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May 26, 2016 at 5:10 am
A fire broke out at the Mir Yeshiva in Yerushalayim a short time ago. The fire department is on the scene. Baruch Hashem there are no reports of injuries at this time.
UPDATE: It is reported the building was ordered evacuated due to heavy smoke conditions, which appear to have been caused by an air conditioning unit that caught fire in one of the classrooms. Once again, B”H there are no injuries reported. The building is being aired out from the heavy smoke conditions.
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May 26, 2016 at 12:37 am
וכי תמכרו ממכר לעמיתך או קנה מיד עמיתך אל תונו איש את אחיו (ויקרא כה יד), When you make a sale to your fellow or make a purchase from the hand of your fellow, do not cheat each man his brother.
It’s strange that what began as a simple transaction between ‘fellow’ Jews suddenly turns in to ‘family’ business with each one careful not to cheat his ‘brother’.
Truthfully, the Torah uses several terms to refer to our fellow man. At times it calls him רעך, ‘your friend’, occasionally עמיתך, ‘your fellow’, and often he is termed אחיך, ‘your brother’.
All of them are all used in reference to one’s fell...
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May 25, 2016 at 9:53 pm
Baltimore, MD – May 25, 2016 – Tonight, Lag BaOmer 5776, a group of young men from Shomrei Emunah's youth organization and from Gobbie Cohn's Torah Youth Association (TYA) gathered to sing and hear divrei chizuk from Rabbi Binyamin Marwick, Mara D'Asra of Cong. Shomrei Emunah as well as from Yaakov Ehrman and Josh Zaslow.
The warmth of the crackling bonfire was overpowered by the achdus and hislahavus of the group.
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May 25, 2016 at 7:31 pm
Two officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray are suing Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby for defamation and invasion of privacy.
Sgt. Alicia White and Officer William Porter, who are facing charges of involuntary manslaughter in the 25-year-old's death last April, filed the lawsuit against Mosby, Baltimore sheriff's office Maj. Sam Cogen and the state of Maryland on May 2, according to Baltimore Circuit Court records made public Wednesday.
The officers claim that Mosby and Cogen knew the statement of charges filed against the officers and other statements made by Mosby at a May 1, 2015, news conference announcing the charges "were false."
"These among other statements were made not for the purpose of prosecuting crimes that had allegedly been committed...
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May 25, 2016 at 7:11 pm
Baltimore, MD – May 25, 2016 - It is with great sadness that BaltimoreJewishLife.com informs the community of the petirah of Mrs. Helen Hollander, a’h, mother of Mrs. Rochelle Goldberg and Mr. Jeffrey Schwartz and sister of Mrs. Renee Rose
The levayah will take place Thursday afternoon, May 26, 2016, 3:00 PM at Levinson’s.
Shiva will be observed at 431 Yeshiva Lane .
Times of Minyanim will follow
Bila HaMaves LaNetzach...
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May 25, 2016 at 6:02 pm
Baltimore County Police have charged two men in connection with thefts of packages from in front of homes in the Pikesville / Precinct 4 area.
John Leon Kenney (25) of the 5000 block of The Alameda Rd 21239 has been charged with multiple counts of fourth-degree burglary and theft. He is being held at the Baltimore County Detention Center on $25,000 bail.
Sean Lamont Arrington (47) of the 3900 block of Wilsby Avenue 21218 has been charged with multiple counts of fourth-degree burglary and theft. He is being held at the Baltimore County Detention Center on $20,000 bail.
Detectives with the Pikesville Precinct Investigative Services Team began an investigation after several residents reported packages being stolen from in front of their homes. In two of the cases, mini-freezers ...
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May 25, 2016 at 6:02 pm
Baltimore, MD - May 25, 2016 - Dear Community Members,
Between 5/21/16 and 5/23/16, there were four thefts from motor vehicles in the Pikesville Precinct. The first theft from motor vehicle was in the 700 block of Silver Creek Road. The second theft from motor vehicle occurred in the 7800 block of Nashua Circle. The third and fourth thefts from motor vehicles occurred at the same location in the 700 block of Milford Mill Road. There was no evidence of force used in any of the theft from motor vehicles. Please lock your vehicles doors at all times and remove any valuables!
Please be vigilant of suspicious subjects or vehicles roaming through the neighborhood. If you notice any suspicious activity, safely get a good description of the subjects or ...
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May 25, 2016 at 5:55 pm
Jerusalem - In first remarks as Israel’s designated defense minister, right-wing settler Avigdor Lieberman joked about his fiery reputation: “I have undergone surgery to lengthen my fuse.”
In a more serious vein, the Soviet-born 57-year-old struck a conciliatory note, emphasizing “a strong commitment, to the peace, to the final status agreement (with the Palestinians).”
After Wednesday’s signing ceremony, military officers, diplomats and Palestinian leaders were left asking whether this combative figure would pursue a less confrontational line after he formally re-joins the cabinet next week.
Lieberman, who had a modest stint in Israel’s armed forces, has in the past threatened to bomb Egypt’s ...
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May 25, 2016 at 5:54 pm
Washington - Hmmm, wonder who he has in mind?
A leading Senate Democrat is introducing legislation that would require presidential candidates to release their tax returns.
Its chances of becoming law are nil. The Republican-controlled Congress has little incentive to embarrass Donald Trump, their presumptive presidential candidate. Trump has said he won’t unveil his returns until the IRS finishes auditing them.
But with Democrats looking for every opportunity to focus negative attention on the billionaire candidate, Oregon Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden introduced the measure Wednesday.
The bill would require the major parties’ presidential nominees to release their tax returns for the past three years. If they don’t, the Treasury Department — which oversees t...
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May 25, 2016 at 5:54 pm
Gaza City - Gaza’s Islamic militant Hamas rulers said Wednesday they intend to execute residents convicted of murder even without the needed approval of the Palestinian president.
Hamas lawmakers “endorsed” 13 death sentences after mounting pressure from victims’ families. West Bank-based President Mahmoud Abbas has refused to approve the Hamas verdicts and the United Nations’ High Commissioner for Human Rights says he is deeply concerned over the imminent executions.
“The Gaza authorities’ statements follow the demands of several families for the death penalty to be carried out against individuals accused of killing their relatives,” a spokesman for the commissioner, Rupert Colville, said. “Death sentences may only be carrie...
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May 25, 2016 at 5:53 pm
Tehran, Iran - An Instagram account associated with a powerful general who leads an elite unit of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard briefly was inaccessible on the application.
The account featuring images of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who heads the elite Quds Force focusing on foreign operations, was inaccessible Wednesday, then later restored.
It’s unclear whether the account, followed by some 300,000 users, is managed on Soleimani’s behalf. Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency described it as belonging to him. A website associated with Iranian state television also reported on the account’s disappearance.
Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
On May 16, Iranian police announced the arrest of eight peop...
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May 25, 2016 at 5:40 pm
Washington - Reports of Israel’s new right-wing governing coalition raise “legitimate questions” about the direction of Israeli policy but the United States will judge the new government based on its actions, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday.
“We have also seen reports from Israel describing it as the most right-wing coalition in Israel’s history and we also know that many of its ministers have said they oppose a two-state solution,” State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters. “This raises legitimate questions about the direction it may be headed in ... and what kind of policies it may adopt.”
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May 25, 2016 at 5:39 pm
Washington - Paul Ryan, the top U.S. elected Republican, on Wednesday continued to withhold his support from Donald Trump for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination, saying he is not ready to endorse the real estate billionaire, a political neophyte.
Ryan, the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, brushed aside reports that he was ready to endorse Trump during a meeting with reporters in the Capitol. “I haven’t made a decision,” he said, adding that he had no timetable for doing so.
The 46-year-old speaker is the only member of the Republican congressional leadership who has not formally embraced the presumptive Republican nominee. Ryan is expected to chair the party’s nominating convention in July in Cleveland.
Trump’s ascent...
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May 25, 2016 at 5:39 pm
Jerusalem - A year and a half after surviving an assassination attempt and being told he may never walk again, Yehudah Glick strode onstage in the Knesset’s plenum and was sworn in as a member on Monday.
“For me, the word ‘shehecheyanu’” - ‘who has given us life,’ from the blessing said on special occasions and new experiences - “has many and deep meanings since the assassination attempt,” Glick said.
Glick, an activist for Jewish rights on the Temple Mount, was next on the Likud’s list, after defense minister Moshe Ya’alon quit his post.
The new MK was shot four times in the chest in November 2014 by Mutaz Hijazi, an Arab man from Jerusalem who called Glick “an enemy of Al-Aksa.”
Glick was undeterred ...
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May 25, 2016 at 5:38 pm
Los Angeles - Police in Anaheim, California, warned they would take “swift and decisive enforcement action” if protesters get out of hand at a Donald Trump rally on Wednesday, a day after a violence broke out at the Republican presidential candidate’s campaign event in New Mexico.
Trump’s appearances in the U.S. West in areas with significant Hispanic populations have drawn large protests - such as Tuesday’s violence in Albuquerque, where rock-throwing demonstrators were arrested - because of his remarks that Mexico is sending criminals and rapists to the United States.
Trump’s problems with Latino communities could dampen his Nov. 8 election hopes. A poll by the political research group Latino Decisions found 87 percent of registered Hispanic...
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May 25, 2016 at 5:32 pm
Washington - The head of the Transportation Security Administration said Wednesday the beleaguered agency will add 768 new screeners by mid-June to deal with increasingly long airport security lines that have caused passengers to miss flights even before the busy summer travel season.
Peter Neffenger told a House committee that a combination of factors contributed to the added waiting time to pass through security screening: more people are flying this year and fewer people than anticipated have applied for the government’s PreCheck program, which expedites screening for those who have submitted to a background check.
The agency expects to screen 740 million passengers this year, a 15 percent increase over 2013, Neffenger said. That increase came amid a 12 percent drop in...
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May 25, 2016 at 5:24 pm
Jerusalem - Hundreds of thousands of Israelis lit massive bonfires on Wednesday evening to celebrate the holiday of Lag Ba’omer, including a huge pilgrimage at the grave of an ancient Jewish mystic on Mount Meron in the Galilee region.
Lag Ba’omer marks the 33rd day of the seven week period between Passover and the Festival of Weeks, the day on which Rabbi Simeon Bar Yochai is said to have died nearly two millennia ago.
The sage stands out among his Talmudic peers for his association with the Kabbalah, or Jewish mysticism. Fittingly, his grave is located near the city of Safed, which is historically a capital for Kabbalistic studies.
Many tens of thousands flock to Bar Yochai’s grave each year on the holiday – which Rabbi Bar Yochai himself supposedly de...
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May 25, 2016 at 5:19 pm
Ottawa - Former Conservative Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who lost power last October after almost a decade in office, will leave politics later this year and go into business, a Conservative source said on Wednesday.
Harper, 57, stepped down as party leader in the wake of his defeat by the Liberals of Justin Trudeau in the Oct 19 election.
He was re-elected as a legislator for a parliamentary constituency in Calgary, but will resign his seat before the House starts its fall session in September, said the source.
“He will go into a global business venture. He has no plans to become an academic,” said the source, who asked to remain anonymous since Harper has made no formal announcement about his future yet.
Several companies had asked Harper to sit o...
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May 25, 2016 at 4:14 pm
On Tuesday morning, May 17th, tragedy struck five well known and respected visitors from New York as they took an early morning swim at Haulover Beach. The area, which was secluded, took the five by surprise as they were swept into deep water by a sudden undercurrent. Of the five, two managed to get out by themselves, one were rescued by lifeguards and Miami Dade Fire & Rescue with assistance from Bal Harbour Police Department Officer George Waisman, who responded to the scene, and two, Rabbi Rosenberg and Rabbi Parnes, z'l, were recovered and taken to Aventura Hospital where they unfortunately passed away.
CSE members were immediately sent to the hospital to initiate procedures that would procure the release of the deceased so that they could be transported to New York for immed...
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May 25, 2016 at 3:56 pm
Ramat Beit Shemesh - May 25, 2016 - Lag BaOmer 5766 - With Lag BaOmer celebrations already underway in Eretz Yisrael, Chana & Jeremy Staiman, formerly of Baltimore - and other olim from Baltimore - send their best wishes to everyone in Baltimore and sent a few photos of their celebration in Ramat Beit Shemesh.
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