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June 28, 2016 at 6:19 am
Brussels - English, the world’s second language and the main working tongue of EU institutions, may no longer be an official language of the European Union once Britain leaves the bloc, a senior EU lawmaker said on Monday.
The symbolic, if impractical, move would further reduce London’s influence on the continent, and infuriate the Irish.
Each member state has the right to nominate one EU idiom. Although English is the most spoken language in Europe, and an official language in three member states, only Britain legally chose it in Brussels. Ireland chose Gaelic. Malta picked Maltese.
“English is our official language because it has been notified by the UK. If we don’t have the UK, we don’t have English,” Danuta Hubner, chair of the European Pa...
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June 28, 2016 at 6:19 am
Dallas - A Muslim student who moved to Qatar with his family following his arrest at a suburban Dallas high school when a homemade clock he brought to class was mistaken for a possible bomb has returned to the United States for the summer.
KDFW-TV reports (http://bit.ly/29iv20v ) 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed returned to Texas on Monday.
The teenager says he’s happy to be back home and seeing his friends and family is his first priority. He will stay in Irving, the Dallas suburb where he used to live, before traveling around the U.S.
Mohamed was arrested in September after a teacher mistook his homemade digital clock for a bomb, but he was quickly released. His family questioned whether he was mistreated due to his religion and eventually left Irving after reporting threats.
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June 28, 2016 at 6:06 am
A 73-year old Jewish woman who came to pray at the Western Wall was wounded Tuesday morning by Arab stone-throwers on the Temple Mount above the Western Wall Plaza.
The woman, who was lightly wounded, was treated on the scene before being evacuated to the Hadassah Ein Karem hospital.
Police are still searching for the attackers.
On Tuesday, Israeli authorities closed the Temple Mount to Jews and other non-Muslim visitors, noting that Arab rioters had clashed with police the past two days.
MK Yehuda Glick (Likud) criticized the decision to shut down the holy site to Jews and tourists.
“We cannot allow a situation where dozens of tourists and Jews wanting to visit the Temple Mount, from which the call of 'Nation shall not lift up sword against nation' is supposed to ...
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June 27, 2016 at 8:37 pm
Baltimore, MD - June 27, 2016 - We have received updated information that effective this Friday, July 1, 2016, all beers sold in Maryland that were part of our previous alert of being Chometz Sheavar Alav HaPesach, can be assumed to be from after Pesach and are permitted.
Note that all flavored beers or hard beverages require reliable Hashgocho. Check our beer listing for kosher approved beers and beverages
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June 27, 2016 at 8:35 pm
Concord, NH - The mother of a 19-year-old Michigan man shot by police in New Hampshire says she is still struggling to understand just how her son was killed.
Lane Lesko, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, died of a single gunshot wound June 21 in Peterborough in rural New Hampshire.
The New Hampshire attorney general’s office has released scant information in its investigation, saying only that the shooting followed a brief pursuit along Route 136. It has not said which department was involved nor released the name of the officer responsible for the shooting.
Lesko’s mother, Patricia Lesko, told The Associated Press that her son was autistic and bipolar. She said she was told by the attorney general’s office that he was “brandishing” a BB gun and running away...
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June 27, 2016 at 8:32 pm
Cairo - Egypt investigators said on Monday that the flight data recorder of crashed EgyptAir flight MS804 had been successfully repaired, paving the way for investigators to analyze data that may explain why the jet plunged into the Mediterranean last month.
The investigators added in a statement that the doomed plane’s cockpit voice recorder would begin to be worked on “within hours” also.
The recorders arrived in Paris from Cairo on Monday to remove salt deposits. They will be sent back to a laboratory in Cairo to analyze the data once the repairs are completed, the statement added.
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June 27, 2016 at 8:31 pm
Washington - An additional 165 pages of emails from Hillary Clinton’s time at the State Department surfaced Monday, including nearly three dozen that the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee failed to hand over last year that were sent through her private server.
The latest emails were released under court order by the State Department to the conservative legal advocacy group Judicial Watch. The batch includes 34 new emails Clinton exchanged through her private account with her deputy chief of staff, Huma Abedin. The aide, who also had a private email account on Clinton’s home server, later gave her copies to the government.
The emails were not among the 55,000 pages of work-related messages that Clinton turned over to the agency in response to public records ...
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June 27, 2016 at 8:29 pm
New York - Diet Pepsi made with aspartame is returning to shelves in the U.S., after PepsiCo saw sales plummet following its reformulation of the drink last summer to remove the artificial sweetener.
PepsiCo says it will offer “Diet Pepsi Classic Sweetener Blend” made with aspartame starting in September, in 12-ounce cans, 2-liter bottles and 20-ounce bottles. The move is intended to appease fans who don’t like the taste of the reformulated drink, which is made with the artificial sweetener sucralose.
But PepsiCo Inc. said Diet Pepsi made with sucralose, commonly known by the brand name Splenda, will remain its primary diet soda offering. Those cans will be silver, while the “classic” Diet Pepsi with aspartame will be come in light blue packaging.
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June 27, 2016 at 6:43 pm
As New York City works out the details that will make children in nonpublic schools just a bit safer, Agudath Israel provided testimony today at the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) public hearing on the proposed rules for the NYC Security Reimbursement Program.
This program will reimburse qualifying nonpublic schools for the cost of procuring security guard services. The proposed rules set forth the criteria and process for the selection of qualified providers of security services, define the eligibility criteria of the nonpublic schools that seek to participate in the program and establish a process for schools to obtain reimbursement for procuring security guard services.
Avrohom Weinstock, Esq., Associate Director of Education Affairs, Agudath Israe...
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June 27, 2016 at 5:38 pm
The student union at University of York in the United Kingdom will pay £1,000 ($1,370) in compensation and issue a public apology to a York law student who experienced anti-Semitic abuse.
Zachary Confino accused the university of failing to deal with two years of anti-Semitic attacks, including 20 incidents in his second and third years at York. Confino said he was called a “Jewish prick” and an “Israeli twat.”
“The experience has been so depressing,” Confino told The Sunday Times. “It ruined my experience at university. I can never get that time back.”
The compensation for Confino is reportedly the first time a British university has ever made a payment of this kind. A university spokesman said the “token payment&rdquo...
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June 27, 2016 at 5:33 pm
The doors of the the Waldorf-Astoria, arguably the world’s most iconic hotel, will close for up to three years while its new Chinese owners turn the majority of its rooms into luxury condos, reports THE DAILY MAIL.
The classic interior of this famous New York building may be unrecognizable when it reopens, reports The Wall Street Journal.
Of the 1,413 hotel rooms, all but 300 to 500 will remain and the rest will be turned into luxury condominiums.
The Anbang Insurance Group Co, a Chinese company bought it for a record $1.95 billion in 2014, the highest ever for a US hotel, reportedly plans a complete overhaul. It is expected to be closed and gutted in spring 2017.
The Waldorf Astoria is one of the most famous hotels in the world.
All the company would say about the Waldorf&...
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June 27, 2016 at 5:31 pm
Washington - A new Washington study says Donald Trump’s tax and budget plans would make the national debt skyrocket by $10 trillion or more over the coming decade, mostly because of his ambitious and expensive tax cuts.
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget says Democrat Hillary Clinton’s agenda — which relies on tax increases to pay for proposals such as making the Affordable Care Act more generous — would increase the debt by about $250 billion over 10 years.
Trump’s measure is considered important, because if the debt gets too large it would cause higher interest rates, be a severe drag on national investment and growth, and potentially lead to a fiscal crisis. Interest costs would also squeeze out other priorities such as defense, educ...
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June 27, 2016 at 5:29 pm
Jerusalem - In any future war, Israel will be hit with the largest rocket salvos seen in its history - that was the stark warning issued by Brig.-Gen. Zvika Haimovich, commander of air defenses in the Israel Air Force on Monday.
Speaking at the Israel Air Missile Defense Conference in Rishon Lezion, which was organized by the iHLS website, Haimovich said Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas were carrying out joint research and development of rockets, adding, “We can see a lot of live tests in Gaza with Hamas, and with Iran and Hezbollah [in Lebanon]. They have put in a lot of effort to increase and improve their skills.”
Hostile entities will seek to overwhelm air defenses with heavy salvos, Haimovich said. “In the future, we will meet and engage much bigger salvos,&rdq...
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June 27, 2016 at 5:28 pm
Baltimore, MD - June 27, 2016 - Representative Chris Van Hollen has been unwavering in his support for the state of Israel. That’s why I was dismayed to read Delegate Kathy Szeliga’s baseless attacks against him for supporting the Iran deal (“Szeliga Blasts Van Hollen on Iran Deal,” [06/15/2016]). Van Hollen has consistently advocated for Israel’s security and qualitative military edge, championing American leadership to preserve Israel’s Jewish and democratic character through a two-state solution. Van Hollen’s support for the Iran deal is consistent with his ironclad commitment to Israel’s security. The IDF Chief of Staff has called the deal a “strategic turning point,” and for good reason: it is working. The deal ...
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June 27, 2016 at 5:25 pm
Agudath Israel of America applauds Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and Michigan Legislature
With the signing of Senate Bill 801 today, Michigan became the fourth state to reimburse private schools for the state mandates they are required to fulfill. The education budget bill included $2.5 million to reimburse nonpublic schools for the forty-four mandates related to the health, safety, and welfare of their students. The multi-year effort was led by the Michigan Catholic Conference and the Michigan Association of Non-Public Schools, who were joined by Agudath Israel of America and other nonpublic school advocates.
Agudath Israel of America's national director of state relations, Rabbi A. D. Motzen, praised the bi-partisan effort that resulted in the new funding. "Agudath Isr...
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June 27, 2016 at 5:16 pm
The Ultimate Chupah Featuring Yochi Briskman And 36 Piece Symphony Orchestra Featuring Simcha Leiner
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June 27, 2016 at 5:09 pm
In landmark legislation, the New Jersey State Legislature has passed the Secure School for All Children Act, allocating $11.3 million for surveillance equipment and security personnel for non-public schools.
The bill, which passed both the Assembly and the Senate by a unanimous vote, now heads to the governor's office.
The Secure School for All Children Act is the brainchild of New Jersey State Assemblyman Gary Schaer who launched the initiative last year and tirelessly worked for its passage. His leadership and vision in spearheading the bill addresses the heightened need, in an age marked by eruptions of terror across the world, to beef up security measures in all schools to protect our most precious and vulnerable population.
The new legislation raises security funding for non-p...
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June 27, 2016 at 5:02 pm
This article is written in honor of the forthcoming marriage of the author’s daughter, Mirelle, to R’ Rephael Giller which will b’Ezras hashem take place tonight.
The article is a translation of a heretofore unpublished Sefer of Rav Elyashiv zatzal’s rulings on nissuin. The original sefer will be published shortly in lashon haKoedesh by Rav Elyashiv’s grandsons. The Elyashiv family graciously granted the author permission to translate the sefer and to give it out at the wedding.
THE BRACHOS OBLIGATION OF THOSE GATHERED
1. The obligation to recite the Sheva Brachos is an obligation upon those gathered, who were obligated in the brachos of a wedding. Therefore, one should not leave a meal without benching with a Mezuman and without hearing Sheva Brachos.
GRO...
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June 27, 2016 at 4:49 pm
A talmid of Yeshivat Ateret Yisrael, 21, a resident of Bnei Brak, was arrested by IDF military police about 12 days ago. It appears that he simply failed to register for the draft, not because of hashkafa but he forgot or did not get around to it.
The ben Torah stood trial on Monday 21 Sivan and the military prosecutor called to send him to prison for six months. The talmid’s parents explain his actions were not guided by ideology, rather he misunderstood, adding he was abroad for an extended period of time, leading to the current situation.
Heads of the yeshiva have also intervened on his behalf.
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June 27, 2016 at 4:35 pm
Washington - A Donald Trump ally is suggesting that Elizabeth Warren take a DNA test to clear up controversy over her heritage.
Former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown, who lost his Senate race to Warren in 2012, on Monday attacked Warren’s past claim of having Native American heritage. He made the comment during a Monday afternoon conference call hosted by the Republican National Committee, responding to Warren’s appearance with Democrat Hillary Clinton earlier in the day.
Republicans claim that Warren fabricated her ethnic background to gain an employment advantage. Warren denies that. She says she heard about her heritage from family stories.
Trump regularly mocks Warren as, “Pocahontas.”
Brown, a vocal Trump supporter, said Clinton “is considering ...
