Topic: New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two men pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that they bought guns and a hand grenade and plotted to blow up synagogues and other buildings in New York City.Ahmed Ferhani, 26, an Algerian, and Mohamed Mamdouh, 20, a ...
Amid the public revelry, flag waving and cries of joy, some Americans are standing back and questioning the propriety of the raucous celebrations which followed the killing of Osama bin Laden."It's awkward to celebrate anyone's death, but it is impossible to feel ...
Ever since doctors told me to drastically cut back on coffee, to deal with my ever-worsening battle with acid reflux, I've been looking for a loophole or what you might call a "back door. These suppositories are popular among Orthodox Jews, who ...
The Film Society of Lincoln Center's annual celebration of art-house auteurism and old-school cinephilia returns to offer New Yorkers a well-curated grab bag of big names, bold new visions, and a handful of outr?? Tue 28 at 9:15pm.-Joshua Rothkopf. Real-life husband and ...
We Catholics are welcoming to the outsider, not only because of our own experience of sometimes being scorned in the past, but also because our faith teaches it. " He and his successor, Pope Benedict XVI, even went-to-bat for the Islamic community ...
Prosecutors: Case of NYers accused of synagogue-bomb plot won't be about ties to terror groupsFederal prosecutors apparently will not claim that four New Yorkers accused of plotting to bomb synagogues were members of a terrorist group.Assistant U.S. Attorney David Raskin said at ...
The photograph, taken in October 2007, shows Buddhist monks practicing takuhatsu in Times Square, New York City. I'm not sure what school of Buddhism the monks represent, but I've seen sashes like that in photos of Shingon priests. (Shingon is an esoteric ...
Hillary Clinton canceled her appearance at a rally in New York City next week after learning from reporters that Sarah Palin is also scheduled to also attend. The event, organized by a number of Jewish organizations, is aimed at criticizing the Iranian ...
A genealogy Web site is launching what it's billing as the world's largest online collection of Jewish family history records.Ancestry.com has partnered with two organizations for the project JewishGen, an affiliate of New York's Museum of Jewish Heritage, and the American Jewish ...
Hillary Clinton canceled her appearance at a rally in New York City next week after learning from reporters that Sarah Palin is also scheduled to also attend. The event, organized by a number of Jewish organizations, is aimed at criticizing the Iranian ...
