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May 27, 2016 at 8:05 am
Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) announced on Thursday that it is providing Sri Lanka with $2,000 worth of supplies to help residents of the areas affected by last week’s deadly floods.
The Disaster Relief Management Ministry of Sri Lanka received water pumps, water filters, solar lighting kits and LED torches, as well as 50,000 tablets for water purification. The MFA said in a released statement that, depending on the needs of the Sri Lankan people, Israel will also provide long- and medium-term cooperation, which will include water expertise.
“At this difficult times, the people of Israel and its government stand by the people of Sri Lanka,” the ministry said.
Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Center ...
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May 27, 2016 at 8:03 am
Jerusalem - Israel’s centrist environment minister announced he was resigning on Friday in protest at the inclusion of ultra-nationalist Avigdor Lieberman in the coalition government, the second such cabinet walkout in a week.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed up Lieberman as Israel’s new defense minister on Wednesday in a pact beefing up his coalition to six parties with control over 66 of parliament’s 120 seats, up from a razor-thin majority of 61.
“The recent political maneuvering and defense minister’s replacement are, in my view, grave actions that ignore what is important for the country’s security and will bring about more extremism and rifts among the people,” Environment Minister Avi Gabbay said in a resignation statemen...
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May 27, 2016 at 7:56 am
Hiroshima, Japan - Barack Obama on Friday paid tribute to the “silent cry” of the 140,000 people killed by the world’s first atomic bomb attack and sought to renew attention in his unfulfilled vision of a world without nuclear weapons, as he became the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima.
“Death fell from the sky and the world was changed,” Obama said, after laying a wreath, closing his eyes and briefly bowing his head before an arched monument in Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park that honors those killed on Aug. 6, 1945, when U.S. forces dropped the bomb that ushered in the nuclear age. The bombing, Obama said, “demonstrated that mankind possessed the means to destroy itself.”
Obama did not apologize, instead offering, i...
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May 27, 2016 at 7:41 am
Members of two prominent student groups who took part in a violent protest against a pro-Israel event at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) are attempting to justify their actions, following intense backlash and calls for legal action against them.
UCI’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) each released separate statements defending their sponsorship of and participation in the demonstration against a Student’s Supporting Israel (SSI) event featuring Israel Defense Forces (IDF) veterans and the screening of a movie about the army.
As The Algemeiner reported, anti-Israel students at UCI blockaded attendees. One female student was harassed and chased, to the point that she was forced to flee and take refu...
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May 27, 2016 at 7:41 am
The Empire State Building will shine blue and white on June 5—mirroring the colors of the Israeli flag—for the annual Celebrate Israel Parade and festival in New York City, Israel National News reported.
“We are thrilled that this year, in addition to the parade, we are presenting many opportunities for Jewish New Yorkers to celebrate and demonstrate our collective support for Israel,” said Eric S. Goldstein, CEO of the UJA-Federation of New York, which is hosting the annual parade alongside the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York and the Consulate General of Israel in New York.
The parade calls itself “the largest demonstration of support for Israel in the world.”
On June 5, more than 250 organizations will march from 5...
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May 27, 2016 at 7:39 am
Baltimore, MD Daily Dvar Halacha - May 27, 2016 / 19 Iyar 5776 - Look At Both Hands During Havdala?
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May 27, 2016 at 7:28 am
Robert Kraft, founder, chairman and CEO of The Kraft Group and owner of the New England Patriots, delivers the keynote address and received an honorary doctorate at Yeshiva University’s 85th Commencement Ceremony on May 25, 2016
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May 27, 2016 at 7:27 am
Highlands, NJ - Workers raising a waterfront home in New Jersey made a nautical discovery: a 44-foot wooden boat from the 19th century.
The 12-foot wide vessel, its rudder fully intact, was found beneath Eileen Scanlon’s Highlands bungalow on Wednesday, the Asbury Park Press reported (http://on.app.com/1sRr5bR ). The boat likely was used to transport coal and other good along local waterways, and pieces of coal were found scattered along the floor.
Rumors of the vessel’s existence had circulated for years. Scanlon got a peek of what looked like a rudder through the home’s crawlspace shortly after buying it in 2010, but she didn’t anticipate the size and scope of the boat. It’s built from 3-inch-thick wooden plants and is held together with 18-inch i...
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May 27, 2016 at 7:26 am
Brooklyn, NY - Hours after being castigated for its decision to end separate swimming hours for women at a Williamsburg pool, the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation has reversed its decision and will allow the program to continue.
Gender segregated swimming has been offered at the Metropolitan Pool and Recreation Center on Bedford Avenue is Williamsburg for years, with women’s only hours offered from 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and between 2:45 PM to 4:45 PM on Sundays. Several days ago a group of Chasidic women at the pool were told by a lifeguard that the program was to be terminated on June 11th. Unhappy with the changes, some of the women reached out to Assemblyman Dov Hikind, who attempted to intervene on their beha...
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May 27, 2016 at 7:23 am
A Palestinian not seen publicly since his 2002 capture by the CIA launched a brutal interrogation program may soon make his first appearance in a U.S. courtroom.
Abu Zubaydah, who CIA agents once sought to be kept incommunicado for the rest of his life, has been called as a witness by Ramzi Binalshibh, one of the defendants in the Sept. 11 war crimes case, to back up allegations of mistreatment inside a high-security unit at Guantanamo Bay.
Abu Zubaydah could testify, along with a prisoner from Somalia who has also never been seen in a public forum, as early as next week in a pretrial hearing at the U.S. base in Cuba.
James Harrington, a lawyer for Binalshibh, said that Abu Zubaydah is expected to support his client's allegations that prisoners inside the unit known as Ca...
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May 27, 2016 at 5:08 am
Parshas BeHar / Baltimore Zmanim / Eruv is UP!
Baltimore, MD – May 27, 2016
Parshas: BeHar
Today: 19 Iyar
Chatzos: 1:04 PM
Hadlakas Nairos: 8:06 PM
Shkiah: 8:24:22 PM
Tzais HaKochavim: 9:15 PM
Next Shabbos is Shabbos Mevarchim Sivan
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May 27, 2016 at 5:08 am
The attorney for two of the Baltimore City Police officers accused in the death of Freddie Gray is offering an explanation as to why his clients are suing Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby, Baltimore City Sheriff's Major Sam Cogan, and the State of Maryland.
The lawsuit filed in Baltimore City Circuit Court was unsealed on Wednesday.
The officers seek $75,000 for each count of alleged defamation and invasion of privacy.
In an interview for Sunday's Maryland's News This Week, attorney Michael Glass says Sgt. Alicia White and Officer William Porter were not trying to influence potential jurors at their criminal trial by filing the civil suit.
Glass explained that he had asked the Court to seal the lawsuit, citing Judge Barry Williams...
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May 27, 2016 at 12:03 am
ל"ג בעומר בחצר הקודש באיאן
Lag Buomer in Boyan
בהדלקה המרכזית במירון
צילום: אברומי ברגר
אייר תשע"ו
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May 27, 2016 at 12:02 am
“Hachodesh hazeh lachem rosh chadashim … w This month shall be for you the beginning of months." Exodus 12:1
“U’s’fartem lachem … sheva shabbasos t’mee’mos tee’yeh’nah w You shall count for yourselves … seven weeks; they shall be complete." Leviticus 23:15
“V’sa’farta l’cha sheva shabbsos shanim, sheva shanim sheva p’amim, v’hayu l’cha y’mei sheva shabbsos ha’shanim taisha v’arba’im shanna w You shall count for yourself seven cycles of sabbatical years, seven years seven times; the years of the seven cycles of sabbatical years shall be for you forty-nine years.." Leviticus 25:8
Here is a beautiful essay written by R’ S...
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May 26, 2016 at 11:33 pm
New York - Officials are reporting the first U.S. human case of bacteria resistant to an antibiotic used as a last resort drug.
The 49-year-old woman has recovered. But officials fear that if the resistance spreads to other bacteria, the country may soon see germs impervious to all antibiotics.
The woman had gone to a military clinic in Pennsylvania for a urinary tract infection. Tests found she had E. coli bacteria resistant to colistin, an antibiotic of last resort. She was successfully treated for the superbug with other antibiotics.
Bacteria resistant to the colistin have been found in other countries but not in people in the U.S. The woman had not traveled recently outside the country.
Military officials reported the case Wednesday.
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May 26, 2016 at 11:33 pm
זק"א ביים ארוסיהעלפן אין מירון
Zaka helping out in Miron
אייר תשע"ו
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May 26, 2016 at 10:00 pm
ל"ג בעומר אין מירון
צילום: אברומי ברגר
Lag Buomer in Miron
אייר תשע"ו
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May 26, 2016 at 7:39 pm
The Torah states that every 7th year is “Shemittah", during which the Jews who live in Eretz Yisrael (Israel) cannot work their land and must keep it fallow. The Midrash states that those who faithfully observe Shemittah are the mightiest of warriors for keeping such difficult laws (Yalkut Shmoni, Tehillim 860). At the same time, the Torah alleviates all fears of hunger by explicitly promising the Jewish nation that the 6th year will produce a miraculous super crop adequate for 3 entire years. R’ Aharon Kotler asks, if so, why is one who keeps Shemittah considered a mighty warrior? After the farmer receives a 3-year super crop prior to the Shemittah year and benefits first-hand from a miracle, is it so impressive that he kept the Shemittah laws?
Later on, the Torah details the...
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May 26, 2016 at 7:38 pm
Bismarck, ND - Republican presidential contender Donald Trump said on Thursday that he would approve TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline proposal if elected, reversing a decision by the administration of President Barack Obama to block it over environmental concerns.
“I would absolutely approve it, 100 percent, but I would want a better deal,” Trump told reporters at a press conference in Bismarck, North Dakota, where he was scheduled to give a speech to an oil conference on the energy policies he would pursue if elected to the White House.
“I want it built, but I want a piece of the profits,” Trump said. “That’s how we’re going to make our country rich again.”
The Obama administration’s decision to reject the Keystone XL...
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May 26, 2016 at 7:38 pm
Albany, NY - The New York attorney general’s office has raided an office on SUNY Polytechnic’s Albany campus that was used by a lobbyist with deep connections to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
A spokesman for SUNY Polytechnic says it “cooperated fully” with investigators from Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office on Thursday.
The investigators were interested in searching an office formerly used by Todd Howe, who is also a target in a federal investigation into potential conflicts of interest and improper bidding related to Cuomo’s Buffalo Billion economic development initiative.
Howe worked for Cuomo’s father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo, and then for Andrew Cuomo at the U.S. housing department. As a lobbyist, he represented SUNY Poly and compan...
