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Two Teens Arrested Following Attack Of Hasidic Man

Two teens have been arrested and charged with assault as a hate crime following two attacks on a Hasidic man in Brooklyn.It’s the second such assault in as many weeks. The most recent happened Monday night on Wallabout Street and Harrison Avenue in Williamsburg.Police say the pair, ages 14 and 15, punched the victim in the face while he was ...

Two men arrested for allegedly planning terror attack on NYC synagogue

Two men have been arrested for allegedly plotting a terror attack against a New York City synagogue.The men are Americans of Algerian and Moroccan descent who bought or tried to buy guns and grenades, a person familiar with the case told the Associated Press. The person added that they could face state terrorism charges.Two law enforcement officials confirmed the arrests; ...

Two Manhattan Synagogues Receive ‘Sacred Sites’ Grants

Two synagogues in Manhattan are among the “Sacred Sites” in New York State that have received grants for physical repairs from the New York Landmarks Conservancy, The Jewish Week reported.The Stanton Street Synagogue on the Lower East Side will receive a $30,000 Jewish Heritage Fund Grant that will help pay for repairs on the building exterior walls and the East Village’s Sixth ...

Two Haredi men shot dead in Tel Aviv; police suspect murder-suicide

Two young ultra-Orthodox men were killed on Wednesday in a shooting incident in southern Tel Aviv. The police believe one of the victims shot the other and then committed suicide. The police are investigating a personal background for the shooting. One of the victims, Ohad Rosenberg was 31 years old from Rishon Letzion. The second victims, Eliyahu Avraham, was 19 years ...

Two Chabad Chanukah Parties Make CBS List

Looking for something to do for Chanukah? CBS’ flagship station rated what it called the top eight holiday celebrations in New York City, and two of the parties featured by reporter Carly Sitzer are among the largest bashes hosted by local Chabad-Lubavitch centers.Chabad of the West Side’s Chanukah on Ice party, which will mark its fifth year, made the list, ...

Two Bronx synagogues on local list to receive grant money for protection against terrorist attacks

Two Bronx synagogues targeted in a bombing plot last year are among 80 high-risk groups getting cash from the Department of Homeland Security to help prevent future terrorist attempts. Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Brooklyn and Queens) announced Sunday that the groups will share more than $5.8 million in federal funding to fortify their buildings with features like security cameras, barricades and ...

Twitter user sells @Israel username for six-figure sum

While Twitter tries to work out how to make money, a Spaniard has sold his username on the site for a six-figure sum.In 2007 Israel Meléndez set up a Twitter account under his first name. This year he was approached by the state of Israel, which wanted to buy @Israel from him for a quantity of dollars that, he told ...

Twitter Gets $200M Investment To Stay Private

Don’t expect Twitter to be tweeting about an initial public offering any time soon. The popular online communications service has raised another $200 million so it can keep growing without Wall Street’s help.Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, one of Silicon Valley’s best-known venture capital firms, is leading the investment announced Wednesday. Twitter also added two successful entrepreneurs, Mike McCue and ...

Twilight star Kellan Lutz joins celebrity trip to Israel

Kellan Lutz, one of the stars of the hit vampire saga “Twilight”, and other celebrities arrived in Israel this week to visit important religious and historical sites throughout the country.Lutz took an El Al flight to Israel with his mother, actor Miguel Ferrer (best known for his role as Dr. Garret Macy on “Crossing Jordan”), Columbian singer Carolina La O ...

TV Drama Reopens Debate Over Germans’ Holocaust Guilt

With the wartime generation rapidly disappearing, a television drama about five young Germans in World War II has revived debate in Germany about the role ordinary men and women played in the Nazis’ murderous campaign to conquer Europe.Millions tuned in last week to watch the three-part series “Our Mothers, Our Fathers,” which follows five young Germans two brothers, a nurse, ...

Turkish PM: Israel must remove foreign minister

The prime minister of Turkey, whose ties with Israel have been badly strained over the past year, has called on the Jewish state to remove its hawkish foreign minister who he says poses an obstacle to Middle Easy peace.Avigdor Lieberman is a polarizing figure in Israel and outside, with his outspoken skepticism about peace with the Palestinians and his questioning ...

Turkey summons Israeli envoy over Barak’s comments

Israeli ambassador to Turkey Gaby Levy was summoned to the Turkish Foreign Ministry after Defense Minister Ehud Barak described Ankara’s new Intelligence bureau chief as a “supporter” of Iran, a Turkish diplomat said Tuesday.Levy was called to the ministry on Monday for a meeting in which Ankara conveyed its displeasure over Barak’s comments, the diplomat, who asked not to be ...