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January 22, 2020 at 1:39 pm
JERUSALEM (VINnews) – French President Emmanuel Macron confronted Israeli security forces in the Old City of Jerusalem when he entered the Church of Saint Anne on Wednesday.
He was outraged that the police wanted to enter the church with him.
“Everyone knows the rules. I don’t like what you did in front of me. Go outside please,” Macron said.
“Nobody wanted to provoke anyone. Please respect the rules that have been practiced for centuries. Everyone will respect the rules. Please.”
However, it sho...
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January 22, 2020 at 1:37 pm
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — An Israeli medic spent the day of his wedding in an unusual manner. While travelling to his own wedding, he stopped to treat accident victims.
Mordechai Avot, 22, of Tzfat, was driving to his wedding together with his friend, after visiting Uman. While on the way, they noticed 2 vehicles that were involved in a car accident.
Mordechai, who was dressed up for his wedding, jumped out of the car together with his friend, and began providing first aid to the victims.
“The road conditions and visibility were very difficult, and the treatment was done under challenging conditions, under heavy fog,” said Mordechai. “When I noticed the accident, I operated automatically, ran to help the injured and did not think about the groom’s suit I was we...
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January 22, 2020 at 1:34 pm
JERUSALEM (JNS) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Tuesday that if he wins Israel’s March 2 elections, he will annex not only the Jordan Valley but also all settlements in Judea and Samaria, “immediately” and “without exception.”
Netanyahu’s remarks came during a speech launching his Likud Party’s campaign and just hours after Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz announced that if he wins in March, he will annex the Jordan Valley “in coordination with the international community.” Netanyahu suggested that Gantz’s vow was a bluff aimed to appeal to right-wing voters, and urged his rival, who called the Jordan Valley “Israel’s eastern protective wall,” to support such a measure in th...
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January 22, 2020 at 1:31 pm
32 Jewish camps from across North America have been awarded over $1 million to address mental health at day and overnight camps. This is the first round of a groundbreaking $3.2 million Yedid Nefesh grant, an initiative of Foundation for Jewish Camp, made possible by the generosity of The Marcus Foundation, designed to help camps address the mental, emotional, and social health (MESH) needs of both campers and staff.
The 32 Yedid Nefesh grant recipients were selected from more than 90 applicants and represent a diverse range of day and overnight camps, Jewish denominations, regions, and camp movements. The overwhelmingly high response to FJC’s call for applications highlights the pressing need for this initiative and indicates a shift in the field of Jewish ...
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January 22, 2020 at 11:41 am
Michael Avenatti, whose rearrest last week capped a stunning downfall for the pugnacious lawyer and onetime presidential aspirant, is being held in an isolated unit of Manhattan’s federal detention center “for his own safety” ahead of his trial on extortion charges, the facility’s warden said Tuesday.
The statement by Metropolitan Correctional Center Warden Licon-Vitale came in response to a request from Avenatti’s lawyers to have him moved from the jail’s Special Housing Unit, where Avenatti has been held since Friday, to the general population.
Avenatti has been in custody since last week, when a federal judge in California revoked his bail in a separate case. He was to stand trial this week in New York, where he is accused of demanding as much as $2...
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January 22, 2020 at 11:40 am
Al-Qaeda’s General Command released a statement in Arabic and English commending the past year of operations by the Al-Qaeda-linked terror groups Al-Shabab in Somalia and the Group to Support Islam and Muslims in West Africa.
Those operations were part of the “Jerusalem will never be Judaized” campaign, according to a report by The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) Jihad and Terrorism Monitor and exclusively shared with JNS.
The statement by the Al-Qaeda leadership particularly commended the recent attack on the U.S. Camp Simba in Manda Bay, Kenya.
The statement also calls on Muslims worldwide to unite and target interests of the “Zionist-Crusader alliance” worldwide in order to liberate Jerusalem, singling out Islamic scholars and Muslims in Pal...
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January 22, 2020 at 7:11 am
Baltimore, MD - Jan. 21, 2020 - With the 2020 legislative session of the Maryland General Assembly already underway in Annapolis, Maryland’s new legislative leaders are making their mark and ushering in a new era of Maryland politics.
After last month’s historic gathering at TA, where the leaders of Baltimore’s Orthodox Jewish community’s schools and organizations gathered to meet new House Speaker Adrienne Jones, her counterpart from across the State House lobby was given the same opportunity.
On Monday, January 20th, Bnos Yisroel played host as the leaders of the community’s schools and organizations once again gathered to introduce themselves and the remarkable work that they do - to the new president of Maryland’s Senate, Bill Ferguson.
The event,...
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January 22, 2020 at 2:02 am
After rejecting repeated Democratic attempts to subpoena witnesses and documents, Republicans early Wednesday morning pushed through ground rules for President Trump’s impeachment trial on a party-line vote of 53 to 47.
The adoption of the trial rules ended more than 12 hours of acrimonious debate in which House managers and White House lawyers clashed over the role of the Senate in seeking additional evidence relevant to the accusations against Mr. Trump of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
Under the rules, orchestrated by Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, the House managers and Mr. Trump’s lawyers will each have 24 hours starting Wednesday afternoon to argue their cases for and against the articles of impeachment. Senators will have 16 hour...
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January 22, 2020 at 1:54 am
Baltimore, MD – Jan. 20, 2020 - It is with sadness that BaltimoreJewishLife.com informs the community of the petirah of Mrs. Alice Lebovits, a’h, mother of Mrs. Gitty Formal, Mrs. Esty Siegel, R' Shaya Lebovits, R' Mordechai Lebovits and R' Moshe Shimon LebovitsShiva will be observed through Thursday evening at 5916 Bland Ave., Baltimore, MD, 21215.Shacharis:7:00AMMincha/Maariv: 4:50PMShiva will continue Thursday night in NY @ 553 E4th St.
Bila HaMaves LaNetzach...
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January 22, 2020 at 1:51 am
Baltimore, MD - Jan. 22, 2020 - Giant and Stop & Shop brand packaged fresh vegetables, (Soup Mix containing dill and parsley; Brussel Sprout Halves; Cauliflower Rice and 8 Vegetable Blend) bear an unauthorized Star-K. Product is being removed from store shelves. Consumers who purchased these vegetables must check them prior to use. Brussel sprouts are not recommended.
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January 22, 2020 at 1:47 am
Jerusalem, Israel - Jan. 22, 2020 - The fifth World Holocaust Forum will take place on January 23, 2020, in Jerusalem, Israel to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day. This one-time, unprecedented event, hosted by President Mr. Reuven Rivlin at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, will carry the theme, “Remembering the Holocaust, Fighting Antisemitism.”
Forty-five world leaders and Heads of State and their delegations expected. From Tuesday, January 21/ 24 Tevet to Friday 24 January / 27 Tevet, the president will hold a series of bilateral meetings with visiting leaders including HRH Charles The Prince of Wales, the President of the Russian Federation, the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, the President of the French Republic, His Majesty King Feli...
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January 22, 2020 at 1:36 am
An ongoing, marathon first day in the Senate impeachment trial against President Trump erupted into a shouting match well after midnight early Wednesday morning, as Trump's legal team unloaded on Democratic impeachment manager Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y. -- in an exchange that prompted a bleary-eyed Chief Justice John Roberts to sternly admonish both sides for misconduct in the chamber.
Nadler began the historic spat by speaking in support of the eighth amendment of the day proposed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, after each of Schumer's previous attempted alterations to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's rules were rejected by a united Republican contingent by a vote of 53-47. The eighth amendment, issued as the clock st...
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January 21, 2020 at 11:14 am
Baltimore, MD – Jan. 20, 2020 - It is with sadness that BaltimoreJewishLife.com informs the community of the petirah of Mr. Martin Schtamf, Z’L.
Kevura in Baltimore today at 1:15 PM in Agudath Israel Cemetery, 6300 Hamilton Road, Rosedale, MD, 21237.
Bila HaMaves LaNetzach...
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January 21, 2020 at 10:25 am
Boro Park – The perpetrator of a new type of scam was arrested by detectives at his house in Bensonhurst Tuesday morning after they worked with Shomrim to catch him.
The scammer would double park his vehicle on streets throughout Boro Park, and when a car would pass he would loudly smack the sideview mirror as if it had struck his arm.
The scamm...
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January 21, 2020 at 10:20 am
This article is adapted from my newly-released sefer, “What Can I Say... Today?” (It is presently available online at Feldheim.com and is coming to bookstores soon!) 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.
Over the course of writing the sefer, I had the privilege of submitting questions to Rav Yitzchak Berkovits shlit”a, one of the leading poskim in the halachos of Shmiras Halashon, and receiving responses. I was also given access to other responsa of Rav Berkovits regarding these halachos. The following are questions and answers that were reviewed by Rav Berkovits personally....
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January 21, 2020 at 10:19 am
An Iranian lawmaker announced a three-million-dollar award to “whoever kills Trump,” an Iranian semi-official news agency reported.
“On behalf of people of Kerman province, we will pay [a] three-million-dollar award in cash to whoever kills Trump,” Ahmad Hamzeh told parliamentarians, according to ISNA.
He did not elaborate whether it was a decision made by Iran‘s clerical rulers to threaten US President Donald Trump.
Kerman is the hometown of Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s Quds Force who was killed by a US drone on Jan. 3 in Iraq.
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January 21, 2020 at 10:17 am
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a Congress delegation are paying a visit to the site of the former Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau ahead of the 75th anniversary of its liberation by Soviet troops.
At the memorial site in southern Poland, Pelosi and Poland’s Senate Speaker, Tomasz Grodzki, laid wreaths Tuesday at the Auschwitz Death Wall where inmates were executed.
In a statement ahead of her trip, Pelosi said it was to “reaffirm America’s enduring commitment, our sacred pledge: Never again.”
“We must honor the memories of those murdered in this incomprehensible horror by maintaining constant vigilance against hatred and persecution today,” said the statement.
From Poland, Pelosi and the bipartisan delegat...
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January 21, 2020 at 10:12 am
Republicans think Trump’s victory in 2020 is assured.
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January 21, 2020 at 10:11 am
2020 Democratic front-runner Joe Biden said his administration would fire Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who arrest and deport illegal immigrants who are not guilty of felony crimes, adding that he doesn't "count drunk driving as a felony."
The former vice president made the comments at a Vice News forum on minority issues in Des Moines, Iowa, on Monday evening.
When asked what changes he would bring to the agency as president, Biden, 77, said he wants to change the fact that children of illegal immigrants live in fear that their parents will be arrested and deported.
"They go off to school wondering whether their mom comes and picks them up [or] if she’s not going to be there because an ICE agent was there to arrest her. Or she takes him to the doctor, ...
