Elderly residents of six-story Manhattan building want one of two elevators slowed down on Jewish day of rest, while rent-stabilized tenants say loss of 83 seconds is unacceptable

After studying in yeshivot for years and converting to Judaism in Ukraine, Matityahu Wolstein applies for immigrant status in Israel. But Interior Ministry 'unconvinced by sincerity of his conversion,' although he has been recognized as Jew by all Orthodox authorities