Kellyanne Conway defended President Trump amid an escalating feud between the president and her husband in an interview with Politico published Wednesday. “You think he shouldn’t respond when somebody, a non-medical professional accuses him of having a mental disorder? You think he should just take that sitting down?” she said. Conway, the White House counselor, told the publication that Trump disregarded her husband’s criticism for months “out of respect for me” but that she didn’t blame him for firing back after George Conway suggested earlier this week that Trump had diagnosable narcissistic personality disorder. “Don’t play psychiatrist any more than George should be,” Conway told the publication. “You’re not a ...
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President Trump will meet next week with embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House announced on Wednesday. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the two leaders “will discuss their countries’ shared interests and actions in the Middle East” next Monday and then Netanyahu will return on Tuesday for dinner. Netanyahu is visiting Washington, D.C., to attend the American Israel Public Affairs Committee annual policy conference. Read more at The Hill.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo holds a joint press statement with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The conflict of the Jewish people and Amalek – central to the story of Purim – is a continuation of the ongoing struggle between their forebears, Yaakov and Eisav. Yaakov and Eisav were twins, but whereas some twins are identical, these twins were opposites. Yaakov inhabited the world of the spirit, the tents of study and prayer, while Eisav was firmly implanted in the material world. Yaakov confronted Eisav both physically and spiritually, meeting up with him and his camp, and wrestling his angel. And we, the descendants of Yaakov, mark two days of the year dedicated to our confrontation with Eisav. On Purim we recall the physical battle defeating Haman, and on Yom Kippur we eliminate the angel of Eisav, as our Sages noted that the word “HaSatan” has the numerical...
Baltimore, MD - Mar. 20, 2019 - Consumers should be aware that there are a number of items that are being sold in local markets from Eretz Yisrael and have various issues associated with them: Shmitta wine. Any 2015 wine from Israel is from Shmitta. Due to lack of sales in Eretz Yisrael, a large stock has been sent to USA in the last few weeks and is now being sold in many wine stores. There are a number of concerns with the way this wine has been handled and possibly creates issues consuming this wine. Each person should consult their Rov for guidance or just choose a different vintage. Carrots and many citrus fruits are arriving in the USA from Israel and would need to have Terumos and Maasros separated. See https://www.star-k.org/articles/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/KCSmall_Terumos.pd...
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Jerusalem, Israel - Mar. 20, 2019 - On Wednesday afternoon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with  Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem. At a subsequent meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the Israeli Prime Minister began his remarks with the following statement: "Secretary Pompeo, Mike, it’s good to see you in Jerusalem, back in Jerusalem. I have to say that we meet in every holiday. We met in Hanukkah, now we’re meeting in Purim. And these are all celebrations of our history, and part of it is the tremendous alliance between Israel and the United States. I know you’ve been an extraordinary champion of the US-Israel alliance. And I want to thank you and Presid...
A couple of fundamental questions regarding Purim: 1) The era of Purim was one of our lowest spiritual points in history (see Sanhedrin 105a). We had sinned so greatly and become so lax in our Torah observance that Hashem Himself signed our doom with His proverbial "signet ring”. This signified that under ordinary circumstances, no matter how greatly we would improve or even repent, we were no longer redeemable. Which merit, in particular, was responsible for changing everything and single-handedly caused Hashem to save us? 2) When Haman was convincing king Achashverosh to destroy the Jews, on a deeper level, he was actually making the case to Hashem Himself as to why he should be justified in destroying them *. Strangely, his opening argument was that the Jews were a “scatt...
Psychiatrists have concluded that the suspect in the 2017 Paris slaying of a Jewish woman is not fit to stand trial due to diminished mental capacity at the time of the killing, French media reported Tuesday. Kobili Traore is alleged to have beaten his neighbor, 66-year-old Sarah Halimi, to death while calling her a demon and shouting about Allah, before throwing her body from the window of her third-story apartment. According to reports on Tuesday, a third assessment of Traore found he did not suffer from mental illness, but that he could not be held responsible for his actions at the time of Halimi’s murder as he was in a state of “acute delirium.” It has been reported in the past that Traore was under the influence of strong cannabinoid drugs at the time of the incid...
The Maryland General Assembly voted to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour starting in 2025. The bill passed in the House of Delegates with a 93 - 41 vote and in the Senate with a 32 - 13 vote. The legislation now goes to Gov. Larry Hogan's desk. The House and Senate passed their versions of the legislation by veto-proof majorities. The minimum wage in Maryland will raise to $15 an hour starting Jan. 1, 2025. Small businesses with 14 or fewer employees will be permitted to wait until July 1, 2026 to establish the full $15 wage. Both the House and Senate made significant changes to the bills. The House delayed full implementation from 2023 to 2025. It also exempted some workers. The Senate version gives companies with fewer than 15 employees until 2028 to raise the minimum wa...
Two more members of the University of Maryland Medical System board of directors have resigned, while four others who have financial relationships with the system have been asked to immediately take a voluntary leave of absence. The news is part of the fallout of controversy over Mayor Catherine Pugh's since-disclosed book deal with the medical system. Pugh had sat on the board since 2001. She resigned that unpaid position on Monday, days after it came to light she and other board members benefited from contracts with the private health system. "Addressing this issue is of the highest priority for me and the organization," board Chairman Stephen A. Burch said in a statement. "There is nothing more important than the trust of those who depend on our leadership." John W. Dillon of Du...
As the Lion Air crew fought to control their diving Boeing 737 Max 8, they got help from an unexpected source: an off-duty pilot who happened to be riding in the cockpit. That extra pilot, who was seated in the cockpit jumpseat, correctly diagnosed the problem and told the crew how to disable a malfunctioning flight-control system and save the plane, according to two people familiar with Indonesia’s investigation. The next day, under command of a different crew facing what investigators said was an identical malfunction, the jetliner crashed into the Java Sea killing all 189 aboard. The previously undisclosed detail on the earlier Lion Air flight represents a new clue in the mystery of how some 737 Max pilots faced with the malfunction have been able to avert disaster while the ot...
As the New Zealand gunman live-streamed the massacre onto Facebook, fewer than 200 people watched. The social network said its moderators removed it sometime after a user first reported it as troubling, 29 minutes after the stream began. But on the anonymous message board 8chan, where the gunman had announced his “attack against the invaders” with a link to the live footage, a nameless group had already been racing to save, preserve and reupload the video in corners of the web where it’d be harder to take down. It worked: Within 24 hours, the video of a mass terror attack that killed 50 people at two mosques had been uploaded onto Facebook more than 1.5 million times. New numbers released by social media companies confirm what has been apparent since the Friday killing...
A Lebanese-Canadian has been arrested on suspicion of spying for Israel, Lebanese intelligence announced on Tuesday. The 40-year-old man apparently confessed to being recruited in 2013 by a Lebanese fugitive, which Lebanese intelligence says belongs to an Israeli spying network described as “unit 504”. Lebanon and Israel remain technically in a state of war, and tensions between Israel and Hezbollah remain high with regular threats issued at one another. Between April 2009 and 2014, Lebanese authorities detained more than 100 people accused of spying for Israel, most of them members of the military or telecom employees. Read more at i24NEWS.
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A spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry denied that the Iranian regime hacked Israeli officials’ cellular phones, Iran’s IRNA news agency reported. IRNA quoted Bahram Qasemi as saying that the “Zionist officials” are “playing the blame game and promoting hype…out of hostility, malice and to promote Iranophobia, the Zionist regime of Israel and the US officials are after imposing most pressures against Iran by raising such claims.” The site also quoted Qasemi as calling Israel’s election candidates “unprofessional” and claiming that they are “taking advantage of advertising tools” encourage hostility towards Iran, and reiterating his belief that Israel engages in “psychological warfare.” Read more ...
Doctors reported a marked improvement in the medical condition of an IDF soldier wounded in a West Bank terror attack earlier in the week. Alexander Dvorsky, who was shot on Sunday, was fully conscious, breathing on his own and able to talk with medical staff at Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tkiva, the hospital said. The hospital says the patient is in stable and moderate condition. ‬ Read more at Times of Israel.
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