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July 26, 2017 at 2:40 pm
Baltimore, MD - July 26, 2017:
Dear Community Members,
During the overnight hours between 07/24/17 and 07/25/17, the Pikeville Precinct experienced a total of three thefts from motor vehicles and one attempted theft from a motor vehicle. The first two thefts occurred in the 100 block of Raisin Tree Circle (same victim with two vehicles), the third theft occurred in the 100 block of River Oaks Circle and the attempted theft occurred in the 100 block of River Oaks Circle. There were no signs of forced entry to any of the targeted vehicles. During the attempted theft on River Oaks Circle, video surveillance footage showed the suspect approach the victim’s vehicle, pull the door handle, and simply walk away once he discovered that the door was locked. It is imperative that vehicl...
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July 26, 2017 at 1:36 pm
Rep. Steve Scalise has been discharged from the hospital where he was recuperating from a gunshot wound.
Scalise, who was shot and gravely wounded during a GOP congressional baseball practice days before an annual charity baseball game, is going home for further rehabilitation, according to MedStar Washington Hospital Center, where he has been recovering for the past several weeks.
According to MedStar, Scalise has "made excellent progress in his recovery" and "is in good spirits and is looking forward to his return to work once he completes rehabilitation."
After he was shot in the hip during the baseball practice, Scalise arrived at the hospital in critical condition. Two members of the U.S. Capital Police, a GOP staffer and a lobbyist were also injured in the shooting...
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July 26, 2017 at 5:56 am
Wife wants to save money, hides air conditioner remote, husband sues. Court: Lawyers should work out mutually acceptable agreement.
A husband sued his wife for hiding the air conditioner's remote Haifa-Krayot News Net reported.
"She prevents our children from turning on the air conditioners, and they have trouble finishing their homework, are embarrassed to invite friends over, and prevent themselves from enjoying a break from the summer heat," the husband wrote to the court.
According to the report, the couple has been married for ten years; the current marriage is the wife's third and husband's second. The wife has two children from a previous marriage, and the couple has two children together, ages 6 and 8.
This summer, according to the husband, the co...
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July 26, 2017 at 5:54 am
The Senate has blocked a wide-ranging proposal by Republicans to repeal much of former President Barack Obama’s health care law and replace it with a more restrictive plan.
Senators voted 57-43 late Tuesday to reject the plan in the first vote on an amendment to the bill. Those voting “no” included nine defecting Republicans.
The Hill reported that the nine Republicans included GOP Sens. Susan Collins, Bob Corker, Tom Cotton, Lindsey Graham, Dean Heller, Mike Lee, Jerry Moran, Lisa Murkowski and Rand Paul.
The list includes both moderates and conservatives. The vote underscored problems Republicans will have in winning enough votes to recast Obama’s statute.
The rejected proposal included language by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell erasing the Obama ...
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July 25, 2017 at 9:48 pm
We regret to inform you of the tragic Petira of 7-year-old Miriam Zidele A”H, who was pulled from a swimming pool in Pomona, NY.
Miriam remained in critical condition at Westchester Hospital until her Petira on Tuesday afternoon.
Levaya details were not available as of this posting.
As the world recited Tehillim around-the-clock (for Miriam bas Shoshana), Miriam’s parents, Shaya and Shani Zidele spearheaded efforts to build a new women’s Mikva in the Pomona community. The growing kehilla currently has 150 families, which presents an obvious need for this most important endeavor. They have started a campaign on The Chesed Fund to raise funds. Incredibly, in just 6 days, 2,150 people donated close to $130,000.
Please donate to the campaign as a zechus fo...
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July 25, 2017 at 9:37 pm
Mahwah, NJ - While Mahwah residents say they were blindsided by the eruv that was erected in their township, at least some village officials were aware of the eruv plans weeks ago.
As previously reported on VIN News (http://bit.ly/2h13FiJ), Mahwah residents discovered last week that an eruv had been put up in their township after noticing white PVC piping appearing on numerous utility poles.
Township officials notified the eruv committee that the piping violated a town ordinance against posting signs on utility poles and gave the committee until August 4th to remove the eruv.
A grassroots effort to remove the eruv, which relies almost entirely on the existing telephone wires instead of the usual string, kicked off Monday night at an emotional meeting held in a local park.
Rabb...
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July 25, 2017 at 6:59 pm
Baltimore, MD - July 25, 2017 - The individual depicted in the photo below, taken from a resident's home video camera, is alleged to have stolen a bicycle and other property from a home on the 3800 block of Clarks Lane last evening at approximately 7:45pm. (He went back to Clarks Lane with a friend at about 11:00pm.)
We remind all community members to be mindful of securing all personal property and of those in their neighborhood. Should you observe suspicious activity call 911 and Shomrim immediately. (410.358.9999) All individuals depicted are for informational purposes only and are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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July 25, 2017 at 6:43 pm
Jewish citizen patrol group Shomrim helps nab 2 teens
Baltimore, MD - Police are applauding community members help in the case of two teen suspects accused of carjacking a man in northwest Baltimore Sunday night.
The armed teens were tracked down quickly with the help of neighbors, members of a citizen patrol group, a city councilman and police officers, authorities said.
Mikayal Hendris, 16, and another teenager walked up to a 64-year-old man near the intersection of Pearce and Strathmore avenues in Park Heights neighborhood around 11 p.m. Sunday, and forced him out of his van at gunpoint, police said. The suspects demanded the victim's keys, police said.
Several people in the neighborhood saw the teens before the carjacking happened and called members of the Jewish...
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July 25, 2017 at 6:43 pm
Elias Josael Jimenez Alvarado declined an offer Tuesday to plead guilty to murder in exchange for life in prison, opting instead to stand trial for the strangling deaths of two Baltimore women.
The 21-year-old from El Salvador was charged with two killings last September. On Sept. 8, police on midnight patrol were called to the 3900 block of Dolfield Ave., in Northwest Baltimore, for a report of a woman screaming. The officers cut their headlights and crept up to the scene, finding a man over the body of Ranarda Williams, 35. The man fled into a nearby garage, but was caught and arrested.
Williams had been strangled, police said.
Police identified the man as Alvarado, whom authorities said was in the country illegally. Police have said they know little about his background.
Police also...
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July 25, 2017 at 5:45 pm
The director of the Chabad center serving the University of California-Davis told The Algemeiner on Tuesday that he was “taking seriously” a Friday sermon made by the imam of the local mosque that some have called antisemitic.
Rabbi Shmary Brownstein said the comments from Ammar Shahin of the Islamic Center of Davis — which sits blocks away from Chabad of Davis — had “unacceptably advocated and incited hatred and violence against Jews” by praying that god would “liberate the Al-Aqsa Mosque from the filth of the Jews.”
In his sermon, translated by the Middle East Research Institute TV Monitor Project, Shahin continued, “Oh Allah, destroy those who closed the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Oh Alla...
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July 25, 2017 at 5:44 pm
During a meeting with a Kremlin-linked banker last year, Jared Kushner — President Donald Trump’s Jewish son-in-law and senior adviser — received a pair of presents connected to his family background.
In a statement released by the White House ahead of Kushner’s appearance before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Monday, Kushner described a Dec. 13 sit-down in New York City with Sergey Gorkov — the chairman of state-owned Vnesheconombank and an ally of Russia’s autocratic president, Vladimir Putin.
“The meeting with Mr. Gorkov lasted twenty to twenty-five minutes,” Kushner recalled. “He introduced himself and gave me two gifts — one was a piece of art from Nvgorod [an apparent misspelling by Kushner of Novogrudok], ...
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July 25, 2017 at 5:42 pm
WASHINGTON - A person has been wounded in a shooting in Northwest D.C. that involves the Secret Service, authorities said.
According to D.C. Fire and EMS, the Secret Service requested an EMS unit to respond to the 1100 block of L Street on Tuesday for a person shot in the thigh.
The victim was transported to the hospital. Their condition is unknown at this time.
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July 25, 2017 at 4:30 pm
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley expressed frustration on Tuesday with the UN Security Council’s attitude toward Iran and its terrorist proxies in the Middle East.
“Truth be told, the Security Council often makes the Middle East more complicated than it actually is,” Haley said at the Security Council’s monthly meeting on the region. “It obsesses over Israel. And it refuses to acknowledge one of the chief sources of conflict and killing in the Middle East — that is, Iran and its partner militia, Lebanese Hezbollah.”
Haley began her remarks by affirming that the US “shares everyone’s concern about the heightened tensions in Jerusalem.”
“All parties should work to reduce these tensions, and we offer whatever assista...
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July 25, 2017 at 4:14 pm
Speaker Paul Ryan says President Donald Trump gets to decide his personnel. Ryan’s comment came amid reports that the president has spoken with advisers about firing Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Ryan told reporters on Tuesday that it’s the prerogative of the president to decide who works for him and if the president has concerns he would talk to the individual.
Other Republicans, most notably Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, offered a strong defense of Sessions, saying Trump shouldn’t base prosecutorial decisions on politics. Trump launched a fresh Twitter tirade Tuesday morning against Sessions, who was the first senator to endorse his candidacy.
Ryan repeatedly said it is up to the president on personnel decisions.
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July 25, 2017 at 4:04 pm
Senator John McCain was greeted with applause when he entered the Senate chamber today to cast one of the final votes to approve the procedural motions for the new health care bill. McCain took a trip back home to Arizona recently, so that he could focus on his battle with brain cancer. McCain flew back to Washington D.C. to vote for a repeal of the Affordable Care Act, and he cast the vote that tied the motion at 50-50. The motion cleared the Senate after Vice President Mike Pence cast a tiebreaker vote while he presided over the floor.
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July 25, 2017 at 4:00 pm
In this Honest Reporting video, the events that began with the deadly terror attack on Har Habayis on July 14, 2017 are explained, as is the placement of metal detectors on Har Habayis in response. The video does an exemplary job pointing out the absurd situation and the international community’s response.
However, the issue as we are led to understand is not one of right and wrong, or the fact that the installation of metal detectors was a prudent and moderate response by Israel.
Unfortunately, the Security Cabinet has already released a decision that it is willing to remove the metal detectors, which have been at the heart of the violence and international involvement since their placement – and this is for one reason only, it represents Israeli sovereignty ...
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July 25, 2017 at 3:39 pm
China on Tuesday denied its fighter jet pilots operated dangerously during an encounter with a U.S. surveillance plane in international airspace in which the American pilot took evasive action to avoid a possible collision.
Spokesman Ren Guoqiang said in a statement on the defense ministry’s microblog that the performance of the pilots of the two J-10 fighters was “legal, necessary and professional.”
Ren criticized frequent close-in surveillance runs by U.S. planes as raising the chance of accidents, saying such missions “threatened China’s national security, harmed China-U.S. sea-air military safety, endangered the safety of pilots from the two sides and were the root cause of China-U.S. sea-air unexpected incidents.”
The U.S. should stop such &ldquo...
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July 25, 2017 at 3:35 pm
President Rivlin on Tuesday morning 2 Av commented on the safe return home of the Israeli Embassy staff in Jordan.
“After a long and tense few days, I want to welcome back home the staff of our embassy in Jordan. We waited for you with concern, and followed closely your impressive conduct throughout the crisis, under the leadership of Ambassador Einat Schlein.
“The State of Israel’s longstanding cooperation with the Hashemite Kingdom and King Abdullah, who knew to help wisely also now, played a significant part in the efforts to bring an end to the crisis, and we deeply appreciate this.
“May the leaders and Government of Israel together with all the security services and our special envoy to Jordan, Shin Bet Director Nadav Argaman, be strengthened by th...
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July 25, 2017 at 3:30 pm
President Donald Trump surveyed the crowd of thousands of Boy Scouts at their summit Monday and assessed, “There’s a lot of love in this big, beautiful place. And a lot of love for our country.” He singled out for affection West Virginia, a state that gave him his largest margin of victory in November.
“What we did, in all fairness, is an unbelievable tribute to you and all of the other millions and millions of people that came out and voted to make America great again,” he said as chants of “USA!” broke out among the Scouts, most of whom were too young to vote.
It’s a message that only works in Trump-backing corners of America. As president, he’s been drawn again and again to those comfort zones, while largely avoiding states where v...
