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June 18, 2019 at 5:45 pm
Dancing at the 10th Siyum HaShas: The Sights and Sounds of Worldwide Simcha and Achdus, Cycle After Cycle
It is not every day that you have tens of thousands of yidden - from Modern Orthodox to chassidim in their full levush, from the elderly to young children - holding hands and dancing with palpable simcha.
Some twenty-two years ago, as The Agudah celebrated the 10th Siyum HaShas of Daf Yomi, that was the incredible sight. In Madison Square Garden, Nassau Coliseum and scores of satellite locations worldwide, Klal Yisroel celebrated what was by far the largest scale Siyum HaShas ever.
The lively dancing that erupted after the Hadran was recited was seen on the dais as well. Rabbanim and Roshei Yeshiva of all backgrounds, including many of the preeminent Gedolei Hador, danced i...
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June 18, 2019 at 5:36 pm
Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is viewed skeptically back in her Queens and Bronx 14th Congressional District, according to a new door-to-door survey.
The poll found that she has a low 21% favorability rating, that just 11% believe she has their best interests in mind, and that only 13% would vote to reelect her.
The survey of registered voters was conducted by the political action committee targeting her with a Federal Election Commission complaint, Stop The AOC PAC.
Read more at WASHINGTON EXAMINER.
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June 18, 2019 at 5:36 pm
Israel on Tuesday partially reopened fishing zones to Gaza Strip fishermen, a week after imposing a naval blockade due to the continued scourge of arson balloons targeting Israeli agricultural lands.
The local Fishermen Committee announced that at 10:00 am an area up to 10 nautical miles would be opened off of the Gaza coast.
In the northern Gaza Strip, the coast would only be opened to 6 nautical miles, keeping with Israeli policy to impose stricter restrictions near the shared border with Israel.
Read more at i24NEWS.
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June 18, 2019 at 5:11 pm
Rabbi Safran’s recently published volume: ”Something Old, Something New – Pearls from the Torah” available on Amazon: Something Old, Something New: Pearls from the Torah: Rabbi Eliyahu Safran: 9781602803152: Amazon.com: Books
Well, who are you? (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?) I really wanna know (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?) Tell me, who are you? (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?) 'Cause I really wanna know (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
- “Who Are You”, The Who
Picture the moment as Moshe descended Har Sinai with the Tablets – God’s handiwork and the greatest gift imaginable to the People – when, just at that most auspicious moment in the annals of human history when Moshe was to deliver the Table...
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June 18, 2019 at 5:08 pm
Brooklyn/Williamsburg, NY - June 18, 2019 - On Friday, June 14 Bedford Center hosted an exciting Safety Fair in the front of their building to educate and prepare children for summer safety. Bedford Center takes child safety very seriously and spared no effort to bring a high level of awareness and entertainment to the children of Williamsburg.
Amongst the featured presenters were members of Hatzalah, Shomrim and the FDNY. All were focused on engaging the children and educating them about safety concerns.
The event was attended by thousands of children, who all listened in rapt fascination as one important topic after another was broached amidst an environment of child friendly entertainment activities.
אדר ב' תשע"ט
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June 18, 2019 at 4:58 pm
THE FOLLOWING IS VIA YWN
This past Monday, YWN received two letters from the Beis Din in Manchester, England notifying consumers that a hechsher of the Gough Deli in Manchester was being removed effective immediately. It was due to allegations of non-Kosher meat seen in the establishment. On Tuesday morning, shock spread through the community when word spread that the owner of the establishment was found dead. Police are investigating the circumstances.
The letter received by was signed by Dayan Yehudah Asher Steiner. The letter was verified by YWN to be authentic.
The halachic rulings included in the letter stated that all products purchased in the deli in the past bearing the MK Hechsher are still considered to be kosher. It also stated that all products carrying a Liverpool Kas...
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June 18, 2019 at 4:21 pm
U.S. stocksOpens a New Window. surged on Tuesday for the second straight day as the Federal ReserveOpens a New Window. began its two-day policy meeting and as the European Central Bank signaled it may soon cut interest rates.
President Trump, ahead of announcing his official 2020 run this evening, also gave equities an extra boost confirming he will meet with Chinese President Xi at the G-20 meeting in Japan via a Tweet. Investors viewed the development as a positive sign for progress on trade talks.
The Dow Jones Industrials and the Nasdaq Composite rallied over 1 percent, while the S&P 500 gained just under that level. As stocks rose, bonds also rallied pushing the yield on the 10-year Treasury to a 21 month low of 2.08 percent.
Boeing, flush with ord...
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June 18, 2019 at 4:19 pm
Quebec passed its so-called secularism law that bans certain public employees — teachers, judges and police officers, among them — from wearing religious symbols including yarmulkes, turbans and hijabs at work.
Bill 21 passed Sunday in a 73-35 vote following a marathon legislative session over the weekend that featured contentious debate. Polls have consistently shown widespread support for the legislation among the province’s French-speaking majority.
Some Jewish-majority municipalities have passed motions promising never to enforce the law, which has seen months of acrimonious debate and public hearings.
Read more at JPOST.
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June 18, 2019 at 4:18 pm
Iran claims it has exposed a U.S. cyberespionage network run by the CIA and that several spies have been arrested in several countries as a result.
A senior Iranian security official made the allegation on June 17 amid heightened tensions between Iran and Washington.
“One of the most complicated CIA cyberespionage networks that had an important role in the CIA’s operations in different countries was exposed by the Iranian intelligence agencies a while ago and was dismantled,” the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, said on June 17, according to the state broadcaster IRIB.
It is unclear how many alleged CIA operatives were arrested.
Read more.
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June 18, 2019 at 4:17 pm
Immigration New Zealand, an official government website, published a fact sheet with a map of the Middle East that showed a “Palestine,” but not Israel.
Following a barrage of complaints on social media, the web page was removed, though screenshots remain.
The Israel Institute of New Zealand called for a retraction of the map.
“The most immediately obvious of the errors was a map labeling the whole of modern-day Israel as ‘Palestine,’” said the institute’s director, Ashley Church. “This is incredibly offensive and the equivalent of New Zealand Immigration displaying a map of the UK which removed Scotland and Wales and referred to the entirety of the British Isles as England.”
Read more at Arutz Sheva.
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June 18, 2019 at 3:05 pm
Rocket alarms sounded in Israel’s northern region early Tuesday afternoon, shaking resident’s nerves in what turned out to be a false alarm.
After checking the incident, an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson confirmed it was a false alert, assuaging fears of an imminent attack.
“Following reports regarding sirens sounding in Moshav Dishon, it appears to have been a false alarm.”
Read more at i24NEWS.
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June 18, 2019 at 3:03 pm
Former Vice President Joe Biden spoke at the Poor People’s Campaign Presidential forum on Monday and said he could win Texas and Florida as well as other states in the South.
“First of all, I plan on campaigning in the South. I plan on, if I’m your nominee, winning Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, believe it or not, and I believe we can win Texas and Florida if you look at the polling data now,” Biden said.
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June 18, 2019 at 3:01 pm
Facebook on Tuesday announced plans to launch its own digital coin called “Libra” which the tech giant says will become the new global currency.
On schedule for a launch in the first half of 2020, the social media giant says the cryptocurrency will be run independently by a group of partner companies and charities called the Libra association.
The currency has the backing of some 35 partners, including nonprofits, online commerce and finance firms, and major venture capital firms.
Read more at i24NEWS.
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June 18, 2019 at 3:00 pm
Six people were arrested and eight others detained on Monday by the Israel Police Lahav 433 national crimes unit as part of an investigation into a smuggling ring responsible for bringing hundreds of foreign nationals into Israel.
The smuggling network, which operated out of Rishon Letzion, is believed to have brought over a thousand Georgian nationals into Israel since 2017.
The suspects include contract workers at the Israel Airports Authority, who are alleged to have bypassed security mechanisms and passport control at Ben-Gurion International Airport.
They allegedly received as much as $10,000 per person to smuggle Georgians into Israel, some of whom came to work in the country.
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June 18, 2019 at 2:58 pm
The city of Poltava in Eastern Ukraine has decided to sell the site of the massacre of thousands of Jews during the Holocaust to property developers to build homes, prompting an outcry from Ukraine’s Jewish community as well as government officials.
Israeli Ambassador to the Ukraine Joel Leon sent a passionate plea to the mayor of Poltava and his city council. He said that as a representative of the State of Israel and a Holocaust survivor himself, he was making an appeal in the name of those no longer able to do so to stop this injustice from taking place.
The decision caused outcry from the Ukrainian Jewish community and was addressed by the Ministry of Culture in Kiev, but so far to no avail.
Read more at YNET.
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June 18, 2019 at 1:36 pm
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has withdrawn from consideration to lead the Pentagon on a permanent basis, President Trump announced Tuesday.
Trump said in a pair of tweets Shanahan wanted to “devote more time to his family.” The announcement came after USA Today published the details of a 2010 violent domestic dispute with his then-wife that was investigated by the FBI during his background check.
“Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, who has done a wonderful job, has decided not to go forward with his confirmation process so that he can devote more time to his family,” Trump tweeted.
The president said he would name Mark Esper, who currently serves as secretary of the Army, as the new acting Defense chief,...
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June 18, 2019 at 1:34 pm
Baltimore, MD - June 18, 2019 - The boys of Mrs. Mozes nursery class at Cheder D’Kahal Chasidim celebrated their siyum Alef Bais with the participation of the mothers and women of the kehilla. These boys will be moving on in to the cheder kindergarten with Rabbi Markowitz next year.
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June 18, 2019 at 12:20 pm
Google Calendar is down for users around the world. Currently, trying to access the calendar generates a 404 error message through a browser. When contacted for comment, a spokesperson from Google pointed us toward the service’s dashboard, which contains a message from Google posted at 10:22AM ET confirming that users are unable to access Google Calendar.
“We’re investigating reports of an issue with Google Calendar,” the message reads. “We will provide more information shortly.” Google’s message categorizes the issue as a “Service disruption” rather than a “Service outage.” As of this writing, other Google services such as Gmail and Google Maps appear to be unaffected, although Hangouts Meet is reportedly experiencin...
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June 18, 2019 at 11:24 am
Jerusalem, Israel - June 17, 2019 - Beginning in the summer of 1999, "hackathons" have grown to become international events involving thousands of computer programmers and professionals who work in other areas of software development. The goal of a hackathon is to create usable software or hardware and a functioning product or application by the end of a limited time span, often in 72 hours. In the past, many organizations held hackathons over weekends, thus Shabbat was included in these marathon work environment events.
From Wednesday to Friday, June 12-14, in Givat Shaul, at the Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT) Tal Campus Lev Academic Center, more than twenty organizations sponsored a special hackathon called Hack@Tal. Over 100 young women participated in the non-stop volunteer eve...
