|
May 29, 2017 at 8:55 am
Last Thursday, 29 Iyar, marked the 10th Anniversary celebration of the Jewish Community Center in Tallinn, which was the first Jewish establishment built in Estonia since the Holocaust.
The event was attended by Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid; Speaker of Estonian Parliament Eiki Nestor; Vice-President of the European Commission Andrus Ansip; Israeli Minister of Social Equality Gila Gamliel; Chief Rabbi of Israel Dovid Lau Shlita; Israeli Ambassador to Estonia Dov Segev-Steinberg; Chief Rabbi of Estonia Shmuel Kot; Director of the European Jewish Association Rabbi Menachem Margolin; and Jewish businessman and philanthropist Alexander Bronstein who dedicated the Community Center in memory of his mother Bella.
Addressing the attendees, Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid expressed: &ld...
|
May 29, 2017 at 8:55 am
HaGaon HaRav Zvi Meir Silberberg came to speak in HaGaon HaRav Simcha HaKohen Kook Shlita at Rav Kook’s Yeshiva Meor Hatalmud in Rehovot. The visit was part of “Hachona for Shvuos” in memory of the parents of Reb Yossi Stern.
After the Shir Harav Kook gave Harav Silberberg his new Sefer “Shalmey Simcha”.
|
May 29, 2017 at 8:55 am
Jerusalem made a traffic change regarding exiting Meah Shearim with a vehicle. While in the past, one could make a right turn onto Salant Street, this is now prohibited and vehicles must exit via the intersection of Shivtei Yisrael and Meah Shearim Streets.
As the sign was just affixed, some drivers did not take notice and B’chasdei Hashem, a head-on collision was averted on Salant Street. After a number of Meah Shearim residents reports near-misses due to the new sign, Deputy Mayor Yossi Deutsch acted and it was learned the sign was placed in error and has since been removed.
As a result, one may turn onto Salant from Meah Shearim Street as in the past.
|
May 29, 2017 at 8:54 am
The confrontation between talmidim from the Heichal Eliezer Yeshiva in Elad headed by Rabbi Mordechai Broida and construction workers hired by Mosdos Chernobyl continued on Sunday morning, 3 Sivan. Talmidim blocked construction vehicles compelling police to respond to the scene.
The area in question is the subject of machlokes between the two litvish yeshiva and the chassidus.
On Friday, there was a major confrontation between the sides. The talmidim claimed the Arab workers who came to destroy the beis medrash struck the rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Mordechai Broida.
The chassidus explains that they have building permits for the area which includes a portion of the beis medrash.
|
May 29, 2017 at 8:54 am
Watch out for the “Mad Dog” when the sun goes down.
That’s the message Sunday from Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, whose nickname has been used by President Donald Trump on Twitter.
The Pentagon chief is a battle-hardened, tough-talking retired Marine Corps general who was entrusted with some of the most challenging commands in the military.
So what might you expect him to say when asked, “What keeps you awake at night?”
Maybe another missile launch from North Korea? An attack by Islamic State militants? An incident in the South China Sea?
“Nothing,” he tells CBS’ “Face the Nation.”
“I keep other people awake at night.”
|
May 29, 2017 at 8:53 am
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has called on leaders of the chareidi factions in Knesset to discuss arrangements at the Kosel regarding the egalitarian prayer area. Mr. Netanyahu wishes to meet with Aryeh Deri, Yaakov Litzman and Moshe Gafne after Shavuos. Also invited to attend is Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked.
The chareidim have drawn their red line, informing the Prime Minister that they are unwilling to accept any arrangement that will legitimize a non-Orthodox foothold at the Kosel. They explain this is a deal breaker which will result in the coalition government breaking apart.
|
May 29, 2017 at 8:51 am
Rabbi Yissochar Dov Krakowski on Shavuos
|
May 29, 2017 at 8:48 am
Rishon L’Tzion Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef Shlita released a psak on motzei Shabbos during his weekly shiur that soldiers compelled to attend an event that includes ‘kol isha’ should bring a sefer, take out one’s [reading] glasses and show ostentatiously that one is not listening to the singing but one’s head is occupied learning Torah.
While speaking about women performing, he explains that when he must attend a ceremony in his official capacity, at times there is a female performer. He explains he would take a small sefer in hand and take out his glasses and look at the sefer directly opposite his eyes to most conspicuous. This way, others in the area, including the prime minister and president, would see he is not listening to the female performer as his head is ...
|
May 29, 2017 at 8:47 am
Yeshiva Toras Chaim Toras Emes in North Miami Beach was temporarily evacuated on Sunday following an anonymous bomb threat.
At around 6:30PM, police and emergency personnel evacuated the Klurman Campus of Yeshiva Toras Chaim Toras Emes on Miami Gardens Drive after an email was received stating that multiple bombs had been planted inside the Yeshiva. The email requested that $25,000 be wired by May 31st via Western Union to a particular address.
It warned the school not to call police.
Police swept the building, and after about an hour, determined that the building was safe and the students and faculty were allowed to enter the building.
|
May 29, 2017 at 8:45 am
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said Sunday he’s considering banning laptops from the passenger cabins of all international flights to and from the United States.
That would dramatically expand a ban announced in March that affects about 50 flights per day from 10 cities, mostly in the Middle East. The current ban was put in place because of concerns about terrorist attacks.
The ban prevents travelers from bringing laptops, tablets and certain other devices on board with them in their carry-on bags. All electronics bigger than a smartphone must be checked in.
Kelly was asked on “Fox News Sunday” whether he would expand the ban to cover laptops on all international flights into and out of the U.S.
His answer: “I might.”
The current U.S. ban applies ...
|
May 29, 2017 at 8:44 am
Washington - Jared Kushner reportedly has been encouraged to take a leave of absence from his White House adviser position because of FBI scrutiny of his contacts with Russia.
Administration officials close to President Donald Trump have been pushing Kushner to step aside while the FBI investigates meetings that Kushner he had with Russian figures during the transition period following the November election, The Hill reported. Kushner is Trump’s Orthodox Jewish son-in-law.
The news website Politico called Kushner the White House’s ” lead distraction” following what is being seen as Trump’s mostly successful first foreign trip, which featured a stopover in Israel.
“It’s clear that Jared Kushner will be under intense scrutiny at a time when his fa...
|
May 29, 2017 at 8:30 am
Since Donald Trump became US president and Antonio Guterres became secretary-general of the United Nations, the world has shown significantly less tolerance for the Palestinian Authority’s glorification of terrorists, a senior diplomatic official said Sunday.The official’s comments came after the United Nations on Sunday joined Norway in denouncing the naming of a woman’s center in the West Bank after Dalal Mughrabi, a female terrorist who led the 1978 Coastal Road massacre that killed 38 people and wounded many others.“The glorification of terrorism or the perpetrators of heinous terrorist acts is unacceptable under any circumstances,” read a statement by a representative for UN Secretary-General António Guterres. “The UN has repeatedly called fo...
|
May 29, 2017 at 8:23 am
Israel Police report that they will soon be using a traffic balloon as part of its fleet of vehicles monitoring traffic and combating accidents on the nation’s roadways.
At present, helicopters, which are expensive to operate, record major traffic violations but the balloon will be deployed in their place, operating more efficiently and far less expensive.
It is explained the balloons are a very cost-effective method of monitoring traffic as the device can be folded and placed in a trunk of a vehicle and deployed when required, using limited manpower and providing a wider range of vision that on receives from choppers. The balloon will document vehicles crossing a white line of engaging in a dangerous pass or making an illegal U-turn. The images will be transmitted to police workin...
|
May 29, 2017 at 8:23 am
A new election poll was conducted by Geocartography Institute headed by Professor Avi Degani and publicized by the News1 website. It shows if elections were held today, Likud will emerge the victor with 26 seats. Yesh Atid, headed by Yair Lapid would be in second place with 24 sears, followed the Arab Bloc with 13 seats.
Bayit Yehudi would only be in fourth place, with 11 seats, tied with Machane Yehudi with 11 seats. Yahadut Hatorah moves up to 9 seats and Yisrael Beitenu with 8 seats along with Meretz with 8. Kulanu receive 6 seats each. Shas takes drops significantly to 4 seats.
|
May 29, 2017 at 8:22 am
Shas party leader Minister Aryeh Deri is likely to soon be questioned by police of the 433 Unit ‘under warning’, with the latter indicating that an indictment in the case is likely. An investigation has been ongoing for about a year, during which time members of Deri’s family were questioned. There has been a gag order on the case to date.
Questioning of Deri will likely address a number of matters and also involve Tax Authority agents, who were a part of the undercover investigation. It appears he received large sums of money, which he failed to report to tax authorities.
|
May 29, 2017 at 8:22 am
As we countdown to Shavuos, we take a look at Elad’s blossoming community. According to Erev Shavuos 5777 figures released, there are 6,119 children in talmidei torah in the city, 2,912 talmidei yeshivos; yeshiva ketanos and gedolos.
In, addition, there are 1,884 avreichim studying in kollelim.
The largest yeshiva in the city is Torah B’Tifara founded by HaGaon HaRav Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman. The yeshiva is headed by HaGaon HaRav Yaakov Stefansky and today there are 530 talmidim. Second largest yeshiva is Knesset Yechezkel headed by HaGaon Rav Baruch Ettinger and there are 345 talmidim.
Elad is the younger chareidi with a younger community. Today, there are over 28 different talmidei torah for the litvish, chassidish and Sephardim, boasting 6,119 students between them.
...
|
May 29, 2017 at 8:19 am
A Navy Seal team member has died after his parachute failed to open during a Fleet Week demonstration over the Hudson River.
A Navy spokesman said the accident occurred shortly after noon Sunday near Liberty State Park.
The parachutist was a member of an elite Navy parachute team called the Leap Frogs.
He wasn’t identified pending notification of his family.
The Navy says the parachutist was rescued from the water by the Coast Guard and local fire department responders who were on standby; he was pronounced dead at a hospital at 1:10 p.m.
The cause of the parachute malfunction is under investigation.
|
May 28, 2017 at 9:57 pm
Baltimore, Md - May 28, 2017 - Yonah Cohen is sitting Shiva at his home, 2444 Smith Ave., for his father, Yisroel Dovid ben Meir Cohen, Z'L
PLEASE NOTE CHANGES TO THE MINYANIM AS BELOW:
Shacharis Monday - 8:30am
Mincha on Monday - 2:30pm
NO Shacharis at the Shiva on Tuesday
Mincha Tuesday (erev yom tov) 6:00pm
Assistance with Minyanim is needed and greatly appreciated
|
May 28, 2017 at 5:02 pm
A senior Palestinian official sharply condemned Israel for holding the weekly cabinet meeting in the Kosel Tunnels.
The Cabinet met Sunday in tunnels for a special session marking the 50th anniversary of Israel’s capture of the Kosel from Jordanian hands in the Six Day War.
Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat called the meeting a “provocation” that sent a “clear message to the Palestinian people.”
He adds that the meeting, held in “occupied East Jerusalem,” sends “a clear message to the Palestinian people that the systematic violations of their inalienable rights are going to continue.”
|
May 28, 2017 at 5:02 pm
In response to the latest news, that Jared Kushner attempted to set up a secret communications channel with the Kremlin during a meeting with the Russians in December, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) let it be known that he doesn’t really buy any of it.
Appearing on CNN’s State of the Union, Graham was asked by guest host Dana Bash his thoughts, with Bash adding that one-time independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin called the act “treasonous.”
“Number one, we are chasing our tails as a nation when it comes to the Russians,” Graham stated. “I don’t know who leaked this information, but just think about it this way — you’ve got the Ambassador of Russia reporting back to Moscow on an open channel, ‘Hey, Jared Kushner&rsqu...
