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June 29, 2016 at 12:40 pm
Rabbi Yaacov Cohen has been selected to lead the tefillos in the Main Shul for this coming Yamim Noraim.
Baltimore, MD - June 29, 2016 - The following announcement was sent from Shomrei Emunah to its membership this morning:
Dear Shomrei Emunah Family,
We have some very important news to share with you. Our beloved Chazan Chaim Gartenhaus has informed us that he will be retiring from his position as Yamim Noraim Chazan of our Main Shul minyan.
For more than a quarter of a century, Chazan Gartenhaus’ tefillos have captivated and inspired thousands of Shomrei mispallelim with his sweet and passionate voice. He has been a pillar of the Shomrei Yamim Noraim experience, and has helped create lasting memories for us. We are fortunate to have had such a masterfu...
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June 29, 2016 at 12:23 pm
Baltimore, MD - June 29, 2016 - 12:22 PM - The traffic light at the corner of Smith & Greenspring is currently out of service. Please avoid the area
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June 29, 2016 at 11:34 am
Baltimore, MD - June 28, 2016 - Planning your summer vacation? Wondering how close to Shabbos you can fly or when you should daven if you are taking an early flight? Do you know what to do if, chas v’shalom, you are stuck on the turnpike and Shabbos is soon approaching?
Find out the answers to these questions and more on Wednesday, June 29, 2016, at 12 noon ET, by joining STAR-K Kosher Certification’s next Telekosher Conference Series with host Rabbi Zvi Goldberg and Rabbi Dovid Heber, who will discuss JEWISH LAW & TRAVEL.
CLICK HERE TO JOIN
Rabbi Dovid Heber is a Kashrus Administrator at STAR-K and Rav, Khal Ahavas Yisroel Tzemach Tzedek. He is the author of Sefer Shaarei Zmanim, a distinguished work on the Halachic calend...
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June 29, 2016 at 11:33 am
New York - Wal-Mart is trying to get a jump on Amazon’s second annual sales bonanza.
The world’s largest retailer is offering a free 30-day trial on its two-day unlimited shipping service, and an extra month free for paying members, starting Wednesday as it looks to sharpen its attack against the online leader.
Beginning Friday, it will also offer discounts on an array of products that will ramp up as July goes by. These discounts, or what Wal-Mart calls “rollbacks,” typically last 90 days or longer.
Wal-Mart’s moves come as Amazon is expected to launch for the second year a sales bonanza called Prime Day, which it has touted as bigger than “Black Friday.” It underscores how serious Wal-Mart is about boosting its online sales, whic...
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June 29, 2016 at 11:06 am
A shouting match erupted on the floor of the Knesset on Wednesday during an address by Joint List MK Hanin Zoabi following the government’s ratification of a reconciliation deal with Turkey.
Zoabi, who is known for her outspoken opposition to Zionism and support for pro-Hamas activities, participated in the 2010 “Gaza flotilla” which attempted to break Israel’s security blockade on the Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip.
Onboard the Turkish vessel Mavi Marmara as it attempted to run the blockade, Zoabi was briefly arrested.
The Mavi Marmara incident, during which 10 pro-Hamas Turkish terrorists were killed while attacking Israeli soldiers, was a catalyst for the diplomatic rupture between Ankara and Jerusalem, leading to six years of tensions between the form...
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June 29, 2016 at 10:42 am
New York - Supporters of U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump are more likely to describe African Americans as “criminal,” “unintelligent,” “lazy” and “violent” than voters who backed some Republican rivals in the primaries or who support Democratic contender Hillary Clinton, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll.
Ahead of the Nov. 8 election to replace Barack Obama, the first black U.S. president, the poll also showed significant numbers of Americans in both the Republican and Democratic parties view blacks more negatively than whites, harbor anxiety about living in diverse neighborhoods and are concerned that affirmative action policies discriminate against whites.
Republicans in the survey expressed these concerns to a g...
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June 29, 2016 at 10:27 am
Istanbul - Walking through Istanbul airport to their planes hours after suicide bombers killed 41 people with gunfire and explosives, travelers could almost trace the steps of the attackers from the bullet holes and twisted metal still in full view.
Workers replaced ceiling panels, cleanup crews swept up debris, and water trucks washed pavements outside, but blood stains and shattered windows were still visible as the departure halls filled again and armed police roamed in kevlar vests.
Turkish Airlines
resumed services in and out of Europe’s third-busiest airport within 12 hours of Tuesday night’s attacks, although many flights were rescheduled and it offered refunds to passengers booked via Istanbul for the next five days if they no longer wanted to travel.
It w...
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June 29, 2016 at 10:25 am
Brooklyn, NY - Police are searching for a suspect who shouted an anti-Semitic remark and threw a rock through the window of a moving car in Brooklyn.
It happened Tuesday night.
Police say the individual tossed the rock through the rear driver’s side window of a van traveling northbound on in front of 2401 Nostrand Avenue.
There were no reported injuries as a result of this incident, and the NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating.
The individual is described as a male, black, approximately 14-years-old, 5’6” tall, weighing 130 lbs., with short black hair. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a blue t-shirt and black sneakers.
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June 29, 2016 at 10:21 am
We regret to inform you of the Petira of HaGaon HaRav Mordechai Krauss ZATZLA, Rosh Yeshivah of Yeshivas Ohr Hachaim in Queens. He was Niftar on Tuesday evening.
Rav Krauss served as the Rosh HaYeshiva since 1983, and was a renowned Gadol BaTorah. He was a Talmid of HaGaon HaRav Binyamin Paler, ZATZAL, and HaGaon HaRav Berel Soloveitchik, ZATZAL.
The Levaya will be today, Wednesday morning, June 29th, 10:00AM at Yeshiva Ohr Hachaim located at 141-61 71st Avenue, at the corner of Main Street, in Queens, NY.
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June 29, 2016 at 10:21 am
Istanbul - Officials on Wednesday morning began assessing the damage caused at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport by three suicide bombers who killed dozens and wounded more than 140.
Workers were brought in to remove debris left by the blast, while in the daylight the damage to the terminal became clearer with even ceiling panels hit.
The airport was partially reopened, with the information board inside the airport showing that about one third of scheduled flights have been canceled, with a host of others delayed.
The victims included at least 23 Turkish citizens and 13 foreigners. The death toll excluded the three bombers, who arrived in a taxi and eventually blew themselves up after coming under fire, according to the government, though there were conflicting reports about e...
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June 29, 2016 at 9:22 am
Baltimore, MD - June 29, 2016 - Listen to this inspirational talk given by Rabbi Yochanan Stengel to the Achim community on June 27, 2016, to address the question of what happens to our prayers that go unanswered
Click here to listen
or download from here http://achim.org/rabbi-stengel-on-what-happens-to-our-unanswered-prayers/
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June 29, 2016 at 9:10 am
2:48PM IL: Red Alert sirens sounded in the area of Ein HaShloshah in southern Israel.
UPDATE: A spokesperson for the Eshkol Regional Council reports sirens sounded in two communities but it appears it was a false alarm. No rocket fire or impact detected.
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June 29, 2016 at 9:00 am
The New Jersey General Assembly on Monday passed legislation that prohibits the state from investing in pension and annuity funds that boycott the State of Israel or Israeli businesses.
The bill was approved in a 69-3 vote, with two abstentions. The New Jersey Senate passed similar legislation in May.
“This bill ensures the State of New Jersey will not support those that participate in campaigns fueled by intolerance and anti-Semitism—like the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. New Jersey legislators took a clear stand against the bigotry and discrimination of BDS, which singles out only Israel,” said Avi Posnick, northeast managing director of the pro-Israel education group StandWithUs.
Trade between New Jersey and Israel amounts to m...
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June 29, 2016 at 8:58 am
Western nations on Monday refused to participate in the Agenda Item 7 debate at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva. The debate is a permanent agenda item that mandates discussion of any possible Israeli human rights abuses against Palestinians.
Agenda Item 7 is debated three times a year. For the last three years, Israel has been asking countries to boycott the debate on the agenda item. In the past, some Western states have participated in the debate, including a few European nations, but this time those countries opted out. The United States has always boycotted the Agenda Item 7 debate.
Pakistan’s deputy representative to the U.N., Aamar Aftab Qureshi, urged “all member states to actively participate in Agenda Item 7,” adding that t...
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June 29, 2016 at 8:54 am
A digital activist has turned the tables on neo-Nazi and white supremacist trolls by using their own tool to track and identify their antisemitic activity online, news and culture site Fusion reported on Tuesday.
According to the report, using the same technology behind the now-banned “Coincidence Detector,” Daniel Sieradski has found a way to out antisemites who launch attacks on Jews and their allies with his “Nazi Detector.”
As reported by The Algemeiner earlier in June, Google Chrome pulled the innocuous-sounding neo-Nazi plug-in after it was revealed that it was being used to track Jews online. Using a special web construction called an “(((echo)))” — three parentheses around the names of targets — white supr...
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June 29, 2016 at 8:45 am
Jordan’s condemnation of Israel for Muslim disturbances on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem justifies and encourages Palestinian violence, an Israeli lawmaker and longtime advocate for the right of Jews to pray at their holiest site told The Algemeiner on Tuesday.
Knesset Member Rabbi Yehuda Glick was responding to a statement issued Monday by a government spokesman in Amman, demanding that “Israel immediately stop all the escalating actions.”
Glick — who survived an assassination attempt in October 2014 at the hands of a Palestinian terrorist — slammed Jordan for ignoring the actions of radical Islamists and accusing Israel of stirring up unrest at the holy site. “The guilty parties are those who commit and ...
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June 29, 2016 at 8:42 am
At least 10 Israelis were at the airport in Turkey at the time of Tuesday’s terrorist attack, Israel’s Channel 2 reported, in the immediate aftermath of the triple suicide-bombing and shooting assault, which left at least 41 people dead and another 130 wounded, many critically.
According to the report, the Israelis were part of a group on the way home from an organized tour to Morocco, and Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport was a stopover.
“The minute we arrived at the terminal, chaos erupted,” one of the members of the group told Channel 2. “We saw masses of people who had been standing in line for a security check running, screaming and fleeing every which way through the terminal to [seek refuge] in offices, bathroom, wherever they could. ...
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June 29, 2016 at 8:37 am
Mineola, NY - Scientists have deployed a buoy 22 miles off the coast of New York’s Fire Island to monitor several species of great whales in “near real-time.” The high-tech acoustic device will eavesdrop on the songs of the whales to better understand and safeguard their movements near two busy shipping lanes entering New York Harbor.
“We know they’re there, but we know very little about them,” said Dr. Howard Rosenbaum, director of Wildlife Conservation Society’s Ocean Giants Program. His New York-based organization, in collaboration with the New York Aquarium, has teamed with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts on the research project.
Scientists last week deployed the buoy, which is four feet in diameter with a m...
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June 29, 2016 at 8:37 am
Vilnius - Israel’s antiquities authority says an international research team has located a tunnel in Lithuania dug by Jewish prisoners trying to escape their Nazi captors during World War II.
The authority said Wednesday the team from Israel, the U.S., Canada and Lithuania used mineral and oil exploration scanning technology to pinpoint the tunnel.
The 35-meter (115-foot) long tunnel is located in the Ponar forest, known today as Paneriai, where the Nazis killed some 100,000 people.
Toward the end of the war, prisoners were brought from the Stutthof concentration camp and forced to burn the bodies.
Secretly, they dug the underground tunnel out of a pit they were kept in. Forty prisoners escaped through the tunnel in 1944. Many were shot, but 11 reached partisan forces and ...
