Jewish citizen patrol group Shomrim helps nab 2 teens  Baltimore, MD - Police are applauding community members help in the case of two teen suspects accused of carjacking a man in northwest Baltimore Sunday night.  The armed teens were tracked down quickly with the help of neighbors, members of a citizen patrol group, a city councilman and police officers, authorities said. Mikayal Hendris, 16, and another teenager walked up to a 64-year-old man near the intersection of Pearce and Strathmore avenues in Park Heights neighborhood around 11 p.m. Sunday, and forced him out of his van at gunpoint, police said. The suspects demanded the victim's keys, police said. Several people in the neighborhood saw the teens before the carjacking happened and called members of the Jewish...
Elias Josael Jimenez Alvarado declined an offer Tuesday to plead guilty to murder in exchange for life in prison, opting instead to stand trial for the strangling deaths of two Baltimore women. The 21-year-old from El Salvador was charged with two killings last September. On Sept. 8, police on midnight patrol were called to the 3900 block of Dolfield Ave., in Northwest Baltimore, for a report of a woman screaming. The officers cut their headlights and crept up to the scene, finding a man over the body of Ranarda Williams, 35. The man fled into a nearby garage, but was caught and arrested. Williams had been strangled, police said. Police identified the man as Alvarado, whom authorities said was in the country illegally. Police have said they know little about his background. Police also...
The director of the Chabad center serving the University of California-Davis told The Algemeiner on Tuesday that he was “taking seriously” a Friday sermon made by the imam of the local mosque that some have called antisemitic. Rabbi Shmary Brownstein said the comments from Ammar Shahin of the Islamic Center of Davis — which sits blocks away from Chabad of Davis — had “unacceptably advocated and incited hatred and violence against Jews” by praying that god would “liberate the Al-Aqsa Mosque from the filth of the Jews.” In his sermon, translated by the Middle East Research Institute TV Monitor Project, Shahin continued, “Oh Allah, destroy those who closed the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Oh Alla...
During a meeting with a Kremlin-linked banker last year, Jared Kushner — President Donald Trump’s Jewish son-in-law and senior adviser — received a pair of presents connected to his family background. In a statement released by the White House ahead of Kushner’s appearance before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Monday, Kushner described a Dec. 13 sit-down in New York City with Sergey Gorkov — the chairman of state-owned Vnesheconombank and an ally of Russia’s autocratic president, Vladimir Putin. “The meeting with Mr. Gorkov lasted twenty to twenty-five minutes,” Kushner recalled. “He introduced himself and gave me two gifts — one was a piece of art from Nvgorod [an apparent misspelling by Kushner of Novogrudok], ...
WASHINGTON - A person has been wounded in a shooting in Northwest D.C. that involves the Secret Service, authorities said. According to D.C. Fire and EMS, the Secret Service requested an EMS unit to respond to the 1100 block of L Street on Tuesday for a person shot in the thigh. The victim was transported to the hospital. Their condition is unknown at this time.
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley expressed frustration on Tuesday with the UN Security Council’s attitude toward Iran and its terrorist proxies in the Middle East. “Truth be told, the Security Council often makes the Middle East more complicated than it actually is,” Haley said at the Security Council’s monthly meeting on the region. “It obsesses over Israel. And it refuses to acknowledge one of the chief sources of conflict and killing in the Middle East — that is, Iran and its partner militia, Lebanese Hezbollah.” Haley began her remarks by affirming that the US “shares everyone’s concern about the heightened tensions in Jerusalem.” “All parties should work to reduce these tensions, and we offer whatever assista...
Speaker Paul Ryan says President Donald Trump gets to decide his personnel. Ryan’s comment came amid reports that the president has spoken with advisers about firing Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Ryan told reporters on Tuesday that it’s the prerogative of the president to decide who works for him and if the president has concerns he would talk to the individual. Other Republicans, most notably Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, offered a strong defense of Sessions, saying Trump shouldn’t base prosecutorial decisions on politics. Trump launched a fresh Twitter tirade Tuesday morning against Sessions, who was the first senator to endorse his candidacy. Ryan repeatedly said it is up to the president on personnel decisions.
Senator John McCain was greeted with applause when he entered the Senate chamber today to cast one of the final votes to approve the procedural motions for the new health care bill. McCain took a trip back home to Arizona recently, so that he could focus on his battle with brain cancer. McCain flew back to Washington D.C. to vote for a repeal of the Affordable Care Act, and he cast the vote that tied the motion at 50-50. The motion cleared the Senate after Vice President Mike Pence cast a tiebreaker vote while he presided over the floor.
In this Honest Reporting video, the events that began with the deadly terror attack on Har Habayis on July 14, 2017 are explained, as is the placement of metal detectors on Har Habayis in response. The video does an exemplary job pointing out the absurd situation and the international community’s response. However, the issue as we are led to understand is not one of right and wrong, or the fact that the installation of metal detectors was a prudent and moderate response by Israel. Unfortunately, the Security Cabinet has already released a decision that it is willing to remove the metal detectors, which have been at the heart of the violence and international involvement since their placement – and this is for one reason only, it represents Israeli sovereignty ...
China on Tuesday denied its fighter jet pilots operated dangerously during an encounter with a U.S. surveillance plane in international airspace in which the American pilot took evasive action to avoid a possible collision. Spokesman Ren Guoqiang said in a statement on the defense ministry’s microblog that the performance of the pilots of the two J-10 fighters was “legal, necessary and professional.” Ren criticized frequent close-in surveillance runs by U.S. planes as raising the chance of accidents, saying such missions “threatened China’s national security, harmed China-U.S. sea-air military safety, endangered the safety of pilots from the two sides and were the root cause of China-U.S. sea-air unexpected incidents.” The U.S. should stop such &ldquo...
President Rivlin on Tuesday morning 2 Av commented on the safe return home of the Israeli Embassy staff in Jordan. “After a long and tense few days, I want to welcome back home the staff of our embassy in Jordan. We waited for you with concern, and followed closely your impressive conduct throughout the crisis, under the leadership of Ambassador Einat Schlein. “The State of Israel’s longstanding cooperation with the Hashemite Kingdom and King Abdullah, who knew to help wisely also now, played a significant part in the efforts to bring an end to the crisis, and we deeply appreciate this. “May the leaders and Government of Israel together with all the security services and our special envoy to Jordan, Shin Bet Director Nadav Argaman, be strengthened by th...
President Donald Trump surveyed the crowd of thousands of Boy Scouts at their summit Monday and assessed, “There’s a lot of love in this big, beautiful place. And a lot of love for our country.” He singled out for affection West Virginia, a state that gave him his largest margin of victory in November. “What we did, in all fairness, is an unbelievable tribute to you and all of the other millions and millions of people that came out and voted to make America great again,” he said as chants of “USA!” broke out among the Scouts, most of whom were too young to vote. It’s a message that only works in Trump-backing corners of America. As president, he’s been drawn again and again to those comfort zones, while largely avoiding states where v...
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday morning 2 Av, in Jerusalem, met with Israeli Ambassador to Jordan, Einat Schlein, and with the security agent who was injured in the attack. Prime Minister Netanyahu said, “I am happy to see you here and that things ended the way they did. You acted well, calmly, and we also had an obligation to get you out. This was not even a question. It was only a question of time and I am pleased that it was short.” Ambassador Schlein responded, “It is good to be home. Everything is fine.” Security agent Ziv added, “A weight has been lifted from my heart. Thank you from my heart. I am happy to be here. Einat and I felt that people were standing behind us and were making every effort, we felt this and I am glad that...
The Senate voted Tuesday to move forward with a debate on health care reform, even though it was not clear what measure the body would be considering. Susan Collins from Maine and Lisa Murkowski from Alaska were the only two Republican senators who voted no on the motion to proceed. Before the voting began, protesters chanted “Kill the bill” and “Shame! Shame!” Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who was diagnosed with brain cancer last week, returned to the Senate floor to vote in favor of moving the debate forward. His appearance was met with a standing ovation.
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort met behind closed doors this morning with the Senate intelligence committee, Manafort's spokesman Jason Maloni told CNN, as a separate Senate committee announced it has subpoenaed him. The Senate intelligence committee is one of several congressional panels investigating Russian interference in the US election last year. Another is the Senate judiciary committee, which has sought testimony from Manafort and President Donald Trump's eldest son Donald Jr. Senate judiciary committee chairman Chuck Grassley and the top Democrat on the panel, Dianne Feinstein, issued a joint statement Tuesday saying that Manafort had been subpoenaed after the top members of the committee were "unable to reach an agreement for a voluntary transcribed inter...
'Akiva Nichamtonu' -another spectacular and inspiring Shiur delivered by HaRav Michoel Sorotzkin, shlita, on the topic of Churban and Nechama. Given at The K'hal Ye'reim Kollel in Cleveland, Ohio - Rosh Chodesh Av 5777
A U.S. Navy patrol boat fired warning shots Tuesday near an Iranian vessel that came close to it during a tense encounter in the Persian Gulf, an American defense official said. The incident involving the USS Thunderbolt, a Cyclone-class patrol ship based in Bahrain as part of the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet, is the latest confrontation between Iranian vessels and American warships. The Thunderbolt was taking part in an exercise with American and other coalition vessels when the Iranian patrol boat approached it, the official said. The Iranian ship did not respond to radio calls, flares and sirens as it came within 150 yards (137 meters) of the Thunderbolt, forcing the U.S. sailors aboard to fire the warning shots, the official said. The Iranian boat went “dead in the water”...
A group of five prominent anti-Israel BDS movement activists were prevented Monday from boarding a flight from Washington, D.C., to Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport. The anti-Zionist organization Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) had coordinated the “interfaith delegation” to Israel. When the group attempted to check in for a Lufthansa flight to Tel Aviv at Dulles International Airport, they were informed the Israeli government had ordered they not be allowed to board. The activists prohibited from boarding included JVP members Rabbi Alissa Wise, Alana Krivo-Kaufman and Noah Habeeb, as well as Rick Ufford Chase of the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship and Shakeel Syed, a national board member with American Muslims for Palestine. “We were told at check-in that the airline has a...
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