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November 23, 2022 at 7:14 am
First blast at Jerusalem entrance * Second at Ramot Junction * Bombs detonated remotely, filled with nails
Jerusalem was hit by two explosions on Wednesday morning, in what is being treated as a joint terrorist attack, killing 15-year-old Aryeh Shechopak, a Canadian national and resident of Har Nof and wounding 18, with three in critical condition.
Aryeh, z'l, H'yd, was waiting for a bus to his yeshiva Wednesday morning when a bomb exploded next to the bus stop, fatally injuring him.
United Hatzalah volunteers provided initial treatment to a person who was critically injured and numerous people who sustained moderate to serious injuries on Weizman Boulevard at the entrance to Jerusalem. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Yosef Gabai, who arrived first at the scene to provide i...
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November 23, 2022 at 7:14 am
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November 22, 2022 at 6:59 pm
Baltimore, MD – Nov. 20, 2022 - It is with regret that Baltimore Jewish Life (BJL) informs the community of the petira of HaRav Feivel Cohen, z'l, father of Rebbetzin Adina Kaufman, Rav Chaim Cohen (Rosh Yeshiva of Bais Medrash & Mesivta of Baltimore), Rabbi Binyamin Cohen, Rabbi Avraham Yeshaya Cohen, Rabbi Shlomo Cohen, and R' Dovid Cohen.Rav Chaim Cohen will be returning tonight (Tuesday) and will sit for the remainder of the Shiva in Lakewood at 24 Goldcrest Drive.Minyanim:Shacharis - 8:00 AM
Break from 1:00 - 2:00 PM
Mincha - 2:00 PM
Maariv - 7:00 PM
Tonight (Tuesday) there will be an additional Maariv at 9:00 PM
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November 22, 2022 at 6:24 pm
Washington, D.C. - Nov. 22, 2022 - What could be better than access to The White House for imadi kids and sibs with a tour of the Library of the Eisenhower Executive Building, the Ceremonial Office of the Vice President, and a morning of bowling at the Harry S. Truman Bowling Alley! As if that wasn't enough, imadi's families had the opportunity to meet and hear words of inspiration from Amos Hochstein (Presidential Coordinator) and Anne Neuberger (Deputy National Security Advisor) as well. imadi supports families in MD, DC, and Northern VA with children facing genetic, congenital, acute or chronic conditions. Learn more about imadi at www.imadi.org.Photo Credits: Adina Levitan Photography
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November 22, 2022 at 6:07 pm
Baltimore, MD - Nov. 21, 2022 - On Sunday, November 13th Kesser Torah (KT) invited the entire Baltimore community to its campus to celebrate in the Chanukas Habayis of its new Bais Medrash. The yeshiva was joined by hundreds of community members as well as local rabbonim and Gedolei Roshei Yeshiva of America. The purpose of the evening was to give shevach to Hakadosh Baruh Hu for the overflowing Siyata d’Shamaya that has allowed KT to grow into a yeshiva of over 130 bochurim on a 40+ acre campus in just six short years.
The evening began with a reception for the many members of the community who have generously partnered with the yeshiva to aid in the renovations required to turn a monastery into a Makom Torah. Following the reception, hundreds headed to the new Bais M...
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November 22, 2022 at 6:05 pm
Baltimore, MD - Nov. 21, 2022 - Jewish women have special power as the makers and shakers, developers and the CEOs of the Jewish home. At the Great Community Challah Bake, hosted by Etz Chaim under the leadership of Mrs. Elana Pomeranz, 300 women from across Jewish Baltimore fused together while making challah dough from scratch, praying for each other, dancing together and finally braiding beautiful challot for Shabbat. The energy and potential of so many Jewish women and girls gathering to make challah together was incredible! Thanks to Etz Chaim, this was the first community Challah Bake in three years and the ruach that filled the room was remarkable! Liz Minken Friedman emceed the event. The excitement of the night grew as Rabbi Warren Goldstein, founder of the Shabbat Pr...
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November 22, 2022 at 6:03 pm
Baltimore, MD - Nov. 21, 2022 - Best-selling author Yocheved Rigler has discovered a secret society. Qualifications for membership include Holocaust-related recurring dreams, panic attacks, fearsome flashbacks, and phobias in children born after 1945. “I’ve Been Here Before” is her groundbreaking, meticulously researched book that provides evidence that is as startling as it is mysteriously affirming. Sara will be speaking about the reactions to her book. Click on the graphic below to purchase tickets now
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November 22, 2022 at 4:28 pm
Last week, about 1,500 students from 12 middle schools, including from the Five Towns and Teaneck, embarked on a Torah learning journey as part of the Orthodox Union’s Torah Initiative’s All Mishnah Junior (AMJ) program.
Participating students commit to learning two mishnayot (written collection of Jewish oral traditions) a day to complete all 24 chapters of Masechta Shabbat and Megillah in only a few months. The goal of this program is to involve young students in Torah learning with a fun factor: swag (branded hoodies) and raffle prizes ranging from gift cards to AirPods and Oculuses.
AMJ is a student-led program. Some of the 6th-8th graders are ambassadors, responsible for encouraging their friends and classmates to jo...
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November 22, 2022 at 4:22 pm
After a fourth U.S. railroad union rejected an agreement with their employers brokered by the Biden administration - and reignited fears of a nationwide rail worker strike - one spokesman for the rail companies claimed they’re "ready, willing and able" to reach new negotiations.
"We need to keep the network moving. We need to keep the economy moving," Association of American Railroads (AAR) President and CEO Ian Jeffries said on "Varney & Co." Tuesday. "And so that's why we stand ready, willing and able to reach new voluntary agreements. And absent that, we believe Congress might need to be ready to step in as it historically has."
Jeffries’ comments come just after a fourth rail union rejected a tentative agreement with the nation's major freight ra...
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November 22, 2022 at 4:17 pm
On this day in history, Nov. 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy — the 35th president of the United States — was assassinated while riding in an open-car motorcade in downtown Dallas, Texas.
The shocking event of 59 years ago happened near the end of JFK's third year as president.
Riding in the same car as Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy was Texas Gov. John B. Connally, as well as Connally's wife, Nellie Connally.
That same day, the suspect in the shooting, Lee Harvey Oswald, was arrested. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as president that day as well as the stunned nation absorbed the blow of so suddenly and violently losing its elected president.
‘Gunfire suddenly reverberated’
Crowds of excited peo...
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November 22, 2022 at 4:12 pm
Two people aboard a North Carolina TV news helicopter were killed Tuesday after the chopper crashed in Charlotte.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said the crash happened just after noon, prompting authorities to shut down the southbound lanes on Interstate 77.
No vehicles were involved, police said.
The Federal Aviation Administration said a Robinson R44 helicopter crashed near the freeway and Nations Ford Road and that two people were on board. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.
Local news station WBTV said its Sky 3 helicopter crashed with pilot Chip Tayag and meteorologist Jason Myers on board. Both were killed.
"The WBTV family is grieving a terrible loss," the station said in a statement.
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November 22, 2022 at 3:49 pm
One of the two men accused of planning to attack an unspecified synagogue in New York City is Jewish and the grandson of a Holocaust survivor, his counsel said in court on Saturday.
Matthew Mahrer, 22, in Manhattan Criminal Court on accusations of criminal possession of a weapon, was ordered held on $150,000 bail or a $300,000 bond despite his lawyer’s request that he be freed on his own recognizance and the prosecutors’ recommendation that he be held without bail.
“There are a lot of questions here,” defense attorney Brandon Freycint said of Mahrer, who has allegedly been diagnosed with autism, bipolar disorder, anxiety and ADHD, the New York Post reported.
“My client is of Jewish heritage. He resides with his parents and his grandfather is actua...
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November 22, 2022 at 3:23 pm
It was Israel that tipped off the United Kingdom’s MI5 domestic intelligence agency regarding Iranian terrorist threats to British citizens and residents, Kan 11 reported on Monday.
Journalists were among the prime intended targets of Iranian attack plots, according to the report.
On Nov. 16, MI5 Director Gen. Ken McCallum stated during an annual threat update at his agency’s London headquarters that “Iran projects threat to the UK directly, through its aggressive intelligence services.”
This threat “includes ambitions to kidnap or even kill British or U.K.-based individuals perceived as enemies of the regime,” he said, adding, “We have seen at least 10 such potential threats since January alone. We work at pace with domestic and...
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November 22, 2022 at 3:03 pm
The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for the imminent handover of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns to a congressional committee after a three-year legal fight.
The court, without comment, rejected Trump’s plea for an order that would have prevented the Treasury Department from giving six years of tax returns for Trump and some of his businesses to the Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee.
It was Trump’s second loss at the Supreme Court in as many months. In October, the court refused to step into the legal fight surrounding the FBI search of Trump’s Florida estate that turned up classified documents.
In the dispute over his tax returns, the Treasury Department had refused to provide the records during Trump&r...
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November 22, 2022 at 1:08 pm
In Bereishis 27:6 Rivkah told Yaakov that she heard her father talking to Esav etc. She ends off saying, “Listen to what I will tell you.” In Pirkei D’Reb Eliezer 32 Rivkah told Yaakov, “My son this night is where the storage of Tal is opened and up in Shomayim they are singing shirah, make some good food for your father, so he can bentch you while he is still alive.” Yaakov being a Baki in the Torah feared being cursed by his father so Rivkah told him, “If you get gebentched it will go on you and your children, but if you get cursed it will go on me.” As the passuk says, “Alai Killelascha- Beni.
In the Radal on the above Medra...
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November 22, 2022 at 1:01 pm
Israel is in the midst of a national obesity epidemic, Israeli healthcare workers are warning.
“We’re in the midst of a global epidemic that has reached Israel—the obesity epidemic,” said Dr. Oyero, a specialist in family medicine and an obesity doctor at Maccabi Health Services, according to Ynet.
“Obesity is a chronic, multi-systemic disease that must be treated professionally since it leads to many illnesses, such as cardiovascular disease and mental and emotional problems,” he said.
According to a National Program for Quality Indicators report released on Tuesday, both obesity and smoking are rising in Israel.
“The data shows that the epidemic is weakening among the overall population, but we know that those in a low socio-economic gro...
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November 22, 2022 at 12:58 pm
Despite huge investment in public transport projects, commuters will prefer their cars because plans prioritize cars and ignore pedestrians' needs.
Billions of shekels have been spent on public transport projects but the investment won’t provide passengers with the service they need. Israel’s urban planners have preferred to continue prioritizing cars and transport experts insist this will make things tough for commuters; those who can, will continue to opt for their own cars.
At a conference last month, organized by Transport Today & Tomorrow - The Israeli Organization for Sustainable Transportation, Prof. Karel Martens of the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, presented an overview of some of these transport...
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November 22, 2022 at 12:58 pm
Some 200 Charedi women software engineers from Bnei Brak will take part in developing unmanned aerial vehicles used by the Israeli military, Israel Hayom reported on Monday.
The Hermes 900 unmanned aerial vehicle, made by Israeli defense firm Elbit Systems, is used to gather intelligence and conduct strikes on enemy targets. Dubbed “Star” in the Israel Defense Forces, it has been sold to 12 foreign militaries, including Singapore and Azerbaijan, as well as, according to international media reports, Canada, Switzerland, Mexico, Brazil, and the Philippines.
The engineers will be employed by the ROX development company and by Elbit, and was unveiled by Elbit President Bezhalel Machles on Monday.
During remarks made at the opening ceremony, Machles said that Elbit atta...
