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April 27, 2016 at 3:32 pm
INDIANAPOLIS — Republican presidential contender Ted Cruz has tapped former technology executive Carly Fiorina to serve as his running mate.
The Texas senator plans to unveil his pick for vice president Wednesday afternoon in Indianapolis. That's according to a Republican with direct knowledge of Fiorina's selection, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized speak before the official announcement.
"Carly is bright, knowledgeable, brings great financial expertise and she's a woman," said Gary Aminoff, the Los Angeles County co-chair of the Cruz campaign. Aminoff said he had also been told Fiorina was Cruz's choice.
The 61-year-old Fiorina, a former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, has been a prominent Cruz ally ...
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April 27, 2016 at 3:19 pm
Pesach is here, and we are halfway through Chol Hamoed. This is a little reminder for you to help you be the best guest you can be - Pesach or anytime!
As someone who has been privileged to be a guest as well as a host, I would like to suggest the following:
1. Pesach is an extremely expensive holiday. Offer to pay part of the costs of the family who will be hosting you by bringing along paper good, a monetary contribution, or perhaps some food items they will be needing, even uncooked. (I.e,. chip in for the meat, etc.)
2. Ask your host when the best time is for you to arrive for the second days. Don't just assume they would love to see you for the whole Chol HaMoed when they are in the midst of cooking and preparing for the last days. On the flip side, they might need extra help ...
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April 27, 2016 at 3:18 pm
Jerusalem - Amid increased visits by Jews to the Temple Mount over the intermediate days of Passover, MK Moshe Gafni (United Torah Judaism) said on Wednesday that Jews who ascend to the Temple Mount are instigating war.
In an interview with Israel Radio, Gafni said that, according to religious law, there is a prohibition that prevents Jews from visiting the site until a new temple is built.
Gafni attributed the destruction of the Second Temple during Roman times to a similar failure to observe these religious bans.
The MK cited these violations as a serious problem that afford Muslim extremists a world audience in which they can blame Israel for things “that appear far more grievous than they actually are.”
Gafni argued that the need to ascend to the historical site ...
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April 27, 2016 at 3:17 pm
Washington - In a rare formal policy speech, Republican front-runner Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to put American security “above all else” if elected president, warning allies they would be left to defend themselves if they don’t “pay their fair share.” He also called for an easing of tensions with Russia “from a position of strength, only.”
“‘America first’ will be the major and overriding theme of my administration,” Trump said.
Fresh off a sweep of five Northeast primaries, Trump sought to expand on foreign policy views that have lacked detail and worried experts in both parties. Still, he left major questions about his proposals unanswered, including his plan for defeating the Islamic State group, castin...
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April 27, 2016 at 3:17 pm
Belgium - Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam — Europe’s most wanted fugitive until his capture in Belgium last month — was transferred Wednesday to France and was to appear before investigating judges who will decide how to charge him, the French prosecutor’s office said.
Prosecutors say Abdeslam, who was arrested in Belgium last month after four months on the run, was instrumental in coordinating logistics for the Nov. 13 attacks that killed 130 people at Paris night clubs, a noted music hall and the sports stadium outside the city. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the carnage.
The quick, secret transfer surprised even Abdeslam’s lawyer in France, who rushed from Lille to join his client at the Palace of Justice, arriving in the...
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April 27, 2016 at 2:43 pm
Baltimore, MD – Apr. 27, 2016 - It is with deep regret that BaltimoreJewishLife.com informs the community of the petirah of Mrs. Hannah Taub, a'h, wife of Rabbi Leib Taub and mother of Mrs. Shoshana (Rabbi Shlomo) Porter.
The levayah will take place today, Wednesday, Apr. 27 at 5:00 PM at Levinson’s.
Shiva information will be forthcoming.
Bila HaMaves LaNetzach...
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April 27, 2016 at 1:06 pm
Baltimore, MD - Apr. 27, 2016:
Dear Community Members,
Since 4/20/16, there have been two residential burglaries and two attempted residential burglaries in the Pikesville Precinct. The first burglary occurred on 4/20/16 between 8:00am and 3:30pm in the 900 block of Milford Mill Road. The second burglary occurred on 4/26/16 between 12:00pm and 12:30pm in the 700 block of Westover Road. The first attempted burglary occurred on 4/26/16 between 10:00am and 8:20pm in the 500 block of Alter Avenue. The second attempted burglary occurred on 4/26/16 between 1:50pm and 1:55pm in the 700 block of Silver Creek Road. The unknown suspect was unsuccessful in gaining entry into the residences during the attempted burglaries.
Please be vigilant of suspicious subjects or vehicle...
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April 27, 2016 at 10:38 am
We know there is a mitzva to eat Matzah on the first night of Pesach. How much Matzah should one eat? Does one fulfill the mitzva by eating a small crumb? The Shiur (minimum amount) of the mitzva of Matzah is a “Kezayis”. The opinions vary, but a Kezayis is approximately an ounce of Matzah.
The period of the Holocaust provided countless opportunities for Jews to display extraordinary acts of moral and spiritual Heroism. (Click HERE for examples of firsthand stories of moral heroism during the Holocaust told by my grandmother, Mrs. Miram Berger A”h)
The following is a true story that took place in a concentration camp.
Ephraim and Shlomo were two friends who resolved to look out for each other for the duration of the war. They knew that by sticking tog...
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April 27, 2016 at 10:38 am
Brooklyn, NY - Police are looking for a man they say is responsible for drawing swastikas at five different locations in Marine Park earlier this week.
On April 25 at about 4:20 a.m. the suspect — described as a white man — used a white marker to draw swastikas around the neighborhood, according to authorities.
He allegedly drew the symbol on a garbage can cover and residential gate near Avenue S and Ryder Street; a traffic control box near Avenue S and East 38th Street; another garbage can cover near Avenue S and East 37th Street; and the front door of a residential building near East 35th Street and Avenue S.
The NYPD has released a surveillance image of the suspect and describe him to be between 5 feet 6 inches to 5 feet 9 inches tall and was last seen w...
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April 27, 2016 at 10:28 am
Hero of Gulf War and Kosovo had been shot down and trapped behind enemy lines. Now the Four Star General becomes USAF's first Jewish chief.
For the first time since its founding in 1947, the United States Air Force is going to be under the command of a Jewish Chief of Staff.
On Tuesday the Pentagon announced that it had appointed General David L. Goldfein to succeed incumbent USAF Chief of Staff, General Mark Welsh. Welsh is set to retire in July.
With more than three decades of serving in the USAF, Goldfein has built an impressive record both as a pilot and officer.
Goldfein is a veteran of the 1990-91 Gulf War, the 1998-1999 Kosovo War, and the war in Afghanistan. He flew combat missions in both the F-117 stealth fighter and F-16 Flying Falcon.
During a mission over the f...
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April 27, 2016 at 10:26 am
Western governments continue mass aid for PA after it promised to stop paying jailed terrorists' salaries, but new report exposes the lie.
A shocking report on Wednesday reveals that the Palestinian Authority (PA) has fooled Western governments, raking in over a billion dollars in aid from them annually despite breaching their demands that it stop paying salaries to terrorist prisoners.
The report by Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), which can be read in full here, exposes how the PA has coped since August 2014, when - in the face of demands by the US and European donor countries that it stop paying salaries to jailed terrorists - it announced it would stop the terror funding.
At the time, the PA claimed that it would not pay the jailed terr...
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April 27, 2016 at 10:22 am
Tehran, Iran - Iran’s state TV is reporting the country’s president has harshly criticized a recent U.S. court ruling that allows the seizure of Iranian assets.
The Wednesday report on the state TV website quotes President Hassan Rouhani as calling the ruling a blatant theft and an example of enduring American hostility toward Iran.
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the families of victims of a 1983 bombing in Lebanon and other attacks linked to Iran can collect nearly $2 billion of frozen funds from Iran as compensation.
Addressing a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Rouhani added, “The move indicates Washington’s continued hostility against the Iranian nation.”
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April 27, 2016 at 10:21 am
Washington - Defeated in the Northeast, Bernie Sanders’ movement for a political revolution is reaching a crossroads even as he vows to campaign against Hillary Clinton through the June primaries and into the Philadelphia convention.
The Vermont senator said after losses to Clinton in Tuesday’s primaries in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and Connecticut that he would now seek as many delegates as possible to “fight for a progressive party platform,” acknowledging that he had only a “very narrow path” to the nomination.
“Every person in this country should have the right to vote for whom they want to see as president of the United States and what they want to see the agenda, Democratic agenda, look like,” Sanders said in a p...
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April 27, 2016 at 10:17 am
The director of national intelligence this week blamed NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden for advancing the development of user-friendly, widely available strong encryption, reports The Intercept.
“As a result of the Snowden revelations, the onset of commercial encryption has accelerated by seven years,” James Clapper said during a breakfast for journalists hosted by the Christian Science Monitor.
The shortened timeline has had “a profound effect on our ability to collect, particularly against terrorists,” he said.
When pressed by The Intercept to explain his figure, Clapper said it came from the National Security Agency. “The projected growth maturation and installation of commercially available encryption — what they had forecasted for seve...
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April 27, 2016 at 10:14 am
Voters in five states stretching from the mid-Atlantic to the Northeast went to the polls on Tuesday. At the presidential level, Donald Trump crushed his two remaining competitors while Hillary Clinton looked well positioned to extend her delegate lead over Bernie Sanders.
I picked some winners and some losers from the night that was. They’re below.
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Winners
– Donald Trump: This was an an absolutely sweeping across-the-board victory for the real estate mogul. From a delegate perspective, this may wind up being Trump’s single best night of the primary process. His massive wins in Connecticut and Maryland help him run up the delegate score. His big margin in Pennsylvania should be a persuasive argument for the 54 unbound delegates the stat...
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April 27, 2016 at 10:06 am
Secretary of State John Kerry and his wife Teresa Heinz have invested millions of U.S. dollars through family trusts in at least 11 offshore tax havens, according to an analysis by The Daily Caller News Foundation, THE DAILY CALLER reports.
The revelation comes on the heels of the release of the Panama Papers, a treasure trove of 11.5 million legal and financial records documenting how some of the world’s richest and most powerful people have used offshore bank accounts to conceal their wealth and avoid taxes.
A DCNF investigation has confirmed that the former Massachusetts Democratic senator and his billionaire wife, using an elaborate set of Heinz family trusts, have invested “more than $1 million” each into 11 separate offshore accounts — mainly hedge...
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April 27, 2016 at 9:53 am
Donald Trump won in all five Republican presidential primaries held on Tuesday – a clean sweep that illustrated his dominance along the Eastern Seaboard and prompted the real estate mogul to declare himself the “presumptive nominee.”
In the Democratic race, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton won four of the five states in play on Tuesday: Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vermont) won the primary in Rhode Island.
In both parties, those results extended the front-runner’s advantage in convention delegates.
Clinton appeared to have added 170 delegates to her lead over Sanders: By the Associated Press’s count, Clinton now has 88 percent of the delegates she needs to clinch the Democratic nomination.
In the G...
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April 27, 2016 at 9:51 am
As of today, April 27, Ted Cruz is mathematically eliminated from winning the Republican nomination outright.
On April 2nd, THE GATEWAY PUNDIT predicted that Donald Trump would have 953 delegates as of yesterday (needing only 284 delegates for the nomination) and that Cruz would have 550 delegates as of yesterday (needing 687 to win the nomination).
THE GATEWAY PUNDIT also predicted that only 634 delegates would remain and therefore Cruz would need more delegates than would be available.
It is clear that Cruz was eliminated last night.
It is not clear yet on how devastating the final numbers will be for Cruz.
After winning all five primaries last night — Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania — Trump has 949&n...
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April 27, 2016 at 9:46 am
Washington - More than half of American voters believe that the system U.S. political parties use to pick their candidates for the White House is “rigged” and more than two-thirds want to see the process changed, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
The results echo complaints from Republican front-runner Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Bernie Sanders that the system is stacked against them in favor of candidates with close ties to their parties – a critique that has triggered a nationwide debate over whether the process is fair.
The United States is one of just a handful of countries that gives regular voters any say in who should make it onto the presidential ballot. But the state-by-state system of primaries, caucuses and conventions is complex. The co...
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April 27, 2016 at 9:31 am
Washington - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says that it’s too soon for him to talk about potential vice presidents, but says he’s getting closer to that time.
“We’re going to set up a committee in the not-too-distant future,” Trump told reporters Tuesday at Trump Tower as he celebrated his five-state sweep.
Trump has been asked about rival Ted Cruz’s move to vetting candidates. He says Cruz is “wasting his time.”
Trump was coy when asked whether he would put Chris Christie, who is in attendance, on his short list.
“I think he’s fantastic,” he said of the New Jersey governor.
