Felder Touts Halt to Planned NY Cuts for Disabled
Today 4:36 PM
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State Senator Simcha Felder, who represents the 17th District in the NYS Senate released the following statement: Few issues this year have generated more input from concerned constituents than the Governor’s budget cuts to programs serving developmentally disabled New Yorkers. Read more »
NY State Comptroller: Ramapo One of State’s Most Fiscally Distressed Towns
Today 4:00 PM
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Newsday Reports: The Town of Ramapo is under “significant fiscal stress” and could be headed for bankruptcy or a control board unless the town can turn around its finances, according to a report released Tuesday by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
Ramapo is one of six New York communities — and the only one in Hudson Valley — that are under “significant stress” as a result of cash flow problems, mounting debt and chronic budget shortfalls, DiNapoli said. The town was given a 70.8 percent stress rating, second-highest only to Monroe County, which received an 82.1 percent score. Read more »
E. Ramapo, NY – Board Prez Weismandel Op-Eds for Yes Vote
Today 2:45 PM
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Yehudah Weissmandel, President of the Board of Education at the East Ramapo Central School District, writes in the Journal News about today’s budget re-vote: I acknowledge that there are differences between our school board and groups of community activists. And I acknowledge that there are concerns about the ability of our district to provide necessary education to our public school students. Clearly, a significant effort needs to be undertaken by all interested parties to work through those issues. But under any analysis, the answer to the concerns about the future of our district does not lie in killing the school budget. Read more »
Lead Israel General Says Kerry Failure May Lead to Violence
Today 2:17 PM
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Reuters Via Yahoo Reports: Major-General Nitzan Alon, Israel’s top West Bank military officer, also said that violence could escalate if U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s peace mission failed, and voiced frustration with the “terror activity” of radical Jewish settlers against whom Israel this week authorized new measures.
Briefing diplomats and reporters at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, a conservative think-tank, Alon said Kerry’s bids to revive negotiations had a “positive influence on the ground, mainly on the PA (Palestinian Authority). Read more »
Bolivian AG and Foreign Minister to Discuss Ostreicher Case on Thursday
Today 1:26 PM
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Former Bolivian President de Lozada with President Bush
La Paz, Bolivia – Bolivian Attorney General Ramiro Guerrero announced that on Thursday he will hold a meeting with Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca in which they will address issues the extradition of former Bolivian president Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada who is currently in exile in the United States.
His Extradition has been requested in the past and was rejected by the United States, now the Bolivian Foreign Ministry is looking into hiring a law firm in the U.S. to handle the latest extradition efforts, which will also include the translation of many records. Read more »
School Says Airline ‘Abused its Discretion’ But Was Not Anti-Semitic
Today 12:43 PM
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JTA Reports: AirTran Airways “abused its discretion” in forcing the 101 students off the early morning flight June 3 to their senior trip in Atlanta, according to the report authored by the yeshiva’s executive director, Rabbi Seth Linfield… Read more »
ADL Welcomes SCOTUS AZ Voting Ruling
Today 10:40 AM
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Barry Curtiss-Lusher, ADL National Chair, and Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, issued the following statement: Read more »
Poll: 32% Of Israelis Would Disregard US Jewry’s Positions On Peace Process
Today 10:10 AM
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Jpost: Most Israelis think the government should totally or mostly disregard US Jewry’s positions on the peace process and religious affairs, according to a poll released Monday. Read more »
Peres: U.S. Arming Syrian Rebels is ‘Wise Decision’
Today 9:34 AM
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Israel Hayom: President Shimon Peres has thrown his weight behind the United States’ plans to arm Syrian rebels, shrugging off fears that the weapons could be turned on Israel and exacerbate the conflict.
Asked if the U.S. decision was wise, Peres said, “Yes.” Read more »
Rubashkin-Defending Congressman Saved by Orthodox Jewish Aide
Today 9:25 AM
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Nick Muzin is Orthodox Jewish and Congressman Ted Poe has vigorously ripped the Government for its injustice against Rubashkin. Here is a fascinating story via NRO: Read more »
Obama Defends US Military Aid To Syrian Rebels As Balanced Approach
Yesterday 11:09 PM
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The Huffington Post: In a taped interview with PBS’s Charlie Rose, president Obama defended his decision to provide weaponry to Syrian rebels, saying it followed careful and comprehensive deliberation. His policy, he added, is meant to strike the right balance and is not open-ended. Read more »
UANI: Rowhani Worse Than Ahmadinejad On Iran’s Nuclear Program: He’s Dishonest
Yesterday 9:53 PM
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The winner in Iran’s presidential election has been labeled a “moderate,” but his record of working closely with the nation’s religious leaders – particularly on thwarting international weapons inspections – leaves scant hope for a thaw in the Islamic Republic’s relations with the West, according to experts. Read more »
Ray Kelly Unloads On NSA and Holder Over Secret Recording
Yesterday 9:30 PM
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The NY Post: Police Commissioner Ray Kelly launched a stinging rebuke to the federal government’s secret phone and Internet monitoring campaign — and suggested leaker Edward Snowden was right about privacy “abuse.”
“I don’t think it ever should have been made secret,” Kelly said today, breaking ranks with US law-enforcement officials. Read more »
Barbara Streisand Slams Orthodox Jews For ‘Forcing’ Women Segregation
Yesterday 9:00 PM
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Reuters reports: U.S. entertainer Barbra Streisand on Monday took a swipe at Orthodox Jews in Israel who compel women to sit in the back of buses and assault them for following religious rituals traditionally reserved for men. Read more »
Video: Jewish Museum Illustrates Bureaucratic Hurdles During Holocaust
Yesterday 6:49 PM
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Video: House Leader Cantor Pounces on Obama’s Bad Poll Numbers
Yesterday 6:10 PM
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NYC – Conservative, Independence Parties Back Storobin for CD48
Yesterday 5:33 PM
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This week the Independence Party officially announced its endorsement of former Republican State Senator David Storobin for the 48th City Council District in Brooklyn.
Storobin adds the Independence Party endorsement to official endorsements by the Conservative, School Choice and Republican Parties, positioning him strongly for the open seat in south Brooklyn being vacated by Democrat Michael Nelson who is term-limited. Storobin is the only candidate in a crowded field that includes at least five Democrats to pick up multiple party endorsements. Read more »
‘Young Israel’ Demands Israel Should Not Accommodate WoW on Backs of Others
Yesterday 5:14 PM
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The National Council of Young Israel released the following statement: After Israeli police prevented a number of religious worshipers from going to pray at the Western Wall on Sunday, June 9th in order to allow a small group of individuals from the organization Women of the Wall to pray at the holy site, the National Council of Young Israel called on the Israeli government to ensure that such a thing never happens again. Read more »
In ‘$500k Speech,’ Clinton Praises, Lectures Israelis
Yesterday 4:54 PM
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David Lev Writes: In a sometimes rambling speech, an aging Bill Clinton praised Israel’s high tech accomplishments, suggested ways to improve the world’s economies, described the work he has been doing since he retired from politics, and lectured Israel on the need to give in to PA demands that it withdraw from the lands liberated in the Six Day War.
Clinton was in Israel to celebrate Shimon Peres’ 90th birthday. Peres’ “birthday week” features visits by world leaders who were invited to the Presidential Conference taking place in Jerusalem this week. Read more »
