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August 19, 2019 at 10:28 am
Tokyo - Japan’s exports fell for the eighth straight month in July as worries continued about President Donald Trump’s trade policies denting Asian economic growth.
Ministry of Finance data released Monday showed exports and imports fell in July, compared to the same month a year ago. Exports fell 1.6%, while imports slid 1.2%, resulting in a trade deficit of 249.6 billion yen ($2.35 billion).
Global markets have been in turmoil because of Trump’s trade war with China. A slowdown in China is certain to hurt other regional economies, including Japan’s.
Japan’s exports to China in July fell 9.3% while its imports from China gained 2.8%. Japan’s exports to the U.S. in July grew 8.4% while imports from the U.S. rose 3.5%.
Trump says he plans ...
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August 19, 2019 at 10:28 am
New York - Diving teams have been deployed to and are currently searching Greenwood Lake for a Frum man from Monsey that went missing.
Initial reports indicate that the man was boating with his family, when his child may have fallen out of the boat into the water. The father heroically followed his child into the water to save him. The son is reportedly safe, but the father went missing while saving him.
Rockland Chaverim have sent out boats and drones to assist in the search. Additionally, Hatzolah from many locations have joined in the search, including Hatzolah from Kiryas Joel, New York, Rockland Chaverim, NY State Police, NJ State Police, US Coast Guard and other local fire departments.
8:00 PM: The state police has called off the search for the night, as there are severe thunderst...
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August 19, 2019 at 8:11 am
The pilot episode of SHMUZIK featuring popular sephardic singer Uri Davidi, the renowned lubavitch singer Benny Friedman, and the Chassidic powerhouse vocalist Levy Falkowitz. This exciting, intimate show, the first of its kind, is hosted by radio host and mega music maven, Yossi Zweig. Each exciting episode will include in depth interviews with some of your favorite music personalities, Industry insiders, producers, and more! There will be music trivia, games and of course a never-before-seen, in-depth look inside the lives and careers of these influential people. Every episode of SHMUZIK will feature three or four guests from different backgrounds/genres as they “shmuze” about their experiences, new projects, life, inspirations, and anything else that crosses these origi...
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August 19, 2019 at 8:00 am
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A surveillance plane could be flying over the skies of Baltimore once again.
The plane was first used in 2016 as part of a test program that the Baltimore Police Department kept secret.
The creator of the plane explained that it works together with the cameras we see on the street to solve otherwise unsolvable crimes.
And he’s hoping that the Baltimore police commissioner signs off on his technology.
Persistent Surveillance Systems owner, Ross McNutt showed WJZ images from his surveillance plane from the last time it flew over Baltimore.
“By taking that picture every second, we’re able to go back in time to where crimes occur and follow people to and from a crime scene.” McNutt said.
He first brought his technology to Baltimore in 2016....
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August 18, 2019 at 11:47 pm
On Wednesday, Amazon announced that the retail giant was going to start donating unsold products. The news comes after a French TV documentary revealed Amazon destroyed 3 million unsold items in France last year.
The new program, called Fulfillment by Amazon Donations, will allow third-party sellers that store their inventory in Amazon warehouses to donate unsold products to charity. Beginning September 1, the donation program will become the default, though sellers can still opt out.
Amazon has partnered with Good360 in the United States to help it distribute the donated items. Good360 is an organization that partners with retailers and manufacturers to help distribute goods to charities based on need.
Read more at NEWSWEEK.
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August 18, 2019 at 11:46 pm
An explosion occurred Sunday night in a residential building on Bnei Brak’s Ba’al Hatanya Street. This is the second explosive device to detonate in Bnei Brak in the past month.
Police sappers who were called to a residential building on Beit Hatanya Street in Bnei Brak found that the explosion heard in the building was as a result of an improvised explosive device that exploded in the stairwell.
There were no casualties, but slight damage was caused to the structure.
Read more at Arutz Sheva.
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August 18, 2019 at 11:43 pm
Anthony Scaramucci says that the political left should view the president’s loyal supporters as members of a cult that need to be deprogrammed.
During an Fox News interview Sunday with Howard Kurtz, the one-time White House director of communications warned, “We recognize that the president is a clear and present danger to the American society—the American culture,”
“There are many people inside the White House and in the Cabinet. I would ask the left to… create an off-ramp for those people,” he added. “Because when you’re trying to deprogram people from a cult, one of the first things you have to do is allow them to change their mind.”
Read more at NEWSWEEK.
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August 18, 2019 at 11:41 pm
President Trump said on Sunday he would likely wait until after Israel’s Sept. 17 elections to release a peace plan for the region that was designed by White House senior adviser Jared Kushner.
Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, is the main architect of a proposed $50 billion economic development plan for the Palestinians, Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon that is designed to create peace in the region.
Read more at REUTERS.
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August 18, 2019 at 11:38 pm
All are asked to daven for the well-being of Avrohom Shlomo ben Rochel Leah, who was injured upon falling off a cliff while in a hiking excursion with his family at Minnewaska State Park in the Catskills.
Hatzolah treated the victim at the scene and transported him to the hospital, where he is in critical condition.
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August 18, 2019 at 11:36 pm
7 p.m. ET: All are asked to daven for the well-being of R’ Dovid Traube, a father of seven from Monsey, NY who has gone missing after attempting to rescue his son at Greenwood Lake, NJ.
The family was boating when one of the children fell into the water and the father went after the child to rescue him.
The child was brought to land, as was the rest of the family, but the father went missing.
Hatzolah and Chaveirim have joined police and fire rescue units in conducting the search.
All are asked to daven for R’ Dovid Zalman ben Bina.
Update: The search has been suspended until midnight due to inclement weather.
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August 18, 2019 at 11:04 pm
A special double Mazel Tov to Yoel and Sara Horowitz on the birth of twin sons! Mazel Tov to grandparents Rabbi & Rebbetzin Horowitz (Darchei Tzedek) and Mazel Tov to grandmothers Mrs. Thekla Horowitz and Mrs. Ruth Malinowitz!
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August 18, 2019 at 11:04 pm
Mazel Tov to Aryeh Shapiro (Baltimore) and Rocheli Itzkowitz (Baltimore) on their engagement!
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August 17, 2019 at 10:30 pm
The Hamas terror group has sent a message to Israel warning of the danger in retaliating for the rocket attacks.
According to the London-based Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, Hamas’ message, sent through third parties, included the following threat: “Either the commitment to relieve the siege on Gaza will be implemented, or there will be an escalation.”
According to the report, Hamas is threatening to escalate the violent weekly border riots it calls the “March of Return” and to work together with other organizations to actively fight the Israeli “attacks.”
The report also said that continued pressure on Gaza would cause the expansion of “independent” terror attacks and a widescale military conflict.
Read more at Arutz Sheva.
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August 17, 2019 at 10:28 pm
President Donald Trump wrote a check to donate his second quarter 2019 salary to the office of the Surgeon General to fund an upcoming public health advisory, the White House told USA TODAY.
It’s his third salary donation to the Department of Health and Human Services.
“The President recognizes the important mission of the Surgeon General to protect and improve the health of all Americans, including helping to tackle the opioid epidemic and raise awareness of the dangers of e-cigarette usage among teenagers and children,” the White House said in a statement.
The $100,000 will be used to fund an upcoming public health advisory, but officials declined to say the subject.
Read more at USA TODAY.
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August 17, 2019 at 10:25 pm
The grandmother of Rep. Rashida Tlaib did not mince words about President Trump in a recent interview after he roped her into a heated back and forth with her granddaughter following the Israeli government’s decision to bar her from entering the territory.
“Trump tells me I should be happy Rashida is not coming. May God ruin him,” Muftia Tlaib said in an interview with Reuters released on Saturday morning.
Her comments arrive in response to a tweet Trump shared on Friday, in which the president wrote that Tlaib’s grandmother was the “only real winner” after the congresswoman said she wouldn’t visit her grandmother in the West Bank, citing the controversial move by the Israeli government.
“She doesn’t have to see her now!” Trump...
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August 17, 2019 at 10:23 pm
On August 16, 2019, Miriam Smelkinson (nee Wachter); devoted wife of the late Alvin Paul Smelkinson; loving mother of the late Rina (Howard) Janet, Ira (Lisa) Smelkinson and Jeffrey (Deborah) Smelkinson; dear sister of the late Albert (Irene) Wachter, late Pearl (Bernard) Berelowitz, late Dora (Jack) Rabovsky, late Goldie (Morris) Beber and the late Louis (Jeanne) Wachter; loving sister-in-law of the late Richard (Barbara) Smelkinson; loving Bubbie of Andrew (Anna) Janet and the late Adam (Corinne) Janet, Arielle, Emma, Izzy, Aliya, Hannah and Rebecca Smelkinson; loving great-Bubbie of Ricki and Aaron Janet; devoted daughter of the late Rebecca and Samuel Wachter; cherished daughter-in-law of the late Betty and Ben Smelkinson; beloved aunt and great-aunt to many.
Levaya will take pl...
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August 16, 2019 at 5:44 pm
San Diego - A gun-rights group sued Thursday to block California from enforcing its assault weapons ban, contending it violates the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
The lawsuit was the latest among gun advocacy and lobbying groups to challenge California’s firearms laws, which are among the strictest in the country, and comes after a recent series of deadly mass shootings nationwide involving military-style rifles.
The lawsuit was filed in the same San Diego federal court district where a judge in April tossed out a nearly two-decade-old California ban on sales and purchases of ammunition magazines holding more than 10 bullets.
The new lawsuit says that decision by U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez undercuts California’s ban on certain weapons defined as “ass...
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August 16, 2019 at 5:44 pm
North Carolina - A camp van overturned in North Carolina at approximately 6:43 PM, Thursday evening, leaving one boy in critical condition, and 16 others injured.
The boys from “Hamachane Richmond” were driving in Northampton County on their way back from a trip when the rollover occured.
17 boys were in the vehicle. Of the total injuries, 11 were listed as non-urgent, five were urgent and one was critical.
Firefighters removed two rows of rear seats using hydraulic rescue cutters and reciprocating saws, to free the boys from the vehicle. They were then transferred to Halifax Regional Medical Center of Roanoke Rapids and Southern Virginia Regional Medical Center of Emporia for treatment.
Please say Tehillim for Eliyahu Avraham Ben Keren.
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August 16, 2019 at 5:24 pm
New York - Stocks rose broadly in morning trading on Wall Street Friday as investors look to end a turbulent week on a positive note.
The S&P 500 rose 1.5% as of 11 a.m. Eastern time and the Dow Jones Industrial Average also gained ground. But both indexes are still headed for a third straight weekly decline after steep losses earlier in the week, including an 800 point drop in the Dow.
Technology stocks led the market higher in a sign that investors regained some appetite for riskier holdings. Microsoft rose 1.8% and Apple rose 2.6%. Nvidia surged 8.8% on solid earnings.
Health care and industrial stocks also gained ground. Investors brushed off a weak forecast from agricultural equipment maker Deere, which gained 4.1%.
Utilities, which have been one of the safer haven...
