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January 13, 2020 at 11:08 am
The New Jersey senator struggled to break into the field's top tier.
Sen. Cory Booker suspended his presidential campaign Monday, the final act of a bid for the Democratic nomination defined by a persistent struggle to catch fire with voters and donors despite his relatively high profile and long-standing presidential ambitions.
The news of the senator’s decision came weeks days before the Iowa caucuses, where, despite a large field organization Booker, D-N.J., was expected to finish outside of the top tier of candidates, based on recent polling. His announcement also comes on the eve of the seventh Democratic debate which he did not qualify to participate in due to a lack of qualifying polls towards Democratic National Committee polling thresholds, accordin...
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January 13, 2020 at 11:05 am
Two cases of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) were reported in Israel Monday morning.
The first incident occurred in Yerushalayim, when the parents of an infant approximately one year-old brought their child to a medical clinic after he did not wake up.
The second case occurred when a one-and-a-half year old did not wake up in his home in Netanya.
United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Yaakov Ben David who was one of the first responders at the scene said: “When I arrived at the scene I saw an infant with no signs of life.”
“According to his family he did not wake up this morning. Together with other EMS personnel I performed CPR on the infant but after a lengthy attempt to save his life paramedics were forced to pronounce the child dead. Due to the nature of the incident t...
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January 13, 2020 at 11:03 am
Police raided a compound in Yerushalayim Monday morning which is suspected of having been used to house a cult in which dozens of women and children were held against their will.
Ten people were arrested in the raid, including a 60-year-old man who ran the school located on the premises, along with nine female suspects.
Authorities suspect the school, which operated as a separate and tightly knit-community, was in practice a cult which used coercion and abuse to force dozens of women and children to remain there against their will.
Read more at Arutz Sheva.
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January 13, 2020 at 11:00 am
Rep. Devin Nunes joins ‘Sunday Morning Futures’ to discuss the House Republicans investigating origins of the Ukraine whistleblower complaint.
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January 13, 2020 at 11:00 am
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January 13, 2020 at 10:57 am
A record 2.32 million people visited the sites of the Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz and Auschwitz II-Birkenau in Poland last year, the Auschwitz Memorial announced on Tuesday.
That number is about 170,000 more than in 2018, which also broke previous records.
Some 81 percent of last year’s visitors learned about the camp’s history with one of the museum’s 340 guides, who conduct tours in 21 languages. More than 14,000 people in organized groups visited the sites as part of study visits, which is approximately a 20 percent increase compared to the previous year.
According to data in the online reservation system, in 2019, the memorial was visited by at least 396,000 visitors from Poland, 200,000 from Great Britain, 120,000 from the United States, 10...
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January 13, 2020 at 10:55 am
Knesset has voted to grant itself the power to pick the members for the House committee – a parliamentary body with the power to vote on the immunity request from Israel’s caretaker PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
The lawmakers with Likud and other right-wing parties stormed out of the room amid a heated debate on the legality of the gathering, paving the way to a 16-1 vote overruling a prior vote that reserved the right to pick the members of House Committee to Parliament Speaker Yuli Edelstein.
Now, the committee is set to convene later on in the day to start staffing the House Committee as Blue and White pushes the pedal to the metal on the immunity deliberations.
Read more at i24NEWS.
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January 13, 2020 at 10:54 am
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a recent interview that President Trump has been “impeached for life” regardless of how Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell handles the upcoming Senate trial.
“This president is impeached for life regardless of any gamesmanship on the part of Mitch McConnell,” she said during an appearance on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday, adding, “There is nothing the Senate can do to ever erase that.”
Pelosi’s remarks come as she continues to delay sending articles of impeachment brought against Trump, which charge him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, to the Senate since the Democratic-led voted to impeach him weeks ago.
Read more at The Hill.
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January 13, 2020 at 10:49 am
An 80-year-old man was pronounced dead after he choked on a piece of steak in a Jerusalem restaurant on David Remez Street.
United Hatzalah volunteers rushed to the scene in order to try to resuscitate the man but unfortunately, they were unable to do so.
United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Shalom Klein was one of the first responders at the scene and relayed: "When I arrived at the scene, I found an older man who had choked on his food and lost consciousness. Together with other EMS personnel who arrived, I attempted to resuscitate the man. While we were performing CPR a piece of meat flew out of his mouth. However, at the end of extensive efforts, our attempts to resuscitate him failed and paramedics at the scene pronounced his death."
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January 12, 2020 at 10:38 pm
Defense authorities report 100% success rate in first series of trials testing system's newly developed capabilities in a host of scenarios simulating future threats system will face during confrontation
The Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) of the Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR&D) announced on Sunday it has conducted a series of successful trials in southern Israel designed to test a new upgrade to the Iron Dome missile defense system.
The IMDO, which oversees the development and production of multi-layered active defense initiatives against high-trajectory rocket and missile threats, had revealed this significant advancement in Israel's defensive capabilities less than a week after the Defense Ministry unveiled a new revolutionary laser-base...
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January 12, 2020 at 9:59 pm
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah called for Iran and its allies to avenge slain Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, and to begin working on the long-term goal of forcing the US out of the Middle East.
“Trump is lying to his people,” said Nasrallah. “Haj Qassem Soleimani was not planning to blow up American embassies.”
The Hezbollah leader added that Iran and its allies would avenge Soleimani in the “coming days, weeks and months,” calling the process a “long path.”
“That means that all American bases are a target.”
Read more at Arutz Sheva.
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January 12, 2020 at 9:41 pm
Former New York City Mayor and Democratic presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg declared over the weekend that he is willing to invest his entire fortune in his bid to defeat President Donald Trump in this November’s general election.
Bloomberg, one of the top-ten richest people in the US with an estimated $56 billion net worth, told Reuters Saturday that he is prepared to part with his fortune in order to “get rid of Trump”.
“Number one priority is to get rid of Donald Trump. I’m spending all my money to get rid of Trump,” Bloomberg said on his campaign bus Saturday. “Do you want me to spend more or less? End of story.”
Bloomberg, a former Republican who later registered as an independent until 2018, touted his electability in ...
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January 12, 2020 at 9:39 pm
Britain’s leading Jewish group announced on Sunday that it was issuing “Ten Pledges” the UK Labour party must take if it is to regain the trust of the country’s Jewish community.
Labour, which was resoundingly defeated in the December 2019 general election, has been wracked by antisemitism scandals since 2015, when the party’s far-left — often violently hostile toward Israel — took control of it.
Its upcoming leadership contest is expected to be a protracted and bruising battle between Labour’s far-left and centrist wings.
“Our Ten Pledges identify the key points we believe Labour needs to sign up to in order to begin healing its relationship with our community,” said Board of Deputies of British Jews President Marie van der Zy...
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January 12, 2020 at 9:32 pm
Video emerged on Sunday of students at Beheshti University of Tehran refusing to trample on American and Israeli flags as mass protests over the weekend threatened the stability of the ruling Iranian regime.
Trampling or burning US or Israeli flags is a common method of incitement used by the Islamic Republic. The students’ refusal to do so is in keeping with recent demonstrations, which have called for the resignation of Iran’s supreme leader, among other demands and grievances.
In a tweet by popular social me...
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January 12, 2020 at 9:22 pm
This article is adapted from my upcoming sefer, “What Can I Say... Today?” All halachos mentioned herein are complex and part of a larger framework. The purpose of the article is to raise awareness of these essential halachos. Hence, one should not draw any practical conclusions without first consulting a Rav.
In the previous article we discussed the halachos of the conditions for seeking negative information when researching a potential business partner. In the present article, we will complete our discussion of the topic and summarize our conclusions.
After the Partnership Has Begun
Our discussion in the previous article applies to a case in which the partnership has not yet been formalized. However, after the partnership has become halachically binding, another considera...
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January 12, 2020 at 9:21 pm
Four members of Iraq’s military were wounded on Sunday in a rocket attack targeting an air base just north of Baghdad where American trainers are present, Iraqi security officials said, according to The Associated Press.
At least six rockets were fired toward the base, in an attack which comes days after Iran fired ballistic missiles at two bases in Iraq that house US forces, causing no casualties.
Sunday’s attack wounded an Iraqi air force officer and three enlisted men, Iraqi security officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.
No group claimed responsibility for the attack, noted AP.
The rockets struck Balad air base, which hosts American trainers, advisers and a company that provides maintenance services for F-16 ai...
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January 12, 2020 at 9:16 pm
US President Donald Trump said Sunday that he does not care if Iran agrees to negotiate with the United States.
In video above watch student protesters in Tehran demonstrating against Iranian government seen avoiding stepping on giant Israeli and American flags.
The comments came after his National Security Adviser, Robert O’Brien, suggested Iran would have no choice but to agree to talks.
O’Brien, an interview with Fox News, said the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure campaign” was working, adding, “Iran is being choked off, and Iran is going to have no other choice but to come to the table.”
In a Twitter post later on Sunday, Trump cited O’Brien’s interview and replied, “Actually, I couldn’t care less if t...
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January 12, 2020 at 9:10 pm
Baltimore, MD – Jan. 11, 2020 - It is with sadness that BaltimoreJewishLife.com informs the community of the petirah of Mrs. Barbara Moskowitz, a’h, wife of Howard Moskowitz, mother of Stacy (David) Spigelman, sister of Harvey (Clemense) Davidoff and Steven (Gloria) Davidoff, grandmother of Avigayil (David) Solomon, Yoni (Tali) Spigelman, Dovi (Chaya) Spigelman, Zev Spigelman, and Michal Spigelman, and many great-grandchildren. She is predeceased by a daughter, Jamie Sue Moskowitz, and her parents, Clara and Max Davidoff.
Shiva will be observed at the Spigelman's home, 2501 Shelleydale Drive, beginning tomorrow afternoon (Sunday) through Friday afternoon.
Mincha/Maariv through Thursday will take place at 4:50 pm.
Shiva Visiting Hours Sunday through Thursday ends ...
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January 12, 2020 at 9:09 pm
A man managed to survive more than three weeks in the rugged Alaskan wilderness after his remote cabin burned down until he was rescued last week by state troopers who spotted an "SOS" signal stamped in the snow.
Alaska State Troopers said in a news release that 30-year-old Tys...
