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February 22, 2017 at 5:48 pm
Vice President Pence on Wednesday made a surprise visit to a historic Jewish cemetery near St. Louis to condemn the recent vandalism that took place there.
“From the heart, there is no place in America for hatred or acts of prejudice or violence or anti-Semitism,” he said.
Pence called Missouri’s response to the incident “inspiring" while standing next to Eric Greitens (R), the state’s first Jewish governor.
Pence decried the vandalism as “a sad reminder of the work that still must be done to root out hate and prejudice and evil” during a speech earlier Wednesday in St. Louis.
Vandals toppled more than 100 headstones on Monday at the Chesed Shel Emeth Society cemetery in University City,...
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February 22, 2017 at 5:26 pm
Baltimore, MD – Feb. 19, 2017 - On Sunday, February 26, Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim/Talmudical Academy of Baltimore will host a historic and monumental groundbreaking which will launch a massive construction project, expanding TA’s campus from 9.5 acres to 11.5 acres, and adding two new buildings, totaling 70,000 square feet of educational space.
This exciting project is taking place during an illustrious time in TA’s history, as the yeshivah is currently celebrating its centennial year. Thus, they are literally laying the groundwork for the next century of Torah at the yeshivah.
Preperations are near complete and the TA family looks forward to greeting the communityas they join in this historic and monumental groundbreaking
YCC/TA was founded in 1917 by ...
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February 22, 2017 at 4:40 pm
Baltimore, MD - Feb. 22, 2017 - Traditionally, the girls in Bais Yaakov learn to read over the first six months in first grade and receive their siddurim on a Sunday in February. This is followed by ongoing instruction in the different parts of the Siddur as well as an exciting program to encourage girls to practice their skills by reading all of Sefer Tehillim. This event is held on Sunday morning in conjunction with the Middle School Bas Mitzvah dinner which begins in the late afternoon. These two festive programs draw many grandparents from out of town who come for Shabbos and have an opportunity to enjoy their families over the weekend.
The Siddur Play is a compendium of songs staged by our first graders as a group with individual lines for each child. It provides an opportunit...
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February 22, 2017 at 4:37 pm
On Tuesday, February 21st, Agudath Israel of America hosted Rabbi Chanoch Zeibert, the Mayor of Bnei Brak, who was in America on a brief visit.
Mayor Zeibert's special involvement in chessed projects in Bnei Brak was discussed, with a focus given to Project Refuah, an organization that provides a respite hotel for special needs children in the city.
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February 22, 2017 at 4:34 pm
The White House is barring counselor Kellyanne Conway from television appearances after the high-profile aide made multiple on-air statements contradicting the Trump administration’s official stance, CNN reported Wednesday.
Conway, who was recently a regular fixture on TV news, hasn’t appeared for an on-air interview since early last week. That Monday, she argued that then-national security adviser Michael Flynn had the “full confidence” of President Trump.
Flynn resigned from his post later that day amid revelations that he misled Vice President Pence about the nature of his conversations with the Russian ambassador.
And on Tuesday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Trump asked for Flynn’s resignation. That directly contradict...
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February 22, 2017 at 4:21 pm
Cutlery maker Calphalon is recalling two million knives due to a laceration hazard.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission says the blades can break during use, increasing the risk. Calphalon has received 27 reports of finger or hand lacerations, including four that required stitches, in addition to about 3,150 reports of broken knives.
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled cutlery and contact Calphalon for a replacement cutlery product.
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February 22, 2017 at 4:10 pm
On the occasion of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s state visit Down Under, a renowned Australian-Israeli pundit told The Algemeiner that the only thing he sees as possibly threatening “historically outstanding bipartisan” Canberra-Jerusalem ties is the strengthening of problematic elements within the country’s Labour party and far-Left groups.
Otherwise, Isi Leibler — a former World Jewish Congress official who made Aliyah in 1999 and resides in the Israeli capital — gave rave reviews to what he called Netanyahu’s “extremely important and timely trip,” particularly in the context of global events, “which cemented an already tight bond.” This was evident, Leibler explained, in the “warm support” tha...
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February 22, 2017 at 2:53 pm
A pre-school teacher in Arlington, Texas who was discovered to have encouraged social media followers to “kill some Jews” has now been fired, a day after The Algemeiner reported on her suspension.
A spokesman for The Children’s Courtyard told The Algemeiner on Wednesday that Nancy Salem — among 24 anti-Israel activists at the University of Texas, Arlington (UTA) exposed by covert campus watchdog group Canary Mission for expressing racist and violent thoughts online — “no longer works for our company.”
“Providing a safe, nurturing and inclusive learning environment is of the utmost importance to us. The offensive comments certainly don’t reflect our views. Our emp...
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February 22, 2017 at 2:51 pm
The IDF is “operating under the radar to prevent Hezbollah from getting stronger,” Israel’s military chief told a key Knesset body on Wednesday, the Hebrew news site nrg reported.
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot’s non-specific comment was made at a closed-door meeting of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, amid reports that the Israeli Air Force had targeted a Hezbollah-bound arms shipment near the Syrian capital of Damascus overnight.
The Israeli military has reportedly conducted a number of such strikes in recent years to prevent the Lebanon-based Shiite terrorist group from receiving advanced weaponry. Iran-backed Hezbollah is a staunch ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s embattled regime.
Eizenkot, according to&n...
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February 22, 2017 at 2:36 pm
Brussels - The Conference of European Rabbis (CER) announced Wednesday that the Jewish community in Belgium had triumphed in its battle for kosher meat, after a court permitted the continuation of shechita.
The constitutional court of Belgium’s southern Wallonia region announced Tuesday that shechita is permissible under that country’s law and will continue to be conducted according to Jewish religious law. According to a statement released by the CER, the court ruled that “the restriction of kosher slaughter excessively and unreasonably restricts freedom of religion and seriously harms the fundamental laws of human rights and religious rights in Belgium.”The decision comes after several legislators of the parliament of Wallonia last month launched a campaign ...
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February 22, 2017 at 2:36 pm
University City, MO - A suburban St. Louis Jewish cemetery badly damaged by vandals is getting a show of support from cleanup volunteers, well-wishers and financial contributors from across many faiths.
Muslim groups have launched a crowdfunding campaign for the Chesed Shel Emeth Society cemetery in University City, Missouri, with a goal of $20,000. It had raised $66,000 by midmorning Wednesday.
The cemetery posted on Facebook that 154 headstones were vandalized in the damage discovered Monday. Many were tipped over. Gov. Eric Greitens, who is Jewish, organized a volunteer effort to help in the cleanup Wednesday, and an interfaith service was planned for the afternoon. A large crowd attended a candlelight vigil at the cemetery Tuesday night.
Investigators have been reviewing surveillanc...
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February 22, 2017 at 2:23 pm
Jerusalem, Israel - Feb. 22, 2017 - In 2006, Raise Your Spirits Theatre premiered "Ruth & Naomi, in the Fields of Bethlehem." The Gush Etzion community production was headed by Arlene Chertoff, Toby Klein Greenwald and Sharon Katz, with music composed and arranged by Mitch Clyman.
"Ruth and Naomi' is back and was on stage this week in Jerusalem, Israel, with its "text based on the book of Ruth, written by Samuel the Prophet." An all-female cast performed for the women only performances in the Beit Shmuel auditorium.
The harmonies were rewritten for the professionally trained voices of Audelia Zaguri as Ruth and Rachel Moore as Naomi. The duets of the new female leads were magical. An enthusiastic cast ranged from young girls to older women. The large producti...
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February 22, 2017 at 1:46 pm
A student activist at University of Washington (UW) told The Algemeiner that campus police have said there is “little they can do” about the vandalization of a display “promoting peace in Israel and Palestine.”
Uri Zvi — a member of a bipartisan pro-Israel student coalition Chai UW — said he was told by officers that the “chances are very, very slim of finding” the unidentified male who ran up to the group’s display of educational materials; behaved in a menacing manner toward the students manning the table; ripped a sign in two; and fled the scene.
The sign, which was made by students affiliated with the left-wing organization J Street, read, “Pro-Palestine, Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace.”
“Th...
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February 22, 2017 at 1:43 pm
A man who destroyed Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame has been sentenced to three years of probation for vandalism.
An attorney for James Otis says he pleaded no contest to the felony Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Attorney Mieke ter Poorten says Otis agreed to pay $4,400 for the damage and attorney’s fees and perform 20 days of community labor.
Otis used a sledgehammer and pickax to deface the star about a week before Trump was elected president.
Otis said he originally planned to the steal the star, sell it and give money to the 11 women who had said Trump groped them.
The star was for Trump’s work on the reality show “The Apprentice.” It has since been repaired.
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February 22, 2017 at 1:37 pm
The actions of police responding to the vehicular terror attack in the Bedouin community of Um el-Chiran are under investigation. Policeman Staff-Sgt. Erez Levy HY”D was killed in the attack.
Investigators now feel police fired warning shots at the vehicle prematurely, as well as firing disproportionately at the vehicle. The Justice Ministry Police Investigations Unit feels there are serious failures regarding the conduct of police.
The attack took place on 18 January 2017 as police were assigned to protect personnel involved in destroying illegal structures in the Bedouin community. During that operation, a vehicle began suspiciously heading in the direction of police. They opened fire, hitting the driver. The vehicle continued moving and struck and k...
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February 22, 2017 at 1:35 pm
The following is via Breaking911.com: An anonymous bomb threat was called into the Anti-Defamation League’s headquarters in New York City on Wednesday, part of a rash of bomb threats to Jewish centers throughout the country.
The threat was called into ADL’s Murray Hill headquarters at about 11:08 a.m. on Wednesday, according to police.
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“Today the ADL’s national headquarters in New York received an anonymous bomb threat,” ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said in a statement. “While there is no information at this time to indicate that this is more than a threat, we are taking it very seriously.”
Greenblatt said the civil rights group is working with law enforcement officials to determine if the threat is connected to a recent spate ...
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February 22, 2017 at 1:35 pm
A navigation error forced SpaceX to delay its shipment to the International Space Station on Wednesday, following an otherwise flawless flight from NASA’s historic moon pad.
SpaceX’s supply ship, the Dragon, was less than a mile from the orbiting outpost when a problem cropped up in the GPS system. The approach was aborted, and the Dragon backed away. NASA said neither the station nor its six-person crew was in any danger.
“As a pilot it is sometimes better to accelerate and circle around than attempt a difficult landing,” French astronaut Thomas Pesquet said in a tweet from the space station. “Same in space – we’ll be ready tomorrow!”
Just a few hours earlier, Russia successfully launched a cargo ship from Kazakhstan, its first since a fa...
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February 22, 2017 at 12:34 pm
Jerusalem, Israel - Feb. 22, 2017 - On the way to Jerusalem, Israel, for its annual Conference of Presidents of American Jewish Organizations, delegates were treated to a kosher dinner in the palace of the King of Morocco and met in Cairo with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
According to Conference Vice-Chairman and CEO Malcolm Hoenlein, "we are in a new era, new opportunities are opening in the Arab world resulting from the instability in the Middle East."
In Jerusalem, a long list of Israeli politicians and experts presented a variety of opinions to the full delegation on Monday, at the Inbal Hotel. Opposition leader Isaac Herzog agreed with PM Netanyahu on Iran, but little else. Justice Minister Ayelet Sheked said the committee is meeti...
