Malka Leifer: Melbourne Woman Awarded $1.27M In Damages Over Ultra-Orthodox Jewish School Sex Abuse
A Melbourne woman has been awarded more than $1 million in compensation for sexual abuse she suffered at an ultra-orthodox Jewish school.
‘F–k America’: Qatari Driver Claims Diplomatic Immunity After Luxury Car Drag Race In Beverly Hills
Police in Beverly Hills were investigating reports of two vehicles driving recklessly and at high rates of speeds through residential streets, in an incident that was caught on video.
NY – State Court Declines To Halt Kaporos Ritual By Orthodox Jews
A state judge in Manhattan on Monday refused to block Orthodox Jewish congregations in Brooklyn from carrying out the bloody Kaporos chicken-slaughter ritual on public streets in advance of Yom Kippur.
Report: Iranian Commander Makes Second Moscow Visit
Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ elite Quds Force, has visited Moscow for the second time, Lebanese newspaper As-Safir reported on Tuesday.
Arab Terror Runs Rampant in Jerusalem
Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud), who is taking part in an emergency security meeting called by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday night, called to immediately stop Arab rock-throwing terrorists from being released on bail or community service.
After Iran Deal, Obama Struggles To Regain Israel’s Trust
Jerusalem – Seeking to sell his nuclear deal with Iran to a skeptical Israeli public, President Barack Obama has repeatedly declared his deep affection for the Jewish state. But the feelings do not appear to be mutual.
LAPD Unveils Puny BMW Electric Police Car
The Los Angeles police department has unveiled it’s latest tool in the fight against a crime – a tiny electric powered BMW police car.
Federal Judge Levies $43.7M Fine Against Russia For Failure To Return Schneerson Library To Chabad-Lubavitch
Washington, D.C. – In the latest round of a legal dispute that dates back over a decade, a federal judge on Thursday ordered Russia to pay a $43.7M fine for failing to return the Jewish books and documents collection known as the Schneerson Library over to the Brooklyn-based Hasidic Chabad-Lubavitch group.
The Meteor From Borough Park: Meet The Hasidic Woman Who Manages Risk For The NSA
WASHINGTON – This is the impossible story of a girl from a Hasidic community in Brooklyn, who was raised speaking Yiddish and studied Torah in Hebrew, of how she succeeded in breaking boundaries, shattering stereotypes and leaving the ascetic Borough Park neighborhood to study in prestigious Columbia University, while strictly observing her ultra-Orthodox tradition.
‘Shana Tova’, Tweets Iranian President
ranian President Hassan Rouhani took to Twitter on Sunday to wish Jews a Happy New Year in honor of the holiday of Rosh Hashanah.