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August 28, 2016 at 8:06 pm
If the U.S. abdicates internet stewardship, the United Nations might take control
When the Obama administration announced its plan to give up U.S. protection of the internet, it promised the United Nations would never take control. But because of the administration’s naiveté or arrogance, U.N. control is the likely result if the U.S. gives up internet stewardship as planned at midnight on Sept. 30.
On Friday Americans for Limited Government received a response to its Freedom of Information Act request for “all records relating to legal and policy analysis . . . concerning antitrust issues for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers” if the U.S. gives up oversight. The administration replied it had “conducted a thorough se...
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August 28, 2016 at 7:58 pm
Jerusalem - Transportation Minister Israel Katz vowed Sunday to emerge unscathed from a political scandal over work conducted by Israel Railways over Shabbat.
Speaking to Knesset reporters on a tour of the tunnels being built for a high-speech rail line from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, he said he did not take seriously reports that United Torah Judaism would insist on his firing.
“I assume that if you will come back on this tour in another few months, you will do it with the same minister and not a different one,” he told the reporters. “I am in favor of maintaining the status quo on matter of religion and state and I am dear to the haredi community, so most of the attacks on me on those issues are from the other side.”
Katz said he was not concerned that Pri...
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August 28, 2016 at 5:51 pm
Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday slammed those countries in Europe who say they won’t take in Muslim refugees, a position that several eastern European governments have taken in response to the influx of migrants from the Islamic world.
Merkel said she was hopeful that European Union members would reach an agreement on outstanding questions arising from the migrant crisis, one of which is how to fairly distribute asylum-seekers among all the bloc’s 28 member states.
She told German public broadcaster ARD that “everybody has to do their bit” and didn’t rule out the possibility of letting some countries take in fewer migrants if they contribute more financially instead.
“How the individual components are weighted will hav...
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August 28, 2016 at 5:48 pm
Nablus, West Bank - Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah are gearing up for their first contest at the polls since 2006 — a vote for mayors and local councils in 425 communities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Each side hopes the election will give it a foothold in what has been the other’s exclusive territory since mutual purges in 2007. At the time, the Islamic militant group Hamas seized Gaza, driving out Fatah, while Fatah’s leader, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, cracked down on Hamas in the autonomous areas of the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
The Oct. 8 ballot might not allow either side to proclaim victory. Popular independents are part of the candidate mix, tribal loyalties often trump factional allegiances at the local level and Hamas activists can&...
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August 28, 2016 at 4:34 pm
Eli Cohen, a resident of Benyamina identifying with the Parmishlan hassidic sect, will be deported to the US for illegal weapons dealing.
Eli Cohen, a resident of Benyamina identifying with the Parmishlan hassidic sect, will be arrested in the US following a saga that has stretched over several years, Kikar Shabbat reported.
While presenting himself as an antique goods seller, US Security Authorities uncovered that he was, in fact, selling sensitive weapon parts to no less than Iran.
According to the indictment against him, Cohen exported substitute components for army missiles, personnel carriers and fighter jets from the US to Israel without permission. The illegal activity was perpetrated when Cohen was a resident of Israel. In addition, on two different occasions, he exp...
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August 28, 2016 at 4:30 pm
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Haredi Orthodox parties in Israel are threatening to leave the ruling coalition and bring down the government over the construction of a Tel Aviv train station on the Jewish Sabbath.
Late Saturday night, the heads of the religious parties demanded a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and issued calls for him to fire his transportation minister, Yisrael Katz of his Likud party.
The haredi Shas and United Torah Judaism parties held hours-long talks on the issue overnight Thursday with Katz, calling on him to not undertake the work on Shabbat. Party leaders in a statement called the work an “unnecessary desecration of the Shabbat.” They reportedly threatened to leave the government coalition during the talks.
Katz said the work had...
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August 28, 2016 at 4:16 pm
Washington - A former top adviser to President Barack Obama on Sunday labeled Donald Trump a “psychopath”, saying the Republican presidential nominee met the clinical definition of the personality disorder.
With a little more than two months to go before the Nov. 8 U.S. election, the comments by David Plouffe, a former senior adviser to President Barack Obama and manager of his 2008 presidential campaign, mark another escalation in a series of blows exchanged between Trump’s camp and that of his Democrat rival Hillary Clinton.
“Basically, you have a psychopath running for president. I mean, he meets the clinical definition,” Plouffe said in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press”.
When challenged, Plouffe acknowledged he had no degr...
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August 28, 2016 at 4:15 pm
allas, TX - The day after five Dallas officers were killed by a sniper, the city’s police chief described the men as “guardians” of democracy, praising them for protecting the freedom to protest at a large demonstration against police brutality.
President Barack Obama later eulogized the slain officers, saying they died while defending essential constitutional rights.
But nearly two months after the shootings, Dallas police have moved to silence critics and squelch lingering questions about the attack. Officers in riot gear have been told to ticket protesters who block or disrupt traffic, and Police Chief David Brown has refused to meet with demonstrators unless they agree to end their marches through downtown, which he says pose a threat to officers.
Au...
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August 28, 2016 at 4:13 pm
Trenton, NJ - Nearly three years after New Jersey traffic lanes were closed leading to the George Washington Bridge in an apparent act of political revenge, the costs continue to mount.
Taxpayers are footing millions in legal fees, Gov. Chris Christie’s political trajectory has been altered and the agency that operates the bridge is unable to find a new chief.
Two former Christie loyalists go on trial next month for their alleged roles. They are accused of deliberately creating traffic jams to punish a Democratic mayor for not endorsing the Republican governor in 2013, then concocting a cover story woven into a traffic study.
Christie hasn’t been charged, but the scandal has lingered through his failed presidential bid and his second term as governor.
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August 28, 2016 at 4:12 pm
Yellowstone National Park, WY - Tourist John Gleason crept through the grass, four small children close behind, inching toward a bull elk with antlers like small trees at the edge of a meadow in Yellowstone National Park.
“They’re going to give me a heart attack,” said Gleason’s mother-in-law, Barbara Henry, as the group came within about a dozen yards of the massive animal.
The elk’s ears then pricked up, and it eyed the children and Washington state man before leaping up a hillside. Other tourists — likewise ignoring rules to keep 25 yards from wildlife — picked up the pursuit, snapping pictures as they pressed forward and forced the animal into headlong retreat.
Record visitor numbers at the nation’s first national park have t...
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August 28, 2016 at 1:04 pm
Baltimore, MD – Aug. 28, 2016 - It is with deep sorrow that BaltimoreJewishLife.com informs the community of the petirah of Mrs. Clara Tropper, a'h, mother of Dov Tropper, Izzy Tropper, Moshe Tropper, Shimmy Tropper, Mutty Tropper, Mechla Tropper, and Goldie Tropper.
Levayah will take place at 10:00 Am, Monday, Aug. 29, at Mt Moriah cemetery 685 Fairview Ave, Fairview, NJ (Chapel on site).
Shiva will be observed at the home of Dov Tropper beginning Monday. 500 C Grand St Apt 3H New York, NY. (212) 475-8595 (Moishe Tropper: 410- 935-0342)
Bila HaMaves LaNetzach...
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August 28, 2016 at 11:59 am
NEW YORK (JTA) — The vast majority of Florida Jews will vote for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump in the presidential election, according to a new poll.
Orthodox Jews were the only Florida Jewish demographicb to support Trump.
The poll, conducted by GBA Strategies, found that Clinton is beating Trump by 43 points among Florida Jews, 66 percent to 23 percent. Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein earned six and two percent of the Florida Jewish vote, respectively.
Jews make up four to five percent of the overall Florida electorate. Clinton is leading Trump by a few points in Florida polls.
Clinton beat Trump in almost every Florida Jewish demographic. Reform, unaffiliated and Conservative Jews all favored Clinton, as did Jews of every age g...
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August 28, 2016 at 11:56 am
So much has been written already. There is little I can add to those who have brilliantly described Daniel. I was not particularly close with Daniel, but he was always friendly, sharing that big warm smile when we greeted each other. One particular memory I have of Daniel, was 20 years ago during my years as an advisor in NCSY. I will never forget the passion and confidence with which Daniel would sing at an NCSY Shabbaton. He used his koach of niggun to uplift the neshamos of many.
However, my main purpose for writing is to focus on an observation I have made over the last few months, weeks and these last few days. Since the time Daniel was diagnosed about 6 months ago, our community did not hesitate to learn more, daven more, or say more tehillim. When Daniel was up for it, community me...
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August 28, 2016 at 11:52 am
Tehran - The United States does not have the capability to engage Iran in a war on land, air or sea, a top Iranian Navy commander charged Saturday night boasting of his nation’s military prowess.
“The US doesn’t enjoy the power to confront Iran militarily,” Iranian media quoted Revolutionary Guards Navy Admiral Ali Fadavi as stating.
The remarks downplaying US power came days after an uptick in tensions between Washington and Tehran due to multiple instances of Iranian vessels encountering US warships in the Persian Gulf’s Strait of Hormuz.
Actions by Iranian vessels in several encounters with US warships in the Gulf this week are cause for concern and increase risks of miscalculation, the White House said on Friday.
However, in a speech to volunte...
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August 28, 2016 at 11:36 am
Istanbul - It is official: Turkey’s female police officers will be able to wear headscarves as part of their uniform.
The ruling published by the government’s official gazette this weekend says policewomen can wear headscarves under their caps or berets on condition they be the same color as the uniform and without a pattern.
The ban on wearing headscarves in public services was introduced after the 1980 coup. Turkish secularists consider the garment a symbol of religious conservatism in the officially secular state.
The ruling pro-Islamist Justice and Development Party has long been urging the removal of the restriction. The headscarf ban in Turkey’s universities was lifted in 2010 and in civil services in 2013, except for the police, military and judiciary.
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August 28, 2016 at 11:31 am
Baltimore, MD - Aug. 28, 2016 - Today, 24 Menachem Av, is the Yahrtzeit of my late father in law,Yechezkel B'Reb Chaim Halevi, Chester Siegel, ZT'L. I have written several times over the years of his life. Today, I would rather focus on his times. In a short while, Feigi and I will be driving up to Lakewood for the Bar Mitzvah of one of Chester Siegel's many great grandchildren, kein yirbu. Yechezkeel Zwieback was born 13 years ago on the yahrtzeit of his great grandfather. Yechezkel is growing up in Lakewood, New jersey in an environment that simply did not exist in the United States when Yechezkel Siegel was his age. So let me reminisce a little about how it used to be in "olden days".
When I first came into the Siegel family by marrying their daughter, Feigi,...
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August 28, 2016 at 11:21 am
London - Police and airline officials say two United Airlines pilots have been arrested for suspected intoxication before they were to fly 141 passengers from Scotland to the United States.
United Airlines officials have confirmed Saturday’s arrest of the pilots, aged 45 and 35, at Glasgow Airport. The Police Service of Scotland says both men are expected to be arraigned Monday at a court in Paisley, a Glasgow suburb, to face charges connected to Britain’s transport safety laws.
United said Saturday’s flight from Glasgow to the U.S. city of Newark, New Jersey, was delayed for 10 hours while the airline sought replacement pilots.
Saturday’s arrests come barely a month after two Canadian pilots of an Air Transat plane were arrested at Glasgow Airport...
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August 28, 2016 at 11:00 am
Benyamin Ben-Eliezer, former Defense Minister, passed away at Assaf Haroeh Medical Center. He was 81 years old.
The Minister and former MK Benyamin (Fouad) Ben-Eliezer passed away today (Sunday) at age 81.
Ben-Eliezer was transferred last Friday to an intensive care unit for heart problems at Assaf Haroeh Medical Center after he was discovered with problems in his heart.
Ben-Eliezer, who suffered from sickness stemming from kidney problems, was hospitalized in recent weeks in a general intensive care unit.
A month and a half ago, Ben-Eliezer reported feeling unwell during dialysis treatment for his sickness. He was hospitalized in the neurological unit of the hospital and was checked for possible stroke symptoms.
Fouad made Aliya as a child by himself from Iraq straight to a ...
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August 28, 2016 at 10:42 am
Baltimore, MD - Aug. 28, 2016 - After an absence on the s’farim market for nearly fifty years, the Torah masterpiece Toras Michoel has been re-issued. It was reprinted in Eretz Yisrael and is currently selling in Sfarim stores there and should be available in Chutz La’aretz within a few weeks.
Toras Michoel is a collection of sixty four Torah Novellae collected from the nearly fifty bound volumes of handwritten manuscripts, which the ‘Gaon of the Gaonim’ Rav Michoel Forshlager, ZTvK”L, left behind after his P’tirah. He wrote all of these volumes in his home, working tirelessly for several hours a day during the last ten to fifteen years of his life. All of these manuscripts were written and bound here in Baltimore, and this is wh...
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August 28, 2016 at 10:26 am
Des Moines, IA - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump offered fresh details of how he would tackle illegal immigration on Saturday, saying he would crack down on those who overstay their visas as he sought to quiet criticism from conservatives.
In a campaign speech in Des Moines, Iowa, Trump also cited the shooting death of a cousin of NBA star Dwyane Wade to urge African-American voters to rally behind him, calling it an example of violence that has to be addressed.
Trump, speaking on the Iowa State Fairgrounds with hay bales stacked behind him, sought to clarify his views on how to overhaul the U.S. immigration system after saying earlier in the week that he was softening on his plan to deport all 11 million illegal immigrants.
That stance drew fire from conser...
