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May 29, 2016 at 8:43 pm
Fort Lauderdale, FL - The Libertarian Party again nominated former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson as its presidential candidate Sunday, believing he can challenge presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton because of their poor showing in popularity polls.
Johnson, 63, won the nomination on the second ballot at the party’s convention in Orlando, Florida, defeating Austin Petersen, the founder of The Libertarian Republic magazine; and anti-computer virus company founder John McAfee.
Johnson told the delegates during his acceptance speech that his job will be to get the Libertarian platform before the voters at a level the party has not seen.
“I am fiscally conservative in spades and I am socially liberal in spades,” J...
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May 29, 2016 at 5:53 pm
Jerusalem - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his gratitude to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday for signing a presidential decree ordering the return to Israel of an IDF tank that was captured during the First Lebanon War.
“I thank the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, that he responded to my request to return the tank from the Battle of Sultan Yacoub to Israel,” Netanyahu said.
The tank, used by the IDF during the battle of Sultan Yacoub during the First Lebanon War on June 12, 1982, was captured by the Syrian army and eventually transported to the Soviet Union, then a Cold-War ally with Syria. The tank has since remained in Moscow, stored in a museum of armored tanks.
Deputy Defense Minister Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan was an officer in the artille...
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May 29, 2016 at 5:50 pm
Westbury, NY - Police say a Long Island man broke into a grocery store, stole an ATM and loaded it onto a stolen school minibus.
Nassau County police say 61-year-old David Hughes broke the glass door of a Bravo supermarket in Westbury early Friday. Police say Hughes grabbed the store’s cash machine and loaded it onto a yellow school bus that he had stolen earlier.
Supermarket manager Victor Perez says Hughes was caught on surveillance video sliding the stolen machine into the bus. He says there was about $3,000 in the ATM.
Hughes was arrested later Friday in Queens after someone called police to report a suspicious person in a school bus. He was awaiting arraignment Saturday on burglary and grand larceny charges.
It wasn’t clear if Hughes had an attorney who could speak...
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May 29, 2016 at 5:32 pm
At a time when many people are at the prime of their career, Deborah Horenstein is just beginning hers. After raising three children, she will become a doctor at this stage of life – mainly because of her youngest daughter, Ariella, who died at the age of 8 1/2 following a bone marrow transplant in 2007.
according to Rutgers News, Horenstein said, “I chose to embark on this path to become a pediatrician because I felt I could offer a unique perspective to patients and their families, having been on the receiving end of medical care,” said Horenstein, who graduates from Rutgers’ New Jersey Medical School this month. “Throughout Ariella’s illness, I saw what truly exceptional physicians can do for a family with an ill child. I strive to be that kind of ph...
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May 29, 2016 at 5:26 pm
Governor Larry Hogan has repeatedly said he has no plans to support Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and has no plans to attend the Republican National Convention in July.
Traditionally the governor chairs the state delegation at the party's national convention.
This year that job will fall to David Bossie, who is the president and CEO of Citizens United,, and was elected earlier this month to be Maryland's Republican National Committeeman.
Bossie told Maryland's News This Week that he hopes Hogan changes his mind about supporting Trump, because Republicans should support their party's presidential nominee to defeat Hillary Clinton in November.
However, Bossie says Hogan's position on Trump does not damage Hogan's popularity wit...
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May 29, 2016 at 5:25 pm
Republican candidate's son reveals nuke deal was a 'game-changer' for him, which made him finally say 'I'm going to give this a real shot.'
Real estate mogul Donald Trump, who currently is the Republican presidential nominee, decided to launch his campaign due to the controversial Iran nuclear deal sealed last July, according to his son Eric.
"I think, honestly, the Iran nuclear deal was one of the things that made him jump into the race," Eric Trump told the "Cats Roundtable" radio program on AM 970 in New York on Sunday, reports the Jewish Insider.
“I think that was a game-changer for him," Trump told the show host John Catsimatidis. "That is when he finally said, ‘Kids, I am going to do it. I am going to give this a real shot.�...
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May 29, 2016 at 5:20 pm
Outcry as Beit Shemesh Municipality holds educational event with gender separation. Municipality: 'This allowed 75% of parents to attend.'
The Education Department of the Beit Shemesh Municipality on Sunday held a discussion regarding student transportation for special education schools.
The municipality invited all parents to attend at the summit, which was attended by the municipality Commissioner of Education, Rabbi Yeshayahu Ehrenreich, and the Director of Education, Rabbi Yohanan Kirshenbaum.
However, secular parents were furious to discover that the discussion would in fact take place in two separate meetings – one for men and one for women.
Residents complained that imposing separation towards the general public was problematic and unethical.
Miri Shalem...
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May 29, 2016 at 5:19 pm
Minister Litzman suggests compromise on Security Cabinet standoff, but while Bennett agrees to it, PM dismisses the proposal.
Health Minister Ya'akov Litzman (United Torah Judaism) suggested a compromise to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in the coalition crisis with Education Minister Naftali Bennett (Jewish Home), it was revealed Sunday - but Netanyahu refused.
Bennett has threatened to bolt the coalition over his demand to have military secretaries appointed to every minister on the Security Cabinet, following a report indicating mishandling of the Cabinet in times of war.
According to Litzman's proposal, the head of the National Security Council (NSC) or his deputy would be responsible for reporting to ministers until a committee that Netanyahu has...
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May 29, 2016 at 5:03 pm
President Reuven Rivlin was this evening (Sunday) awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew University at a convocation ceremony held at the University’s Mt. Scopus campus in Jerusalem.
The President addressed the event and said, “I am excited and honored to stand here today, in the amphitheater of the Hebrew University, on Mount Scopus, in Jerusalem, my city, my homeland, and be counted as a member of this esteemed group of honorary doctorate recipients. For many years, Hebrew University was a real home for me. As a child, I remember my father - may he rest in peace - Professor Yosef Yoel Rivlin, was a member of the Oriental Studies Faculty in the nascent university. When I grew up and had completed my military service, I acquired my law degree from Hebrew University,&r...
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May 29, 2016 at 1:09 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed that his country will always be a “reliable ally” to the “Islamic world” at a discussion event on the topic of Islam and Russia, state news agency RIA Novosti reported, according to NEWSWEEK.
“I would like to confirm that in Russia, the Islamic world will always find a reliable ally, prepared to cooperate in resolving pressing problems,” Putin told a panel gathered to discuss Russia’s strategy in dealing with Islamic countries. “We support the position of Muslim countries to strengthen values such as justice and the rule of law in international relations.”
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May 29, 2016 at 12:54 pm
Google-owned navigation app Waze is expanding its ride-sharing ambitions with the launch of a pilot program that will allow people to carpool to and from work via Waze’s carpooling service. This program is similar to the service Waze began testing last year in Tel Aviv, Israel, via an app called “RideWith.”
The app was rebranded from RideWith to Waze Rider in the beginning of this year, and continues to focus on workplace commutes.
The carpooling service takes advantage of Waze’s navigation system to learn the routes drivers most frequently take to work, then matches those people up with others looking for a ride in the same direction.
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May 29, 2016 at 12:10 pm
“We can’t be as alone as we feel. Yes, our child is special, but he can’t be the only one like this, can he!?” This is what my husband and I keep saying to each other, as we wonder: Where are the other parents? Why are there no programs for our child? He’s special... but not special enough?
Our ten-year-old son is smart and sensitive. He cares deeply for animals, loves little babies, and watches out for the underdog in a group setting. He can also be hyper-focused on one activity for a long time and can have extreme difficulty focusing on anything that doesn’t hold his interest. If you met him in the park on a Sunday afternoon you might see him playing a pickup football game with a group of boys and he would probably seem like a neuro...
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May 29, 2016 at 11:46 am
Question #1: The Missing Speaker
The audience waited patiently for the guest speaker from America who never arrived, notwithstanding that he had marked it carefully on his calendar and was planning to be there. What went wrong?
Question #2: The Missing Reading
"I will be traveling to Eretz Yisroel this spring, and will miss one of the parshiyos. Can I make up the missing kerias haTorah?"
Question #3: The Missing Parshah
“I will be traveling from Eretz Yisroel to the United States after Pesach. Do I need to review the parshah twice?”
Question #4: The Missing Aliyah
“May I accept an aliyah for a parshah that is not the one I will be reading on Shabbos?”
Introduction:
As we explained in the first part of this article, this year we have a very interesting pheno...
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May 29, 2016 at 11:34 am
Baltimore, MD – May 29, 2016 - On Wednesday night, Lag BaOmer, there were many annual Hadlakah ceremonies throughout the community.
Khal Chassidim D’Baltimore had a record crowd turn out, as over 200 participants braved the late hour. The children were treated to marshmallows and hot dogs while each adult was honored with pouring shemen zayis on the madura. Each Kollel Yungerman dedicated himself to learn a certain amount of hours "retzufos," while Nachman Bergman and Ben Tzion Bluming brought the music of Meron to Baltimore.
Khal Chasidim D'Baltimore
At Machzikei Torah, on the corner of Biltmore and West Strathmore, with Yehuda Mond One-Man Band you had almost as close as you can get to a Meron-style Lag...
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May 29, 2016 at 10:50 am
In a letter to Head Police Commander of the Yerushalayim district Yuram Halevi, eight Rabbonim of the Old City asked him not to allow Arabs to pass through the Old City’s Jewish Quarter to reach Har Habayis during the upcoming Ramadan month. The signatories included Rav Shalom Cohen, head of the Shas Moetzes and the Old City’s Porat Yosef Yeshiva, and Chief Rabbi of the Old City Rav Avigdor Nebenzahl.
Last year, they pointed out, thousands of Muslims passed through the quarter in large groups yelling their war cry, “All-hu akbar,” and, “Atbach al Yahud (slaughter the Jews),” spitting at and shoving any Jews who crossed their path.
The rabbonim emphasized that they wished to prevent terror like the murder of Rav Reuven Biermacher of Yeshivas Aish Ha...
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May 29, 2016 at 9:43 am
I hope the title of his article doesn’t have you thinking that I have found some great shortcut to weight loss. There isn’t one. We still don’t have a proven and safe medication, nor do we even have a surgical procedure that we are absolutely sure is safe or even effective in the long-term. As much as my clients would love it if I pulled some magic wand out of my desk drawer and waved it over their head a few times and over the next few days they lost 15 kilograms, it just won’t happen. As a matter of fact, weight loss is exactly the opposite. It takes hard work, along with awareness and mindfulness, good planning and investing time into proper eating and exercise. But, what if there was a way to change your focus to make it easie...
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May 29, 2016 at 9:20 am
Jerusalem - Israel’s internal security service says it has arrested six Palestinians from the West Bank suspected of preparing explosives and planning the bomb attack on a bus in Jerusalem that wounded 21 Israelis last month.
The Shin Bet said Sunday that the suspected militant cell from the Bethlehem area was planning other car bombings and shooting attacks.
It says one of the detained suspects, Mohammad Sami Abed al-Hamid al-Azza, from the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, learned how to build explosives from online videos.
It says he procured the explosives from others affiliated with the Islamic militant group Hamas and that they recruited and trained the bomber, Abed al-Hamid Abu Sarour, who died from his wounds in the April 18 explosion.
Below: IDF arresting a ...
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May 29, 2016 at 8:56 am
(JTA) — A probe into alleged fraud and misuse of public funds at the Israeli prime minister’s residence yielded evidence that police said may support a conviction against Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife, Sara.
The probe concluded Sunday was initiated last year amid claims that Sara Netanyahu expensed services provided to her family for their private use, falsely claiming it was for the residence, which is not owned by the Netanyahu and whose maintenance is paid for by the state.
She has denied any wrongdoing throughout the investigation, in which Benjamin Netanyahu is not a suspect.
“At the conclusion of the investigation, all the alleged evidence, findings and analyses gathered during the police’s investigations have been transferred to the Jerusalem D...
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May 29, 2016 at 8:53 am
"In the late hours of Saturday night crisis was averted. Five American tourists from the NEW YORK area saved the day. Mr. Y Nadoff, Mr. J Newman, Rab. A Klatzko, Mr. S Kleiman and his son Ben were out walking in the Mamilla mall. They hey had just finished dinner nearby and were heading back to their hotel just across the road. They were approached by three terrified young ladies who pleaded with them for help. A Palestinian man possibly from near by E. Jerusalem, had been following them for the past half hour. He would come close to them and whisper obscene and offensive comments, while trying to corner them into a secluded area.
The five Americans immediately sprung into action. They escorted the young ladies safely to thier car and proceeded to call ...
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May 29, 2016 at 8:47 am
The final of the nation’s most prestigious spelling bee took a Yiddish turn Thursday night.
Scripps National Spelling Bee finalist Jairam Hathwar, a 13-year-old from Corning, New York, was asked to spell the word “chremslach” in the ultimate rounds of the competition.
Not up on your Yiddish and wondering what the word means? You probably aren’t alone. Chremslach are small, flat fried matzah meal cakes traditionally eaten by Jews during the Passover holiday.
Mazel tov to Jairam, who spelled the word correctly and went on to be crowned spelling bee co-champion, along with Nihar Janga, an 11-year-old boy from Austin, Texas. (After 39 rounds, the contest ended in a tie for the third consecutive year.)
Jairam and Nihar were among ten spelle...
