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January 20, 2017 at 12:07 pm
Donald Trump is now the 45th president of the United States. He’s just taken the oath of office on the West Front of the Capitol.
The combative billionaire businessman and television celebrity won election in November over Democrat Hillary Clinton, and today he’s leading a profoundly divided country — one that’s split between Americans enthralled and horrified by his victory.
The unorthodox politician and the Republican-controlled Congress are already charting a newly conservative course for the nation. And they’re promising to reverse the work of the 44th president, Barack Obama.
Up next is Trump’s inaugural address — where the new commander in chief is expected to set out his vision for the country’s next four years.
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January 20, 2017 at 11:32 am
The US military shot down President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration team’s bid to have tanks and missile launchers rolling down his parade route Friday, according to a report.
“They were legit thinking Red Square/North Korea-style parade,” an inauguration team source told the Huffington Post, referring to grandiose military parades in Moscow and Pyongyang that are often considered displays of bellicosity.
Trump has made showing off US military might part of his platform.
The military “may come marching down Pennsylvania Avenue,” Trump told the Washington Post this week. “That military may be flying over New York City and Washington, DC, for parades. I mean, we’re going to be showing our military.”
Several sources involve...
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January 20, 2017 at 11:16 am
A California student who previously believed Israel was “akin to an apartheid state” had a complete about-face after visiting the country, San Diego State University’s independent student newspaper The Daily Aztec reported on Wednesday.
According to the report, SDSU political science and international security and conflict resolution senior Erin Gonzalez said she had expected the worst before her trip, but discovered the place wasn’t at all as she had envisioned. Rather, she encountered a society that embraces all religions and cultures, she said.
Gonzalez, who is not Jewish, traveled to Israel as part of a “Fact Finders” program, hosted by the school’s Hillel chapter, to enable SDSU students to experi...
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January 20, 2017 at 11:14 am
The former security guard from rural Illinois walked into a tent behind the Lincoln Memorial and gave a bear hug to the man who would soon become the most powerful leader in the world.
“Hey, Donald Trump,” said Shane Bouvet, with all the casualness of a 24-year-old.
The president-elect beamed back: “This is the greatest guy.”
The unlikely meeting occurred after Trump said he read a profile of Bouvet in The Washington Post and was impressed by his story. Bouvet, a struggling single father, had spent nights working and days volunteering on Trump’s unlikely presidential campaign.
The volunteer efforts earned Bouvet an invite to an inaugural ball. But just weeks ago he was unsure he could pay for a proper suit and shoes to wear for the festivities. A friend st...
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January 20, 2017 at 10:53 am
My fellow Americans,
It’s a long-standing tradition for the sitting president of the United States to leave a parting letter in the Oval Office for the American elected to take his or her place. It’s a letter meant to share what we know, what we’ve learned, and what small wisdom may help our successor bear the great responsibility that comes with the highest office in our land, and the leadership of the free world.
But before I leave my note for our 45th president, I wanted to say one final thank you for the honor of serving as your 44th. Because all that I’ve learned in my time in office, I’ve learned from you. You made me a better President, and you made me a better man.
Throughout these eight years, you have been the source of goodness, resilience,...
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January 20, 2017 at 10:44 am
By the time of Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration on March 4, 1861, seven states had already voted to leave the Union and more were expected to follow. Officials in Washington were deeply concerned Confederates would make an attempt on Lincoln’s life as he rode in an open carriage to the Capitol with outgoing President James Buchanan. There was a scramble to assemble military and police protection for the event.
Officials are equally concerned about the safety of President-elect Donald Trump as he, like Lincoln, will ride to the Capitol for his inauguration on Friday. Some 28,000 military and police members will be assigned to keep Trump safe and to also protect the thousands expected to attend the inauguration.
So out of the ordinary was the military and police presence for Linc...
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January 20, 2017 at 10:22 am
Obama Leaves Oval Office For Final Time As President
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January 20, 2017 at 10:18 am
President Barack Obama and the first lady Michelle Obama are welcoming President-elect Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, to the White House.
The Obamas have greeted the Trumps at the grand North Portico, the column-lined entrance facing Pennsylvania Avenue.
Obama told Trump that it was good to see him. They exchanged pleasantries, and Melania Trump brought a gift for Michelle Obama.
Melania Trump initially reached to shake Michelle Obama’s hand, but the first lady instead gave her a hug.
The families will have coffee and tea at a reception that’s closed to the media.
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January 20, 2017 at 9:53 am
He was the greatest prophet of all time. He was the man who would face down a powerful pharaoh, split the sea and spend forty days and forty nights on Mount Sinai receiving the Torah. And it is in this week’s parsha we are privileged to witness his birth. But joy quickly turns to sadness as Yocheved is forced to place her precious son in in his little reed basket in the Nile. Miriam watches as the basket is carried away by the current. As Divine Providence would have it, the daughter of Pharaoh (Bityah) was bathing by the river, sees the basket and saves the little boy.
The child grew up, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became like her son. She named him Moses, and she said, "For I drew him from the water (Exodus 2:10...
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January 20, 2017 at 9:48 am
Donald Trump: The Inauguration of the 45th President of the United States Jan. 20, 2017
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January 20, 2017 at 9:42 am
Shemos 5777 - Transcending Generations - 1st Aliyah
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January 20, 2017 at 9:36 am
Sefer Bereishis is the story of great individuals who form the foundation of Klal Yisroel. The middos that we have were implanted within us by the Ovos. We get our chessed and our mesiras nefesh from Avrohom. We get middas hagevuroh from Yitzchok. We get our midas ha’emes and tifferes from Yaakov. We mentioned in Parshas Vayeitzei that when Yaakov put stones around his head which became one when he awoke, it had deep symbolic significance.
Yaakov had a mesorah that Klal Yisroel would begin with 12 shevotim, each epitomizing a separate derech for avodas Hashem. And the one who would have 12 sons would be zoche to be the founding Av of Klal Yisroel. There are different shitos about how many stones Yaakov took. One shitta says he took two stones. One represented Avrohom who had Yishmoe...
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January 20, 2017 at 9:32 am
It was back in 1995 that the 104th Congress passed an act that mandated the move of our country’s embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Yerushalayim. Although the United States as a country has withheld official recognition of the city as Israel’s capital, the legislative branch has long made its sentiments clear.
The reason the law Congress passed has never been implemented is because former president Clinton, former president Bush, and President Obama all viewed it as a Congressional infringement on the executive branch’s constitutional authority over foreign policy. Each invoked the presidential waiver on national security interests as justification for keeping the embassy in Tel Aviv.
President-elect Trump, however, has declared that he will not follow suit, ...
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January 20, 2017 at 9:32 am
I only knew my father, hareini kapparas mishkavo, for 30-odd years.
I’m much older than that, and knew and loved him my entire life. But I only really knew him – his full life story – for three decades.
How, for instance, at the age of 14, Simcha Bunim Szafranowicz had insisted that his parents let him go to study in yeshivah – even though what would come to be known as World War II had begun mere weeks earlier, and the family was fleeing the Nazis.
How SS men who had caught up with his family and other refugees from their Polish town, Ruzhan, had killed his uncle in front of him and packed my father and hundreds of Jews into a shul, and set fire to neighboring homes. Preparing to die, the Jews were rescued by a regular German Army official who had passed ...
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January 20, 2017 at 5:58 am
Suddenly I woke up on a different planet.
When a loved one becomes ill, it’s like landing on a new planet.
They tell you to pack your bags but you are not sure what to take along. A book of Psalms and a package of tissues are a good place to start. Important medical papers are a must and a compact toothbrush may come in handy.
And then there’s the shopping list, a little unusual. Never mind the weight; you’re travelling to a different planet now.
When we first received the diagnosis, it didn’t really register. ALS is hard to describe and doctors hesitate to paint the whole picture. Perhaps this is for the best. The disease progresses differently in each patient. We immediately registered at the Neurological Clinic in Hadassah Medical Center where a special unit ...
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January 20, 2017 at 5:54 am
A 10-year-old Jewish girl from Beth Rivkah Ladies College in Melbourne is among four people killed in this afternoon’s car ramming attack in the CBD, The AJN understands.
It is understood the girl’s mother and sister are in a critical condition in hospital.
At approximately 1.30pm a car deliberately struck a number of pedestrians in the vicinity of Bourke and Queens Streets.
Police shot the 26-year-old occupant of the vehicle and he was taken into custody.
Authorities say the incident was not terror-related.
Four people have been confirmed dead with more than 20 people injured.
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January 19, 2017 at 11:02 pm
Parshas ShemosVaYechi / Shabbos Mevarchim Shevat / Baltimore Zmanim / Eruv is UP!
At the request of the Moskowitz family, as an additional zechus for a refuah shlaimah for תמר עדינה בת קינה שולמית, please try and bring Shabbos in at least 5 minutes early today.
Baltimore, MD – Jan. 20, 2017
Parshas: Shemos
Today: 22 Teves
Chatzos: 12:18 PM
Hadlakas Nairos: 4:55 PM - At the request of the Moskowitz family, as an additional zechus for a refuah shlaimah for תמר עדינה בת קינה שולמית, please try and bring Shabbos in at least 5 minutes early today.
Shkiah: &nb...
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January 19, 2017 at 10:45 pm
Baltimore, MD - Jan 19, 2017 - For the last two weeks, another of the legendary, larger than life Bais Yaakov of Baltimore exhibits has been open to the public, and judged by the comments of mesmerized visitors, this one has certainly equaled if not bettered its predecessors in its grandeur and magnitude. The Exhibits have been presented to the public every four to five years and are largely seen as a truly unique experience in the larger Jewish community, drawing many thousands of visitors. These include schools and groups that bus in from the tri-state area and beyond. An observer commented that if a museum type presentation of this quality were created in the New York vicinity, it would easily draw tens of thousands of guests in a mere matter of weeks. In addition, this year&rsquo...
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January 19, 2017 at 10:41 pm
Baltimore, Md - Jan. 19, 2017 - Once again thank you for all of your prayers! As I posted earlier we have seen good progress however we are still very far from the finish line and as i said there is no definitive prognosis. We are asking again for people around the world to please try and bring on shabbos 5 minutes early for refua shleima for Tamar Adina bas Kayna Shulamis. Thank you so much again. We should only hear happiness!!Tzvi (Steve) Moskowitz
