AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A North Carolina man accused of trying to recruit people to conduct terrorist attacks in the name of the Islamic State group has been found guilty on federal charges in Ohio. A jury in Akron found 37-year-old Erick Jamal Hendricks guilty Tuesday on charges of conspiracy and attempt to provide material support and resources to a foreign terrorist organization. Hendricks was arrested in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 2016, on a federal complaint filed in Cleveland. Authorities say he contacted people over social media trying to recruit them. Authorities also say he told one person his goal was to create a terrorist cell that would conduct attacks in the United States. A message was left for Hendricks' attorney. Hendricks could be sentenced to life in prison....
Baltimore, MD – Mar. 20, 2018 - It is with sadness that BaltimoreJewishLife.com informs the community of the petirah  of Mrs. Chava Israel, z"l, mother of R' Chaim Leib Israel, Mrs. Sura Miriam Werczberger, Rebetzin Malka Feiga (Rav Shaya) Taub and sister of  R’ Mendu Fried. Shiva is being observed at 1849 50th Street (18th & 19th Ave) Boro ParkRebetzin Malka Feiga (Rav Shaya) Taub can be reached at 914.218.1304. She will be sitting shiva in NY the entire week. Bila HaMaves LaNetzach...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Twelve Republican state legislators in Pennsylvania have signed on to resolutions introduced Tuesday that seek to impeach four Democratic justices on the state Supreme Court over rulings in a congressional redistricting case. The four nearly identical resolutions argue the justices acted improperly through rulings that gave lawmakers about three weeks to enact a new district map and then produced a court-drawn map. The court ruled a 2011 GOP-crafted map, among the most gerrymandered in the nation, violated the state constitution's guarantee of free and equal elections. The replacement it came up with is widely expected to help Democrats as they seek to flip U.S. House seats now held by Republicans. "If we allow this to stand without taking action, the f...
ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the Austin bombings (all times local): 8:45 a.m. The mayor of the suspected Austin bomber's hometown says the suspect lived only two blocks away from him in a part of the city known as Old Town. Pflugerville Mayor Victor Gonzales told The Associated Press on Wednesday that police had surveillance on the home overnight Tuesday, though he said he didn't personally know the family. Gonzales says he had concerned neighbors approaching him because of the large police presence in the neighborhood. He says he let them know everything would be OK. Authorities say the suspect blew himself up overnight in his vehicle in a hotel parking lot in another suburb as a SWAT team closed in on him. A law enforcement official has told the AP that th...
Jerusalem - It was only on September 5 that Lt.-Col. Dror learned what his target would be. For months, he had been training alongside seven other pilots for a longrange strike in an unspecified country. All Dror knew was the range, and that the target was a building that needed to be destroyed. On some days he would draw an imaginary line in his head using the range for which he was training and try and figure what might be the target. It could have been anywhere from Syria to Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Egypt or beyond. He knew it was something special. As a deputy commander of the Israel Air Force’s 69th “Hammer” Squadron, Dror had flown hundreds of combat operations. In each of those cases he knew the target ahead of time. In this case, though, only a handful of people e...
Baltimore, MD - March 21, 2018 - The chances you will get a ticket for speeding or running a red light in the city just increased. A total of 42 new red-light and speed cameras went up Monday at locations throughout the city, and if you're caught on camera, you could pay a pretty penny. Nineteen speed cameras have been added to locations outside schools within the city. If you get caught, prepare to pay a $40 fine. Nineteen more red-light cameras are also up on city streets. Running a red light will cost you $75. Also, six cameras are dedicated to ticketing trucks for driving on streets that restrict vehicles over three-quarters of a ton. "The idea is to keep heavy vehicles off the street to give the residents peace and peace of mind with the shaking and the noise from the trucks,...
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. (AP) — The heated battle over immigration exploded in a small Southern California city as elected officials took steps to opt out of a state law limiting cooperation between police and federal deportation agents. Residents in the tight-knit Orange County community of Los Alamitos packed the City Council chambers Monday night as leaders voted 4-1 in favor of a measure to declare the city exempt from California's so-called sanctuary law, citing constitutional concerns. The move in the city of 12,000 mostly American-born residents has stoked intense passions among those opposed to illegal immigration and those who think local police should focus on crime-fighting, not deportation. Longtime resident and former Mayor Gerri Mejia urged council members to pass t...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump warned Tuesday night of dire consequences should Democrats take the House in this year's midterm elections, but predicted Republicans are "going to win." Speaking at the National Republican Congressional Committee's annual March fundraiser, Trump said that, "on issue after issue," House Democrats are "way outside of the American mainstream." "Democrats like to campaign as moderates, but they always govern like radicals," he said, warning that, if they win, Democrats will block efforts to secure the borders, "release dangerous criminals," and try to raise Americans' taxes, among other ills. He also vowed to campaign tirelessly to help GOP candidates win, telling a room full of Republican party leaders and donors, "I'll be...
The Kotel was 'cleaned out' of notes that have been stuffed into it all year long, using a special device.As elsewhere in Israel, the people responsible for the Kotel (Western Wall) are getting ready for Passover by doing a general cleaning – in their case, of the notes that have been stuffed into the cracks of the Kotel by the millions who visit it every year. In a custom that has become universal – with non-Jews, as well as Jews, writing out prayers that are “left” in the wall for G-d to address – the wall is filled with notes of all sizes and shapes, all containing pleas for good health, happy families, and myriad other needs. According to Jewish tradition, a prayer rendered at the Kotel – the wall outside the holiest site in Judaism, the...
ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the Austin bombings (all times local): 5:55 a.m. President Donald Trump is tweeting his praise of law enforcement after the suspect in the Austin bombings after the bomber blew himself up as police closed in. In a Wednesday morning tweet, Trump said: "AUSTIN BOMBING SUSPECT IS DEAD. Great job by law enforcement and all concerned." Austin has been targeted by four package bombings since March 2 that killed two people and wounded four others. A fifth parcel bomb detonated at a FedEx distribution center near San Antonio early Tuesday. Police Chief Brian Manley said at a news conference that investigators zeroed in on the suspect and located his vehicle in a suburban Austin hotel. He says police were waiting on a tactical team for hours when th...
ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) — The suspect in a series of bombing attacks in Austin blew himself up early Wednesday as authorities closed in, a dramatic end to a weekslong siege of the Texas capital, where two were killed and four injured in a series of blasts. Authorities had zeroed in on the suspect in the last 24 to 36 hours and located his vehicle at a hotel on Interstate 35 in the Austin suburb of Round Rock, Austin Police Chief Brian Manley said at a news conference. They were waiting for ballistic vehicles to arrive to move in for an arrest when his vehicle began to drive away, Manley said. Authorities followed the vehicle, which ran into a ditch on the side of the road, the police chief said. When members of the SWAT team approached, the suspect detonated an explosive device insi...
BJL Weather Information Notification System Community Schedule Changes for Schools, Organizations & Businesses Mar 21, 2018 / 5 Nisan, 5778     @9:29 PM BAIS YAAKOV ELEMENTARY Closed @9:29 PM BAIS YAAKOV MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL Closed @11:05 PM BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Closed @8:51 PM BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Closed @9:29 PM BETH TFILOH Closed @8:45 PM BNOS YISROEL Closed @11:05 PM CHEDER CHABAD Closed @9:49 PM DARCHEI NOAM MONTESSORI Closed @8:27 PM JCC - PARK HEIGHTS Closed @9:49 PM JEWELS Closed @9:43 PM MONTESSORI AT NER TAMID Closed @5:57 PM OHR CHADASH ACADEMY Closed @7:22 PM TALMUDICAL ACAD...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A spring nor'easter targeted the Northeast on Wednesday with strong winds and a foot or more of snow expected in some parts of the region. Airlines canceled flights and schools canceled classes ahead of the fourth major storm in three weeks. Conditions were calm in most areas early Wednesday, but forecasters said the storm was expected to kick into high gear by early afternoon. "I didn't think I'd still need to keep storm stuff in my car in late March, but what are you going to do?" Wilson Collins said as he prepared to leave his Toms River, New Jersey, home on Wednesday morning, checking his trunk to make sure he had a shovel, a blanket and other emergency items. "I'm hoping most of the snow will accumulate just on the grass, but the roads w...
The Austin bomber has been shot dead as police FBI agents were trying to arrest him, it has been reported. The man detonated a device before gunfire rang out along Interstate Highway 35 in the early hours of Wednesday, according to KVUE. The FBI and police tracked the bomber to the Round Rock area using cell phone technology, security video, store receipts before 'engaging him' around 3am on Wednesday, the station reports. As officers pursued the suspect a device was detonated, which had been anticipated by police, before a volley of gunfire. The shooting comes just hours after CBS published CCTV showing the bombing suspect at a Fed-Ex office in the south of the city. The images show a man, possibly wearing a wig and gloves, delivering two packages to the store around 7...
Military censor clears for publication details of the 2007 bombing of a nuclear reactor in Syria. The military censor on Wednesday morning cleared for publication details about the bombing of the nuclear reactor in Syria by the Israel Air Force in 2007, after more than 10 years in which the bombing of the reactor was attributed to the IDF only by foreign media outlets. “Operation Outside the Box” to attack the nuclear reactor in Deir Ezzor in eastern Syria took place on September 6, 2007, after midnight. The story begins with Libya's announcement four years earlier, in 2003, of its decision to halt its nuclear program. That announcement caught Israel by surprise. According to the information that has now been cleared for publication, then-Mossad chief Meir Dagan or...
Sen. John McCain blasted President Trump on Tuesday over news that Trump phoned Russian President Vladimir Putin to congratulate him on his recent electoral win. In a statement, McCain called Trump’s phone call to Putin an insult to “every Russian citizen who was denied the right to vote in a free and fair election to determine their country’s future.” “An American president does not lead the Free World by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections,” McCain said. “And by doing so with Vladimir Putin, President Trump insulted every Russian citizen who was denied the right to vote in a free and fair election to determine their country’s future, including the countless Russian patriots who have risked so much to protest and resist Put...
Updated as of Mar. 20, 2018: Rebbitzen Shoshana Gifter  and R' Zalman Gifter  will sit Shiva at 2302 Tapestry Ct Toms River, NJ Phone Number- 440-465-9247 (Please call before coming for Shiva details) R' Binyamin Gifter R' Yisrael Gifter Mrs. Chasi Reisman Mrs. Luba Feuer R' Avrohom Yitzchok Eisenberg R' Yisrael Meir Eisenberg R' Baruch Tzvi Eisenberg Mrs. Orie Charalop Mrs. Leah Landsberg Mrs. Miriam Gruen Mrs. Rochel Penina David Mrs. Naomi Levin will sit shiva at 75 Forest Park Circle Lakewood, NJ 08701 Phone Number- 732-370-6330 They will be getting up from Shiva on Sunday Morning.###Baltimore, MD – Mar. 19, 2018 - It is with deep sadness that BaltimoreJewishLife.com informs the community of the petirah ...
THE FOLLOWING IS VIA YWN In a multi-agency operation, treif meat being sold as kosher was apprehended in an Arab village in northern Israel. The Chief Rabbinate of Israel issued an important announcement: concern about the prohibition of meat distributed by “Meat Giant Mamduach 2010 Ltd.”, “Meat House Beef Trade Ltd.”, “Fresh Meat Delicatessen Ltd.”, “MN” . Restaurant Management Ltd. (Paddy Nafa) ” As part of the intensive intelligence activity of the Fraud Enforcement Unit at the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, there was a suspicion that black slaughter was being carried out in the village of Sulam, while attempting to market the items as kosher. Members of the Kashrus Enforcement Unit in the Chief Rabbinate of Israel approached the cou...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Emergency teams rushed Tuesday night to another reported explosion in Austin — this one at a Goodwill store — but police and federal authorities said the blast wasn't related to recent bombings that have killed and injured people and caused panic across Texas' capital for weeks. Police and emergency response teams said an "incendiary device" exploded, injuring a man in his 30s. Nearby stores, shopping centers and restaurants were evacuated. But police and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said a short time later that it was unrelated to the previous blasts. Gary Davis, president and CEO of Goodwill Texas, stood outside a police barrier huddling with other Goodwill employees. He said the device was contained in a ...
Much of the early parts of Sefer Vayikra emphasize the ability of every person to bring a Korbon according to his means.  The meal offering brought by the poor is just as welcome as the bull offering brought by the wealthy.  Indeed, the Gemara and Medrash on Vayikra says that “there will always be poor people and rich people so they may help each other.”  Judaism has caring for the poor and the warning about the dangers of wealth throughout its teachings. Mitzvos of tithing, Leket, Shikcha and Peah along with loaning without interest are cornerstones of the Torah’s economic model.  We are taught that Parnassa is one of the few keys that Hashem does not give over to any messenger.  Wealth is very much viewed as a tool as opposed to a goal unto its ...
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