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September 17, 2018 at 5:06 pm
It’s not often that a film like this is released. The product of years of research, extensive travels, dozens of interviews and discussions with leading rabbanim and even underwater filming off the coast of the mediterranean in the Greek isles, It’s Not All Black and White is sure to amaze, and educate you.
This is a film for everyone who cares about mitzvos and wants to understand the history of this important mitzvah better. When was the last time techeiles was worn? How did it get lost? Was it found? What do the gedolim hold about this? Is it possible to find the techeiles before Mashiach comes? And, especially if you’re getting geared up to learn the sugya in Daf Yomi (The daf started learning Perek HaTecheiles Friday September 14) you want to watch this film right a...
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September 17, 2018 at 4:13 pm
Melbourne, Australia - Public fears about sewing needles concealed inside strawberries on supermarket shelves have spread across Australia and New Zealand as growers turn to metal detectors and the Australian government launches an investigation to restore public confidence in the popular fruit.
The government of Queensland state, where the contamination scare started last week, offered a 100,000 Australian dollar ($72,000) reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for inserting needles into strawberries after six brands — Donnybrook Berries, Love Berry, Delightful Strawberries, Oasis, Berry Obsession and Berry Licious — were recalled.
The scare had spread across the nation by Monday, with needles reported found in strawberries in all six Australi...
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September 17, 2018 at 4:12 pm
Pittsburgh - A startled camel started bucking during a circus when a child apparently threw a shovel at its feet, injuring six children and an adult and causing frightened circusgoers to flee the arena.
Two children and an adult were riding the camel during an intermission at the Shrine Circus at PPG Paints Arena when it became startled. Authorities say one child suffered a broken arm, while the injuries suffered by the others were considered minor.
The incident, caught on video , happened around 3:30 p.m. as people were buying rides on tethered camels, ponies or elephants led by handlers. Ruthie Kester, a Latrobe resident who was at the circus, told KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh that a child threw a shovel — used to clean up after the animals — at the camel’s feet.
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September 17, 2018 at 4:10 pm
Jerusalem - The Israeli government has agreed to absorb 1,000 Ethiopian Jews — accepting just a fraction of the African country’s 8,000 remaining Jews who want to move to Israel.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that a special committee had agreed to allow community members who already have children in Israel to immigrate. It was not clear what will happen to the remaining 7,000 people.
Alisa Bodner, a spokeswoman for Israel’s Ethiopian community, called Netanyahu’s decision an “incredible disappointment.”
Many of the 8,000 are practicing Jews and have relatives in Israel. But Israel doesn’t consider them Jewish under strict religious law, meaning their immigration requires special approval.
Israel agreed in 2015 to bring the remai...
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September 17, 2018 at 4:09 pm
Frankfurt, Germany - New versions of the 100- and 200-euro banknotes have updated anti-counterfeiting features and a slimmer size that should make them easier to fit into wallets and purses.
The new notes, shown off Monday by the European Central Bank, are now the same height as the 50-euro note so that they will be less likely to stick out and become worn. The notes also have an improved “satellite” hologram that shows small euro symbols moving around the number when the bill is held up and tilted.
ECB executive board member Yves Mersch said at the unveiling that more than a million cash machines would need to be adjusted before the new notes go into circulation May 28 in the 19 countries that use the shared currency.
He said that European citizens “remain attached&rd...
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September 17, 2018 at 4:08 pm
Buffalo, NY - Indicted U.S. Rep. Chris Collins will remain on the November ballot despite previously suspending his campaign, confounding Republican Party leaders in his district Monday who had counted on Collins’ cooperation to replace him.
The surprise decision by Collins, who pleaded not guilty to insider trading charges in August, throws the race for the western New York seat further into turmoil.
Erie County GOP Chairman Nick Langworthy said Collins confirmed his plans to him Monday, suggesting in a phone call that removing himself from the ballot could undermine his legal defense.
“As of last Monday, Mr. Collins was fully prepared to work with party officials to substitute himself from the ballot, so we had no reason to expect this,” said Langworthy, who sa...
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September 17, 2018 at 4:07 pm
Washington - The Trump administration has delayed until next month plans to send a message to all U.S. cellphones testing a previously unused presidential alert system that aims to warn the public about national emergencies, officials said on Monday.
The test message was originally scheduled for 2:18 p.m. EDT (1818 GMT)on Thursday but is being pushed back to the same time on Oct. 3 because of response efforts to Tropical Depression Florence, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said in a statement.
Florence came ashore in North Carolina on Friday as a hurricane and has caused widespread flooding in North and South Carolina.
FEMA, which will send the alert, said last week that the messages would bear the headline “Presidential Alert,” and that phones will make a lou...
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September 17, 2018 at 4:04 pm
Beirut - Syria state media is reporting loud explosions in the Syrian coastal Latakia province, saying are likely from Israeli strikes targeting a state company for technical industries. A military official says more strikes targeted the provincial capital from the sea but Syrian air defenses intercepted them.
The state-run Al-Ikhbariya TV reported the explosions late Monday. Nearly half an hour later, it said the strikes continued. It showed footage of what appeared to fire in a pitch black area. The TV said the target was the Institute for Technical industries in Latakia province.
A military official quoted on state media said Syrian air defenses intercepted strikes coming from the sea.
State media reported another suspected Israeli attack on Damascus’ International Airport Satu...
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September 17, 2018 at 3:49 pm
Do you know this man? His name is Ari Fuld. And yesterday, in front of a grocery store just south of Jerusalem, this Jewish man was murdered by a teenage terrorist with a knife. He was, quite literally, stabbed in the back. And, suffering from a mortal wound, Ari Fuld, who, like his name, was a lion in defense of the Jewish people, managed to fire at his murderer before succumbing to his wounds.
Ari Fuld was a master defender of the Jewish people and the Land of Israel. His life intersected with thousands of other Israel lovers, Jews and non-Jews, throughout the world. It’s impossible to catalog this man’s contributions to the Jewish people’s miraculous return to the Land of Israel.
But this story isn’t really about him. Not exactly.
As a rabbi&...
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September 17, 2018 at 2:47 pm
Brooklyn, NY - The Fire Department of New York says dozens of vehicles were damaged in a parking garage fire that sent thick black smoke billowing over a Brooklyn neighborhood.
The department says 21 people were injured Monday as the fire raged in the Mill Basin neighborhood. All but three of them were firefighters. None of the injuries was considered life-threatening.
The fire broke out on two floors of the four-story garage at around 9 a.m. The Kings Plaza mall was closed as a result.
It took nearly three hours to get the fire under control. The cause is under investigation.
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September 17, 2018 at 12:07 pm
U.S. Bankruptcy CourtEastern District of New York (Brooklyn)Bankruptcy Petition #: 1-18-45280-nhlAssigned to: Nancy Hershey LordChapter 11VoluntaryAssetDate filed: 09/16/2018DebtorBlue Gold Equities LLC 5 Doughty Blvd. Inwood, NY 11096 QUEENS-NY Tax ID / EIN: 27-3127766dba Seasonsrepresented byNathan Schwed Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP 1211 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 (212) 826-5317 Fax : (212) 753-0396 Email: nschwed@zeklaw.comU.S. TrusteeOffice of the United States Trustee Eastern District of NY (Brooklyn Office) U.S. Federal Office Building 201 Varick Street, Suite 1006 New York, NY 10014 (212) 510-0500 Click here for "First-Day Affidavit" that was filed yesterday. (Pages 4-9 contain the factual background.)Chapter 11 provides prot...
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September 17, 2018 at 9:58 am
On Yom Kippur we magically transform into angels. We recite aloud that expression that is otherwise the exclusive domain of angels, ‘Blessed is the Name of His glorious kingdom for all of eternity.’
But aren’t we greater than angels? Wasn’t that Moshe’s response to the angels who questioned the wisdom of giving the Torah to mortals, when he convincingly asserted that humans who solely struggle against physical urges in making valiant free-willed choices, are clearly superior to angels, and well deserving of receiving the Torah that addresses issues of material challenge?
So why are we striving to be angels?
The Zohar reveals that the Ish Iti, the designated man, who was charged with dispatching the he-goat off the cliff towards Azazel, casting ...
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September 17, 2018 at 9:42 am
Brooklyn, NY - Multiple cars are on fire at Kings Plaza Shopping Center in Brooklyn, a mall spokesperson says, and video posted to social media shows thick smoke overwhelming the entire immediate area.
A call about the fires in the parking garage at the mall on Avenue U and Flatbush Avenue came in shortly before 9 a.m. Monday. Citizen app video showed smoke spewing from the garage as bystanders crowded by emergency vehicles.
There was no immediate word on possible injuries. The blaze quickly escalated from a two-alarm to a three-alarm fire and remained active as of 9:15 a.m. Dozens of emergency vehicles were responding; a mall spokesperson said to avoid the area until further notice.
Kings Plaza has more than 120 stores, including Macy’s, Best Buy, Sears, H&M, Michael Kors, Ex...
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September 17, 2018 at 9:35 am
Gaza - A medical source in the Palestinian Health Ministry backed away on Monday from an assertion that an 11-year-old boy killed at a protest on Friday at the border with Israel had been shot by Israeli soldiers.
“The boy died of a head injury,” said the source, who asked not be identified, declining to give specifics and stopping short of attributing the death to Israeli gunfire.
On Friday, Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesman for the Health Ministry in Gaza, said the youth, Shadi Abdel-Al, had been shot dead by Israeli troops.
Two other Palestinians were killed during the weekly protest by Israeli live fire, local medics said on Friday.
An Israeli military spokeswoman, asked on Monday about the circumstances of the boy’s death and media reports that he had been killed by a s...
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September 17, 2018 at 9:00 am
ראש השנה תשע"ט אין אומן – צילום: יוסי גאלדבערגער, א בלום
Rosh Hashona in Uman - Part 3
Photo Credit:Yossi Goldberger And A. Blum
תשרי תשע"ט
Photo Credit: JDN
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September 17, 2018 at 8:35 am
GENEVA (AP) — More than half of all workplace tasks will be carried out by machines by 2025, organizers of the Davos economic forum said in a report released Monday that highlights the speed with which the labor market will change in coming years.
The World Economic Forum estimates that machines will be responsible for 52 percent of the division of labor as share of hours within seven years, up from just 29 percent today. By 2022, the report says, roughly 75 million jobs worldwide will be lost, but that could be more than offset by the creation of 133 million new jobs.
A major challenge, however, will be training and re-training employees for that new world of work.
“By 2025, the majority of workplace tasks in existence today will be performed by machines or algorithms. At t...
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September 17, 2018 at 8:30 am
Seattle - Amazon.com Inc said on Monday it was investigating suspected internal leaks of confidential information by its employees for bribes to remove fake reviews and other seller scams from its website.
Amazon employees are offering internal data and other classified information through intermediaries, to independent merchants selling their products on the site to help them boost sales in return for payments, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing sources.
The practice, which is a violation of the company’s policy, is particularly strong in China, the report added, as the number of sellers there are soaring.
“We hold our employees to a high ethical standard and anyone in violation of our code faces discipline, including termination and potential legal and crim...
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September 17, 2018 at 8:30 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for a woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of assaulting her when they were in high school says her client is willing to tell her story publicly to the Senate panel considering his nomination.
Kavanaugh has “categorically” denied those allegations, a denial repeated Monday by the White House.
The Republican-controlled Senate panel appears committed to a vote on Kavanaugh later this week.
