IDF soldiers patrolling the Gaza border during the night of 24 Adar (Tuesday to Wednesday) spotted three images moving along the border. They implemented the appropriate protocol and fired at the images, killing one terrorist and wounding two others. The wounded terrorists were taken to Gaza hospital. The IDF spokesman confirms the report. B’chasdei Hashem there are no reports of injuries among IDF soldiers.
With Russia-tinged investigations swirling around his administration, President Donald Trump has yet to fulfill a campaign pledge of closer cooperation with Moscow. A planned trip by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to Russia could test if detente proves anything more than talk. In a move alarming U.S. allies, Tillerson plans to skip a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Belgium next month, according to U.S. officials. The top American diplomat almost always attends such gatherings, and Tillerson will follow up his absence in Brussels by traveling to Russia’s capital shortly afterward. The juxtaposition of the trips — one taken and one avoided — has reinforced concerns about America’s commitment to NATO, which Trump has repeatedly fueled by dressing down allies a...
As Senate Democrats float new options for complicating a vote on President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Republicans appear ready to return fire with a bomb of their own – a nuclear one. Top Republican Sen. John Thune, of South Dakota, all but confirmed Wednesday that his party is willing to use what’s known as the “nuclear option,” to lower the vote threshold to confirm Judge Neil Gorsuch if Democrats try to filibuster. “We will do what is necessary to confirm Judge Gorsuch on the Supreme Court, yes,” he told Fox News’ Shannon Bream on “America’s Newsroom,” when asked if they’d go that route. Thune, who serves in the No. 3 position in Senate GOP leadership as chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, added tha...
Time for talk running out, President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned wavering House Republicans that their jobs were on the line in next year’s elections if they failed to back a GOP bill that would upend Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act. The countdown quickened toward an expected vote Thursday on legislation undoing much of the law that has provided coverage to some 20 million Americans. Trump huddled behind closed doors with rank-and-file Republicans just hours after GOP leaders unveiled changes intended to pick up votes by doling out concessions to centrists and hardliners alike. “If we fail to get it done, fail to (meet) the promises made by all of us, including the president, then it could have a very detrimental effect to Republicans in ’18 who are running ...
Four people, including a London police officer who was stabbed and the alleged assailant, were killed after a terror attack that saw more than 20 people injured outside the Parliament building on Wednesday. Acting Deputy Commisssioner and Head of Counter Terrorism Mark Rowley told reporters they believe there was only one attacker. Among the injured were three police officers.
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Two people have died after a terror incident that saw a police officer stabbed and as many as a dozen people reportedly run over outside London's Parliament building on Wednesday. Colleen Anderson of St Thomas' Hospital said a woman died after a vehicle apparently hit pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, near Parliament. Details on the second death are unavailable. Anderson said: "There were people across the bridge. There were some with minor injuries, some catastrophic. Some had injuries they could walk away from or who have life-changing injuries." An alleged assailant was also shot by police after stabbing the officer. It is unclear if there were others involved in the attack. London police were called to the Parliament building at around 2:40 p.m. local time (10:40 a.m. E...
Shomrim NW London have have released the following message to the community: Following reports of a terrorist incident in Westminster, Shomrim are closely liaising with Counter Terrorism Police and have been advised this incident is being treated as an isolated terrorist incident. Although the community should be vigilant at this time, there are no concerns for lockdown or evacuation of any Jewish Schools or Synagogues in Barnet. We remind the community to report suspicious behavior to Police and Shomrim. Our thoughts and prayers are with all the victims and those effected. For further updates please follow @shomrimlondon on twitter.
President Donald Trump said he has been briefed on the terror attack in London outside the Houses of Parliament today. “Just getting an update on London,” Trump said, entering a meeting in the White House’s Roosevelt Room. “Big news.” US President Donald Trump “has been briefed on the situation” in London and is monitoring events, his press secretary Sean Spicer tweeted. The US State Department says it is closely monitoring the incident and urged Americans in London to avoid the area. Spokesman Mark Toner said: “We stand ready to assist in any way the UK authorities would find helpful.” He added that the US Embassy in London is closely following the news and stands ready to help any affected Americans. He said: “Our hearts ...
Baltimore, MD -  Mar. 22, 2017 - In Parshiyos Vayakhel and Pikudei, the actual building of the mishkan is described. The term avodah (service) is specifically used to describe Bnei Yisroel's completion of the mishkan, as opposed to the term melacha (creative work). The building of the mishkan was modeled after Hashem's creation of the world. Hashem gives us the ability to create and produce, paralleling what He did in creation. However, we do not only do melacha; rather, we work in the framework of avodah, using our skills and creative energies for Him. Click here to listen
At least one person is dead after a terror attacker brought carnage to central London today by mowing down pedestrians on Westminster Bridge and attacking police with a knife in the grounds of the Houses of Parliament. More than 12 people are said to have been hit by a vehicle on the bridge after a vehicle described as a ‘4×4’ drove into pedestrians and cyclists before crashing into the gates of Parliament. An intruder, described by a witness as ‘middle-aged and Asian’, then managed to break into the grounds of the Parliament and stabbed a police officer before he was shot. An hour after the attack, paramedics removed one person from the scene after extensive CPR. Another body appeared to have been left on the ground covered by a red blanket. A doctor at S...
Baltimore, MD – Mar. 22, 2017 - It is with deep sorrow that BaltimoreJewishLife.com informs the community of the petirah of Mrs. Nina Schneyer, z’l, wife of the late Abraham Schneyer, z’l, mother of the late Janet Goldwasser, z’l, and mother-in-law of, ylc’t, Dr. Norman Goldwasser. Mrs. Schneyer was the grandmother of Nomi Landis, Adina Stilerman, Devora Bensoussan, Dovid Goldwasser, Rena Gershenfeld, Yitzy Goldwasser, and Elisheva Goldwasser The levaya/kevura will be  tomorrow, Thursday, March 23, 2017,@ 11:00 AM Graveside at Rosedale Cemetery in the Radimer Verein section. The family will gather after the kevura at the home of Rabbi & Mrs. Chaim Gottesman 6609 Western Run Drive until 3:00 PM.
Rabbi Dovid Steigman, z'l,  a senior official at the OK Kosher Certification, passed away suddenly while on a Kashrus trip to Italy. Rabbi Dovid Steigman, a renowned expert and administrator of Kashrus for over 30 years, passed away suddenly during a kashrus trip to Italy on Wednesday, 24 Adar 5777.He was 67.Rabbi Steigman grew up in London, England and learned in Chabad's Tomchei Temimim Yeshivos in in Brunoy, France; Kfar Chabad, Israel; and, Yeshivas Toras Emes in Jerusalem, Israel.As a bochur in yeshiva, he was trained in safrus and after yeshiva was trained in shechita, which would lead him on a life-long journey, becoming known for his expertise in the intricacies of kosher meat production and certification.In 1969, he married his wife Shulamis Fucs, daughte...
A man wielding an ‘eight inch’ knife has been shot outside Parliament after charging the gates and stabbing a police officer – with cops declaring a ‘terror attack’ in the capital. Up to a dozen innocent pedestrians were mowed down on Westminster Bridge by grey 4×4 which then crashed into the gates outside Parliament. Dramatic pictures show bodies littering Westminster bridge and the vicinity outside Parliament. Two people have been seen lying within Old Palace Yard, immediately outside Westminster Hall. Earlier reports suggested sounds of an explosion were heard but this has not been confirmed. Commons Leader David Lidington told MPs: “What I am able to say to the House is there has been a serious incident within the estate. “It seems ...
Parliament is on lockdown after gunshots were heard outside the Palace of Westminster. Eyewitnesses describe seeing a man with a knife within the confines of the Palace, while the journalist Quentin Letts described seeing a “parliamentary security men shoot a man who had attacked a policeman”. There are also reports of a dozen people injured on Westminster Bridge after a car attempted to run down a number of pedestrians, but this has not yet been confirmed. The Metropolitan Police say they are aware of an incident in Westminster. The Prime Minister was said to have been voting in the division lobby and was escorted out of the building by a plain clothes policeman and put in a car. Today marks one year exactly, since the coordinated 3 bomb attack on Brussels and Belgium, th...
London: Policeman shot intruder three times at close range after several people rushed the gates. Air ambulance landing now.
Sears, once the monolith of American retail, says that there is “substantial doubt” that it will be able to keep its doors open. Company shares, which hit an all-time low last month, tumbled more than 5 percent before the opening bell Wednesday. Millions of dollars have been funneled through the hedge fund of Chairman and CEO Edward Lampert to keep Sears afloat but with sales fading, it is burning through cash. Lampert combined Sears and Kmart in 2005, about two years after he helped bring Kmart out of bankruptcy According to a regulatory filing late Tuesday, Sears Holdings Corp. lost more than $2 billion last year. Adjusted for one-time charges, its loss was $887 million. Sears has been selling assets, most recently its Craftsman tool brand. But it says its pension agreeme...
Rome - A European Jewish leader said Monday that the rise of extremist parties in Europe could ultimately lead to an exodus of Jews from countries where antisemitism is becoming increasingly visible. Speaking at the annual conference of the Rabbinical Center of Europe in Pomezia, Italy, the organization’s director, Rabbi Menachem Margolin, warned that it will not be long before extremist parties which now have a great deal of power become the ruling parties in Europe. He warned that the “tolerant attitude” of European governments toward extremism in countries where there are many manifestations of antisemitism could lead to a mass exodus of Jews from those countries. “It is superfluous to say that a country ruled by an antisemitic party is a red line, and if we r...
Baltimore, MD – Mar. 22, 2017 - It is with deep sorrow that BaltimoreJewishLife.com informs the community of the petirah of Mrs. Jean Kelman, a'h, mother of Dr. Shalom Kelman. The levaya will be held at 1:00 PM today, March 22, 2017, at Sinai Funeral Home 162-05 Horace Harding Expressway Fresh Meadows, New York 11365 Kevura in Queens Shiva will be observed at 144-35 68th Road, Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, New York Dr. Kelman may be reached at: 410-299-0799 or 718-261-2149. He plans to return to Baltimore later in the week and resume Shiva here until Tuesday morning; details to follow. Bila HaMaves LaNetzach...
A Haifa court sentenced Israeli Arab Sabrin Zavdat of Sakhnin to 50-months imprisonment for joining ISIS. She and her entire family joined during a stay in Iraq. Her husband was actually a fighter for ISIS while she worked in a hospital run by the terrorist state. Both she and her husband returned home to Israel. Neither she of her husband expressed remorse.
Documents leaked to the media revealed that Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, once did secret work for a Russian billionaire to advance Vladimir Putin’s interests. This despite claims from the Trump administration that Manafort had never worked in the Kremlin’s interests. The Associated Press reported that in 2005, Mr Manfort proposed a confidential strategy which would influence politics, business and news coverage in the US and across Europe amid worsening relations between former President George W Bush’s government and Russia. “We are now of the belief that this model can greatly benefit the Putin Government if employed at the correct levels with the appropriate commitment to success,” Mr Manafort reportedly wrote in a me...
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