A Russian fighter jet escorted a US reconnaissance aircraft over the Pacific Ocean, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday — as tensions between Moscow and Washington mount. Tass, a Russian news agency, reported that ministry officials detected a US RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft over the Pacific along the southeastern coast of the 777-mile Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s far eastern border.  Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens “A MiG-31 fighter jet was scrambled from an airfield in the Kamchatka region to identify and escort the plane,” the statement by...
A founding member of the right-wing paramilitary group the Oath Keepers pleaded guilty on Friday to charges stemming from the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, becoming the first such defendant to enter into a plea agreement with federal prosecutors. Jon Ryan Schaffer, who was initially arrested in January after turning himself in to FBI agents, pleaded guilty to one count of obstruction of an official proceeding and one count of entering a restricted building with a dangerous weapon.  Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens A federal district court judge in Washington, D.C., had abruptly sc...
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Before the pandemic began, suicide risk was twice as high among female nurses compared with American women as a whole, a new study warns. Even within the health care community itself, female nurses were found to be roughly 70% more likely to die by suicide than female doctors. Why? Study author Matthew Davis said that for now, “We don’t know for certain what forces are directly responsible for the higher risk of suicide among nurses. It could be related to high job demands, lower autonomy compared to physicians, avoidance of mental health services for fear of stigma, [and] greater access to the means to complete suicide,” meaning prescription drugs. Not only that, but the pandemic “has added enormous strain to health care workers, particularly nurses who provide ...
For the first time in more than 60 years, Cuba is poised to have a government without a single Castro. Raúl Castro, who succeeded his brother Fidel as the Communist Party of Cuba’s first secretary in 2011, is expected to step down from his post as the country begins its eighth Communist Party Congress on Friday.  Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens But while an end to the Castro reign is historic, few are convinced the leadership shift will lead to sweeping change for the island nation or its relationship with the U.S. Castro is expected to leave party leadership in...
Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip on Friday evening fired a rocket toward Israel, the Israeli military said. Media reports indicated the rocket landed in Israeli territory, but in an uninhabited area. There were no reports of injuries or damage.  Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens The rocket triggered warning sirens in the southern Gaza border communities of Holit and Sde Avraham, hours after the start of Shabbos. The launch came a day after a rocket fired by Gaza-based terrorists struck a field northeast of the Strip. In response, IDF aircraft struck targets linked to the Hamas t...
The Likud is planning to offer New Hope Party chairman Gideon Sa'ar an attractive package in exchange for him joining a right-wing government led by Benjamin Netanyahu, Channel 12 News reported on Friday. According to the report, Sa'ar will be offered the role of Deputy Prime Minister, the role of the Speaker of the Knesset will be offered to his party member Ze'ev Elkin, and he will also be offered many other ministerial portfolios. Until now, Netanyahu did not want to make such a generous offer to people who had left the Likud for fear that other Likud members would follow in Sa'ar's footsteps and leave the party, only to then extort Netanyahu. However, it appears that he now has no choice but to go down this path. Earlier on Friday, Netanyahu c...
Indian coronavirus mutation has 'several signs' that are 'not good,' show it may be vaccine-resistant, coronavirus czar Prof. Nachman Ash says. Coronavirus czar Professor Nachman Ash spoke to Israel's "Meet the Press" program about the coronavirus pandemic and the newly-arrived Indian variant.  Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens When asked if Israel has achieved herd immunity, Prof. Ash responded, "Not yet. We have approximately five million people vaccinated and about a million more recovered. That's not enough. We need to reach approximately 75% vaccinated ...
'NASA Rules,' space company founder tweets after beating billionaire Jeff Bezos NASA has selected SpaceX to land the first astronauts on the surface of the Moon since 1972, the agency said Friday, in a huge victory for Elon Musk’s company, which beat Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and defense contractor Dynetics Inc.  Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens Bezos and Musk -- the world’s first and third wealthiest men respectively, according to Forbes -- were competing on building a spacecraft that would take humans to the moon as early as 2024. The contra...
But US president adds pleased with indirect talks over 2015 nuclear deal US President Joe Biden said Friday night that Iran’s move to increase uranium to 60 percent is not “helpful,” albeit expressing his content with indirect talks with the Islamic republic.  Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens “We do not support, and do not think it’s at all helpful, that Iran is saying it’s going to move to enrich to 60%. It is contrary to the agreement,” the president told reporters in the Rose Garden in the White House, according to CNN. &ldq...
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) doubled down on her restrictive coronavirus strategy by requiring young children to wear masks. Michigan Capitol Confidential reported the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), headed by Elizabeth Hertel, who just returned from an Alabama beach vacation, issued the order. Children under the age of 5 had previously been exempt. But now, kids at camps and child care must be covered. “A good faith effort is made to ensure that children aged 2 to 4 years wear a mask when participating in gatherings,” the order said.  Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp gr...
Miami nurse is held at detention center, charged with threatening to kill US VP Harris, practicing at gun range. A nurse has been charged with threatening to kill US Vice President Kamala Harris, the Miami Herald reported Friday. According to the Herald, Niviane Petit Phelps, 39, has been charged in Miami's federal court. Phelps, who lives in Miami Gardens and is a mother of three, works as a nurse at Jackson Memorial Hospital.  Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens The threats were recorded in a series of videos from February, which she sent to her husband in prison ...
Rabbi Eliezer Krohn’s brand new A Woman’s Guide to Practical Halachah explores many important topics, with a focus on situations that women and girls face in their everyday lives. Topics covered include the halachos of daily living, Shabbos, each of the yamim tovim, preparing and kashering the kitchen for Pesach, the laws of yichud, tevillas keilim and many more. All halachos have been reviewed by Rabbi Noach Isaac Oelbaum. Must a girl hear Kiddush on Shabbos? May she eat before Kiddush? Must a single girl light neiros Chanukah? How about giving mishloach manos? Is a woman or girl obligated to take the lulav and esrog on Succos? How does one light Shabbos candles in a hospital? Which parts of tefillah should women and girls recite? Written with great clarity, with source n...
President Biden on Saturday described the situation at the border as a "crisis" for the first time, as he defended his administration’s walkback on refugee policy a day earlier. "We’re going to increase the number [of refugees]," he told reporters. "The problem was that the refugee part was working on the crisis that ended up on the border with young people. We couldn’t do two things at once. But now we are going to increase the number."  Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens Biden’s administration has until now refused to call the dramatic spike in mig...
US said warning that Hamas victory could damage, if not bury, prospect of two-state solution The push for postponing the Palestinian elections is gaining momentum inside the Palestinian Authority (PA), the al-Quds newspaper reported on Friday. The Palestinian newspaper cited a US source with knowledge on the matter as voicing belief that US President Joe Biden would not object to the prospect.  Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens The source told the paper that Washington was aware of the challenges, including the long-running spat between Fatah, the party dominating ...
Ra'am's coalition demands for Likud said to make no references to Nation-state Law Bezalel Smotrich, head of Israel's Religious Zionism party, is making a strong stand against the prospect of a right-wing government backed by the Arab Islamist Ra'am party, Channel 12 reports.  Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens According to the report, Smotrich views such government as a less favorable option than a coalition that would be led by Yesh Atid, chaired by Yair Lapid, and Yamina, spearheaded by Naftali Bennett. Such a coalition would still require Arab sup...
Minute of silence held before funeral ceremony and burial at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle The UK bid farewell on Saturday to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and husband of Queen Elisabeth II.  Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens The Queen led the nation in a minute of silence for her late husband ahead of his funeral and burial at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. The 94-year-old monarch was at the chapel with other senior members of the royal family as the coffin carrying the prince arrived on a bespoke Land Rover which he designed himself. A military gun was f...
The rhetoric that earned the president Four Pinocchios The stability of any democracy depends on the widespread perception of voters that if their candidates or views do not prevail in this election, they may well prevail in the next election. And that perception, in turn, requires that voters view the playing field as an even one. The very first piece of legislation passed by the Democratic majority of the House of Representatives — H.R. 1, titled the "For the People Act" — seeks to do just the opposite by nationalizing federal election law to an unprecedented degree, and making permanent a set of election procedures originally introduced in 2020 in response to COVID-19 and the fears of many voters of casting ballots in person. Those procedures would over time render in-pers...
Maryland's COVID-19 case spike is especially evident in Baltimore City, where the case rate is reaching levels not seen since January. For the fourth consecutive day, Maryland topped 1,000 new COVID-19 cases in a single day, and 16 people died in the past 24 hours from COVID-19 complications. Hospitalizations dipped slightly in the past day with 12 people leaving the state's hospitals; however, six more patients required intensive care treatment. The pace was steady Friday as people got at the M&T Bank Stadium COVID-19 mass vaccination site in downtown Baltimore. "I'm here now getting my second shot. Everyone should get their shot and stay safe," said Khaaliq Canada, who got vaccinated. The stadium site is one of two state-run mass vaccination sites in Baltimore Cit...
The Weekly Shtikle is dedicated le'iluy nishmas my Oma, Chaya Sara bas Zecharia Chaim, a"h. This week's shtikle is dedicated for a refuah sheleimah for my father. Please include Reuven Pinchas ben Yehudis in your tefillos. This year has already seen a number of unique circumstances in the calendar. Yet another consequence of this rare configuration is the fact that the 5th of Iyar, the anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel, lands on Shabbos. Of course, the actual commemoration is moved (as it is most years) to avoid chilul Shabbos. It seems the most glaring lesson to be gleaned actually comes from the haftarah – certainly one of the more captivating stories we read. The story of the haftarah has its own interes...
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