Police have recovered genetic evidence from two unidentified women at the scene of the double murder of Jewish retirees Rochelle Wise and David (Donny) Pichosky in their south Florida condo. The DNA doesn’t match relatives or anyone else who would have been permitted into the home, police said Wednesday at a press conference marking the…
The police tape and news trucks have long since left the quiet streets and manicured lawns of the Venetian Park condo complex in Hallandale Beach, Fla., where Jewish retirees Rochelle Wise and David (Donny) Pichosky lived and died. As the first anniversary of snowbirds’ double-murder looms, neighbors and friends mourned the well-liked couple — and…
The Forward 50 is our annual look at the American Jews who made a difference in the past year. Each day, we will spotlight one of our Top 5 picks, leading up to Sunday night when the entire package — along with some very special surprises — will go live. There was no Philip Roth…
Since the initial shock of Detroit’s filing for Chapter 9 bankruptcy this past summer, local residents and businesses have been largely left alone to deal with the implications of this drastic step. But Detroit’s organized Jewish community, concentrated mainly in the affluent suburbs, and largely untouched by the city’s financial demise, appears to be bucking…
LOS ANGELES – A California judge gave Amanda Bynes’ mother legal control of the troubled actress’s affairs on Friday, according to court documents. Ventura County Superior Court Judge Glen Reiser granted a temporary conservatorship motion brought by Bynes’ parents, the documents said. They filed the request after the 27-year-old actress allegedly started a small fire…
Amanda Bynes is taking her act on the road. The troubled star was forced to undergo a mental health evaluation on Monday night after she caused a disturbance in a California residential neighborhood, the New York Daily News reported. Police officials were called to Thousand Oaks, in Ventura Counry, Calif., to take the 27-year-old into…
The College Retirement Equities Fund can ignore a controversial customer proposal calling for it to end investments in companies that support “Israel’s occupation,” the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has ruled. In a May 10 letter and a follow-up reconsideration letter, the SEC said it would take “no action” against CREF for declining to put…
America’s centenarians are generally content and believe staying active is key to longevity, and some are even using social media and email to stay in touch with family and friends, a survey released on Thursday showed.’ The poll that compared the attitudes and lifestyle of baby boomers to centenarians showed the country’s oldest citizens were…
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