specific threats and vicious religious hatred," FBI Special Agent Kevin Deegan said. "They threaten harm against Jewish people, Jewish buildings, rabbis and their families."

Each also received a letter containing a white powdery substance, but tests proved the material was harmless, Deegan said.
Investigators hope someone will recognize the writing on the envelopes, Deegan said. The writing is large and contains lowercase and capital letters. Also, the word "Israel" is misspelled "Isreal."

Each synagogue has about 400 members.

Tallman, NY +NY State Thruway Traffic Alert+

Rockland County, Tallman, NY +NY State Thruway Traffic Alert+ A motor vehicle accident on the south bound of the New York State Thruway at M/M 28 with one vehicle that overturned, is causing traffic delays.
NY State Police on the scene requesting EMS for one aided that's trapped inside the vehicle, Rockland Paramedics are enroute.

Philadelphia, PA +Fatal Pedestrian Struck+

Philadelphia, PA +Fatal Pedestrian Struck+ A motor vehicle accident on Motzei Shabbas - Yom Tov night - with a pedestrian, was fatal. The 16-year-old bucher from the Mesivta Ner Yisrael in Baltimore, MD who was hit by a vehicle passed away.
The Levaya will be tomorrow at 1100 am.

North Korea +Performs Nuclear Test+

North Korea - North Korea's official News Agency said it has performed its first-ever nuclear weapons test successfully and there was no radioactive leakage from the site.

Prague, Czech Republic - Heavy Security on the Sukka's Holiday in the Jewish Community

Prague, Czech Republic - ‪Securit yheavy at Czech capital’s streets, Jewish sites were beefed up following report on Islamic extremists’ plot to kidnap, murder dozens of Jews in a synagogue, as was reported on VOS IZ NEIAS.

Tension is running high among members of the Jewish community on this Sukka's holiday, all this following the Islamic extremists’ plot to kidnap dozens of Jews in Prague and hold them hostage before murdering them. “Unfortunately, the Jewish communities in Europe are used to threats and actions as well,” Rabbi Manis Barash said, “now it has reached us.”

Some sources close to intelligence agencies were quoted as saying the captives would have been held in a Prague synagogue while the captors made broad demands that they knew could not be fulfilled. When those demands were not met, the extremists would blow up the building, killing all who were inside.

Iraq - Hundreds of Police Poisoned

Iraq - Hundreds of Iraqi policemen fell sick from poisoning at a base in southern Iraq after the evening meal breaking their daily Ramadan fast, and officials said they were investigating whether the poisoning was intentional.

An official with the Environment Ministry said 11 policemen had died. However, the governor of Wasit province -- where the poisoning took place -- denied any deaths, though he said some of the victims were in critical condition.
Some of the policemen began bleeding from the ears and nose after the meal, said an inspector for the Environment Ministry.
"Hundreds of soldiers were poisoned after taking food and water in the iftar," Wasit Gov. Hamad al-Latif said. "Investigations are under way to determine the cause."

Israel - Largest Succah In The World Was Built in Jerusalem

Israel - The largest succah in the world was built in Jerusalem's Safra Squre for the Succa's Yom Tov.
The Succah, built by the Jerusalem Municipality, covers 500 sq. m. and was decorated with lighting fixtures imported from France.

East Lyme, CT - Some Angry With the Auction of The Elms Hotel

East Lyme, CT - An auction Saturday of The Elms Hotel and a nearby rooming house known as the Little Indian Pond Lodge generated a strong turnout and some serious interest, but buyers willing to meet the sellers' conditions were few.
In the end, the only the four-unit rooming house, a short walk from the hotel on Ocean Avenue, did find a buyer, however, although the final bid price was not disclosed.

The highest in-person bid during the rooming house auction was $350,000, from David Pasquale and his wife. But another bidder made a higher offer over the telephone that was accepted, said owner Frank Forrestt. He declined to name the bidder or the final price.
The Pasquales, who had come from their home near New York City with their 11/2-year-old son Jack said that he was angry that the auctioneer, David Mendel, executive vice president of Posnik & Co., accepted telephone bids and other ways the auction was conducted.
But Mendel said that one of the telephone bidders is an Orthodox Jew who could not attend in person for religious reasons.

Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY +NYPD Nabs Predator+

Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY - Today Yom Tov morning at the 18th Avenue park in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn, NY a 24-year-old perp jumped on a 9-year-old girl playing in the park.
The mother of the child was there and got to the rescue, grabed the kid and started to leave the park, at that time the perp followed the mother and assoulted her.

About an 1/2 hour latter he came up from behind another woman walking with a baby carrage on 18th Avenue 54th Street and assoulted her as well, and after that he went after a 13 year old girl.
NYPD of the 66th Pct were notfied and searched all over with the help from the community, they got him on 20th Avenue and 52nd Street and was arrested.