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July 22, 2016 at 12:50 pm
Cleveland - Donald Trump is saying he would not accept Ted Cruz’s endorsement if it was offered.
Trump, speaking to supporters in Cleveland the morning after accepting the Republican nomination for president, said Cruz “may have ruined his political career” with his convention speech.
Cruz declined to endorse Trump Wednesday night and was booed by the arena crowd when he urged Republicans to “vote your conscience.”
Trump did not touch upon the incident in his convention speech. But he changed course Friday morning, gleefully recalled that Cruz “was booed off the stage.”
“I like Ted, he’s fine,” Trump said. “But I don’t want his endorsement. If he gives it, I will not accept it.”
Trump was also, re-litig...
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July 22, 2016 at 12:48 pm
Jerusalem - For the second time in less than two weeks, an Israeli girl has died after accidentally being left in a car in the brutal summer heat.
The terrible tragedy took place this morning when Chana Rina Feldman, who was approximately 18 months old, was unintentionally left alone in her father’s locked car near her home in Beitar Ilit. When the girl’s father, a Bresolver chosid, returned to the car approximately an hour and a half later, he discovered the unconscious toddler in the backseat, according to Israeli news site Kikar HaShabbat.
Witness told B’Chadrei Chareidim that situation was heartbreaking.
“The picture of the father standing next to his car screaming is something that I will never forget,” said one bystander.
According to initial...
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July 22, 2016 at 12:45 pm
Washington - President Barack Obama dismisses any perception the country is on the “verge of collapse.”
Obama is responding to questions about whether he watched the Republican National Convention, something he says he was too busy to do.
The president responded to a litany of statistics that Donald Trump laid out at the convention. Obama points out that immigration and violence are less of a problem today than they were 20 or 30 years ago.
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July 22, 2016 at 12:43 pm
Duma, West Bank - A Palestinian boy who was seriously wounded in a firebomb attack last year that killed the rest of his family has been released from an Israeli hospital and returned home to the West Bank.
Ahmad Dawabsheh was discharged from the hospital on Friday and greeted with a festive welcome in his village of Duma.
Suspected Jewish settlers hurled firebombs into the family’s home last July, killing his brother, 18-month-old Ali Dawabsheh. His parents later died of their wounds. Four-year-old Ahmad survived but his burns needed a year of treatment to heal.
The attack and the drawn-out investigation helped fuel months of Israeli-Palestinian violence.
Hospital director Asher Barzilai says Ahmad arrived with little chance of surviving but that the staff were now pleased...
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July 22, 2016 at 12:37 pm
Tobyhanna, PA - Authorities say a camp minibus rolled onto its side in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains, sending nine teenage boys to the hospital.
The crash happened early Friday near Tobyhanna.
Pocono Mountain Regional Police says one boy received injuries severe enough to necessitate being flown to a hospital in Allentown.
The bus driver and five other passengers weren’t injured.
The bus driver’s wife says in a phone interview that the boys were from Sanz Klausenberg Summer Camp in Woodbourne, New York, and had been on a trip.
She says the injuries included a broken foot and “a lot of bad scratches on the head. Miracles, a lot of miracles.”
The driver referred questions to the Sanz Klausenberg Summer Camp office, where a woman who answered ...
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July 22, 2016 at 12:35 pm
Brooklyn, NY - A Chasidic man from Borough Park is hoping to set two records as both the youngest and the first Chasidic man to be voted a Democratic district leader in Brooklyn.
Assemblyman Dov Hikind has served as district leader for the Democratic party in the 48th Assembly District for more than a decade but is choosing to pass the baton to his communications assistant, 22 year old David Schwartz.
Schwartz is the only Democratic candidate in the September 13th election, although he could potentially face a challenge from a write-in candidate.
“I’m busier than ever in my own office and I thought it was time to give the opportunity to someone young and aggressive,” Hikind told VIN News. “Duvy is an extraordinary young man who is very active, very...
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July 22, 2016 at 11:18 am
Washington - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday that climate change is as dangerous as, if not more than, the threats posed by the Islamic State and other extremist groups.
Speaking Friday in Vienna at an international climate change conference, Kerry said the issue might not get as much public attention as terrorism but that the meeting is as important as a Thursday gathering he hosted in Washington on combatting the Islamic State.
“What you are doing here right now is of equal importance, because it has the ability literally to save life on this planet,” Kerry told the conference of parties to the 1987 Montreal Protocol, a global treaty to end the use of many chlorofluorocarbons from aerosols and refrigerants that deplete the ozone layer.
Treaty member...
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July 22, 2016 at 11:16 am
Baltimore, Md - July 22, 2016 - Please be advised that Peachwave Frozen Yogurt stores are not certified by the Star-K. The use of the Star-K symbol in the stores is unauthorized.
Corrective action is being taken.
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July 22, 2016 at 11:06 am
Baltimore, MD - July 13, 2016 – To provide a smoother ride for thousands of motorists, the Maryland Department of Transportation’s State Highway Administration (SHA) will repair damaged pavement on 1.5 miles of MD 140 (Reisterstown Road) in Pikesville beginning next week. SHA’s contractor, Gray and Son, Inc. of Timonium, will patch and restripe sections of pavement on Reisterstown Road from Seven Mile Lane (Baltimore City/County line) to Naylors Lane (south of the I-695 interchange) weeknights this summer. Weather permitting, the $250,000 highway maintenance project will be complete late summer. Crews will close one lane Sundays through Thursdays between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. Approximately 34,000 vehicles use this section of Reisterstown Road each day, so d...
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July 22, 2016 at 10:53 am
New York - Yahoo Inc is focused on selling its core assets to U.S. telecommunications company Verizon Communications Inc
after reviewing final bids that it received in an auction, people familiar with the matter said on Friday.
Yahoo views Verizon as the buyer that can deliver the most value, but negotiations between the two companies are continuing, and no deal has yet been reached, the people said.
The value of Verizon’s bid could not be learned.
The sources requested anonymity because the negotiations are confidential. Verizon and Yahoo did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Bloomberg reported earlier that Verizon was nearing a deal for Yahoo’s core assets.
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July 22, 2016 at 10:52 am
Denver - A Colorado man who joined Kurdish forces in their fight against the Islamic State group was killed in combat in Syria, his mother said.
Susan Shirley said the U.S. Consulate in Turkey called her Tuesday to tell her that her son Levi Shirley, 24, was killed July 14 by a land mine.
She said Thursday her son had wanted to join the Marines since high school, but he couldn’t because of bad eyesight. He reached out to Kurdish forces online and joined the fight in Iraq and Syria for about three months last year before returning to Arvada in suburban Denver.
“He saw ISIS as a terrible evil, and that just was not OK with him,” Shirley said. “That’s the way his mind works. If you are defenseless, he will help you.”
Shirley said her son was ne...
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July 22, 2016 at 10:51 am
Washington - The U.S. Department of Justice unveiled its largest-ever criminal healthcare fraud case against individuals on Friday, charging the owner of Miami-based assisted living facilities and two others in a massive $1 billion Medicare fraud scheme.
Prosecutors alleged that Philip Esformes, 47, “masterminded and executed a sophisticated health care fraud and money laundering” conspiracy that spanned more than a decade, according to court records.
Esformes and his co-conspirators Odette Barcha, 49, and Arnaldo Carmouze, 56, are accused of steering patients who did not qualify for assisted living or skilled nursing into his network of facilities where they received medically unnecessary services that were billed to government health care programs.
The government ...
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July 22, 2016 at 10:29 am
NEW YORK (JTA) – Jacob Steinmetz delivers the game’s final pitch on a heavenly Tuesday night, producing a neatly turned double play to wrap up a 10-0 victory for the Brooklyn Bluestorm team of 12-year-olds.
His teammates surround Jacob in congratulations in a scene familiar for the Bluestorm, which finished a perfect 24-0 in the Brooklyn Baseball League season and will be playing this month in the Elite World Series in Orlando, Florida. Jacob is batting .320 and strikes out half the batters he faces.
The diverse group of boys has embraced Jacob off the field, too, by easing his participation in the team’s frequent weekend tournaments.
Jacob, one of two Jewish players on the 13-member squad, is a religiously observant infielder and pitcher for whom moto...
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July 22, 2016 at 10:16 am
Maharal on the Parsha - Balak - Three Stops of the Donkey, The Small and Infinite Dust
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July 22, 2016 at 10:16 am
Ankara - Turkey is asking its nationals living abroad to report people and organizations that support a U.S.-based Muslim cleric who is accused of masterminding a failed military coup to Turkish authorities, Swedish Radio reported on Friday.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accuses Fethullah Gulen, a U.S.-based cleric and former ally, of being behind the plot, which crumbled early on Saturday.
In a crackdown on Gulen’s suspected followers, more than 60,000 soldiers, police, judges, civil servants and educators have been suspended, detained or placed under investigation.
On a Facebook page that caters to supporters of Turkey’s ruling AK Party, a post urged people to call a Turkish number and provide information about supporters of Gulen.
When calling the phone numbe...
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July 22, 2016 at 10:15 am
[Ed. Note] Out of the respect and recognition of the impact made by longtime BJL friend and contributor, Reb Shaya Gross, z’l, we will maintain a living memoriam to Shaya through the sweet words and thoughtful insights of his Divrei Torah. BJL readers will remember his weekly column on the Parsha and on various Torah ideas and concepts. These meaningful words will help us remember this special young man who will be sorely missed and for those who did not merit to know him, this will be the most appropriate way for them to become familiar with who he was.
The Gemara in Brachos says about one who has a set place for davening, 'The G-d of Avraham will help him, and when he dies people can say about him 'woe to us that we lost such a humble person'... What...
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July 22, 2016 at 10:06 am
Parshas Balak / Baltimore Zmanim / Eruv is UP!
Baltimore, MD – July 22, 2016
Parshas: Balak
Today: 16 Tammuz
Chatzos: 1:13
Hadlakas Nairos: 8:09 PM
Shkiah: 8:27:43 PM
Tzais HaKochavim: 9:18 PM
Shivah Asar B’Tammuz (Nidchah) Sunday, July 24, 2016 – Fast begins: 4:23 AM/4:48 AM Fast Ends: 9:17 PM
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July 22, 2016 at 9:59 am
Klal Yisroel were instructed not to wage war with Moav. Moav should have been relatively confident that they were not threatened by Klal Yisroel’s proximity to their borders. There are various interpretations of what caused Moav’s fear. Some say that they were afraid that they would become a vassal state. Other’s say that the Hashgocho arranged that Sichon conquered a major part of territory belonging to Moav. Through the halocho of kibush milchomoh, this then allowed Klal Yisroel to conquer it from Sichon. This made Bolok nervous that Klal Yisroel would take more territory from Moav and took measures to stop them.
They realized that open warfare against Klal Yisroel was futile. After seeing the two most powerful armies in the region utterly annihilated by Klal Yisroel, ...
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July 22, 2016 at 9:53 am
New York - At times, the speech was drowned out by the cheering crowds in the arena of the Republican National Convention. Social media crowned a new political star. Some Republicans said they were seeing the U.S. president they longed for.
It was Ivanka Trump’s night.
The eldest daughter of New York businessman-turned-presidential nominee Donald Trump almost stole the show on Thursday night with a speech about her father that roused a packed Cleveland convention hall, broadcast to millions.
On Google, there were more searches for Ivanka Trump than for her father.
The 34-year old businesswoman and former model talked about her father’s yearning to improve America, childcare, equal pay for women and other issues close to her heart, with a poise some found befitting o...
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July 22, 2016 at 9:43 am
This week’s Torah portion talks about the blessings that Balaam gave to the Jewish people. In one of his more famous blessings, he said “How good are your tents, Yackov” (Bamidbar, 24:5)
The Gemara explains that he was praising how the tents of the Jewish people were situated in a way that would respect each other’s privacy. The Gemara in Bava Basra cites this as one of the sources of the mitzva to respect other’s privacy and not to peek into someone else’s home. (See Bava Basra 59b, 60a)
There is a mitzva called “gilui sod”, which prohibits disclosing someone else’s secrets. There is a related Halacha called the Cherem D’rabaeinu Gershom that forbids reading another person’s private correspondence without permi...
