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British Peer Apologizes For Jewish Conspiracy Remarks

A British Muslim peer, who caused outrage after blaming a Jewish conspiracy for his imprisonment over a fatal car crash, apologized on Thursday for his “unacceptable” remarks, the AFP news agency reported.Pakistan-born Nazir Ahmed was suspended from the opposition Labor party when the comments, made to a Pakistani television station, were published in The Times newspaper earlier this month.Speaking in Urdu, the 55-year-old had ...

British Jews Discuss Internet Dangers

More than 4,600 hareidi-religious men met in London on Thursday for an event on the dangers of the Internet, the Jewish Chronicle reports. The event at Leyton Orient’s football stadium was inspired by a similar conference earlier in the year at the New York Mets baseball stadium in America.The event was men-only. A live internet video was available for women and children ...

British chief rabbi’s song gets million hits on YouTube

A video recording of “Oseh Shalom” by Britain’s Chief Rabbi, recorded to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel, has just passed 1 million hits on YouTube.The recording features Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks with soloist chazzans Jonny Turgel, Shimon Craimer and Rabbi Lionel Rosenfeld along with the Shabbaton Choir and children from the Moriah Jewish Day School ...

Bringing New Light to an Old Mivtza

With our awareness of golus ever heightened during the Three Weeks, two organizations are working to bring light to this dark time with a new emphasis on an often-overlooked mivtza. Following the Rebbe’s directives to have weekly mesibas Shabbos gatherings, Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch’s Suite 302 and Tzivos Hashem launched CKids Shabbos and yom tov programming earlier this week.As part of ...

Breaking with tradition, Rockland JCC will open on Saturdays

The Jewish Community Center of Rockland has always remained closed from sundown on Friday until sunset on Saturday out of respect for the Jewish tradition of rest on the holy Shabbat.But beginning April 1, the JCC will open its fitness center and gym Friday evenings and Saturday, joining a nationwide trend among JCCs to be open to the community seven ...

BP offers $500 million to study oil spill impact

BP has committed up to $500 million to studying the impact its massive oil spill will have on the animals and environment of the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf Coast.The company on Monday announced a 10-year effort to probe how the thousands of barrels of oil that have escaped into the open water will affect the surrounding wildlife. Rep. ...

Boy to receive religious education after legal battle

At the end of a long legal battle, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a child whose mother left the religious lifestyle and father is haredi will receive a state-religious education.In the past, the child’s parents – who lived in Bnei Brak – displayed a modest haredi lifestyle in public, but acted in a completely secular manner within their ...

Boston Jewish Fraternity House Under Investigation

A Jewish fraternity house in Boston is under investigation after five men were found in the basement with welts on their bodies.They were bound together with duct tape around their wrists.Police are looking for 14 people in connection with the incident.The men, clad only in their briefs, were covered in flour, honey, hot sauce and other food products, according to ...

Boro Park Williamsbusg Bus Co. Says Will Stop Segregation

The Orthodox Jewish-run Brooklyn bus company that stuck women in the back seats is putting an end to the controversial practice after a reprimand from the city.The Private Transportation Corp. — which runs the Williamsburg-to- Borough Park B110 bus — wrote a letter to the Department of Transportation promising to instruct drivers not to move women to the back.Operators pay ...

Boro Park Shomrim & Hikind: Keep Bicyclists Off the Sidewalk

In an effort to protect all pedestrians, particularly senior citizens and mothers pushing strollers, Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) is calling on the community to help keep bicyclists off the sidewalk because they pose a serious danger. Joining Hikind in this endeavor are the 66th Precinct andthe Boro Park Shomrim. Hikind met with both the 66th Precinct’s Commanding Officer John Sprague ...

Boro Park – Greenfield Took Part in the Burning of the Chametz

Councilman David G. Greenfield (D-Brooklyn) visited bread burning sites in Boro Park today to participate in the burning of the chametz (bread) before Passover. Greenfield also toured the FDNY firehouse at 4210 12th Avenue, which is home to Engine 282 and Ladder 148, where he thanked FDNY Chief James Leonard for all the hard work and preparations that went into ...

Border Police Opens Service Course for Haredim

The Civilian Service Directorate for haredi men, designed as an alternative to military service, announced on Monday that it has opened a new course for recruits in the Border Police force.According to the directorate, dozens of men from the ultra- Orthodox sector will be able to join the unit, which will serve in the Judea region as part of operational ...