Washington - Democrat Hillary Clinton, seeking to dampen Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s growing appeal with working-class voters, on Tuesday accused him of having cheered on the 2008 housing market crash. Clinton’s campaign released an ad with audio the presumptive Republican nominee had recorded in 2006 for his now-defunct Trump University venture. Trump, a billionaire real estate developer, said of a “bubble burst” that “I sort of hope that happens because then people like me would go in and buy” property and “make a lot of money.” Clinton’s campaign and her surrogates have seized on the recording to argue that she would take better care of the U.S. economy. She is seeking to blunt the inroads that Trump...
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A 14-year-old youth was arrested and charged with grand larceny as a possible bias crime after he snatched a “Yarmulka” [Jewish head covering] off a 13-year-old Jewish boy. The incident occurred on Monday at around 6:30pm on Eastern Parkway near Brooklyn Avenue. The victim, a 13-year-old yeshiva student, was accosted by a black teenager who snatched the student’s Yarmulka, a religious head covering, and fled. A witness sprang into action and managed to apprehend the suspect and hold him until police arrived. The assailant, who was identified as being 14-years-old, was taken into custody and charged with grand larceny and a possible bias crime. Hate crimes task force detectives are investigating the incident. This incident marks yet another in a string of simila...
Bais Yaakov Elementary Teachers and Faculty Meet and Greet the Administrative Teams for the New Lower Elementary and Upper Elementary Divisions of the School. Baltimore, Md - May 23, 2016 - On Wednesday May 11th and Monday May 16th, Bais Yaakov of Baltimore hosted two ‘Meet and Greet’ sessions for faculty and administration to learn more about the exciting changes taking place at the school by through meeting the new Principals: Rabbi Yitzchok Sanders and Rabbi Yochanon Stein. At the podium: Bais Yaakov of Baltimore President, Dr. Shmuel Markovitz. Seated (L-R) Upper Elementary Principal Rabbi Yochanon Stein & Lower Elementary Principal Rabbi Yitzchok Sanders  On the Wednesday evening prior to Pesach, Bais Yaakov of Baltimore President, Dr. Shmuel Markovitz held...
Baltimore, MD - May 23, 2016 - This was just posted on a neighborhood WhatsApp group in the in the Smith Ave area: Just posting so everyone can be aware.... Just had three suspicious people knock on my door claiming to be from the utility company. and stating that they would like me to  open the door to speak in person ad I have not responded to their notices. They did not identify themselves, couldn't state which company they were coming from and did not wear any uniforms. When i refused to open the door they became upset and told us they needed to speak to us in person. They ended up leaving and I caught a glimpse of them through the window as they left-theya re two African American males and one female. The men were wearing jeans. Please be careful before opening your doors ...
Today’s global fight against terrorism can be characterized as a “seventh-century clash involving 21st-century weapons,” an Israeli parliamentarian and counter-terrorism expert told The Algemeiner. Likud MK Anat Berko, on a visit to the United States, said that in view of this dire situation, the entire world must realize it is “in the same boat.”   “Every country should put its ego aside and collaborate against terrorism, because we are in the middle of World War Three,” she urged. “I said this many years ago and, I’m sorry to say, many of the warnings I made have become reality.” Berko claimed that the global community is so concerned about not offending a certain population that it lose...
Tokyo - Two very different visions of the hell that is war are seared into the minds of World War II survivors on opposite sides of the Pacific. Michiko Kodama saw a flash in the sky from her elementary school classroom on Aug. 6, 1945, before the ceiling fell and shards of glass from blown-out windows slashed her. Now 78, she has never forgotten the living hell she saw from the back of her father, who dug her out after a U.S. military plane dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. People were walking like zombies, with their flesh scraped and severely burned, asking for help, for water. A little girl looked up, straight into Michiko’s eyes, and collapsed. Lester Tenney saw Japanese soldiers killing fellow American captives on the infamous Bataan Death Mar...
New York - Two members of a prominent Honduran family accused by U.S. authorities of engaging in a decade-long money laundering scheme are seeking the dismissal of the charges after the government froze their assets and made paying their lawyers impossible. Yankel Rosenthal, a former minister of investment under current Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, and Yani Rosenthal, a former Cabinet member in Honduras, filed papers late on Friday in federal court in Manhattan to dismiss their indictment. Prosecutors said the Rosenthals used their businesses to engineer a scheme to launder drug trafficking and foreign bribery proceeds through U.S. bank accounts. The motions came after months of wrangling over their inability to pay their lawyers due to the U.S. Treasury Departmen...
Circuit Judge Barry G. Williams acquitted Officer Edward Nero on Monday of all four charges against him in connection with the arrest of Freddie Gray. Below are his full comments from the bench, as transcribed by The Baltimore Sun. WILLIAMS: All right, this court has been asked to render a decision in this matter and will give the information as follows. The state has charged the defendant with assault, misconduct in office by corruptly performing an unlawful act, reckless endangerment and misconduct in office by corruptly failing to do an act that is required by the duties of his office. In order to convict the defendant of assault, the state must prove that the defendant caused offensive physical contact with Freddie Gray, that the contact was a result of an intentional or rec...
Washington - The head of security for the U.S. Transportation Security Administration has been removed from his position, according to an internal TSA memo on Monday seen by Reuters, after the agency was criticized for long lines at airport security checkpoints. Kelly Hoggan, who had served as TSA assistant administrator for security operations since May 2013, was replaced by his deputy, Darby LaJoye, who will serve on an acting basis, according to the memo from agency head Peter Neffenger. Long security lines at U.S. airports this spring have frustrated travelers and caused thousands of passengers to miss flights. TSA has blamed the problem on a lack of security screeners and an increase in passenger volumes. Hoggan came under fire at a U.S. House Oversight Committee hearing o...
Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto, who entered prison about four months ago, has been targeted by criminals in a nearby cell who have been threatening the rav to extort money from his chassidim. According to the Channel 10 News report, the matter began with requests for large sums of money to keep an eye out and make certain no harm comes to Rabbi Pinto in prison. Not wishing to gamble with the rav’s well-being, especially due to his weakened condition, chassidim made certain the sum was paid. However, a short time later a third person become involved and began his own threats against the rabbi, seeking money for guaranteeing his safety. During Pesach things took a turn for the worse as the mother of one of the imprisoned inmates arrived at the rav’s home on seder night, asking to join ...
Rosh Kollel Mikdosh Sholom HaGaon HaRav Shalom Tanji, Shlita, a well-known talmid chacham who lives in the Har Nof neighborhood of Yerushalayim is in need of the tzibur’s tefilos. The rav returned from a visit to Argentina six weeks ago where he traveled to deliver his inspirational Torah to the various communities. It appears he contracted a potentially deadly virus in S. America and is now battling for his life. The rav complained of back pain a few days following his return and visited his HMO where the family doctor did not detect the potentially fatal virus. A few days later the rav departed for Chicago, where he collapsed suddenly and was transported to a local hospital, diagnosed with meningitis and arthritis. The rav’s condition deteriorated and he lost consciousness a...
A French ship joined the international effort to hunt for the black boxes and other wreckage of EgyptAir Flight 804 Monday, searching for clues to what brought the plane down, as Greek and Egyptian authorities diverged on what happened to the plane during the crucial final minutes before it crashed into the Mediterranean, killing all 66 people on board. Five days after the air disaster, questions remain over what happened to the doomed jet before it disappeared off radar at around 2.45 a.m. local time Thursday. Egyptian authorities said they believe terrorism is a more likely explanation than equipment failure, and some aviation experts have said the erratic flight reported by the Greek defense minister suggests a bomb blast or a struggle in the cockpit. But so far no hard evid...
Dutch-Jewish woman stabbed at a kosher restaurant in the Jewish quarter of Amsterdam. The background to the incident is unclear. A Dutch-Jewish woman was stabbed at a kosher restaurant in the Jewish quarter of Amsterdam on Monday night. She suffered lightly to moderate injuries and was taken to a local hospital for treatment. The attacker turned himself in to police, according to local reports. The background to the incident is unclear, and it remains to be determined whether it was an anti-Semitic attack. In January, the home of a Jewish family in Amsterdam became the target of an anti-Semitic attack. Dutch media reports said that during the New Year festivities held in the city, a number of local youth began rioting and sought to release their anger on Jews. While shouting "Jew...
Member of band ordered by King David Hotel to remove kippot and tuck in tzitzit tells Arutz Sheva about the shocking discrimination. Aviya Grushko, the percussionist of the Inbalim band, spoke to Arutz Sheva on Monday about how the prestigious King David Hotel in Jerusalem last Wednesday demanded that members of his band remove their kippot and tuck in their tzitzit during a performance. The hotel had invited the band to play for its workers, the vast majority of whom are Arabs, and made the discriminatory demand claiming that the sight of the Jewish garb would "hurt the feelings of our Arab workers." Grushko told Arutz Sheva that no one from the hotel told the band members in advance that they were expected to appear before an Ara...
Coalition talks between the Likud and Yisrael Beytenu parties resumed after Liberman said earlier they reached a “dead end”. Coalition talks between the Likud and Yisrael Beytenu parties resumed late Monday evening, after Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman had said earlier they reached a “dead end”. The main issue of contention between the sides remains the issue of pensions for immigrants, at an estimated cost of 3 billion shekels. The move would also provide rent to immigrants and is opposed by the Finance Ministry due its sectarian nature. Liberman, however, emphasized earlier on Monday that the pension reform isn't only intended for new immigrants. "We are talking about a pension reform for everyone, not only for immigrants from the Co...
Rabbi Yehuda Glick to be sworn in on Wednesday; continued threats on his life prompt special security measures. On Monday the Knesset Guard Sergeant-at-Arms Brigadier General Yossi Grif assigned a bodyguard to Israel’s newest MK, Temple Mount activist Rabbi Yehuda Glick, following threats upon his life. Glick, who was shot and severely wounded in an assassination attempt in 2014, has been the subject of regular death threats by Arab terrorists. He will be one of the few Knesset members to have regular protection by an armed guard. Replacing out-going Likud MK and former Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, Glick will be sworn in to the Knesset at a ceremony on Wednesday. In light of a prohibition established by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu against MKs visiting the Temple M...
Queens, NY - A group of professional bank robbers struck again over the weekend, this time hitting the Maspeth Federal Savings Bank in Rego Park, Queens. The thieves got away with the contents of several safe deposit boxes in a heist police believe is likely connected to at least ten other robberies, including one in April at the Borough Park branch of HSBC where $280,000 in cash and valuables were stolen. The latest theft and missing deposit boxes was discovered by a bank employee at around 8:30 this morning. Adding to the mystery surrounding the robbery, the robbers left 36 empty safe deposit boxes on the roof of the bank, as well as the ladder they used to climb up. A hole was cut into the roof and the bank’s fence, and the feed to the security cameras had been cut as ...
Detroit - Hillary Clinton said Monday that Donald Trump’s economic policies would lead to lower wages, fewer jobs and more debt — warning unionized workers that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee could “bankrupt America like he’s bankrupted his companies.” “Ask yourself,” the likely Democratic nominee told thousands at the Service Employees International Union international convention in Detroit, “how can anybody lose money running a casino, really?” Trump has accused Clinton of using the “the woman’s card” to win votes. Clinton said if fighting for equal pay, paid family leave, a higher minimum wage and affordable child care is “playing the woman card, then deal me in.” Trump’...
New York - Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump skipped a debate in January and held a fund-raiser instead, claiming to have raised $6 million for veterans. Now a group of vets is asking: where’s the money? About a dozen rallied outside Trump Tower in New York, charging Trump has been less than forthcoming about what’s being done with the money raised. The Trump campaign admitted recently the total was more like four and a-half million. But the vets’ objections to Trump were more than financial. “Veterans are not Props for hate” read one poster at the rally. Alexander McCoy, the ex-Marine who organized it, says Trump is a fraud who owes vets an apology.
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