National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases head Dr. Anthony Fauci said on this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday” that Americans who think he is a “polarizing figure” were people who denied “reality.” Anchor Chris Wallace asked, “When this pandemic started, it is fair to say you were generally regarded as the authority on infectious disease. As time has gone on, you have become a polarizing figure, and critics accuse you of sending mixed messages. There’s allegations that you helped fund dangerous research at the Wuhan lab. Two questions, why do you think you’ve become so controversial? And honestly, do you think there’s anything you have done that has contributed to that?” Fauci said, “I can&rsqu...
President Joe Biden had pitched himself as the uniter in chief, but his failing to bring even his own party together to pass a budget has Democrats wanting him to be more aggressive than passive. “The reality right now is that a lot of people are saying, ‘Where’s Joe Biden? This is his agenda, why isn’t he more involved in the negotiations?'” a House Democrat told CNN. A failure to move big-ticket spending items is one thing, but even failing to agree on what the size and scope of the budget should be is leading some to question whether Biden can live up to his campaign promise to prove government can work. “You don’t want to get to a point where we look so indecisive that it can’t be repaired with the package that’s g...
If ever a man missed his moment in history, it was Colin Powell. Bill Clinton told me that he thought that Powell was the only person that could have defeated his bid for a second term in 1996. And, when Powell announced that he would not run, I turned to President Clinton and said “Congratulations, you’ve just been reelected.” He waited a moment for it to sink in and then silently nodded. Had Powell run and won, he would have personified what we all had hoped President Barack Obama would be: A non-racial healer who would have finally mended the scar of slavery and brought America together. He would have focused on encouraging Black and minority upward mobility the same way he himself had made it: On the merits and by the book.
Baltimore City Councilman Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer joined C4 and Bryan Nehman on Monday morning to talk about crime in Baltimore after Gov. Larry Hogan's "refund the police" comments on Oct. 15, while revealing his $150 million initiative to address crime. "When you say 'refund the police,' you're indicating they were defunded," Schleifer said speaking specifically on Baltimore. In Baltimore city, the numbers don't lie. There have been increases in the police department.   Schleifer said there are multiple problems in Baltimore that need to be addressed, in response to Hogan calling Baltimore a poster child for its failure to stop crime. He said he believes clearing cases is what matters most when it comes to crime in the city. Shleifer also said he is "...
Baltimore, MD - Oct. 14, 2021 - On Sunday, October 10, 2021, Suburban Orthodox Congregation Toras Chaim celebrated an event billed as a Simchas HaTorah, a Gala Siyum. It was a night intended to rejoice over three separate communal accomplishments that all concluded in close proximity: the completion of two tractates of daily Talmud study in the Daf Yomi cycle, Masechtos Sukkah and Beitzah, and the completion of a zman in the Semichas Chaver Program. The Semichas Chaver Program, a project of the OU, is a practical halacha chabura that empowers participants with a broad yet deep understanding of timely and applicable halacha. Participants attend a weekly shiur which traces the halachos from their origins and early sources through contemporary poskim and provides an analytical framework and ...
Baltimore, MD - Oct. 18, 2021 -  Baltimore County’s Traffic Calming program that can assist residents concerned by traffic speed and safety on their neighborhood roads has made its way to Willow Glen Drive between Greenspring Ave and Sanzo Road. After residents in the area applied for calming “devices”, this afternoon, the Baltimore County Department of Public Works and Transportation crews began cutting into Willow Glen Drive between Pimlico and Greenspring installing speed bumps. These speed bumps were installed to discourage speeders while allowing for safer pedestrian crossings.
Alta Fixsler, a 2-year-old Jewish girl, was tragically nifteres a short time ago after British authorities ruled that she must be taken off life support. Alta, z”l, was born with an irreversible traumatic brain injury that left her in a vegetative state for the duration of her tragically short life. Her parents waged a protracted legal battle against British medical authorities to keep her on life support or have her transferred to a country that would provide her with the life-saving treatments she needed, but were ultimately denied.
While the Biden Administration is attempting to bring the Iranians back to the negotiating table, Israel has approved the budget package for building an attack capability against Iran's nuclear program amounting to about NIS 5 billion, Channel 12 News reported. The budget that will fund the Israeli project to build the attack capabilities will consist of NIS 3 billion in the current state budget and another NIS 2 billion in the next budget. The budget also includes the financing of aircraft of various types, intelligence gathering capabilities such as satellites, and dedicated and unique armament to enable this attack. Meanwhile, a few days ago, the US Air Force published photos from an experiment it conducted that is closely linked to the IDF. It was also reported that ...
“I think we ceased to understand that complexity is a good thing, and that if we cannot listen to and appreciate even people who are different from us, we are one short step from the destruction of our shared house.” “Technological progress, which is reaching new heights every day, has many advantages, which are transforming our lives from end to end. But unfortunately, it has also become an available and hugely influential tool for the dissemination of incitement and hatred with intolerable ease.” “To the leaders of this country, to its public opinion leaders and its citizens, I implore you from this mountain: in this situation, especially in this situation, raise a voice of moderation, of reconciliation, of outreach, of mutual respect! Empower what we have...
A vaccine mandate for Baltimore city employees is taking effect today. The policy includes probationary, contractual, seasonal, part-time and temporary employees, as well as police and firefighters. Police have been pushing back against the mandate. They want it included in their collective bargaining with the city. Employees who are not fully vaccinated by today will have to show a negative test every week to continue reporting to work at their city jobs. Mayor Brandon Scott announced the vaccination mandate for city employees on Aug. 31. "Protecting the health of our workforce, residents, and their loved ones is my top priority. As we continue to navigate this pandemic — all while working to restore critical in-person access and assistance for Baltimoreans — the steps...
Seeking to curb the social injustice phenomenon known as “driving while Black,” Philadelphia has passed legislation the mayor is expected to sign that will bar police from making minor traffic stops. Once Democrat Mayor Jim Kenney signs the law it would take effect in 120 days, restricting police from stops for busted tail lights and expired inspections, the first major U.S. city to do so, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Activists have considered those traffic infractions as disproportionately exposing Blacks to traffic stops, leading to the Philadelphia City Council to pass the Driving Equality Bill 14-2 to curb “unequal police practices” against minorities. Blacks individuals, who represent 43% of the population, have accounted for 72% of sto...
President Joe Biden is entering a crucial two weeks for his ambitious agenda, racing to conclude contentious congressional negotiations ahead of both domestic deadlines and a chance to showcase his administration’s accomplishments on a global stage. Biden and his fellow Democrats are struggling to bridge intraparty divides by month’s end to pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill and a larger social services package. The president hopes to nail down both before Air Force lifts off for Europe on Oct. 28 for a pair of world leader summits, including the most ambitious climate change meeting in years. But that goal has been jeopardized by fractures among Democrats, imperiling the fate of promised sweeping new efforts to grapple with climate change. There’s also rising anxiet...
Baltimore, MD - Oct. 18, 2021  - The National Shomrim Societies Annual Memorial Kaddish Service for Fallen Jewish Law Enforcement Officers took place last week during Police Week at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial. It is the only Jewish event during Police Week. Rabbi Chesky Tenenbaum, Law Enforcement Chaplain and director of Jewish Uniformed Service Association of Maryland-Chabad, speaks at the Shomrim Society Kaddish service for fallen Jewish law enforcement officers at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington DC.  (R to L):  Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association VP Mat Silverman, National Shomrim Chaplain Rabbi Tzvi Berkowitz, Law Enforcement Chaplain and director of ...
Baltimore, MD - Oct. 18, 2021 - This past Friday Mesivta Shaarei Chaim had the z’chus of welcoming Harav Pinchas Green, שליט"א, Mashgiach of Kamenitz. The mashgiach delivered a 30-minute schmooze to the entire yeshiva. The mashgiach conveyed to the בחורים that success in learning does not depend on one’s intellectual prowess, to the contrary, there have been giants of Torah throughout כלל ישראל who did not possess the greatest of minds. Success in learning depends on one's drive a love for Torah, only then הקב"ה will open their mind and fill it with תורה. The mashgiach in tremendous humility spoke about himself who as an adolescent and teenager experienced difficulties in his learning but was content to work through his difficulties, and through ...
As his Bar Mitzvah approaches, our son Natanel began putting on tefillin yesterday amidst great excitement.My father-in-law, Rabbi Eliav Meir, told us that he had helped his 95-year-old Jerusalem neighbor put on tefillin that very same morning since he can no longer do it by himself, without assistance. From there he came to us, to help his grandson who will soon be thirteen put on tefillin because he cannot yet do this on his own, without assistance. And actually, my father-in-law said, the tefillin of an old man and the tefillin of a boy carry the same message:"When a Jew of any age or condition begins his day with tefillin, he takes the two most important forces in life and points them in the right direction. The arm symbolizes our activity in the world while the head symbolizes our tho...
Israel does not want war with Hezbollah, but is prepared to face about 2,000 rockets a day from the terror group if conflict breaks out, a senior Israeli military official told AFP. During the 11-day May conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian terror groups fired around 4,400 projectiles towards the Jewish state. The Iron Dome air defense system intercepted around 90 percent of the rockets headed for populated areas, while just under 300 hit inhabited districts. Cities like Tel Aviv and Ashdod experienced the “highest number of fire towards them in the history of Israel,” said Uri Gordin, chief of the army’s Home Front Command. “We saw a pace of more than 400 rockets fired towards Israel on a daily basis.” Gordin said that in the ca...
Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state whose leadership in several Republican administrations helped shape American foreign policy in the last years of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st, has died from complications from Covid-19, his family said on Facebook. He was 84.
Baltimore, MD – Oct. 18, 2021 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Bracha Hutman and Moshe Milevsky on their engagement. Mazel Tov to Daniel & Yehudis Hutman יה"ר שיזכו לבנות בית נאמן בישראל. אמן!
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