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September 28, 2022 at 3:58 pm
Thousands of flights were canceled Wednesday and Thursday as Hurricane Ian barrels down on Florida.
Tampa International Airport announced Tuesday that it had suspended all operations.
"The Airport is closed to all passengers and visitors, with only employees considered to be “storm riders” remaining on Airport property to assist with essential on-site tasks," Tampa International Airport said in a statement.
Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers is also closed. Orlando International Airport is stopping flight operations at 10:30 a.m. EDT.
Miami International Airport remains open. However, the airport says passengers should expect delays and cancelations.
The delays and cancelations at Florida airports are having a ripple effect across the country. Some of th...
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September 28, 2022 at 3:28 pm
Please be advised, the product from Fruidles.com shown here bears an UNAUTHORIZED KOF-K on their web posting.
The product arrives without a KOF-K on the label and the posting is erroneous.
Corrective measures have been implemented.
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September 28, 2022 at 3:23 pm
The delivery of letters and packages may be delayed because of Hurricane Ian.
The United States Postal Service has temporarily suspended retail and delivery services in southwest and central Florida.
More than 100 locations, from Tampa to Fort Myers, are closed until further notice.
"We will continue to monitor tropical weather conditions and well restore service when it is safe to do so," USPS said in a statement.
FedEx customers should also expect delays. The shipping company says disruptions can be expected for inbound and outbound shipments across Florida.
UPS announced it would not provide pickups or deliveries in dozens of zip codes in Florida.
Hurricane Ian is expected to make landfall on Wednesday and then move across Florida.
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September 28, 2022 at 3:09 pm
Baltimore, MD – Sept. 28, 2022 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Sruly and Rachel Oberstein on the birth of a son.
Mazel tov grandparents Rabbi Elchonon and Feiga Oberstein and Jill Sacks (Washington, DC)
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן!
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September 28, 2022 at 3:05 pm
Baltimore, MD – Sept. 28, 2022 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Ari and Brooke Spero on the birth of a son.
Mazel tov grandparents Chaim and Rebecca Spero, and great grandparents Dr. Abba and Sarah Spero, and Rabbi Avraham and Susan Landesman
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן!
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September 28, 2022 at 2:39 pm
Baltimore, MD - Sept. 28, 2022 - Delegate Dalya Attar joined Sinai Hospital today for the Ground Breaking celebration for its new Emergency Department. Delegate Attar comments: “Sinai Hospital is a pillar of the 41st District, and I look forward to the completion of this outstanding project in 2025”.
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September 28, 2022 at 12:00 pm
In Devarim 31:9 we see that Moshe wrote the Torah and gave it to the Kohanim the sons of Levi. The Gemara in Gittin 71b says that the following things are done to keep the peace. A Kohen gets the first aliya and we learn it from the above passuk. Since the Torah specified the Kohanim the sons of Levi. We know that the Kohanim were descendants of Levi. It comes to teach us that the Kohanim get the first Aliyah and then comes the Levi.
The Chasam Sofer asks why do we need the passuk the fact is that we do it to keep the peace so what is the need for the above passuk? The Chassam Sofer says that it is true that we do it for the peace but we would not know if the Kohen comes first or last so we bring the passuk to show first comes the Kohen then the Levi.
The Chasam Sofer elabo...
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September 28, 2022 at 10:49 am
San Juan, - My name is Tamar Shlesinger, I have a Ph.D. in social work and I am a volunteer with United Hatzalah of Israel. Currently, I am taking part in the organization’s delegation to Puerto Rico to offer psychological and medical aid in the wake of Hurricane Fiona.
I landed in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Friday morning with my 5 partners, all United Hatzalah volunteers with a background in psychological treatment and emergency medical aid. After members of the local Jewish community warmly welcomed us at the Chabad house, we started by trying to identify the needs of the population. We were connected with Levid Ortiz, the Director of PR4PR, who has been spearheading support efforts for many of the underprivileged communities. He identified communities that had so far...
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September 28, 2022 at 10:43 am
A White House plan to cancel student loan debt for tens of millions of Americans will cost roughly $400 billion, according to a new estimate by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, increasing federal budget deficits over the next decade and beyond.
The administration’s plan to temporarily extend an existing pause on student loan payments would further increase the cost, the CBO found, by roughly $20 billion.
The new cost estimate will add fresh fuel to the debate over President Biden’s decision to cancel up to $20,000 in student debt for eligible borrowers, a policy cheered by advocates as transformative for the middle class but assailed by Republican lawmakers as a wasteful and inefficient use of government funds. Delivered Monday in a letter ...
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September 28, 2022 at 10:42 am
Russian President Vladimir Putin granted citizenship on Monday to Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor who leaked information about top-secret U.S. surveillance programs and is still wanted by Washington on espionage charges.
The decree signed by Putin covered 72 foreigners, but Snowden was the most prominent. Russia granted him asylum in 2013 after he fled the United States to avoid prosecution.
The 39-year-old Snowden, who considers himself a whistleblower, was granted permanent residency in Russia in 2020, and his lawyers said at the time that he was applying to obtain a Russian passport without renouncing his U.S. citizenship.
His lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena, told the state-run news agency RIA Novosti on Monday that his wife, Lindsay Mills, is...
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September 28, 2022 at 10:39 am
Democrats understand "they will lose" the midterms if November's election is a referendum on President Joe Biden, former White House press secretary Jen Psaki said.
Psaki on Sunday said Republicans will be able to exploit Democrats' failures with crime and the economy, while claiming her party has an advantage when it comes to "extremism."
"Look, I think that Democrats, if the election is about who is the most extreme, as we saw, you know, [House Minority Leader] Kevin McCarthy touch on there with [Rep.] Marjorie Taylor Greene [R-Ga.], I'll say her name, sitting over his left side, then they're going to win," Psaki said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press."
"If it is a referendum on the president, they will lose, and they know that. They also know that crime is a hu...
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September 28, 2022 at 10:33 am
Term limits for Baltimore city elected officials is a question being posed to voters on the November ballot.
Community leaders plan to rally Tuesday morning at the War Memorial plaza in front of City Hall to show their support limiting elected officials to serving only two terms in office.
Question K on the November ballot sets out to limit the mayor, comptroller, city council president, and city council members to serving only two consecutive terms or no more than eight years during any 12-year period.
A group calling itself the People for Elected Accountability and Civic Engagement or Peace for short, plan to speak out Tuesday morning to show their support for limiting just how long someone can hold office at Baltimore City Hall.
Organizers hope limiting elected officials to serving ...
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September 28, 2022 at 10:25 am
Maryland Republican Gubernatorial candidate Dan Cox is appealing a judge's recent decision to allow mail-in ballots to be counted before Election Day.
On Friday, a judge in Montgomery County ruled that counting for this November's General Election could begin as soon as October 1.
The decision stemmed from a lawsuit brought by the State Board of Elections, challenging a Maryland law that requires mail-in votes to be counted two days after an election.
Many blamed the law for delayed Primary election results back in July.
Officials had told the judge they would not reveal any early results until polls closed on Election Day, but that it would allow them to be caught up and avoid a backlog of votes.
Prior to the judge's order, Cox had expressed opposition to changing the ...
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September 28, 2022 at 9:19 am
Move over or slow down, it's a state law in Maryland when approaching emergency or service vehicles and now that law is being expanded to protect everyone.
Watch those hazards or it could cost you a hefty fine. Beginning this Saturday, October 1, Maryland’s Move Over Law will be expanded.
The expanded law will require motorists to change lanes when any vehicle is stopped and is displaying warning signals.
If moving over is not an option, then the motorists must slow down to a safe speed.
The original Move Over Law in Maryland was passed in 2010 requiring drivers to move lanes for emergency responders, law enforcement, and trucks that provide roadside assistance.
In 2014, the law was expanded to include tow truck drivers.
Now another expansion of the law is intended to prot...
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September 27, 2022 at 10:42 pm
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer recommends universal masking in health care settings, unless the facilities are in areas of high COVID-19 transmission.
The agency quietly issued the updates as part of an overhaul to its infection control guidance for health workers published late Friday afternoon. It marks a major departure from the agency’s previous recommendation for universal masking.
“Updates were made to reflect the high levels of vaccine-and infection-induced immunity and the availability of effective treatments and prevention tools,” the CDC’s new guidance says.
Now, the CDC says facilities in regions without high transmission can “choose not to require” all doctors, patients, and visitors to mask. Transmissio...
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September 27, 2022 at 10:14 pm
Over the course of the Jewish new year in the Ukrainian city of Uman, United Hatzalah volunteers treated 576 people who suffered injuries or medical illnesses.
The people injured mainly sustained contusions, abrasions, broken bones, shortness of breath, and other moderate and minor injuries. There were two incidents of cardiac-related illnesses and the patients were transported to a hospital in Odessa for immediate treatment.
Mattis Shapira, Chapter Head of United Hatzalah in Uman said, "Thankfully there were no 'out-of-the-ordinary' events that took place over the course of the holiday. We had 576 calls that reached our dispatch and command center over the course of the holiday and our volunteers responded treating many of the people at the emergency scene. U...
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September 27, 2022 at 9:52 pm
It was Puerto Rico last week, and now Cuba is getting hit by a hurricane, South Florida is feeling the effects as well.
About 300 red cross volunteers from Maryland are down there now, a handful from our region.
This time of year, Red Cross deals with disasters from one coast to the other.
"We currently have people still serving in Puerto Rico, We have people addressing the Western Wild fires and missions behind the scenes to support our military and veteran community," said Misty Bruce, Executive Director of Red Cross Central Maryland.
They are evacuating some communities in Florida. If evacuations come our way, the Red Cross wants us to take it serious.
"Listen to your emergency managers, because their sole purpose is to protect and serve the communities they live in," said Bruce.
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September 27, 2022 at 9:45 pm
Giorgia Meloni, the leader of Italy's Brothers of Italy party, is poised to become the country's prime minister after her party received 26 percent of the vote in the Italian parliamentary elections on Sunday.
Right wing and center-right parties won a majority in the elections, giving Meloni the task of forming a governing coalition.
The Brothers of Italy party is considered a far-right party and has drawn accusations of facism and semi-facism. Last week, the party suspeneded a candidate who had praised Hitler.
Meloni herself has made several controversial statements. accusing Israel of carrying out "another massacre of children in Gaza” during Operation Protective Edge in 2014 and praising Hezbollah and the coalition which supported Syrian dictator Bashar Al Assad in 20...
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September 27, 2022 at 9:42 pm
One hundred babies were born on Rosh Hshanah, the Jewish New Year, at Shaare Tzedek Medical Center in Jerusalem. 51 girls were born and 49 boys were born.
The first baby of the year was born weighing 3.8 kilograms after the arrival of Hodia and Asher Klein from the Kiryat Yuval neighborhood in Jerusalem. The Klein couple immigrated to Israel seven years ago from France. This is the birth of their second son, whom they chose to have at Shaare Zedek.
"At first I didn't want to miss the holiday, but my mother, who came especially for the holiday from France, was with me in the delivery room when the holiday arrived. The lovely staff made sure that we held the Rosh Hashanah service in the delivery room. It was a special and uplifting experience, even for my mother who didn't get to...
