Nurimaro Park, 26, is one of about 800,000 people who had benefited from an Obama-era program that extended protections to immigrants brought illegally to the U.S. as children. While he knew the significance of the protection he received under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, he had one problem: he didn’t have the money to pay the $495 registration fee required to renew his participation in the program for two more years. Park worked as a private tutor, and money was tight in the late spring and summer months when school was out. He figured he could re-enroll at the end of the year — the rules of the program allowed people to renew lapsed registrations as long as a full year hadn’t passed. In September, though, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced ...
Decades after they were banned from the airwaves, Big Tobacco companies return to prime-time television this weekend — but not by choice. Under court order, the tobacco industry for the first time will be forced to advertise the deadly, addictive effects of smoking, more than 11 years after a judge ruled that the companies had misled the public about the dangers of cigarettes. But years of legal pushback by the industry over every detail means the ads will be less hard-hitting than what was proposed. Tobacco control experts say the campaign — built around network TV and newspapers — will not reach people when they are young and most likely to start smoking. “Their legal strategy is always obstruct, delay, create confusion and buy more time,” said Ruth...
Members of the Hisorarus party were astonished on Monday, 2 Kislev, to discover the approval of a budget update of about 400,000 NIS for the Bnei Akiva Baka branch was thwarted in the Jerusalem Finance Committee by Councilwoman Chagit Moshe. The session included discussion for a building for the Bnei Akiva Baka branch, the largest branch in Jerusalem with 700 members. The branch was located in Efrata School and at the initiative of awakening moved to the agricultural farm complex and now the building is supposed to be significantly expanded. Chagit Moshe is prevented from voting on the matter because her husband serves as the director of the Youth Movements Department. This is a conflict of interest, and therefore they expected that the council member would leave the conference roo...
A 22-count indictment was returned Tuesday against a New Jersey man in the slayings of eight people during a truck attack on a bike path in New York City. Sayfullo Saipov, 29, of Paterson, was charged in Manhattan federal court with providing material support to the Islamic State group, along with eight counts of murder and 12 counts of attempted murder in aid of racketeering. Numerous counts carry a potential penalty of death. He was arrested after people were run over by a vehicle Oct. 31 in a midday attack that authorities immediately labeled terrorism. His lawyer did not return a message seeking comment. In a release, Attorney General Jeff Sessions called the attack a “calculated act of terrorism in the heart of one of our great cities.” Acting U.S. Att...
Hodaya Asulin on way home with classmate Tehila meet sudden huge explosion; since then she has not regained consciousness. Hodaya (Odelia) Nechama Asulin from Mevo Horon, who was critically wounded seven years ago in a terrorist attack near a bus stop near Binyanei Ha'uma on Sderot's Shazar Boulevard, passed away. Her funeral will take place today (Wednesday) at Mevo Horon at 13:30. In 2011, a Muslim named Hussein Ali Hassan al-Qawasmi left a bomb at a bus stop in Binyanei Hauma adjacent to the kiosk. A tourist was killed and 68 civilians were wounded, including Asulin, who was 14. The murderer was sentenced to life imprisonment and another 60 years in prison. Since then, Asulin has been unconscious and treated under close supervision. In the past two weeks, her c...
Eleven months after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, trials have begun for the more than 160 people arrested during violent anti-Trump protests in Washington on Inauguration Day. The protesters are being tried in small batches in a process that is expected to extend deep into 2018. The first trial, which began Monday and is expected to continue for about a month, accuses the first batch of six protesters of inciting a riot and destruction of property — charges which could result in prison sentences of over 60 years. The charges stem from a violent Jan. 20 protest, in which hundreds of demonstrators dressed in black, many with their faces masked, marched downtown toward Franklin Square. Some marchers broke windows in a bank and a Starbucks, and a limousine parked on...
Members Of Knesset Who Have Stopped Their Sessions To Say Tehillim At The Knesset Shul For Harav Shteinman, shlita f58ddf23-b53c-4849-9bb3-ed4f591072ab from BaltimoreJewishLife.com on Vimeo.
Baltimore, Md - Nov. 21, 2017 - Join us at Kollel Nachlas Hatorah of Machzikei Torah (6216 Biltmore Ave) for the upcoming Legal Holidays and hear inspiring Shiurim on your day off from various different speakers. These special shiurim are arranged in addition to the regular schedule of learning at Kollel Nachlas Hatorah. Our regular schedule on Monday through Friday includes shiurim and chavrusa lerning from 9:30am-12:00pm. Come join us and grow in Torah on a daily basis or whenever you are available. This Thursday November 23rd we will be having a special Shiur at 9:30am by the Rosh Kollel, HaRav Nechemiah Goldstein about the kashrus of Turkey. We will be honored to hear the second shiur, at 10:15 am, from HaRav Eliyahu Reingold,  Rosh Kollel, Kollel Zichron Amram, on the...
According to a report from Mayanei Yeshua’s Professor Moti Ravid, speaking with Ronen Katz of Kol Berama Radio a short time ago, HaGaon HaRav Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman Shlita has lost consciousness. Maran’s condition is “very serious”. Yeshivos and kollels worldwide are reciting Tehillim as are chareidi radio stations in Israel. Yesterday, it was reported the rav’s condition was stable, and he remained for observation but it now appears he has taken a turn for the worse. Earlier today, doctors reported the rav was moved to an ICU and he was not informed of the petira of his daughter, Rebitzen Rochel Devorah Berlin A”H, whose levaya will take place soon. The rebitzen was the oldest daughter of the rav, 72. Ponevezh Rosh Yeshiva HaGaon HaR...
A federal jury has awarded $15 million to a wrongfully convicted man in his lawsuit against the Baltimore Police Department and two detectives. The Baltimore Sun reports that Sabein Burgess said "justice has been served" after the verdict Tuesday. The 47-year-old Burgess spent nearly two decades in prison after being convicted in 1995 of killing his girlfriend. He was sentenced to life plus 20 years in prison. Burgess was released in 2015 after being exonerated. Burgess' lawyer Jon Loevy says the $15 million verdict is among the largest in the country for a wrongful conviction case. In the civil trial, Burgess accused now-retired homicide detectives Gerald Goldstein and Steven Lehman of pinning the crime on him without pursuing other credible leads.
One of the top Poskim in the Satmar world has issued a controversial ruling. Rav Chaim Yoseph Dovid Weiss, the Satmar Dayan in Antwerp and author of the Responsa series Vayaan Dovid, has ruled that donating a kidney is now a full-fledged halachic obligation.This author believes that while it is very laudatory to donate kidneys, the Dayan is overstating the case and it is not an obligation. OVERVIEW The issue of kidney transplants has undergone a transformation in the halachic literature since the inception of kidney transplants. The first kidney transplant took place on June 17th, 1950. Ruth Tucker, the 44 year old recipient lived an extra five years. The next transplant took place in 1952 in Paris and then in 1954 in Boston. Initially, the Tzitz Eliezer (Vol. VIII #15) and Dayan ...
Officials in Mayanei HaYeshua Hospital in Bnei Brak early this afternoon, Wednesday, 4 Kislev, report a “significant worsening” in the condition of Maran HaGaon HaRav Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman Shlita. Yesterday, it was reported the rav’s condition was stable, and he remained for observation but it now appears he has taken a turn for the worse. Earlier today, doctors reported the rav was moved to an ICU and he was not informed of the petira of his daughter, Rebitzen Rochel Devorah Berlin A”H, whose levaya will take place soon. The rebitzen was the oldest daughter of the rav, 72. The tzibur is asked to be mispallel for Rav Aharon Yehuda Leib ben Gitel Feiga bsoch cholei yisrael.
We regret to inform you of the sudden Petira of Rebbitzen Rochel Devorah Berlin A”H, the wife of Hagaon Rav Zev Berlin, the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Gaon Yaakov and the daughter of Maran Hagaon HaRav Shteinman. Rebbitzen Berlin suffered a fatal heart attack at her home in Bnei Brak on Wednesday morning. She was the oldest daughter of Rav Shteinman, and was 72-years-old. She has two brothers, Rav Moshe and Rav Shraga Shteinman and a sister Rebbitzen Shapira. Her mother, Rebbitzen Shteinman was Niftar quite a few years ago. Her father, Rav Shteinman remains hospitalized and was moved into an ICU after getting a fever on Wednesday morning. He has not been informed of the Petira of his daughter. The Levaya is being held at 10:00AM by Yeshiva Gaon Yaakov of Rechov Nechemya in Bne...
Baltimore, MD - Nov. 21, 2017 - Our community has been plagued in recent weeks with a spree of carjackings. What has made these crimes even more shocking is that in many of these cases they were perpetrated by juveniles. Click here for the news story on this case As Maryland Law provides, one of the suspects in the carjacking that occurred in the Cross Country community was  charged as an adult due to the violent nature of the crime.   Currently there is a hearing  to transfer this case to the juvenile justice system scheduled for ‪Monday, November 27, 2017 at 9am.   The case details are :   ‪11/27/2017 9:00am          Hendricks, Makiyal Case #‪117215007         &nb...
Pikesville, MD – Nov. 21, 2017 -  At approximately 5:30 this evening, crime reared its ugly head once again in our community. The incident took place at WellCare Pharmacy,  on Old Court Road, downstairs from the office of a popular Orthodox pediatrician. According to an eyewitness (an orthodox mother with her two young children present), an African American male entered the pharmacy brandishing a gun and grabbed a customer as a shield. He demanded that the pharmacist empty the cash register while he held the gun to his victim’s head. The woman related that she immediately ran with her children into the bathroom, locked the door and dialed 911. By the time the police arrived, the perpetrator had fled the scene.The police then knocked on the bathroom door and informed...
Baltimore, MD – Nov. 21, 2017 - Shining on the outside wall of Congregation Shomrei Emunah was a ten-foot-high illumination of the Baltimore Shomrim Safety Patrol’s emblem. It was clear from the very start that this was not just another community gathering but a special, not to be missed, event. On the evening of November 11, 2017, elected officials, top ranking members of law enforcement, congregational Rabbis and over 550 community members convened at the Shomrei Emunah Banquet Hall to show appreciation for the work done by Baltimore Shomrim (BSSP). The evening marked the 13th Anniversary of the BSSP and the installation of the organization’s new board of directors. The hall was beautifully decorated and the guests were treated to a gourmet cocktail hour followed by a ...
In about 11 months, elections will be held for local authorities in Ashdod. The chareidi parties have begun to sort out a city and see where they continue to support the incumbent mayor and where they want to support a new candidate or even run their own candidate. The city in which Shas is currently busy is the city of Ashdod, a city with thousands of families from among the chareidi public, from all ethnicities and groups. Senior officials in Shas feel that the mayor’s office is confident that the chareidi public is in their hands. Hence, they do not have to take this community seriously. As a result, discussions began among senior faction members whether to support the incumbent, Dr. Yechiel Lasri in the upcoming elections or to unite with other factions and bring a new ca...
In the course of the morning discussion on the Jerusalem Allocation Committee, the allocation of the area of ​​the Talmud Torah Sanhedrin was raised, the building cited to alleviate the critical lack of space for the Old Beis Yaakov seminar in Jerusalem. Over the course of the past year, the Beis Yaakov, which is in dire need of additional room, has been working to take over the talmid torah building, with was used by Sanhedrin Talmid Torah for many years. The city then reached agreement with the PTA and the school’s administration, that it would move to another suitable location. After the intervention of Deputy Jerusalem Mayor Tzvika Cohen of Shas, who is responsible for the city’s chareidi education portfolio, along with members of the Jerusalem city council, th...
Britain is reportedly planning to offer more money to settle its bill with the European Union in a bid to unblock stalled Brexit negotiations — but only if the EU agrees to start discussing a future free-trade deal. The size of the bill, covering commitments Britain has made while an EU member, is a key sticking point in divorce talks. Britain has previously offered about 20 billion euros ($23 billion), but the EU wants at least 60 billion euros ($70 billion). British media said Tuesday that the Cabinet’s Brexit committee had agreed to increase the offer to about 40 billion euros ($46 billion). May’s office declined to confirm the amount, but said that “the U.K. and the EU should step forward together” to unblock the negotiations. “It remains o...
Magen David Adom reports a call came in on Tuesday, 3 Kislev at 1:20pm, for a man injured by a palm tree that fell on Derech Jabotinsky in Bnei Brak, apparently from the storm
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