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‘Greatest tragedy in Poland’s post-War history’

Polish President Lech Kaczynski and about 100 of the country’s highest military and civilian leaders died Saturday morning when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in thick fog in western Russia, officials said.Russian and Polish officials said there were no survivors on the Soviet-era Tupolev, which was taking the president, his wife and staff to ...

Graco crib recall: 217,000 units

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — About 217,000 Graco cribs have been recalled, due to a malfunction that can entrap, suffocate or strangle infants and toddlers, federal safety officials announced Thursday.The recall includes so-called “drop side” wood cribs made by manufacturer LaJobi and branded with the Graco logo.Read More: @ money.cnn.comTags: 217, crib recall, Cribs, Graco, Graco CribYou might also like…Kerry: Syria committed to ME peaceMystery rocket explodes ...

Grab your Groggers, Purim is Here and Megilla Reading is On!

Your kids have on their homemade astronaut and fairy princess costumes, the groggers have been located at the back of the tablecloths drawer, and you have sealed up your Mishlochai Manot so you stop pilfering the poppy seed hamentashens.Now, the only question is, where do you go this Purim to hear the megilla reading?What follows is a very partial, and ...

Gov’t Steps Up Campaign for Jewish Arab Refugees

The Foreign Ministry – along with the World Jewish Congress and the Pensioners Affairs Ministry – is ramping up its campaign to bring the issue of Jewish refugee rights to public and diplomatic attention.According to the Foreign Ministry more than 850,000 Jews from Arab states fled their countries of birth following persecution that ensued after the establishment of the State ...

Gov’t ‘Rains Out’ Jews from Patriarchs’ Cave

Heavy rains forced Jews out of the Patriarchs’ Cave in Hevron on the Sabbath because of lack of government funds for maintenance, according to the Hevron Jewish community.Israel was happy to receive the much needed rain and snow which helped replenish the Kinneret and underground water sources, but the flooding of the holy site in Hevron came days after the ...

Governor Vetoes TAP for Yeshivas & Major Funding to Jewish Groups

Last week Governor David Paterson vetoed hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding for many Jewish groups including Agudath Israel of America, Ohel and countless JCC’s in New York. Each of these groups had thousands of “pork barrel” dollars allocated to them that they will no longer receive. Even worse, the much celebrated TAP program for Yeshivas, that was slated ...

Governor Assists Jewish Community with Burial Issues

While the rest of the South Florida Jewish community was preparing for the upcoming holiday weekend, Mark Rosenberg, Dovi Katz and Chaim Markowitz were up in Tallahassee. They were there to make a presentation to the commanders of the Police Departments and Highway Patrols of the State of Florida. Their topic? Jewish death.Not a very cheerful subject, to be sure. ...

Government set to finalize Bnei Menashe aliya

The government is expected to give final approval in the next few weeks to bring to Israel more than 7,200 remaining members of an Indian community who claim descent from one of the lost tribes of Israel.The decision to allow the last members of the Bnei Menashe to immigrate to Israel is being greeted with excitement by local Evangelical Christian ...

Government OKs 500 NewYesha Homes, Which Calls It ‘Small Step”

The government responded to the murder of the Fogel family by approving 500 new residential units in Judea and Samaria. All of them are in major population centers.Council of Jewish Communities in Judea and Samaria Chairman Danny Dayan called the approval “a very small step in the right direction.” He noted, “We are lacking 1,000 residential units in Judea and ...

Gov. Paterson: Mosque talk should take week off to honor Jewish, Muslim holidays, 9/11 anniversary

Gov. Paterson has a new idea to calm the tensions surrounding a proposed mosque near Ground Zero: SHUT UP, ALREADY!After taking yet another round of questions from reporters about the plan, its funding and the people behind it, Paterson suggested that New Yorkers honor this week’s intersection of Jewish and Muslim holidays with the September 11 anniversary to take a ...

Gossip Girl or Gossip Goy?

Gossip Girl, the hit teen drama about the “scandalous lives of Manhattan’s elite” doesn’t have many Jewish characters, which may explain why its Monday evening Yom Kippur episode dubbed “The fasting and the furious” was so fashionably late.Entertainment Weekly decided to spoof the episode promo, calling Nate’s new older love interest – played by the sizzling Elizabeth Hurley – a ...

GOP Convention Turns Into Cuomo Bash-fest

Former Congressman Rick Lazio was selected to be the Republican nominee for governor at a raucous brawl of a convention where one candidate nominated himself and the handpicked candidate of the state party chairman was unceremoniously dumped. The convention was a huge victory for Lazio. He garnered the support of the convention to be the Republican nominee and beat back ...