The driver of a vehicle for President Trump’s motorcade was detained Monday after security agents found a gun in his baggage. The gun was discovered during a security screening of the vehicle in a parking lot across the street from Mar-a-Lago, the president’s private club in Palm Beach, Florida. The man, who was not identified, told authorities that he forgot to leave the personal firearm in his personal vehicle before entering the van that was to be part of Mr. Trump’s motorcade, according to pool reporter Jordan Fabian of The Hill. The driver was to be operating one of the press vans. Typically such drivers are volunteers, not government employees or members of the media. “White House staff said all drivers were replaced after the incident,” th...
The ministerial committee on the integration of Israeli citizens of Ethiopian origin chaired by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Monday, 19 February 2018), in an historic step, approved a decision to – for the first time – provide for the status of the overall religious services for Israeli citizens of Ethiopian origin. Prime Minister Netanyahu said, "At today's meeting we will finally provide for the status of the kesim who have led the Ethiopian Jewish community for hundreds of years. This arrangement should have been implemented a long time ago, and I am pleased that we have the opportunity to do so now. I think this is part of the same step, the same package of steps that we are enacting to aid our brothers and sisters in the Ethiopian Jewish community. The...
The Kremlin has dismissed a U.S. indictment that charged 13 Russians with interfering in the 2016 U.S. presidential election as lacking evidence. The indictment handed Friday by a federal grand jury alleges that a wealthy entrepreneur with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin funneled money to a so-called "troll farm," which sent operatives to the United States, created fictitious social media accounts and used them to spread tendentious messages. The aim was either to influence voters or to undermine their faith in the U.S. political system. Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Monday that while the indictment focuses on "Russian nationals" it gives "no indication that the Russian government was involved in this in any way." Peskov insisted t...
Ramat Gan, Israel – The Lookstein Center for Jewish Education of Bar-Ilan University, in collaboration with The AVI CHAI Foundation, is launching a new educational project to celebrate Israel's upcoming 70th anniversary. Educational challenges will be emailed daily to all individuals and schools that sign up, seventy tasks in total. These games will be accessible online for the duration of the celebrations and beyond. The 70 five-minute challenges about Israel, offered in four grade levels, will be in the form of puzzles, quizzes, memory games, word search, fill-in-the-blank, riddles and other styles. Schools and individuals will be able to compete with others worldwide, and win points. Some quizzes will be in the form of true and false.  For example, younger students wi...
Baltimore, MD – Feb. 19, 2018 - It is with sadness that BaltimoreJewishLife.com (BJL) informs the community of the petirah of Marvin Keyser, z’l; beloved husband of Betty Jacobs-Keyser (nee Kessler) and the late Phyllis C. Keyser (nee Greenberg); devoted father of Karen Keyser Schwartzman (Mark Schwartzman) and Aline (Moti) Chauin; dear step-father of Marc (Sandy) Jacobs and Dawn Jacobs Zimmerman (Richard Zimmerman); cherished brother of Sheldon (Ann) Keyser, Helen (Phillip) Fleischer and the late Phyllis E. Keyser and Doris Keyser; loving son of the late Isadore M. and Lena Keyser; adored grandfather of Rikki, Ettie and Tsahi Chauin; dear step-grandfather of Dana (Ki) Rummery, Chad Zimmerman, Allyson Jacobs, and Drew (Christine) Jacobs; dear great grandfather of Rukia Rummery,...
Jerusalem - The Israeli military says it has struck an underground militant infrastructure site in Gaza in response to rocket fire toward Israel. Monday’s airstrikes come amid days of renewed tensions and violence along the Gaza border. The military has struck various targets in Gaza in recent days and killed two Palestinians who tried to infiltrate Israel after a militant bomb on the border wounded four Israeli soldiers. Israel holds Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers responsible for all attacks emanating from the territory, regardless of who carries them out. There were no Gaza reports of casualties from the strike. The border area has been generally quiet since the 2014 war between Israel and Hamas, but has seen an increase in violence after President Donald Trump’s annou...
You set your goal.  You decided you needed to lose 12 kilo.  And you set out to do it.  You were given all the tools to get there; a good food plan, exercise and your determination to succeed.  Week after week you got mostly good results.  It was only when there was extremely cold winter weather that you couldn’t get outdoors for your daily power walk, but you did your alternative exercising on those days.  In spite of a hectic schedule, you planned your eating and made sure to eat your meals and snacks as you should.  And finally, success!  You reached your goal, bought new clothes, felt great and were proud of yourself as you should be.  This was Ken’s story.  Ken was a skype client from the United States.  We first met ...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Monday, 19 February 2018), commented on the agreement to export Israeli gas to Egypt: "I welcome the historic agreement that was announced on the export of Israeli gas to Egypt. This will put billions into the state treasury to benefit the education, health and social welfare of Israel's citizens. Many people did not believe in the gas outline. We led it knowing that it would strengthen our security, economy and regional relations, but – above all – that it would strengthen Israel's citizens. This is a joyous day."
Atlanta, GA -  Investigators are searching for a delivery food driver who they say opened fire and killed a customer just outside metro Atlanta. The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as 30-year-old Ryan Thornton of Atlanta. Local media report that according to the Atlanta Police Department, Thornton ordered delivery from UberEATS on Saturday and went outside a Buckhead apartment complex, about 8 miles (13 kilometers) north of Atlanta, at 11 p.m. to pick up his food. Investigators say witnesses said that Thornton and the driver exchanged words and then someone inside a white Volkswagen opened fire before it left the complex. Thornton was taken by ambulance to Grady Memorial Hospital where he later died. There have been no arrests in the case.
New York - For families who have searched years for missing loved ones, donating a sample of their DNA is often a last, desperate act to confirm their worst fears. New York City’s medical examiner is leading a nationwide effort to collect genetic material and match it with unidentified human remains. It’s a way to finally give family members some answers and maybe some solace. “People will not rest without answers, at least some answers,” said Dr. Barbara Sampson, the city’s chief medical examiner. Over the last decade, thousands of DNA samples have been donated to the city’s medical examiner’s office. Most include swabs of saliva from close relatives, but also DNA taken from items used by the missing persons themselves, including toothbrushes, ...
TRENTON, New Jersey -- Amtrak could prevent New Jersey Transit trains from using its tracks between Trenton and New York if the state transit agency doesn't finish installing technology that's designed to prevent crashes. Amtrak President and CEO Richard Anderson told a House subcommittee on Thursday Amtrak is worried passengers are being put at risk by delays in installing positive train control.In a filing to federal regulators, NJ Transit reported that through December, the braking system had been installed in 35 of its 440 locomotives and on none of 11 track segments.Thirty-five of 124 needed radio towers had been fully installed and equipped, and 143 of 1,100 employees had been trained in the new system, according to the report.New Jersey Transportation Commissioner Diane G...
Jerusalem - Israeli energy company Delek Drilling has announced a $15 billion deal to supply natural gas to Egypt. Delek and its U.S. partner, Noble Energy, signed a deal Monday to sell a total of 64 billion cubic meters of gas over a 10-year period to Egyptian company Dolphinus Holdings. Yossi Abu, chief executive of Delek Drilling, said in an interview that the deal is the largest-ever export agreement for Israel’s nascent natural gas industry. He called it “great news” for both countries. He says he expects most of the gas to be used for Egypt’s domestic market. But he says it could help pave the way toward turning Egypt into an export hub for Israeli gas. The gas is expected to start flowing next year.
A federal grand jury in Minnesota indicted three people on charges that they conspired to export drone parts and technology from the U.S. to the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon, authorities announced Friday. The U.S. Attorney's office for Minnesota said two of the suspects — brothers Usama and Issam Hamade — are now in custody in South Africa, while the third, Samir "Tony" Berro, remains at large. All three are Lebanese citizens. Usama "Prince Sam" Hamade also has South African citizenship, while Berro and Issam Hamade are also U.K. citizens. The U.S. considers Hezbollah a terrorist organization. The Shiite militant group has used drones at least since 2004. The indictment alleges the conspiracy operated from 2009 through December 2013. It says the equipment ...
As he launched his long-awaited U.S. Senate campaign in Utah, Mitt Romney spoke with The Associated Press about immigration, gun control, Russia and why he's running in Utah. Some highlights of the phone interview with Romney: IMMIGRATION Romney said he agrees with President Donald Trump on the need for border security, including penalties for employers who hire illegal immigrants and stopping chain migration, a term critics use to describe family-based immigration. Romney took issue, though, with "language that's come out of Washington generally" that can make minorities and immigrants feel uncomfortable or unwelcome. GUN CONTROL Speaking days after 17 people died at a Florida high school shooting, Romney insisted it was an appropriate time to talk about what can ...
A gun/cash bingo event to benefit a Maryland political campaign has drawn criticism on social media as some have called the event "tone deaf" following the south Florida school shooting. All proceeds and donations from the event were to support the Committee to elect Aaron Penman, who is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and a Harford County sheriff's sergeant running for delegate in Maryland's 7th District. Penman said 21 prizes will be given away, 11 of which are guns. Among the prizes of the event include several long guns, including an AR-15 rifle.  The Saturday night event comes days after a deadly mass shooting at a school in south Florida. Penman told 11 News on Saturday that the event sold out and that 344 people were expected to attend the event, which...
Baltimore, MD -- Some officials in Maryland are calling for more transparency of police personnel files and disciplinary records. The Baltimore Sun reported Saturday that Maryland shields such records from public disclosure. But the recent corruption convictions of some Baltimore police officers have prompted calls for a change. Some officers had faced internal misconduct allegations. Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh said through a spokeswoman that "the issue of disclosure and transparency warrants a fresh look." City solicitor Andre Davis has also said that Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh plans to propose legislation that would bring more transparency and fairness to the police discipline process. But law enforcement officials said that making such records public would inv...
Parkland, FL - A South Florida Chabad center may find itself playing a role in the case against school shooter Nikolas Cruz after footage from the facility’s security cameras showed images of the 19 year old less than an hour after the horrific bloodbath that took the lives of 17 students and staffers at the Marjory Stoneham Douglas High School last week. Rabbi Hershy Bronstein of the Chabad Chai Center – Coral Springs said that area residents had been pressuring officials for more details about Cruz’s activities from the time he left the high school until he was detained by the police.  A Thursday night announcement by Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel supplied the public with an official timeline, one that placed the Chabad center directly on the killer’s...
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Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday threatened that if Israel attacked his country, it will “see the response”. Zarif also told NBC News in an interview that last week’s shooting down of an Israeli fighter jet by Syria had destroyed the "myth of invincibility" that surrounded Israel's military for decades. After "30 years the Syrians were able to down one of its planes," the Iranian foreign minister told NBC News in an exclusive interview on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. "And so the myth of invincibility of Israel, of the Israeli military, has crumbled," he claimed. Syria "was able to use its own means to bring down one of their planes. The answer is: Don't violate their airspace," adde...
US President Donald Trump (R) gestures toward China's President Xi Jinping (C), as US First Lady Melania Trump (back C) is seen in the background, in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017. During President Donald Trump's visit to Beijing last November, a US Secret Service agent reportedly tackled a Chinese security official after attempts to block the movement of the "nuclear football." The nuclear football , officially known as the "president's emergency satchel," is a black leather briefcase that allows the US president to authorize a nuclear strike while away from a command center. It is carried by a military aide and is supposed to be in close proximity to the president at all times. Mark Wilson/Getty ImagesA military aide car...
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