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Massive Fire Disrupts Yom Tov, Forces Building Evac

A massive fire broke out in a second floor of an apartment building on Carroll Street, just as families were sitting down for their Yom Tov meals. It took firefighters nearly a half hour to douse the intense blaze.The fire broke out in the second floor of 1365 Carroll Street, which is on the corner of Kingston Avenue, in the ...

Maryland County May Dump Beit Shemesh as ‘Sister City’

Montgomery County, Maryland, is apparently seeking to get out of a “sister city” deal with Beit Shemesh – in protest over the protests by Hareidi Jews against the Orot School in the city and Hareidi attacks on several women, along with attempts to exclude women from public spaces, and the apparent failure of the city to deal with the problem ...

Marking Half a Century of Jewish Service in Minnesota

Before he became a U.S. senator, Rudy Boschwitz moved to Minnesota and opened a family business in 1963. By that time, Rabbi Moshe and Mindy Feller were already there.Their first interactions happened by chance. Boschwitz, who would go on to serve two terms in Washington, noticed a man in his home improvement store sporting not only a hat and beard ...

Mark Madoff, oldest son of Bernie Madoff, hangs himself with dog leash in SoHo apartment

Two years of living with his disgraced father’s $65 billion legacy of deception was all Mark Madoff could stomach.The eldest son of the biggest swindler in U.S. history, unable to stand another day of his soured life, hung himself with a dog leash Saturday in his multimillion-dollar SoHo condo.In dire early morning emails to his wife, Madoff wrote that he ...

Margot Frank steps out of sister Anne’s shadow

The Anne Frank House, a museum devoted to the Jewish teenager whose diary became world famous after her death in a German concentration camp, opened an exhibition last week in honor of her lesser-known sister Margot.“Most of the interest has been in Anne; not much is known about Margot,” museum spokeswoman Annemarie Bekker told AFP of the latest project.“This exhibition ...

Manhattan Synagogue Faces Eviction

Manhattan’s 16th Street Synagogue is facing eviction this week, Tablet magazine has reported.According to the report, the National Council of Young Israel sold its headquarters on West 16th Street in Manhattan to a real estate developer about a decade ago with the hopes that the two synagogues occupying the first two floors would get permanent rights over their respective homes.But ...

Mandela leads slew of big stars at World Cup opener

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – South Africa’s legendary trumpeter Hugh Masekela will jazz up the World Cup opening ceremony with American R-and-B star R Kelly, but all eyes will be on the stands for a glimpse of Nelson Mandela.Mandela’s family confirmed that the 91-year-old icon of the anti-apartheid struggle would attend the opening match, if only for a while, but no details ...

Manalapan Hosts Teenage Cyclists on a Mission

Five teenage bicycle riders stayed at Manalapan’s Chabad of Western Monmouth County near the start of a weeklong ride from New York to Washington to raise funds for Friendship Circle International.The first-ever Bike 4 Friendship Teens group peddled out of Crown Heights in Brooklyn on Aug. 20, spending their first night on the road at the Manalapan Chabad.Chana’le Wolosow, director ...

Man Who Took Jewish Daughter to Church Not Guilty of Contempt

A Cook County judge today said there was no evidence a man violated a court order that prohibited him from taking his Jewish daughter to a Catholic service, the man’s lawyer said today.In May, Joseph Reyes was charged criminal contempt, accused of violating an injunction barring him from taking his young daughter to “non-Jewish” religious activities.Read More: @ vosizneias.comReaders found more ...

Man Took Piece of Wire from Auschwitz Gate Arrested at Airport

This morning, at the airport in Balice near Krakow, the border guards arrested a Frenchman, whose luggage contained a piece of wire stolen from the former Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz.The Frenchman confessed to guards that he took the wire as a souvenir. The investigation will now be taken over by the police in Oswiecim – says Marek Korzonek from ...

Man Poses as Woman at Kotel: ‘Their Prayers are Heard’

Security guards at the Western Wall apprehended on Wednesday a man who dressed up as a woman in an attempt to enter the women’s section of the holy Jewish site in Jerusalem’s Old City.During his police interrogation, it became clear that the man was mentally ill and was on psychiatric medication. He was released to his home.The guards initially thought ...

Man Beaten For Looking Jewish in England

United Kingdom – A non-jewish former special constable was beaten up by a hooded gang after he grew a beard, dressed in black and wore a wide-brimmed hat.Linden Barrington, 25, is a sales representative who lives in an area of Walsall, West Midlands, with a high Muslim population.Read More: @ vidyid.comReaders found more information by searching for:linden barrington (33)jew hat (14)jewish looking man (8)jewish ...