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Los Angeles, CA - “The pressure is having an impact on everybody, but we’re not suffering from it,” says Izak Parviz Nazarian, considered the world’s richest Jewish Iranian. “We didn’t diversify into a bunch of different fields that are now failing and are not strong enough to get back on their feet,” the 81-year-old told Hebrew-language ... Full story

Brooklyn, NY - The bible teaches to love thy neighbor. That's exactly what one Brooklyn church plans to do Sunday for a synagogue that needs an emergency space for Yom Kippur services, the holiest day of the year for Jews. In a show of interfaith unity, the Old First Reformed Church in Park Slope will open its doors ... Full story

Berlin - In countless biographies of Adolf Hitler the story of his final hours is recounted in the traditional version: committing suicide with Eva Braun, he took a cyanide pill and then shot himself on 30 April 1945, as the Russians bombarded Berlin. Some historians expressed doubt that the Führer had shot himself, speculating that accounts ... Full story

United Nations, NY - In his official speech Thursday at the UN, Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu minced no words decrying the “perversion of truth” and the “perversion of justice” emanating from the UN’s Goldstone report accusing Israel of war crimes during the Gaza strike. “The UN is undermining its own legitimacy by siding with terrorists ... Full story

Israel - Rabbi Elyashiv of the Lithuanian stream of ultra-Orthodoxy has ruled that it is best not to wear crocs shoes on Yom Kippur even though they are not made out of leather and, therefore, would seemingly be permissible for the holiday. His reasoning behind the ruling is that they are too comfortable, and thus ... Full story

The Lakewood man accused of firing at police who raided his home early this morning as part of a gun trafficking investigation has been charged with four counts of attempted murder. Jaime Gonzalez, 39, was also charged with possession of a handgun for unlawful purposes and receiving stolen property, ... Full story

United Nations, NY - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a blistering attack on the floor of the United Nations Thursday on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, saying the hearing granted the Iranian president the night before amounted to a "disgrace of the U.N. charter." Mr. Netanyahu dramatically held up copies of minutes of the meeting of Nazi officials in 1942 where plans were made for the extermination ... Full story

Jerusalem - With one week left until the trial of the haredi woman suspected of starving her three-year-old son begins, the court is still struggling to decide the terms of her house arrest. The Jerusalem District Court convened yet another session on the matter today, during which presiding Justice Moshe Ravid said he was inclined to agree to a situation which will allow the woman ... Full story

Monsey, NY - Moshe Lefkowitz has been conducting the kapparot ceremony for ultra-Orthodox Jews for more than 30 years. So he can’t understand what the recent fuss has been about. The ceremony, which involves the circling of live chickens over the head of the faithful and later slaughtering them as a means of atonement for sins, has ... Full story

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