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January 22, 2021 at 11:15 am
The Senate has approved President Biden’s nominee to lead the Pentagon, paving the way for retired Gen. Lloyd Austin to make history as the nation’s first Black secretary of Defense.
The Senate confirmed Austin in a 93-2 Friday morning vote, giving Biden his second Cabinet member two days after his inauguration.
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Presidents typically have key national security nominees confirmed on Inauguration Day, but a combination of factors — including the Trump administration delaying the transition, control of the Senate being up in the a...
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January 22, 2021 at 11:03 am
Thursday was the final day for public comment on the third draft of California’s Department of Education’s ethnic studies curriculum in state high schools. To put it mildly, this is bad news for California Jews and by extension to American Jews everywhere.
In 2016, California state legislators passed a bill, AB 2016, mandating that the state’s Department of Education (CDE) develop a model ethnic studies curriculum for use in high school ethnic studies courses.
Although the bill stated that the goal of such courses was “preparing pupils to be global citizens with an appreciation for the contributions of multiple cultures,” the politically motivated educators appointed by the CDE to help draft the model curriculum had other ideas.
In June 2019, when the first...
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January 22, 2021 at 10:54 am
Twitter account of Iran’s Supreme Leader on Friday carried the image of a golfer resembling former President Donald Trump apparently being targeted by a drone, vowing revenge.
The Twitter account of Iran’s Supreme Leader on Friday carried the image of a golfer resembling former President Donald Trump apparently being targeted by a drone, vowing revenge over the killing of a top Iranian general in a US drone attack. As a result, that account – of the several in the Iranian leader's possession – was suspended.
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January 22, 2021 at 10:43 am
We are certainly living through unusual times. The political turmoil the country has faced and is currently dealing with, leaves many worried and wondering how we will all fare under the new president and his policies.
Dealing with leaders and governments is an ancient art and science. We have much precedent in our history to help us formulate a proper perspective and attitude.
In the last showdown before the grand finale of the plague of the firstborn, the last conversation takes place between Moshe and Pharaoh.
Pharaoh in his final refusal blurts out, “Go from me! Beware — do not see my face any more,for on the day you see my face you shall die!”
Moshe, in what seems to be a mild-mannered response, says, כן דברת... — “You h...
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January 22, 2021 at 10:43 am
A convoy of 40 trucks and armor vehicles said to have entered Syria from Iraq
A large US military convoy entered northeastern Syria on Thursday, Syrian state news agency SANA reports, citing sources on the ground.
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According to the report, the convoy included some 40 trucks and armored vehicles and was backed from the air by helicopters.
It entered Syria from Iraq via the al-Waleed crossing to bring arms and logistical equipment to the bases in Hasakeh and Deir Ezzor provinces.
Other local media report that such maneuvers are not unusual as ...
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January 22, 2021 at 10:35 am
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Friday that the House will deliver an impeachment article against President Trump to the Senate on Monday.
"Make no mistake, a trial will be held in the United States Senate and there will be a vote whether to convict the president. I've spoken to Speaker Pelosi, who informed me that the articles will be delivered to the Senate on Monday," Schumer said from the Senate floor:
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A spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) didn't immediately respond to a reque...
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January 22, 2021 at 10:29 am
Judge says decision does not dismiss 'substantive underlying claims' made against Amazon hosting service
A US federal judge rejected on Thursday Parler's bid to force Amazon Web Services to restore its microblogging platform favored by right-leaning users.
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U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein said the Twitter rival had failed to make the case for a court injunction forcing Amazon to do so.
She also rejected Parler's allegation that its de-platforming was the fruit of collusion between Amazon and Twitter.
The judge said, however, that ...
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January 22, 2021 at 10:29 am
National Guardsmen were allowed back inside the U.S. Capitol on Thursday night after having been moved to a parking garage, according to multiple reports.
Guardsmen had moved to a nearby parking garage after they were ordered to vacate the Capitol and other congressional buildings, Politico reported. They were asked to set up mobile command centers outside of the Capitol or at hotels.
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Guardsmen were also told to take their breaks in parking garages, the outlet reported.
The report, which included a number of photos of Guardsmen sitting an...
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January 22, 2021 at 10:20 am
Some of laws in sights have 'very clear anti-Semitic background,' anti-Semitism watchdog says
Germany is moving to rid itself of a cluster of laws introduced by the Nazis, still lingering on its books 75 years after World War II, AFP reported Friday.
In an interview with the agency, Felix Klein, Berlin's point man for fighting anti-Semitism, said there were at least 29 German legal or regulatory texts that still use wording introduced when Hitler was in power, including some that have "a very clear anti-Semitic background", Klein told AFP.
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January 22, 2021 at 10:11 am
With 82,401 active cases in the country, 1,132 Israelis said in a serious condition
Israel added 7,099 new COVID-19 coronavirus infections on Thursday, the Health Ministry reported on Friday morning.
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Out of the 81,828 tests conducted yesterday, 8.9 percent returned positive, the ministry said.
The death toll throughout the pandemic rose to 4,245 -- an increase of 66 fatalities against the figure released on Thursday morning.
The number of active cases in the country continues to fluctuate around the 82,000 mark, decreasing to 82,029 in the lates...
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January 22, 2021 at 10:07 am
U.S. equity markets were moderately lower Friday morning as a stalemate in coronavirus aid talks and disappointing tech earnings have the major averages set to fall from their record highs.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was weaker by 222 points, or 0.71%, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite were down 0.47% and 0.35%, respectively.
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Republican Sens. Mitt Romney of Utah and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska on Thursday suggested it was too early to know if the economy needs President Biden’s proposed $1.9 trillion package th...
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January 22, 2021 at 10:04 am
Iran's supreme leader tweets image of Trump-like golf player in shadow of combat drone
"Revenge is inevitable," Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei proclaimed Thursday on his Twitter account in a threat aimed at former US President Donald Trump.
"Soleimani's killer and the one who ordered [Gen. Qasem] Soleimani's murder must face revenge," he said, adding that vengeance could come at any possible time.
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The post was accompanied by an image of a golf player resembling Trump standing in the shadow of what appears to be an Iranian ...
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January 22, 2021 at 10:01 am
Every word, every letter in the Torah is used for a specific reason and purpose. We are reminded of this concept often through the teachings of Chazal where they will derive significant meanings from a word missing a letter, which it would customarily have (chaser), or a word having an “extra” letter - one which it normally would not have (maleh). The Gemarah goes even further and teaches us that Hashem told Moshe Rabeinu that not only were nekudos important but that one day, a great man named Rebbi Akiva will learn halachos out of the “crowns” written on top of the letters in the Torah (Menachos 29b). This idea is driven home quite clearly in Parshas Bo.
In this Parsha, we are deep into the maccos brought upon Pharoh for his stubborn refusa...
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January 22, 2021 at 9:56 am
UAV was monitored throughout entire incident, army says
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) downed a drone crossing into the Israeli airspace from Lebanon, the army said on Friday.
The unmanned aerial vehicle had been monitored throughout the entire incident.
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"The IDF will continue to operate in order to prevent any attempt to violate Israeli sovereignty," the IDF added.
Tensions have been running high in Israel's north since summer, when the Hezbollah, a Lebanon-based Shi'ite terror group, accused the IDF of killing its operative in an airstri...
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January 22, 2021 at 9:38 am
According to NBC News, US Capitol police are investigating a report that Maryland Republican Congressman Andy Harris tried to bring a gun onto the House floor Thursday.
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NBC News reports that security stopped Harris, who was then immediately turned around.
A Capitol official told NBC News that a security official saw a gun on Representative Harris and told his superiors. That capitol official said Harris did not enter the House floor with the gun. Read more at WBALTV
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January 22, 2021 at 9:33 am
A stone plaque is posted on the US Embassy on Agron Street dated May 14, 2019, when the Consulate building became the US Ambassador to Israel's Residence in Jerusalem. This past week moving trucks have gone into the Agron Embassy complex. With the new Biden government inaugurated, a new US Ambassador is yet to be announced.
In his farewell remarks for US Ambassador David Friedman at the start of the Cabinet meeting on January 17, 2021, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated "you acted quickly on the transfer of the American embassy to Jerusalem." The Prime Minister added along with other accomplishments "in American passports, it will be written Jerusalem – Israel."
On January 19, in response to Senator Ted Cruz during questioning as the nominee for secretary of state, Anton...
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January 21, 2021 at 10:13 pm
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Chief Medical Advisor to US President Joe Biden, on Thursday promised transparency when it comes to dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.
Speaking to reporters at a White House press briefing, Fauci was asked how working with the Biden administration has been different so far from Trump.
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“One of the things that was clear as recent as 15 minutes ago, when I was with the President, one of the things we’re going to do is be completely transparent, open a...
