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September 8, 2019 at 4:51 pm
Robert Mugabe, who ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years and plunged the southern African nation into political and economic chaos as he violently clung to power, has died. He was 95.
“It’s with the utmost sadness that I announce the passing” of Mugabe, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa said Friday on Twitter. Mugabe died in Singapore, where he was hospitalized in April for an undisclosed ailment.
The one-time schoolteacher was a leading political driver of the 1970s independence war that ended white-minority rule. But he became an international outcast as he faced accusations of rigging elections, suppressing dissent and triggering an economic collapse by condoning the seizure of white-owned farmland. He finally resigned in November 2017, after the military seized control ...
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September 8, 2019 at 4:50 pm
A 73-year-old woman in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has given birth to twin girls.
Doctors delivered the twins, who were born following IVF treatment, on Thursday.
Mangayamma Yaramati said she and her husband, who is 82 years old, have always wanted children but had been unable to conceive until now.
“We are incredibly happy,” her husband Sitarama Rajarao told BBC Telugu on Thursday, hours after the babies were born.
Read more at BBC.
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September 8, 2019 at 4:50 pm
A Jewish businessman had a huge shock yesterday when he discovered a luxury sports car hidden on his property.
Motti Stern of Newark Faith Equities was paying a visit to one of the company’s properties in Newark, New Jersey, when he walked in on $700,000 limited edition Lamborghini sports car hidden in the garage.
Realizing the car was stolen and hidden away, Motti contacted the authorities, who were able to return the vehicle to its rightful owner, who was extremely grateful to get his property back.
Motti was able to make a huge Kiddush Hashem when the owner realized he was Jewish and saw how determined he was to return the stolen car.
“There are lots of bad people out there but it’s not the Jews,” the owner told Motti in an Instagram chat obtained by Kol...
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September 8, 2019 at 4:49 pm
Israeli teen Dvir Schnerb was certified to be an EMT for Israel’s national emergency service Magen David Adom on Tuesday, less than two weeks after a terrorist bomb in southern Samaria killed his sister and left him seriously injured.
Schnerb, 19, was wounded by a remotely detonated bomb that killed his 17-year-old sister, Rina, and injured their father while they were hiking near the popular Ein Bubin Springs on Aug. 23.
The ceremony announcing Schnerb’s certification as an EMT took place a few hours after he was released from the hospital.
He said at the event that as a volunteer EMT, he will honor his sister’s memory by working to save other people’s lives. He thanked the medical professionals who saved his own life, remarking, “You all gave me a gift, t...
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September 8, 2019 at 4:49 pm
On Friday United Hatzalah volunteers responded to two separate incidents where children were left in hot cars.
The first incident occurred in Modi’in when a 1-year-old infant was left in the car for an elongated period of time. The child suffered heatstroke. United Hatzalah volunteers responded to the scene and treated the child before he was rushed to the hospital in moderate condition.
The second incident occurred not long afterward in Netanya when a 9-month-old baby was locked in a car for a number of hours on Efraim Elnekave Street. United Hatzalah’s Dispatch and Command Center received a call alerting them to the incident and volunteer EMTs rushed to the scene. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Mendy Oshky said: “When we arrived at the scene family member...
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September 7, 2019 at 10:16 pm
A 60-year-old man and his son, 17, were stabbed during a trip to the dentist in the Palestinian village of Azun on Saturday after it was known that they were Jews.The father, Yosef Peretz, was lightly injured in the arm, and his son was moderately injured with stab wounds in his back by a 15-year-old Palestinian boy.
“We came to the dentist. When we left, [the attacker] asked us: ‘Are you Jews or Arabs?’ We answered ‘Jews.’ And I looked at his hand and saw the pocket knife,” Peretz told Channel 12.He spoke with reporters in Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba, where he and his son were treated.“For a year now, I have been coming to this dentist for treatment and everything was fine. I never thought something like this would happen. The dent...
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September 7, 2019 at 10:16 pm
The Israeli Air Force struck Hamas positions in the northern and central Gaza Strip on Saturday night in retaliation for an earlier drone attack against and IDF humvee positioned along the border fence.
The military confirmed that the strikes, which lasted close to an hour, hit naval combat equipment belonging to the terror group and two military compounds.
The IDF conducted the attacks in response to the drone attack earlier on Saturday in which a drone dropped an IED on an IDF vehicle, according to the IDF spokesperson.The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that there were no injuries in the airstrikes on Saturday night.
Explosions were heard at various sites in the northern and central Gaza Strip and multiple strikes were reported by Palestinian media.
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September 7, 2019 at 9:52 pm
As Hurricane Dorian was unleashing its unimaginable devastation on the Bahamas earlier this week, Rabbi Sholom and Sheera Bluming, co-directors of Chabad of the Bahamas, hunkered down in the capital city of Nassau, making phone calls to residents, galvanizing the community, coordinating with government aid officials and rallying volunteers during their country’s time of need.
After pummeling the islands for two days with winds in excess of 180 miles per hour and rain pouring down by the inches, Dorian moved on. At least 30 people have been reported dead on Grand Bahamas and Abaco islands, with scores more unaccounted for or injured. With power still out and some areas still difficult to access, the true extent of the destruction is only now becoming clear.
“During the hurrica...
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September 7, 2019 at 9:35 pm
WASHINGTON—President Trump said Saturday he called off a planned Camp David summit with Taliban leaders and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani after a Taliban bomb attack in Kabul killed an American soldier.
On Twitter, Mr. Trump said the Afghan government and Taliban officials had been coming to the U.S. Saturday night. The president’s tweets reflected his most extensive direct involvement in the monthslong talks.
“Unbeknownst to almost everyone, the major Taliban leaders and, separately, the President of Afghanistan, were going to secretly meet with me at Camp David on Sunday,” he wrote. Following the attack, “I immediately cancelled the meeting and called off peace negotiations. What kind of people would kill so many in order to seemingly strengthen the...
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September 7, 2019 at 9:31 pm
Avi Berkowitz, who serves as White House adviser Jared Kushner's assistant in the White House, will receive most of the responsibilities of outgoing US Special Envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt.
Greenblatt announced his resignation on Thursday. In a statement, the White House said Greenblatt had originally planned to serve in his role for two years, but stayed on longer as the roll-out of the peace plan was continuously delayed. He will remain in his position until after Israel's September 17 elections.
Berkowitz, 30, is an Orthodox Jew who assisted Kushner when he served as a businessman, during US President Donald Trump's election campaign, and later in the White House.
Though he is closer to Kushner, Berkowitz's official title has been "spec...
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September 7, 2019 at 9:00 pm
Heroes of the Daf: A Dream Realized from Agudath Israel on Vimeo.
Heroes of the Daf: A Dream Realized Become a fellow Yid’s Chavrusa in an instant The lawyer from Washington, D.C. and the TSA agent from Columbus, Ohio. These two yidden did not know each other, yet in an instant became chavrusos. It occurred when attorney Judah Lifschitz was in the Columbus Airport to catch a flight home after a day in court. During security screening, a TSA agent wearing a kippah serugah approached Judah to ask whether he had learned The Daf that day. After the attorney responded affirmatively, the agent asked him to explain The Daf as he had difficulty understanding it. It was a difficult sugya in Maseches Shabbos and the two spent twenty minutes discussing it – as the other TSA agent...
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September 6, 2019 at 3:44 pm
Traffic Alert: The repaving of Cross Country Blvd starting at Greenspring Avenue and heading toward the Mt Washington Village is scheduled to begin on or about 9/11/19. Please adjust your routes accordingly.
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September 6, 2019 at 3:26 pm
Hoisted by its own petard, The New York Times cried foul. Please forgive the clichés, but they’re really most apt.
Let’s start with the paper of record’s wail of indignation. It came last week in the form of a lengthy front-page article reporting that “A loose network of conservative operatives allied with the White House is pursuing what they say will be an aggressive operation to discredit news organizations deemed hostile to President Trump by publicizing damaging information about journalists.”
The “operation,” the paper continues, is “the latest step in a long-running effort by President Trump and his allies to undercut the influence of legitimate news reporting.”
I have no dog in the president-media fight (...
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September 6, 2019 at 11:42 am
U.S. employers added 130,000 jobs in August, missing Wall Street's expectations, as trade uncertainty and slowing global growth darkened the economic outlook.
The unemployment rate remained steady at 3.7 percent, near a 50-year low, while the labor force participation rate was little changed at 63.2 percent. Average hourly earnings, meanwhile, rose 3.2 percent over the past year to $28.11. That was slightly higher than projections of 3.1 percent.
Economists expected employers to add 158,000 jobs, in line with average growth this year but sharply below the 2018 average of 223,000. The June and July jobs numbers were trimmed by a combined 20,000, the Labor Department said Friday.
Employment in the federal government increased in the l...
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September 6, 2019 at 11:38 am
An American Airlines mechanic was arrested Thursday on a sabotage charge accusing him of disabling a navigation system on a flight with 150 people aboard before it was scheduled to take off from Miami International Airport earlier this summer.
The reason, according to a criminal complaint affidavit filed in Miami federal court: Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani, a veteran employee, was upset over stalled union contract negotiations.
None of the passengers and crew on the flight to Nassau were injured because the tampering with the so-called air data module caused an error alert as the pilots powered up the plane’s engines on the runway July 17, according to a criminal complaint affidavit filed in Miami federal court.
As a result, flight No. 2834 was aborted and taken out of service ...
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September 6, 2019 at 10:49 am
Baltimore, MD – September 6, 2019
Parshas: Shoftim
Chatzos: 1:04:55 PM
Hadlakas Nairos: 7:12pm
Shkiah: 7:30pm
Tzais HaKochavim: 8:10pm
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September 6, 2019 at 10:13 am
BALTIMORE (WBFF) -- Governor Hogan is frustrated over the lack of air conditioning in city schools.
Just after the second day of school after soaring temperatures prompt school officials to send students and staff in buildings without AC to close 2 hours early yesterday.
The early dismissal only applied to schools without AC.
Still that meant that dozens of schools and their students lost class time on the second day of of the new school year.
This has been raising concern for many.
So when do schools without air-conditioning close early because of the heat?
When the temperature in the majority of classrooms in most buildings is 85 degrees or higher and students cannot be relocated to cooler areas or the outside heat index reaches 100 degrees by 10:30 a.m.
The district may also cl...
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September 6, 2019 at 9:30 am
Just a year ago, as our nation celebrated Labor Day, men of all ages, stages, backgrounds, and walks of life celebrated and enthusiastically participated in the opening day of Agra D’Pirka in Baltimore. The organized, high-level Monday-Thursday morning Kollel learning program, including a light breakfast, is geared towards local professionals, business owners, college students, retirees, or anyone who wishes to increase his morning limud haTorah.
However, Baltimore is no longer the “newest kid” on the Agra D’Pirka block, which includes the vast network of Agra D’Pirka locations including: Kew Gardens Hills, Flatbush, Boro Park, Monsey, Lakewood, Miami, and Boston. Agra D’Pirka recently announced that it will further expand to include progr...
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September 6, 2019 at 8:20 am
ה׳ באלול תשע״ט (SEPTEMBER 5, 2019) “When you besiege a city for many days to wage war against it to capture it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an ax against them, for you may eat from them, but you shall not cut them down. Is the tree of the field a man, to go into the siege before you?” (Devorim 20:19)
Wars must be fought, and when the Jewish army fights, it must fight to win. Victory often comes with a heavy price; lives are lost, and resources destroyed. The Torah teaches that even in war, one cannot engage in wanton destruction. If the fruit trees are providing cover for the enemy, if they somehow pose a threat to the Jewish soldiers, they may be destroyed. But to destroy for the sake of punitive destruction is prohibited. God makes this poi...
