Terrorist neutralized after attempting to carry out stabbing attack at Elias junction. On Friday afternoon, a 14-year-old Muslim terrorist attempted to carry out a stabbing attack at Elias Junction, near Kiryat Arba. Nobody was hurt, and the terrorist was successfully neutralized. Apparently, the terrorist tried to sneak into the hitchhiking stop from the back. He managed to pull out his knife, but security forces, who are always present in the area, shot him in the foot. Malachi Levinger, who heads the Kiryat Arba-Hevron council, said, "On the eve of the holy Shabbat, a dangerous and vile person has again tried to murder Jews near the entrance to Kiryat Arba-Hevron. Thank God, our devoted security forces managed to neutralize him before he caused any harm." "Just a few days ...
Donald Trump’s advisers are urging him to keep his cool during next week’s presidential debate and resist attempts by Hillary Clinton to provoke him with questions about his business record, wealth or controversial comments about minorities. The focus underscores the campaign’s concern that too many Americans still don’t believe the Republican has the temperament to be president, which could be a difference-maker in a close race with Clinton. “He can’t let Hillary get under his skin,” said Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker and Trump adviser. Gingrich is part of a rotating cast of politicians and policy experts traveling with Trump on his private plane for mid-flight debate preparations, according to Republicans familiar with the preparatio...
A new Israeli spy satellite is operational and taking high-quality pictures after suffering technical difficulties during its launch earlier this month, defense officials said Thursday. Amnon Harari, director of the Defense Ministry’s space administration, said satellite operators downloaded the first images from the Ofek 11 satellite at about 5:10 p.m. Thursday. “The images are splendid, very good,” he told reporters. After the satellite was launched on Sept. 13, officials said it was not acting as expected. Harari said that since then technical teams have been busy stabilizing the satellite and its systems. Officials have described the Ofek 11 as the country’s most sophisticated spy satellite. It is expected to be used to keep tabs on Iran and other regional a...
PM Netanyahu held a farewell meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who will conclude his term at the end of the year. Netanyahu thanked Ban Ki-moon and expressed his appreciation for his “integrity”.
The Heichal Tischen of Seret-Vishnitz in Haifa has been placed ‘off limits’ by an order issued by Haifa City Hall. Needless to say with Rosh Hashanah days away, this is cause for significant alarm as hundreds of chassidim usually join the rebbe for Rosh Hashanah. It is explained the order was given at the behest of the city engineer following an on-site inspection. He claims that the chassidus did not comply with requests that were made, ignored in the last inspection on erev Pesach and nothing was done since. Hence, the decision was made to act and not wait until a catastrophe occurs. As a result of the city order, the building may not be used for anything until it is brought up to code. Officials in the chassidus explain they knew there are items that require attention but ...
Below is the full text and video of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly, delivered on Thursday, September 22, 2016 at UN Headquarters in New York City. --------------------- Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, What I’m about to say is going to shock you: Israel has a bright future at the UN. Now I know that hearing that from me must surely come as a surprise, because year after year I’ve stood at this very podium and slammed the UN for its obsessive bias against Israel. And the UN deserved every scathing word – for the disgrace of the General Assembly that last year passed 20 resolutions against the democratic State of Israel and a grand total of three resolutions against all the other countries on the planet. Isr...
 We will soon enter the Days of Judgment and appeal to G-d that He should instill awe upon all his works; bestow honor to His people; the righteous should see and be glad.    We wait for the day when iniquity will close its mouth; all wickedness shall evaporate like smoke, כי תעביר ממשלת זדון מן הארץ, when you will remove the rule of evil from the earth. We conclude: Then you, G-d will reign alone over all your works... The objective of our prayers for the restoration of G-d’s presence in the world is so that we will finally be rid of the ממשלת זדון, the ‘rule of evil’ in this world. Who are these rulers of evil that we seek to eradicate? Are these our physical enemies, or perhaps spiritual forces? We pray each day t...
How long do you think you’ll live? Sorry to be so blunt, but don’t we all think that we’ll always some “more time”? I am thinking about many people I have known – some of them very close, some just acquaintances, some very young, some old – who, over the past year, have become very sick or who have died. When these people are young or have never been sick, it is a terrible shock to hear the news – how can this be!? Didn’t they have more time!? I didn’t even have a chance to say goodbye, or tell them what a special person they were! That’s because we are complacent and think we have more time. But time is a precious commodity, and we tend not to cherish it as much as we should. I am always reminded of a mussar thought R&rsqu...
It’s hard to describe the feeling of Shabbos here. There is a peace, a serenity that is palpable. People coming and going from shule. The sounds of kiddush or zemiros from open apartment windows. The streets literally filled with children playing jump rope. Or enjoying the ability to zoom down hilly streets on their bimba (Israeli version of a children’s riding toy) without a car in sight. But like so many experiences in life, Shabbos in Yerushalayim cannot be properly experienced without first experiencing Eruv Shabbos in Yerushalayim. I am still very new to Shabbos preparations in Israel. We are still in our temporary rental apartment while our own apartment is being renovated. THAT is, of course, a whole series of articles in itself – our shiputzim (renovations). But ...
Baltimore, MD – Sept. 22, 2016 - It is with deep sorrow that BaltimoreJewishLife.com informs the community of the petirah of Mr. Moshe Hakakian, a'h, father of Aharon Hakakian, Avraham Hakakian Jaleh Attar, David Hakakian, Saeed Haken and Rabbi Eliyahu Hakakian Shiva will be observed at 3200 Bonnie Road, Baltimore, MD  21208 Shacharis: Fri/Mon/Wed: Selichot 6:30 AM Shacharit 7AM - Sun: Selichot 7AM Shacharit 7:30AM Mincha/Maariv 6:45 PM Friday Mincha 3:00 PM The family requests no visitors between 12:00-2:00 p.m. Bila HaMaves LaNetzach...
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Computer hackers swiped personal information from at least 500 million Yahoo accounts in what is believed to be the biggest digital break-in at an email provider. The massive security breakdown disclosed Thursday poses new headaches for Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer as she scrambles to close a $4.8 billion sale to Verizon Communication. The breach Thursday dates back to late 2014, raising questions about the checks and balances within Yahoo — a fallen internet star that has been laying off staff to counter a steep drop in revenue during the past eight years. At the time of the break-in, Yahoo’s security team was led by Alex Stamos, a respected industry executive who left last year to take a similar job at Facebook. Yahoo didn’t explain what took so long to uncover a breach ...
Lakewood, NJ - An Orthodox Jewish teen standing outside a Lakewood area Walmart found himself the victim of a bias incident when he was pushed and told to leave the area by an unidentified Hispanic woman. According to the Howell Police Department, the encounter took place on September 5th at approximately 10 PM at the Route 9 Walmart Supercenter Howell, approximately two miles north of the Lakewood border. Detective Sergeant Christian Antunez of the Howell Police Department said that the woman walked up to the teen, who was standing in front of the store with friends and confronted him aggressively and without provocation, despite attempts by a male companion to restrain her. The woman asked the teen if he was from Lakewood and then said “Go back to Lakewood you [expleti...
In this week’s Parshah, the Torah warns of a series of dire consequences that will befall the Jewish nation even if they are performing all of the mitzvos, so long as they commit one particularly severe sin: the sin of not serving Hashem with happiness (28:47 - see Rabbeinu Bachaye). Why is it so important to Hashem that we serve Him with happiness? Furthermore, happiness is an emotion. You either are happy, or you are not. How can Hashem punish us if we do not feel happy? Lastly, the Torah never commands us outright to be happy. If so, why is the punishment for not being happy so severe? Furthermore, if it is so important to be happy, why didn’t the Torah command us to be happy in the first place? Chaim was a hard working father. He woke up each morning at 6am to start his d...
Facility would ensure victims of terrorist attacks do not encounter perpetrators at same hospital, Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan tells Israel Hayom • Erdan says plan will help counter pressure on prisons to release inmates on medical grounds. The Public Security Ministry and the Israel Prison Service announced a tentative plan on Wednesday to use part of the Ayalon Prison as a special hospital for terrorists, days after an Israeli border policewoman was admitted to the same trauma unit as the man who stabbed her. The plan, which is still being finalized, was proposed by Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan. Once implemented, the hospital facilities will include some 70 beds spread over three floors. Erdan told Israel Hayom that such a model exists in many countr...
Belzer Yeshiva Bochur, 18-year-old Yosef Yisrael Gold Z’L was niftar suddenly on Thursday morning, 19 Elul in Bnei Brak. Yosef collapsed suddenly in yeshiva during the morning hours in front of his friends, as they were learning Gemara. EMS was summoned and CPR was initiated but their efforts were unsuccessful. Yosef was a resident of the United States, a son of HaChossid Rav Aharon Gold of the Belzer community in Boro Park. He reportedly owns a clothing store on 13th Avenue. Members of the chassidus worked quickly to make certain the family in America was notified before the word spread quickly, as it usually does. The Levaya began at 3:00PM from the Belzer Yeshiva in Bnei Brak and at 5:30PM from the main Belzer Beis Medrash in Kiryat Belz and to Har Menuchos.
Lakewood, NJ - A fender bender in Lakewood turned ugly on Wednesday as one of the drivers emerged from his car shouting anti-Semitic expletives and allegedly turning violent. The incident happened yesterday afternoon and according to the Asbury Park Press, involved three cars. 34 year old Elijah D. Chandler of Jackson, was one of those involved in the accident.  Video posted to the Ocean County Police Blotter Facebook page showed Chandler in an angry tirade, claiming that an Orthodox Jewish man had caused the collision by running a red light and striking a car that was presumably involved in the accident. “You [expletive] can’t even drive,” said Chandler. “Go back to your country.  Go back to your [expletive] country.  You [expletive] ran t...
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The charred lump of a 2,000-year-old scroll sat in an Israeli archaeologist’s storeroom for decades, too brittle to open. Now, new imaging technology has revealed what was written inside: the earliest evidence of a biblical text in its standardized form. The passages from the Book of Leviticus, scholars say, offer the first physical evidence of what has long been believed: that the version of the Hebrew Bible used today goes back 2,000 years. The discovery, announced in a Science Advances journal article by researchers in Kentucky and Jerusalem on Wednesday, was made using “virtual unwrapping,” a 3D digital analysis of an X-ray scan. Researchers say it is the first time they have been able to read the text of an ancient scroll without having to physically open it. &ldq...
Jerusalem, Israel -  Sept. 22, 2016 - Cars with diplomatic license plates lined Hanasi Street in Jerusalem, Israel on Thursday morning. President Reuven & First Lady Nechama Rivlin hosted a reception at Beit Hanasi, the Israeli President's official residence, for foreign ambassadors and members of the diplomatic corps serving in Israel, in honor of Rosh Hashannah. Attending were 90 ambassadors and diplomats representing countries from around the world, including Israel’s neighboring countries, Egypt and Jordan.  With the diplomats seated in the main hall, the President, began his remarks,“Thank you for joining us to raise a toast and celebrate the new Jewish year. I want to start by saying that Israel is proud of our cooperation with each of y...
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