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April 20, 2017 at 12:42 pm
The Ma’aras HaMachpelah in Hebron will be closed to Jews on Tuesday, 28 Nissan (April 24, 2017) due to the observance of a Muslim holiday. Any Jewish mispallel visiting will be permitted to daven outside on the seventh step but not enter the holy site.
The site will resume regular operation on the following day, Tuesday, 29 Nissan.
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April 20, 2017 at 12:40 pm
Police are asking for the public’s help as they try to track the movements of a pioneering New York judge before she was found dead in the Hudson River.
Sheila Abdus-Salaam’s body was found along the riverbank near her Manhattan home on April 12. She had been reported missing a day earlier.
Two law enforcement officials say the death is being treated as a suicide. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation hasn’t been completed.
Investigators were looking for any video or any witnesses who may have seen the 65-year-old in the time leading up to her death.
An autopsy was inconclusive as to the cause of death and required further study.
Abdus-Salaam was the first black woman on New York state’s highest court.
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April 20, 2017 at 12:40 pm
Officials of the Terem emergency clinics in Israel report a very alert and cautious physician saved the life of an 11-year-old boy involved in what appears to be a not-so-serious bicycle accident in Beit Shemesh.
The family brought the child to a Terem clinic and he presented with abdominal abrasions from the fall. Dr. Ze’ev Wimpfheimer, the clinic’s medical director, did a comprehensive exam of the child and decided an ultrasound was in order. This diagnostic exam determined the child had internal bleeding and MDA was summoned and he was transported to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem by ambulance where he was admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit. It was determined that there was an injury to the child’s liver, that was life threatening.
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April 20, 2017 at 12:37 pm
R’ Yisrael Cohen, the young avreich and Slonim Chossid who went missing while hiking in the Nachal Og area in the Judean Desert on Wednesday 23 Nissan was B’chasdei Hashem found alive and well on Thursday morning.
The search continued through the night and he was found in proximity of Nabei Moussa. They were originally a group of five and when they realized they were lost, one went for help. The others were all rescued on Wednesday but Yisrael was missing until the morning.
Zaka officials explain that the young avreich saw a chopper that was involved in the search and waved to it from a higher position but he was not detected. He fell asleep during the night and woke up Thursday morning. He then began heading to the Nabei Moussa Base and as he approached began calli...
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April 20, 2017 at 12:36 pm
President Donald Trump will speak next week to the commander of the orbiting International Space Station.
White House spokesman Sean Spicer said Wednesday the call with astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer will take place on April 24.
On that date, Whitson, the first woman to command the International Space Station, will have spent 535 days in space, the most time spent in space of any American astronaut.
Last month, Trump signed into legislation a law authorizing $19.5 billion in spending for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the budget year that began Oct. 1.
Spicer says the call is partly intended to discuss the “importance of encouraging women to pursue careers in stem fields.”
The call will air live on NASA TV.
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April 20, 2017 at 12:36 pm
CBS News has learned that a manhunt is underway for a traitor inside the Central Intelligence Agency.
The CIA and FBI are conducting a joint investigation into one of the worst security breaches in CIA history, which exposed thousands of top-secret documents that described CIA tools used to penetrate smartphones, smart televisions and computer systems.
Sources familiar with the investigation say it is looking for an insider — either a CIA employee or contractor — who had physical access to the material. The agency has not said publicly when the material was taken or how it was stolen.
Much of the material was classified and stored in a highly secure section of the intelligence agency, but sources say hundreds of people would have had access to the material. Investigators are...
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April 20, 2017 at 12:22 pm
The math behind your credit score is getting an overhaul, with changes big enough that they might alter the behavior of both cautious spenders as well as riskier borrowers.
Most notably for those with high scores: Abiding by the golden rule of “don’t close your credit card accounts” may now hurt your standing. On the other side, those with low scores may benefit from the removal of civil judgments, medical debts and tax liens as factors.
Beyond determining whether someone gets approved for a credit card, a credit score can affect what interest rate and what spending limit are offered.
The new method is being implemented later this year by VantageScore, a company created by the credit bureaus Experian, TransUnion and Equifax. It’s not as well-known as Fair Isaac C...
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April 20, 2017 at 12:21 pm
Jerusalem, Israel - Apr. 20, 2017 - The Tower of David provided an inspirational setting for the "Inspired by Israel" video contest Milstein Awards Ceremony in Jerusalem, Israel, on Tuesday night, after Passover ended.
With sponsors, Adam and Gila Milstein Family Foundation, 12 Tribes Foundation, Jerusalem Wine Club and Root Source, former Baltimorean Avi Abelow, co-founder and CEO of IsraeVideoNetwork.com, presented cash awards to winning film makers. Ten of the international videos were shown, the winners selected from dozens, submitted from around the world, Jewish and none Jewish film makers.
After on-line voting, a panel of judges decided on the winning videos. Ari Abramowitz, film maker and educator, acted as MC. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat congratulated all on the great wor...
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April 20, 2017 at 12:18 pm
Despite the inglorious end to Bill O’Reilly’s two-decade Fox News Channel career, observers say his deep imprint on Fox and other cable news outlets and his influence on barbed political discourse are intact for the foreseeable future.
Fired on Wednesday amid a drumbeat of harassment allegations, the vacationing host’s “The O’Reilly Factor” was quickly redubbed “The Factor” and Fox News announced his time slot will be filled by Tucker Carlson, another adamantly conservative Fox host who dovetails with the channel’s audience.
But it was O’Reilly who created the template for how to succeed in cable TV punditry, delighting his viewers with unapologetic attacks on liberal politicians and media members that he delivered with gusto.
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April 20, 2017 at 12:17 pm
It was huge.
Big money from billionaires, corporations and a roster of NFL owners poured into Donald Trump’s inaugural committee in record-shattering amounts — to pull off an event that was considerably lower-key than previous inaugural celebrations.
That leaves a bit of a mystery: What the $107 million was spent for and how much was left over — the excess, if any, to go to charity. It also raises a new round of questions about the influence of money in politics, this time for a president who promised to “drain the swamp” of Washington.
Contribution records from Trump’s inaugural committee, released Wednesday by the Federal Election Commission, show the president who railed as a candidate against the corrupting influence of big-money donors was only t...
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April 20, 2017 at 12:16 pm
Syria still has up to three tons of chemical weapons, Israeli defense officials said Wednesday in the first specific intelligence assessment of President Bashar Assad’s weapons capabilities since a deadly chemical attack earlier this month.
The estimate came as the head of the international chemical weapons watchdog said laboratory tests had provided “incontrovertible” evidence that victims and survivors of the April 4 attack in northern Syria were exposed to sarin nerve gas or a similar banned toxin.
Israel, along with the United States and much of the international community, has accused Assad’s forces of carrying out the attack, which killed at least 90 people, including dozens of children.
A senior Israeli military official said Israeli intelligence believes ...
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April 20, 2017 at 12:10 pm
“Yes, Mommy, but what does the key mean? Why do we put it in the Challah dough?”
Last Shabbos, we read a fascinating Pasuk in Shir HaShirim – the standard reading for Chol HaMoed Pesach. The verse (Shir HaShirim 5:2) states, “”I was asleep but my heart was awake. A voice! My beloved was knocking: ‘Open to me, my sister, my darling, My dove, my perfect one!..’” In this verse, Hashem is talking to Klal Yisroel.
Chazal darshen this pasuk in Yalkut Shimoni (Shir HaShirim 988), “You have become My sister with the observance of the two Mitzvos in Mitzrayim the blood of the Korban Pesach and the blood of Bris Milah..Open for Me an opening like the eye of the needle and I (Hashem) shall open for you like the opening of a wide hall.”
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April 20, 2017 at 12:08 pm
General Motors has stopped doing business in Venezuela after authorities took control of a factory in what GM called an illegal judicial seizure of its assets.
The plant was confiscated on Wednesday as anti-government protesters clashed with authorities in a country that is roiling in economic troubles such as food shortages and triple-digit inflation.
The Detroit automaker said in a statement Thursday that other assets such as vehicles were taken from the plant, causing irreparable damage to the company.
GM says the plant was taken in disregard of its right to due process. The company says it will defend itself legally and that it’s confident that justice eventually will prevail.
GM has about 2,700 workers in the troubled country, where it’s been the market leader for over...
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April 20, 2017 at 12:07 pm
Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman issued a statement praising the High Court of Justice decision to permit grocery stores to open in Tel Aviv on Shabbos. The court responded to a petition filed by Tel Aviv City Hall following over two years of government procrastination on the matter.
In his Facebook posting the senior minister stated “I welcome the High Court decision to permit opening supermarkets in commercial areas in Tel Aviv on Shabbos. It is a proportional municipal law that on the one hand permits maintaining the Shabbos as a day of rest, and on the other hand gives many citizens the possibility to spend on Shabbos according to their will. Tel Aviv has a certain character that has developed since the establishment of the state, and there is no reason for the state to interv...
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April 20, 2017 at 12:07 pm
The following email was sent to all the guests at the “Passover Paradise” in Mexico:
Dear Guests we are amidst an intense legal battle with the Royaton Riviera over lost monies, poor service and overall dissatisfaction. Please see the attached letters addressed to the Royalton. We will be reaching out to guests all week and will keep you updated as more information becomes available. Once again our sincerest apologies and as our lawyers are now recommending that US citizens not travel to Mexico any longer due to current heighten tensions, we will keep you updated as more information becomes available.
All the best,
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The following are letters from the law firm representing Passover Paradise to the hotel:
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April 20, 2017 at 11:10 am
Baltimore, MD - Apr. 20, 2017 - On Sunday, April 23, over 250 Holocaust survivors, community members and legislators will join together in the Offit Auditoriumat Beth El Congregation of Baltimore to commemorate Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, and the life and legacy of Elie Wiesel. Elie Wiesel, a Jewish writer, activist, and Nobel Laureate was deported to Auschwitz at fifteen years old. His experiences during the Holocaust, as noted in his memoir Night, have been used as a Holocaust education resource for students around the world. The program will mark the accomplishments and legacy of Wiesel, who passed away in July of 2016.
This annual event, hosted by the Baltimore Jewish, will begin with a private reception for Holocaust survivors and their families. The reception will be fol...
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April 19, 2017 at 8:59 pm
Baltimore, MD - Apr. 19, 2017 - On behalf of the Baltimore County Police Department, a Silver Alert is being activated for missing 76 year-old white male.
Missing Subject: Marshall Lewis Levin, 12/20/1944, W/M, 5-7, 140, Gray hair and Brown eyes
Clothing: Purple shirt and blue jeans
Vehicle: 2011 Honda Accord, four door, maroon in color
License: MD 6BM7104
Last Seen: 4/19/2017 at 10:00 hours in Pikesville, Baltimore County, Maryland.
Contact: Baltimore County PD at 410-887-1279 or 911.
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April 19, 2017 at 7:00 pm
Family and friends of those killed in the Oklahoma City bombing placed wreaths, photos and balloons on the metal chairs that memorialize the 168 people who died in the 1995 attack.
Hundreds gathered on Wednesday at the memorial and museum built at the former site of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building for the 22nd anniversary of the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in the country.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson spoke during a remembrance ceremony. His remarks included the importance of teaching unity to American children.
The Murrah building housed HUD offices as well as employees from other federal agencies. HUD lost 35 employees in the attack.
Timothy McVeigh was convicted of the 1995 bombing and was later executed.
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April 19, 2017 at 6:56 pm
Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya removes toothbrush lodged in 85-year-old man's throat
An 85-year-old man was brought to the emergency room of the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya and said he had swallowed a toothbrush while cleaning up food left in his teeth.
Dr. Ronit Bar-Haim, who treated him in the emergency room, ordered an urgent C.T. examination in which a foreign body that turned out to be a toothbrush was found lodged in the elderly man's throat and could not be seen until imaging.
In short order the elderly man was transferred to the operating room, where Dr. Ohad Ronen and Dr. Ili Leus of the EEG Head and Neck Surgery Department of the Galilee Medical Center were waiting for him. They performed a quick surgical procedure during which the toothbrush was remov...
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April 19, 2017 at 6:48 pm
A record number of Jews - approximately 1,600 - visited the Temple Mount in Jerusalem during the seven-day Passover holiday this year, breaking last year’s record of 1,015 during the same time, according to non-profit organization Yirah.
Additionally, a record number of Jewish visits to the Temple Mount in a single day – 495 – also occurred during the Passover holiday. That exceeds the previous record of 448 visits set during last year’s Sukkot festivities.
The highest number of Jewish visits to the Temple Mount was also set during Sukkot 2016, with 1,611 recorded visits to the site.
The Jordanian Islamic Waqf tightly controls access by Jews and non-Muslims to the Temple Mount, Judaism’s holiest site, under an arrangement following the 1967 Six Day War, whe...
