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August 23, 2016 at 4:37 pm
Controversy has erupted in Hungary over the government’s decision to give a prestigious award to a journalist known for making antisemitic and racist comments, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.
Journalist Zsolt Bayer, whom the Bloomberg report called a “close ally” of right-wing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, received the Order of Merit of the Knight’s Cross – Hungary’s second highest honor — last week.
In protest, more than 50 past recipients of the honor have returned their awards.
According to the Bloomberg report, Bayer has been fined multiple times by Hungary’s media regulator for antisemitic and racist comments. His targets have included Jews, refugees, and the Roma. In one example of antisemitis...
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August 23, 2016 at 4:26 pm
Baltimore, MD - Aug. 16, 2016 - Portland, Oregon and Richmond, Virginia, were just two of the locales that participants traveled from to attend STAR-K Kosher Certification’s back-to-back seminars in its Baltimore offices. The 13th Annual STAR-K Kashrus Training Program was held August 1-4, followed by the Food Service Kashrus Training Seminar, August 8-10. Both certificate programs featured a Q & A session with STAR-K Rabbinic Administrator Rav Moshe Heinemann, as well as a variety of lectures by STAR-K Kashrus Administrators, tours of STAR-K-certified establishments, and hands-on vegetable checking practicums. The first seminar even included a live nikkur demonstration of a calf.
Rabbi Yitzy Mandel and Rabbi Simcha Snaid, kollel yungerleit of Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim in Queens, Ne...
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August 23, 2016 at 4:19 pm
For many young Americans, Jews and non-Jews alike, the Holocaust is becoming increasingly irrelevant, a Harvard law student and granddaughter of a survivor told The Algemeiner on Tuesday.
Jennie Shulkin, 23, warned that the Holocaust was “fading into the background” among her age cohort.
Shulkin, whose 93-year-old grandfather fled Nazi Germany, said, “There are even many Jews who are so liberal that they focus on other genocides. Obviously, current genocides need exposure and help is necessary from people all over the world, but I think that those sort of then step in front of Holocaust remembrance.”
On Sunday, in an op-ed in the Huffington Post, Shulkin highlighted the role she believes that she and other third-generation su...
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August 23, 2016 at 4:19 pm
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi claimed in an interview on Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready and willing to host direct peace negotiations in Moscow between Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
“Unfortunately, the case is like stagnant water and requires international will and effort,” the Daily News Egypt quoted El-Sisi as saying in an interview held with editors of Egyptian newspapers. “There is more and more conviction on behalf of the Israelis of the importance of the peace process, which is a positive indication.”
El-Sisi, who supports the recent French initiative for peace talks, also said that the internal fighting between Hamas leaders in Gaza and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction cont...
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August 23, 2016 at 3:55 pm
Washington - More than half the people outside the government who met with Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state gave money — either personally or through companies or groups — to the Clinton Foundation. It’s an extraordinary proportion indicating her possible ethics challenges if elected president.
At least 85 of 154 people from private interests who met or had phone conversations scheduled with Clinton while she led the State Department donated to her family charity or pledged commitments to its international programs, according to a review of State Department calendars released so far to The Associated Press. Combined, the 85 donors contributed as much as $156 million. At least 40 donated more than $100,000 each, and 20 gave more than $1 million.
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August 23, 2016 at 3:48 pm
Students for Justice in Palestine punished for intimidation of Jewish students, disrupting Jewish campus group event.
JTA - The University of California, Irvine, has sanctioned an anti-Israel group for disrupting a program hosted by a Jewish campus group and intimidating Jewish students.
The UC Irvine Students for Justice in Palestine chapter will be issued a “written warning, effective immediately,” that will be in effect until March, the Campus Reform website reported last week, citing a campus-wide email from Vice Chancellor Thomas Parham sent Thursday.
“After a thorough review, the student conduct investigation is now complete. The investigators found that Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), the group that organized and led the protest, violated Studen...
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August 23, 2016 at 3:25 pm
THE LEVAYA WILL TAKE PLACE ON WEDNESDAY MORNING
AT 11:00 AM AT THE
AGUDATH ISRAEL OF LONG ISLAND
1121 SAGE STREET
FAR ROCKAWAY, NEW YORK
NAFLA ATERES ROSHEINU
With deep pain and anguish we are saddened to report the petirah moments ago of Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis a”h founder of HINENI and pioneer in the world of Kiruv. With the Rebbetzin’s petirah K’lal Yisroel has suffered an irreplaceable loss.
The Rebbetzin was a trailblazer, for over a half century, crisscrossing the globe with her message of loving-kindness and hope. She was a teacher of Torah to millions of Jews from every walk of life.
She spent her life showing the beauty of Yiddishkeit to Jews across the globe bringing countless neshomos back to their roots.
Rebbetzin Jungreis was born in Sz...
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August 23, 2016 at 3:16 pm
Tallahassee, FL - A dangerous, erratic, con man with the worst spray tan ever. That’s how Sen. Marco Rubio described Donald Trump when they were both seeking the Republican presidential nomination.
Now that Trump is the nominee and Rubio is running for re-election, his tone is different. He’s no longer criticizing Trump, but he isn’t exactly gushing praise. Democrats are trying to make him look like a hypocrite for backing the man he previously said shouldn’t have access to nuclear weapon codes, and for jumping back into the Senate race after he said he wouldn’t.
“Sen. Rubio is actually the real con man here,” said U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, who is challenging U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson for the Democratic nomination. “He said something ...
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August 23, 2016 at 3:14 pm
Washington - A key question looms for vulnerable Republican senators this election: If Donald Trump loses and loses big, can they still survive?
With 11 weeks until Election Day, Trump’s declining standing in the polls has GOP Senate candidates preparing for the worst, and they’re maneuvering now to put as big a margin as they can between themselves and the top of the ticket.
Some strategists foresee a historic Trump loss and the need to outrun the presidential nominee by at least five to 10 percentage points in states like Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Hampshire and Florida, if Senate incumbents are to prevail in November. Such margins can be achieved, but it’s not easy, and most Republicans say there’s a limit to how big Trump can lose without taking down ne...
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August 23, 2016 at 3:11 pm
Washington - The FBI and other U.S. security agencies are investigating cyber breaches targeting reporters at the New York Times and other U.S. news organizations that are thought to have been carried out by hackers working for Russian intelligence, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed U.S. officials.
“Investigators so far believe that Russian intelligence is likely behind the attacks and that Russian hackers are targeting news organizations as part of a broader series of hacks that also have focused on Democratic Party organizations, the officials said,” CNN said.
Reuters could not immediately confirm the report. The FBI declined to comment, and representatives for the U.S. Secret Service, which has a role in protecting the country from cyber crime, did not imme...
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August 23, 2016 at 2:58 pm
Palm Coast, FL - A 27-year-old central Florida man is being recognized for honesty after finding a wallet with $3,400 inside and turning it over to sheriff’s deputies.
Turns out an Orlando woman lost the wallet earlier this month while visiting the beach near Palm Coast with her children.
Kevin Miller tells the Daytona Beach News-Journal (http://bit.ly/2c06lv5 ) he knew someone was depending on that money and he’s glad it’s been returned to her. The woman’s name hasn’t been released.
He says he spotted the wallet Aug. 5 in a shopping center parking lot. He says he decided to pick it up after seeing two nearby teens eyeing it. He immediately called the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.
Miller says he really could have used the money but felt it ...
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August 23, 2016 at 2:46 pm
FBI Offers $5,000 for Serial Bank Robber
Baltimore – The FBI Baltimore Violent Crimes Task Force is seeking the public’s help in identifying a man who is wanted in connection with a series of bank robberies in Baltimore and Baltimore County. Investigators believe the same man is responsible for three robberies in the last two months; the most recent incident was on Saturday August 20th.
Witnesses describe him as a black man, about 6’2” tall, with an athletic build. The suspect approaches the counter, hands the bank employee a note announcing an armed robbery, and demands money. He threatens to shoot the teller. No one has been hurt in any of the robberies.
The list of banks:
July 18—Bank of America, 3621 Old Court Road, Pike...
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August 23, 2016 at 2:07 pm
A founding member of The Actors Studio, he also is known for his work on the stage and on 'Mission: Impossible,' where he was replaced by Peter Graves.
Steven Hill, the stoic actor who was an original castmember on both the 1960s iconic television series Mission: Impossible and the ground-breaking 1990s drama Law & Order, died Tuesday. He was 94.
Hill, who began his career on the New York stage and went on to build an impressive list of film and television credits that spanned more than five decades, died in Monsey, N.Y., his son, Rabbi Yehoshua Hill, told The Hollywood Reporter.
When Mission: Impossible debuted in 1966 on CBS, it was Hill, as Daniel Briggs, who originally led the covert Impossible Missions Force. IMF was known for taking on government assignments t...
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August 23, 2016 at 1:32 pm
Marking two years since Operation Protective Edge, President Reuven Rivlin today (Tuesday), toured the region bordering the Gaza Strip. He was accompanied by IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot, GOC Southern Command Maj.-Gen. Eyal Zamir, and Gaza Division Commander Brig.-Gen. Yehuda Fox.
The President received a situation update and heard about the IDF operations in the area on a day-to-day basis, and in particular following the recent terrorist rocket attack on Sderot. During his visit, President Rivlin was shown a terror tunnel discovered by the IDF, and discussed the initiatives the IDF was taking to tackle the problem of the tunnels.
The President then went on to the ‘Black Arrow (Chetz HaShachor)’ viewpoint where he met with dozens of soldiers o...
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August 23, 2016 at 1:23 pm
Washington - Donald Trump portrays himself as an indispensable cash resource for fellow Republicans. So far, they’re not seeing much of a benefit.
The presidential nominee’s July fundraising provided the Republican National Committee with less than half as much as Mitt Romney’s efforts four years ago, an Associated Press review of the campaign finance documents found.
“Typically you see the nominee lift everyone up,” said Chris Schrimpf, a spokesman for Ohio Gov. John Kasich, one of Trump’s defeated primary rivals. The battleground state features a critical Senate race this year, but Trump has all but ignored the Ohio state party. “This time, if anything, everyone else is carrying his water.”
The RNC received $18.1 million from jo...
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August 23, 2016 at 1:21 pm
Haifa, Israel - A six-year-old girl from Syria who was treated for her wound and a blood disease at Haifa’s Rambam Medical Center was discharged and sent home on Tuesday after her new Israeli friends held a farewell party and gave her with many gifts, including a first-grade backpack – in the hope that her school is still standing.
She was one of the 140 Syrian civilians – men, women and children – that Rambam doctors, nurses and other personnel have treated over the past three years of civil war there. However, the departure of “B” was especially emotional for everyone. Wearing a white dress and shoes and a little silver crown, “B” was the guest of honor at a farewell party held by an entire department, where Jews, Muslims, Christi...
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August 23, 2016 at 12:09 pm
Chicago - A fire at a Chicago apartment building that appears to have been deliberately set killed four people Tuesday, including three children, police said.
It took around 200 firefighters three hours to put out the blaze, which began around 1:30 a.m. in a three-story building in the South Chicago neighborhood. Witnesses said they saw residents leap from windows to escape.
A preliminary investigation indicated a person returned to the building after a domestic dispute and set fire to the rear porch, police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said. Officers were searching for a “person of interest wanted for questioning,” he said.
An infant was pronounced dead at a hospital, and two other girls — ages 4 and 6 — and a man were found dead later on the third floor...
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August 23, 2016 at 12:09 pm
Miami, FL - Florida officials on Tuesday announced the first case of Zika acquired by local mosquitoes in Pinellas County, located some 265 miles (425 km) from Miami, where the first locally transmitted U.S. cases were reported.
Florida Governor Rick Scott also said there were four new cases of Zika transmission in the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami, where officials have been aggressively spraying for the mosquitoes that carry the virus for weeks.
The state department of health has begun door-to-door outreach in Pinellas County, testing individuals to find other cases, Scott said in a statement. He added that mosquito abatement and reduction activities are also taking place.
Pinellas County is home to St. Petersburg, a popular tourist destination.
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August 23, 2016 at 11:30 am
Baltimore, MD - Aug. 23, 2016 - Watch the levaya LIVE at 12:30 PM EST (7:30PM IL) by clicking here
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Levaya information onTuesday, Aug23, for Israel: Eretz Hachaim cemetery, near Beit Shemesh at 7ish. El AL 008 is scheduled to land at 5 pm and the funeral usually takes place about 2 hors later. You can check plane arrival by googling LY8 or LY008 from Jfk.
Shiva at 4 Ohel Yehoshua, Romema.
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Baltimore, MD – Aug. 21, 2016 - - It is with deep regret that BaltimoreJewishLife.com informs the community of the petirah of Mrs. Eva Lou Chapman, z'l, mother of Rabbi Reuven (Janine) Chapman, Louis (Elke) Chapman, Nechama (Rabbi Ze'ev) Kraines, Libby (Menachem) Leibowitz, David (Stephanie) Chapman, Dani (Rabbi Moshe) Perlmutter....
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August 23, 2016 at 11:10 am
Updated as of Aug. 23, 11:00 AM : Levaya will take place at 2:00 in Monsey by Rav Shlesinger Shul, 7 Nelson Road.
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RebShlomo (Steven) Hill, a'h, legendary actor, prominent advocate for Yiddishkeit and beloved father and grandfather, passed away today in Monsey, NY. His impassioned speaking, sage advice and, general example of profound Emunah and Bitachon inspired thousands. He was 94-years-old. He was the son-in-law of Baltimore's Rav Yehoshua Lev Shenker, a grandosn of Rav Chaim Yosef Zonnenfeld.
One of his children, Mrs. Chani (Rabbi Avraham) Hendler, lives in Baltimore.
At the height of his acting career, Hill opted to become a practicing Orthodox Jew. This decision entailed enormous Mesiras Nefesh, due to his unwavering commitment of basic Halachic req...
