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January 19, 2017 at 6:10 pm
President-elect Donald Trump and his family arrive in Washington Thursday for Friday's inauguration ceremony.
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January 19, 2017 at 5:08 pm
Jerusalem - A Defense Ministry legal advisor has asked the Justice Ministry to offer legal assistance to ultra-Orthodox IDF soldiers who suffer harassment in their home communities due to their military service.
Many ultra-Orthodox groups, known in Hebrew as haredim, oppose conscription for their young men on religious grounds. They say the atmosphere in the IDF is incompatible with their lifestyle, and they prefer to dedicate their life to Torah study. Members of the community have been exempt from military service since the 1950s, and Haredim who choose to serve are often subject to verbal and physical attacks from other segments of the community.
The new initiative will allow Orthodox soldiers to sue their attackers and eventually to receive monetary damages.
In a letter to deputy At...
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January 19, 2017 at 5:04 pm
This afternoon, as part of the slate of ceremonies and events associated with Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 45th President of the United States, Trump and Vice-President-Elect Mike Pence arrived at Arlington National Cemetery for the wreath-laying ceremony.
The solemn ceremony pays honor to those who have fallen serving the country in the armed forces. The wreath was laid at the Tomb of the Unknowns.
The event was private and not open to the public. The families of Trump and Pence were in attendance.
Later today, Trump will attend a welcome concert at the Lincoln Memorial that will be headlined by 3 Doors Down, Toby Keith and Lee Greenwood.
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January 19, 2017 at 4:58 pm
Twenty-seven Jewish community centers (JCCs) across 17 U.S. states received bomb threats Wednesday, marking the second nationwide wave of threatening phone calls to such facilities in a 10-day span.
Sixteen American JCCs had received bomb threats Jan. 9. For Wednesday’s incidents, the community centers were “well-prepared” to handle the threats and swiftly engaged in security protocols, according to the JCC Association of North America umbrella organization.
The states in which JCCs received bomb threats Wednesday were Alabama, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Tennessee and Texas, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said.
“In the wake of last week’s calls, JCC...
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January 19, 2017 at 4:56 pm
Watchdogs lauded the recent decision by a New York academic institution to prevent a notoriously anti-Israel group from organizing on its campus.
AMCHA Initiative co-founder Tammi Rossman-Benjamin and others told The Algemeiner on Wednesday that Fordham University’s preemptive measure indicates that its administrators grasp “the hateful precedent” that Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) has set elsewhere.
“Most officials at other schools do not understand what our research has clearly revealed: that the presence of an SJP or a like-minded chapter committed to opposing the existence of the Jewish state has a particularly serious impact on Jewish students,” she said. “Nor do they end up doing anythi...
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January 19, 2017 at 4:53 pm
President-elect Donald Trump landed in Washington, D.C. this week for the events leading up to his inauguration on Friday as the 45th president of the United States.
Trump's close associate, Chairman of the 58th Presidential Inauguration Committee Thomas J. Barrack Jr., put on an event Tuesday evening to present Trump's ideas to the 147 foreign ambassadors, consuls, and diplomats currently serving in Washington. The event was held at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, where the North Atlantic Treaty was signed in 1949. The choice was symbolic -- Trump wanted to send a message, particularly to U.S. allies, that he isn't as terrible as he is portrayed.
"I have great respect for your countries, I have great respect for the world," he said.
At the end of his speech, Trump gave ...
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January 19, 2017 at 4:48 pm
The Israeli government announced that it has finished raising the height of the electronic border fence between Israel and Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula by 10 feet in an effort to further curb illegal infiltrations.
Israel originally completed the 150-mile border fence, which runs from the Gaza Strip border to Eilat, in 2014. The fence was aimed at curbing illegal migration, drug and weapons smuggling and infiltration by terrorists. The Sinai Peninsula has been wrought with violence in recent years as the Egyptian government, with Israel's support, has battled an Islamic State-affiliated terror group in the region.
While the fence had significantly slashed the number of illegal migrants from Africa into Israel— from hundreds every month to only 213 in all of 2015—t...
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January 19, 2017 at 4:46 pm
A Likud MK currently visiting the US said on Thursday he “definitely” hopes that an expected upcoming shift in American policy regarding Jerusalem would prompt the Israeli government to change the status quo on the Temple Mount and allow Jews to pray there.
In response to a question asked by The Algemeiner at an Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET) event on Capitol Hill, Yehuda Glick — a longtime advocate of equal prayer rights for members of all three monotheistic religions on the Temple Mount — said:
When I started 25 years ago, there were 100 Jews annually [visiting] the Temple Mount. In 2016, there were 20,000 and the numbers are growing. [Yet] this year was the quietest ever on the Temple Mount. Listen to the contradiction. People always said if J...
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January 19, 2017 at 4:44 pm
A few hours before incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer told journalists on Thursday — 24 hours before the inauguration of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States — to “stay tuned” for the new administration’s decision about its proposed move of America’s embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Palestinians took to the streets of three West Bank cities to demonstrate.
According to Palestinian News Network, hundreds of flag-waving Palestinians held protests in Ramallah, Nablus and Hebron, where banners, in English, read: “Trump, take your racism away from the Holy City,” and in Arabic: “The whole world is moving forward but the Trump administration is moving backwards.”
The protest...
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January 19, 2017 at 4:41 pm
Donald Trump’s all-but-dismissal of human rights as a foreign policy principle could hit like an earthquake across a Middle East landscape beset by warring factions and beleaguered governments, with some players eyeing the prospect of once unimaginable new alliances.
Syria is the foremost test of Trump’s promise of a return to a hard-headed realpolitik and could quickly show whether America is truly abandoning promotion of democracy and the rule of law in a way that could reshape much of the region’s post-Cold War, post-9/11 order.
Trump has raised the possibility of a broad new U.S. partnership with Vladimir Putin’s increasingly authoritarian Russia and has even hinted at aligning with Syrian President Bashar Assad, which would amount to a dramatic reversal from ...
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January 19, 2017 at 4:39 pm
A 63-year-old man who fell while fixing something in a shul was found only Thursday morning 21 Teves as mispallalim came to daven shachris. The man who fell was lying there from the night, when he fell.
The incident occurred in the confines of the Binyamin Regional council in the Shomron, and the man was working on the building’s roof, falling about seven meters (7.5 yards).
Nebach, as a result of his injuries he was unable to move and lied in pain for ten hours until the first mispallel came to shul. An ambulance was summoned immediately, and he was transported to Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer with head and chest injuries.
MDA paramedic Rafi Fargon reports the man was in significant pain and he was conscious and alert the entire time. His condition at transport was listed ...
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January 19, 2017 at 4:39 pm
Ari Fleischer And Trump Organization Attorney Michael Cohen Weigh In On 'Hannity'
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January 19, 2017 at 4:38 pm
A recall has been issued amid a fear of listeria infection in bags of frozen carrots & peas under the Shufersal label. This refers to 800 gram bags with the barcode 7296073224907, manufactured by Ardo and bearing an expiration date of 07/2018.
The Health Ministry notice adds that anyone who has purchased the product is entitled to a refund.
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January 19, 2017 at 4:26 pm
UN Ambassador Nominee Nikki Haley’s Pro-Israel Opening Statement
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January 19, 2017 at 4:25 pm
Barack Obama cut short the sentences of 330 federal inmates convicted of drug crimes on Thursday, bringing his bid to correct what he’s called a systematic injustice to a climactic close.
With his final offer of clemency, Obama brought his total number of commutations granted to 1,715, more than any other president in U.S. history, the White House said. During his presidency Obama ordered free 568 inmates who had been sentenced to life in prison.
“He wanted to do it. He wanted the opportunity to look at as many as he could to provide relief,” Neil Eggleston, Obama’s White House counsel, said in an interview in his West Wing office. “He saw the injustice of the sentences that were imposed in many situations, and he has a strong view that people deserve as sec...
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January 19, 2017 at 4:16 pm
Thirteen automakers are recalling more than 652,000 vehicles in the U.S. in the latest round of dangerous Takata air bag inflator recalls.
Automakers with recalls posted Thursday are Audi, Nissan, Jaguar-Land Rover, Subaru, Daimler Vans, Tesla, Mitsubishi, BMW, Ferrari, Mercedes, Mazda, McLaren and Karma. All the recalls are to replace front passenger inflators.
Takata inflators can explode with too much force, blowing apart a metal canister and sending shrapnel into the passenger compartment. Sixteen people have died worldwide and more than 180 have been hurt due to the problem.
The recall is among the latest round of Takata recalls covering 5.7 million vehicles involving 19 automakers in the U.S. In total, it’s the largest auto recall in U.S. history, affecting 69 million inflat...
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January 19, 2017 at 2:04 pm
Baltimore, MD – Jan. 19, 2017 - Seven Mile Market’s Customer Appreciation Kickoff Event held this past Sunday was a BIG success, quite literally. With 2 balloon artists inflating and shaping balloons non-stop for 3 ½ hours, 3000 Sprinkles Ice Cream cones, 400 popcorn bags, 1100 Reisman pastries, 100s of cookie packages, 24 Dipz samples, delicious A & B fish, fresh and tasty New York pasta, delectable Schtark cheese, 200 SuperValue shopping bags and 100 Elf product giveaways, and 12 raffle prizes, a good time was shared by all!
Thank you to our customers, employees, vendors, and prize sponsors- Blue Sky/Simcha Collection, Coca Cola, Core Water, Crafted Kosher, DM Merchandising, Herrs, Melissa & Doug, and Utz and Congratulations to our Raffle prize winners:
Abrah...
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January 19, 2017 at 1:59 pm
Health care decisions have grown increasingly complex with the advancement of medicine, and are influenced by the values of those involved. Halacha has much to say about these issues, and it serves as the single source for Jewish Medical Ethics. As is always the case, significant debate exists amongst Torah scholars about what exactly the Halacha prescribes. Nevertheless, there exists a mainstream consensus amongst widely respected Halachic authorities who have addressed these issues in the context of modern medicine.[1]
What follows is an attempt to formulate in a simple, non-technical manner four basic Jewish values that should guide our health care decisions. In our complex world, these values are often in tension with one another, and we need to apply much work and thought situational...
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January 19, 2017 at 12:09 pm
Baltimore, MD - Jan. 19, 2017 - Baltimore’s history of providing a community mikvah dates back several generations. Recently, archeologists discovered one of the oldest mikvaos in the United States, built in 1845, in the basement of the Lloyd Street Synagogue in East Baltimore. Subsequently, others were built by Shearith Israel Congregation, Congregation Shomrei Mishmeres HaKodesh, and Khal Arugas Habosem; the first autonomous Mikvah of Baltimore opened in 1963 on Rogers Avenue. The outgrowing of this structure and a further northwest geographical shift was the impetus for building its present facility on Clarks Lane in 1992.
The further rapid growth of the Mikvah of Baltimore since that move—often resulting in an hour plus wait time for the 40-70 daily users—has necessi...
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January 19, 2017 at 11:37 am
Baltimore, MD – Jan. 19, 2017 - The Moskowitz Family greatly appreciates all the tefilos, learning, and many mitzvos that are being done on behalf of Mrs. Tami Moskowitz. If you are making challah for this Shabbos, please click here and sign up to take challah with a bracha as a zechus for a refuah shelaima for Tamar Adina bas Kayna Shulamis.
