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September 22, 2016 at 10:11 am
Investigators of last weekend’s bombings have released an image of two men who took a suitcase they found on a city street, possibly without realizing a wired pressure cooker they removed from it and left behind could have blown them to bits.
Police investigating the bombings in New York and New Jersey have been saying for several days they were looking for the men, who they stressed were being sought as potential witnesses in the case, not as suspects.
“They’re not in any jeopardy of being arrested,” Jim Watters, chief of the New York Police Department’s counterterrorism unit, said on Wednesday. “We have no reason to believe they’re connected.”
Federal prosecutors have charged Ahmad Khan Rahami with detonating a pipe bomb in a New Jersey ...
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September 22, 2016 at 10:05 am
In a letter to Yankee President Randy Levine, Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) called for swift action to address an incident that occurred during a game at Yankee Stadium back on September 12, 2016.
A couple of weeks ago, Mr. Ben Lapin, a life-long Yankee fan and Orthodox Jew, attended a Yankee game at Yankee Stadium. There was nothing out of the ordinary until Mr. Lapin had his yarmulke (skullcap) pulled off his head by a fellow patron seated behind him. This patron proceeded to taunt Mr. Lapin and finally after numerous pleas, returned his yarmulke to him. “I am appalled and dismayed that such behavior could have occurred and not be further pursued by the Yankee organization,” said Hikind in the letter.
“Baseball is America’s favorite pastime, and people and...
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September 22, 2016 at 9:42 am
US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro notes that in the remainder of Obama's term "there's still time to make progress - in the right direction," toward a two-state solution.
The White House is disappointed in the lack of progress in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process during US President Barack Obama's eight-year administration, said US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro on Thursday. Speaking to Army Radio from the United States on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly debate, the ambassador spoke of Washington's sentiments toward the shortcomings as Obama had "sought to help Israel achieve its goal - two states for two peoples."
In his last speech to the UN plenum on Tuesday, the outgoing US president touched briefly on the Middle East conflict, saying Israe...
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September 22, 2016 at 9:32 am
A crane collapsed in Tel Aviv Thursday at the light rail construction site.
A crane collapsed Thursday afternoon at a construction site for the light rail system in Tel Aviv's Lavontin Street. Police reported that no one was injured in the accident.
As the crane was being loaded onto a truck, it fell and wrecked the cabin of the truck. Police together with the Ministry of Labor and Social Services opened an inquiry into the circumstances of the event.
At the same time it was reported in the afternoon that a 31-year old man was moderately injured at a building site on Yordei Hayam street in Ashkelon.
Paramedics and emergency personnel of MDA treated the wounded man and evacuated him to hospital suffering from severe injuries to his lower limbs.
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September 22, 2016 at 9:16 am
Deputy Homeland Security Secretary paints grim picture of Jewish communities' vulnerability to terrorism, says leaders not doing enough.
JTA - Painting a grim picture of Jewish vulnerability in the United States, a top U.S. security official said that the vast majority of funds earmarked to secure non-profits goes to Jewish institutions because their need is most acute.
Alejandro Mayorkas, the Deputy Homeland Security Secretary, speaking Wednesday to the Orthodox Union’s annual leadership mission to Washington, said rising extremism in the United States and its threat to the Jewish community keeps him awake at night.
He said the threat had shifted in the last year from the relatively small number of Americans who were radicalized overseas, to homegrown extremists ...
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September 22, 2016 at 8:47 am
Yair was still in high school when he noticed an opportunity for bone marrow donor testing in a Jerusalem, Israel mall. He gave a saliva sample and entered the Ezer Mizion Bone Marrow registry. In September 2008, as Yair neared the end of his army service, he got the call. Yair was a match. A year later, Yair met Ely, the baby whose life he saved, along with Ely's grateful family at an emotional meeting.
Ezer Mizion established the donor registry in 1998, under the direction of Dr. Bracha Zisser and her husband Moti Zisser z"l. Ten years ago, the Zissers and Major-General Elazar Stern of the Israel Defense Services established a partnership in which new recruits could volunteer to join the life saving donor pool. 2,200 people have been saved through donations, with 1,100 donor...
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September 22, 2016 at 8:39 am
For the first time, President Reuven Rivlin will hold a questions and answers session on Twitter via his Hebrew (@rubirivlin), and English (@PresidentRuvi)Twitter accounts, using both text and video.
The session will begin at 10am on Sunday 25 September 2016, and will last around 45 minutes - while questions can be submitted in advance using the hashtag #AskRivlin.
President Rivlin noted that, “While I have often referred to myself as an analogue president, in a digital age, I am delighted for the opportunity to engage with people around the world and answer their questions.”
President Rivlin was elected as Israel’s tenth president in 2014, having served as a member of Knesset first elected in 1988, Communications Minister (2001-03), and as Speaker of the Kne...
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September 22, 2016 at 8:39 am
Baltimore County State's Attorney Scott Shellenberger has ruled out charging any of the police officers who responded to the August 1 standoff in Randallstown, where 23-year-old Korryn Gaines was shot and killed by police.
"We have ruled that this is a justifiable shooting and no criminal charges will be filed against any of the officers involved," Shellnberger told WBAL NewsRadio 1090.
However, in a press conference after their meeting with prosecutors, attorneys for Gaines' family and her son Kodi, also injured in the shooting, decried the decision.
"He was afraid for the life of his partner who wasn't in the firled of view of Korryn Gaines," said attorney J. Wyndal Gordon, "So what we have here is a rogue police officer who wasn't in fear of an...
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September 22, 2016 at 8:37 am
Israel Post Director General Danny Goldstein, on Monday, 19 September 2016, ahead of the upcoming Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur holidays, at the Western Wall, met with Western Wall and Holy Sites Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, and delivered to him a consignment of letters addressed to God, which will be placed between the stones of the wall. The letters were posted from Israel as well as from countries such as Russia, China, France, Nigeria, Spain, the Netherlands, the US, the UK and many others.
Hundreds of letters are mailed to Israel annually addressed to – inter alia – "God," "Jesus," "Our Dear Father in Heaven" and "the Western Wall." These letters, most of which lack a return address, are sent to the Israel Post Lost and Found Dept., which then sends them, once every few months...
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September 22, 2016 at 8:25 am
New York, NY - An Orthodox Jewish man whose business was damaged by Saturday’s explosion in Chelsea credits his Sabbath observance with saving his employees from harm.
Daniel Peretz, owner of King David Gallery on W. 23rd Street between 6th and 7th Avenues, got a first look at his store today according to the New York Times, and found himself faced with a blown out front window and over a dozen broken mirrors, some worth almost $3,000.
Peretz, who sells glass, mirrors, frames and custom furnishings, said he was lucky that the blast took place on Saturday when his business is closed due to his Orthodox Jewish faith.
“God was watching us,” said Peretz. “There is no question about it.”
Peretz was in Israel when the explosion occurred, but noted that if...
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September 21, 2016 at 10:19 pm
One person was shot and killed Wednesday night during a protest in Charlotte, N.C. following the fatal shooting of a black man by a police officer earlier this week.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney confirmed to Fox News’ Megyn Kelly on “The Kelly File” that one person had died in the shooting outside a downtown hotel. It was not immediately clear who had fired the fatal shot.
Television footage appeared to show another person lying injured on the ground, but it was not clear whether that person was shot. Charlotte Medic said it had taken eight patients — seven law-enforcement officers and one civilian — to area hospitals during the protests.
Police officers used tear gas to try and disperse hundreds of protesters as Putney defended hi...
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September 21, 2016 at 9:26 pm
Just days after the terrorist attacks in Chelsea and with the Yomim Noraim on the horizon, Agudath Israel held an emergency meeting at its National Headquarters for representatives of its member shuls. Speakers from the New York Police Department (NYPD) and the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) provided expert advice on the growing security threat to Jews in the United States, along with a full battery of strategies to help prevent future attacks.
Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, Agudath Israel's Executive Vice President, opened the meeting by explaining the importance and timeliness of the gathering. "On the Yomim Tovim, when there is a tremendous rise in the number of people going to shul, our level of vigilance needs to be especially high.
"Obviously as believing Jews, we know ...
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September 21, 2016 at 8:12 pm
Baltimore, MD Daily Dvar Halacha - Sept. 21, 2016 / 18 Elul 5776 - Medicine That I Have To Take On Yom Kippur?
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September 21, 2016 at 5:47 pm
Jerusalem, Israel - Sept. 21, 2016 - Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat and Chairman of the Maccabiah, Amir Peled, on Monday, September 19, announced the launch of the year of the Maccabiah, at the opening event, the first ever Jerusalem Maccabiah Night Run.
The Night Run, the inaugural event of the 20th year of Maccabiah Games, which will be hosted by Jerusalem, as it marks the 50th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem.
Runners had a choice of two routes, a 10 kilometer race or the longer half-marathon..Marathon runner Mayor Barkat, as usual participated, running in the 10 K race. Both races started at Yitzchak Kariv Street, by Mamilla Mall, opposite the Old City walls, near Jaffa Gate. 5,000 local and international runners ran through the dark, quiet st...
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September 21, 2016 at 5:19 pm
Baltimore, MD, Sept. 21, 2016 – Five Jewish mothers from Baltimore participated in the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project (JWRP) Leadership Conference, which ran from September 18-20, in College Park, Md.
The JWRP Leadership Conference, held in collaboration with Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs, gathered Jewish women from across the world to hone their leadership skills and create a global Jewish women’s movement. The annual conference was launched in 2013 with 65 participants from the U.S., Canada and Mexico, and has grown to include some 300 people from nine countries, including Australia, Cuba, Greece, Israel, Panama, Russia, Spain, South Africa and the U.S., this year.
The Baltimore women included Laura Wolf; Stephanie Blockston; Shira Heideman; Andrea M...
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September 21, 2016 at 4:53 pm
A divided Federal Reserve left its policy rate unchanged for a sixth straight meeting, saying it would wait for more evidence of progress toward its goals, while projecting that an increase is still likely by year-end.
“Near-term risks to the economic outlook appear roughly balanced,” the Federal Open Market Committee said in its statement Wednesday after a two-day meeting in Washington. “The Committee judges that the case for an increase in the federal funds rate has strengthened but decided, for the time being, to wait for further evidence of continued progress toward its objectives.”
The decision extends U.S. central bankers’ run of getting cold feet amid risks from abroad and inconsistent signs of economic strength. Now the focus may shift to D...
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September 21, 2016 at 4:52 pm
Hillary Clinton’s campaign is concerned heading into the presidential debates that she and Donald Trump could be asked different questions that reflect their differing levels of policy expertise, a senior Clinton aide said Wednesday.
“My biggest concern is . . . that people accommodate their questions and lower the bar of their questions to suit the candidate in front of them,” Jennifer Palmieri, Clinton’s communications director, told reporters traveling on the candidate’s plane to a campaign event here. “That’s what’s happened with Trump in the past.”
Palmieri said the concern is “they ask Hillary Clinton a set of much harder questions and they ask him a set of easier questions because he has not put forward detailed ...
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September 21, 2016 at 3:54 pm
PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU: Mr. President, it’s very good to see you again. First, I want to thank you for the Memorandum of Understanding that we signed last week. It greatly enhances Israel’s security. It fortifies the principle that you’ve enunciated many times that Israel should be able to defend itself, by itself, against any threat.
Secondly, I want to thank you for the extensive security and intelligence cooperation between our two countries. I don’t think people at large understand the breadth and depth of this cooperation, but I know it. And I want to thank you on behalf of all the people of Israel.
Third, I want to thank you for the many meetings we’ve had in which we discussed how to confront common challenges and how to seize common opportunities. ...
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September 21, 2016 at 3:31 pm
Bluzhev Rebbe visiting Baltimore
האדמו"ר מבלאזוב בביקור בבאלטימאר
Photos by JDN
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September 21, 2016 at 3:18 pm
New York - Donald Trump is trying to run a more disciplined campaign, going easy (for him) on slip-ups and inflammatory tweets lately. His eldest son is another story.
In recent tweets, Donald Trump Jr. likened Syrian refugees to a bowl of poisoned Skittles candy, spread an incendiary story suggesting Muslim men are preying on Western women and used a cartoon character appropriated by white supremacists. He’s one of his father’s most prominent advisers.
The three adult Trump children, who are running their father’s company in his absence, have been valuable assets in the campaign. Daughter Ivanka introduces him at major events like his convention acceptance speech and last week’s rollout of a policy on child care. Sons Donald Jr. and Eric Trump do freque...
