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January 23, 2020 at 8:25 pm
Joe Biden said definitively on Wednesday that he would not participate in any witness swap as part of the Senate impeachment trial. His remarks came as other top Senate Democrats attempted to tamp down any notion that they would agree to call Biden or his son Hunter in return for appearances by top Trump administration officials.
Biden’s remarks, his most forceful attempt to signal that he wants no part of the impeachment trial in which Republicans are trying to embroil him, came after a voter here asked if he would offer to testify in return for testimony from people such as former national security adviser John Bolton or acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney.
The former vice president said it was “not an irrational question to ask” but said that he would not engage in s...
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January 23, 2020 at 8:25 pm
NEW YORK (AP-The Conversation) – Is it OK for teens to drink coffee?
When my daughter was around 14 years old, she began to ask if she could have a cup of coffee in the morning like Mom and Dad. As a scientist who studies the effects of caffeine – the ingredient in coffee that helps wake you up – on kids, I had more information available to me to inform my answer than most parents would.
Many kids and teens consume caffeine. The main source of this chemical is soda for children under 12. Even colas have lower levels of caffeine than tea or coffee.
Kids and teens can also get caffeine from many foods and drinks, including chocolate, chocolate milk and iced tea. What’s more, some over-the-counter medications that kids might take, such as Excedrin, are significant s...
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January 23, 2020 at 8:19 pm
Senior adviser to President Donald Trump Jared Kushner and U.S. Special Representative for International Negotiations Avi Berkowitz will not attend the gathering of world leaders at the Fifth World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem on Thursday due to bad weather.
The two were scheduled to arrive in Israel on Wednesday night straight from Davos, Switzerland, where they are taking part in the annual World Economic Forum alongside President Trump, but along with U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook could not make it to the Zurich airport on time to catch the flight to Israel due to inclement weather, and therefore a decision was made to return to the United States with Trump.
Israel Hayom has learned that the peace team is expected to make a visit to Israel in the near future to ...
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January 23, 2020 at 8:17 pm
Lamdeini prepares all students to be able to learn Gemara, it identifies those who are having difficulty understanding and it remedially teaches those students how to learn Gemara and even enjoy it. Ultimately, in the words of Rabbi Yitzchok Berkowitz, it involves "hatzalas nefashos" - it is a lifesaver - for many students.
Song composition, lyrics and musical arrangement: Ari Goldwagchild vocalists: Yonatan Kaluzhny & Yakov Willig
Video Directed and Edited by Marty WeiselCinematography by Tzvi PopovichProduction Assistant Nossie KleinmanProduced and Script by Yehuda Tsabariyehudatsabari@gmail.com
Production through Jet Venueswww.jetvenues.com
Actors:Leading actor: Moishi LevyRebbe: Ari GoldwagFriends: Yoni Fix & Shalom DiamondTutor: Avi GoldshmidtGuitarist: Oriel Dolinsky
S...
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January 23, 2020 at 8:07 pm
The brand new Bnos Devorah Raizel elementary girls school, currently under construction on Laurel Park Road, in South Fallsburg, NY, was destroyed by a fire this morning.
The building was almost completed, and a chanukas habayis had been planned in the near future.
The few hundred students of the school have been located in temporary trailers.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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January 23, 2020 at 8:05 pm
Former Vice President Al Gore says the climate crisis is intensifying “way faster” than people realize and compared the climate emergency to historic events like 9/11.
“The burden to act on the shoulders of the generation of the people alive today is a challenge to our moral imagination,” Gore said Wednesday as he delivered closing remarks at a panel session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
“This is Thermopylae. This is Agincourt. This is Dunkirk. This is the Battle of the Bulge. This is 9/11,” Gore added about the climate crisis. “We have to rise to this occasion.”
Read more at The Hill.
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January 23, 2020 at 8:03 pm
A million Jews lived in Arab countries in the 20th century. Today, just a few thousand are left, mostly in Morocco and Tunisia.
The purging of the Jews caused a crisis in almost every Arab country from which they came. Despite their relatively limited numbers, the Jews’ impact on society, culture, economy, and trade was crucial to the development of those countries, and their loss was felt. After the Jews were evicted from Iraq and Egypt, for example, those countries experienced crisis after crisis. There is now a palpable longing in most Arab states for the Jews to return. Many believe that only with a Jewish presence will their countries blossom and develop as they did in the past.The Jewish contribution to Arab states was significant. In Egypt, the gold market flourished with a J...
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January 23, 2020 at 7:51 pm
It’s not the Senate’s job to clean up the mess the House made of the impeachment inquiry, says House Minority Whip Steve Scalise.
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January 23, 2020 at 7:51 pm
Less than half of Americans, some 45 percent, know that 6 million Jews perished in the Holocaust, while 29 percent weren’t sure or had no answer, according to a Pew Research Center study released on Wednesday ahead of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp.
However, 69 percent of respondents correctly said that the Holocaust was between the years 1930 and 1950, while 63 percent of respondents correctly defined the Nazi-created ghettos as “parts of town where Jews were forced to live.”
Moreover, 43 percent of participants responded that Adolf Hitler became German chancellor “by Democratic political process,” while 25 percent replied “by violently overthrowing German government.” Another 28 perc...
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January 23, 2020 at 7:50 pm
This article is part of the Haaretz Hatovah series featuring Yidden living in, settling, and building up Eretz Yisroel. For more information please contact us at info@naavakodesh.org or visit naavakodesh.org/haaretz-hatovah
I grew up in a frum home in West Hempstead New York. When I was in tenth grade I came to Eretz Yisroel for the first time on a Young Israel sponsored trip. We had one off-Shabbos which I decided to go to Tel Aviv. A friend of mine had European grandparents there, and I was happy to get around the country a bit. I enjoyed a lovely Shabbos seuda, but was surprised to discover that they were not really Shomer Shabbos! Although I felt bad for them, I was actually impressed with the idea that despite their lack of frumkeit, they still valued and honored ...
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January 23, 2020 at 7:36 pm
BALTIMORE (WBFF) - Baltimore Police Department's communications director is resigning, announced the department today.
Matt Jablow, who has been with the agency for two years, will be leaving "in the next couple of weeks."
Lindsey Eldridge will then become Acting Director of Public Affairs and Community Outreach, according to a news release.
Eldridge has been with the Mayor's Office since 2013 and has served as Community Outreach Coordinator at BPD since this past August.
“I would like to thank Chief Jablow for his service and dedication to the police department over the last two years,” Commissioner Michael Harrison said in a statement. “Matt has been an asset to the agency and has played a crucial role in my administration since I arrived in Baltimore.&rdq...
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January 23, 2020 at 2:08 pm
TEL AVIV—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main political rival Benny Gantz will visit the White House next week to discuss the Trump administration’s long-delayed Middle East peace plan, Vice President Mike Pence said, jolting Israel’s elections as the administration weighs whether to release the plan before the March vote.
The move comes as the White House considers moving ahead with its effort before the U.S. election season gets fully under way and as political support in Israel grows for the release of the political blueprint.
Speaking alongside Mr. Netanyahu during a meeting in Jerusalem, Mr. Pence said Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Gantz accepted President Trump’s invitation. Read more at WSJ
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January 23, 2020 at 1:45 pm
BALTIMORE — A federal judge ordered the Baltimore Police Department to send him monthly reports of the number of new hires, saying the shortage of officers is alarming.
U.S. Chief District Judge James Bredar's decision came during a hearing Wednesday on the Police Department's federal consent decree for reform.
The Baltimore Police Department has been on a hiring campaign, but the number of new officers in 2019 is less than the year before.
The shortage of police officers in Baltimore is well publicized.
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January 23, 2020 at 1:44 pm
Baltimore Mayor Bernard C. "Jack" Young told WBAL NewsRadio 1090 and FM 101.5's Bryan Nehman Thursday that he believes the crime plan is doing exactly what it's supposed to do.
While visiting Washington, D.C. for the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Young joined WBAL News Now with Bryan Nehman to discuss crime in the city.
Nehman asked Young if he believed Baltimore City's crime plan was working, to which Young replied, "Yes, I do."
"This crime plan is comprehensive; we didn't get here overnight, and we won't be able to get out of it overnight," Young said. "I do believe this plan is a good one. We're working with our federal, state and local partners."
Young went on to say that 99% of the city's citizens are law-abiding and it is the 1% who "want to co...
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January 23, 2020 at 1:41 pm
Following is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech at the "World Holocaust Forum 2020 – Remembering the Holocaust, Fighting Antisemitism" at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem:
[Translated from the Hebrew]
"Honored dignitaries, President Reuven Rivlin, compliments on initiating this important conference.
My brothers and sisters Holocaust survivors,
Righteous among the Nations.
[English]
The Righteous Among the Nations who risked not only their own lives, but the lives of their families to save Jews during the Holocaust.
The trees on this hallowed ground of Yad Vashem are a testament to their remarkable, extraordinary courage.
Your majesties,
Your Royal Highnesses,
Presidents,
Mr. Vice-President,
Prime ministers,
and the many distinguished guests and dignitaries assembled ...
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January 23, 2020 at 1:33 pm
The big-money groups aligned with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell raised $68.3 million in 2019, a record sum for a non-election year that reflected donors’ support for Senate Republicans through impeachment, judicial appointments and the 2020 elections, officials said Thursday.
The constellation of groups allied with McConnell, R-Ky., entered 2020 with $68.1 million – a larger cash reserve than in previous cycles, according to totals provided to The Washington Post.
The majority of the money raised in 2019 came in the latter half of the year, particularly in the final two months, largely spurred by the House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry, officials said.
“The enthusiasm among our donors is higher than I’ve ever seen it before, and I’ve been at...
