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July 13, 2024 at 11:15 pm
The White House said President Biden spoke with former President Donald Trump on Saturday evening.
No further details were provided on the call.
Biden will convene a briefing with homeland security and law enforcement officials at the White House on Sunday morning.
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July 13, 2024 at 11:01 pm
Former President Donald Trump says he was shot in the ear during an assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally Saturday evening.
The bloodied former president was whisked away by Secret Service after shots were heard in the crowd of his Butler, Pa. political event. The shooter and a rally attendee are both dead as a result of the incident, the Associated Press reports.
Trump posted on Truth Social Saturday evening to thank law enforcement, offer his condolences to the family of the deceased eventgoer and to confirm he was hit by a bullet.
"I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear. I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound," Trump wrote.
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July 13, 2024 at 10:30 pm
Meta (META.O), opens new tab said on Friday it was rolling back some restrictions that had applied to former U.S. President Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts.
The social media company indefinitely suspended Trump's accounts following his praise of people who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The company then reinstated his accounts in early 2023, saying it would monitor Trump's posts for further violations that could result in another suspension of between one month and two years.
Trump, who is running against U.S. President Joe Biden, will no longer be subject to the additional monitoring, Meta said.
"In assessing our responsibility to allow political expression, we believe that the American people should be able to hear fro...
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July 13, 2024 at 10:19 pm
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this evening (Saturday, 13 July 2024), at his press conference in Tel Aviv [translated from Hebrew]:"Dear citizens of Israel, good evening.The State of Israel, via the IDF and the ISA, attacked a target in Gaza today in order to eliminate Muhammad Deif and his deputy Rafa'a Salameh. While there is no absolute certainty yet that they were eliminated, I would like to assure you that one way or another, we will reach the entire Hamas leadership.Muhammad Deif is an arch-murderer, the Hamas Chief-of-Staff, the #2 in the chain of command. It was Deif who planned and led the October 7 massacre and many additional terrorist attacks. His hands are soaked in the blood of many Israelis.At midnight last night, when the ISA Director presented me with the details ...
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July 13, 2024 at 10:13 pm
The IDF on Saturday afternoon confirmed that Israeli security forces attempted to eliminate Mohammed Deif, head of Hamas' military wing and considered one of the terror group's leaders, and the commander of Hamas' Khan Yunis Brigade.
"In a joint IDF and ISA activity based on precise intelligence, the IDF's Southern Command and the IAF carried out a strike in an area where two senior Hamas terrorists and additional terrorists hid among civilians," the IDF confirmed.
"The location of the strike was an open area surrounded by trees, several buildings, and sheds."
Earlier, the IDF had said that the strike was in a "defined terrorist area" and that it was "waiting for the results of the attack." The IDF does not believe that there were hostages in the area around Deif.
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July 13, 2024 at 9:57 pm
Trump says he was shot in the ear during rally; one attendee and shooter are dead
A shooting at Donald Trump‘s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania is being investigated as an attempted assassination of the former president and presumptive Republican nominee, law enforcement officials say.
A shooter is dead and an attendee was killed. Two attendees are critically injured. Trump’s campaign says he is “fine” after being whisked off the stage and is being checked out at a local medical facility.
Former President Trump issued a statement on the shooting incident at his rally in Pennsylvania on Truth Social.
"I want to thank The United States Secret Service, and all of Law Enforcement, for their rapid response on the shooting that just took place in Butler, Pennsyl...
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July 12, 2024 at 3:37 pm
Baltimore, MD – July 12, 2024 - The following announcement was sent today for the myriads associated with Mercaz Torah U’Tefillah.
The entire Mercaz Torah U’Tefillah Kehilla joins the Rav in sorrow as he begins the year of aveilus for his father, the Zidichover Rebbe of Chicago who was recently niftar. The Rebbe, Zt”l’s, warmth and love for every Yid were legendary, leaving Klal Yisroel and the Chicago community with a profound void. Following the Rebbe’s petirah, the instructions were revealed that his sons will carry on the important mantle of Rebbe in his stead. As announced this past Shabbos, we are excited to inform you that our Rav should now be referred to as the Zidichover Rebbe of Baltimore. We wish the Rebbe much bracha and hatzlac...
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July 12, 2024 at 2:57 pm
Baltimore, MD - July 12, 2024 — With temperatures again rising in the Baltimore region and the heat index forecasted to reach over 100 degrees Fahrenheit Sunday through Wednesday of next week, the Baltimore City Commissioner of Health Dr. Ihuoma Emenuga has declared a Code Red Extreme Heat Alert for Sunday, July 14th through Wednesday, July 17th. The heat index is a measure of air temperature and relative humidity and indicates how hot it feels to the human body.
“With temperatures expected to rise and the heat index expected to surpass 105 degrees, a Code Red Extreme Heat Alert will be in place to let residents know of the resources available to help in the heat and serve as a reminder of the health risks of extreme heat,” said Dr. Ihuoma Emenuga, Baltimore City H...
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July 12, 2024 at 2:21 pm
Baltimore, MD - July 12, 2024 - Read the Current Issue of Baltimore Jewish Home. Click on the graphic below:
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July 12, 2024 at 11:55 am
The IDF, following on Shin Bet and intelligence information, eliminated the deputy head of the Hamas Shejaiya Battalion in Gaza, Ayman Shuvaydah.
Shuvaydah served in the past as a senior official in the operations headquarters of the Hamas terrorist organization and was involved in leading the massacre on October 7th.
During the war, he participated in the fighting in the Shejaiya Battalion and directed many terrorist attacks against IDF forces.
Along with Shuvaydah, a company commander in the Shuja'iyya Battalion, terrorist, Abada Abu Hain, a veteran terrorist in the battalion who played a significant role in the fighting, was also eliminated.
Additionally, as part of Division 98's operation in the Shejaiya area, over 150 additional terrorists were eliminated.
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July 12, 2024 at 10:43 am
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Friday, 12 July 2024), paid a condolence visit with the family of Rabbi Yehuda Deri, of blessed memory, the brother of MK Aryeh Deri, in Be'er Sheva.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu [translated from Hebrew]:"Rabbi Yehuda was great in Torah and in practice. He was a charitable man of loving-kindness who was greatly loved and esteemed by all who knew him.Indeed, what I have heard here certainly reflects his strength of spirit, Jewish wisdom, humanity and leadership. This genuinely attests to the magnitude of the loss. May his memory be blessed."
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July 12, 2024 at 9:54 am
On the campaign trail Thursday afternoon, former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan was asked what he makes of what’s happening surrounding President Joe Biden and his reelection campaign.
The Republican candidate for the Senate said the ball is in the president’s court, but that it isn’t anything new.
“It’s for Joe Biden to decide. It’s for his family,” Hogan said. “I think they should have a serious conversation with him. And it’s for the Democratic Party.”
Maryland’s former Gov. made the comments during a press conference about public safety in Hyattsville in Prince George’s County.
“He’s not the same Joe Biden that I worked with while he was vice president and I was governor during the Obama administration,&...
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July 12, 2024 at 9:46 am
The call and text message records of "nearly all" AT&T cellphone customers from mid-to-late 2022 have been exposed in a massive data breach, the company said Friday.
AT&T said the breach was discovered in April when customer data was illegally downloaded from a third-party cloud platform.
"The compromised data includes files containing AT&T records of calls and texts of nearly all of AT&T’s cellular customers, customers of mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) using AT&T’s wireless network, as well as AT&T’s landline customers who interacted with those cellular numbers between May 1, 2022 - October 31, 2022," according to a news release. "The compromised data also includes records from January 2, 2023, for a very small number of cust...
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July 12, 2024 at 9:42 am
A statue of Holocaust victim Anne Frank in Amsterdam was vandalized Thursday by a pro-Palestinian protester.
Frank, a Jewish girl, is remembered for her diary in which she documented life while hiding from Nazi persecution and execution during World War II. She is celebrated for her contribution to Jewish records of the war.
The graffiti reads “Gaza” across the base of the statue in red paint. It refers to the region of the Middle East where Israel and Hamas terrorists are fighting an ongoing war.
The word is a common rallying cry for pro-Palestinian demonstrators. An image of the vandalism posted to X earned over 2 million views.
Reacting to the scene was the Holocaust Education Fund.
“Scrawling 'Gaza' on a statue of Anne Frank - a Jewish teenage...
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July 12, 2024 at 9:38 am
Adam Platt, a technologist and founder of plattsoft.net, writes about a time when his CEO called for a company-wide meeting to congratulate the group about the good month that they had as a company. The CEO dimmed the conference room lights and told the following story: “When I was a child, I would cut the grass for my father. Back then, we only had a manual lawn mower, which took a lot of effort to push. I would work under the hot sun, cutting every last blade of grass. When my father saw the great work I had done, he would take me to 7-Eleven, hand me a quarter, and I would run to the counter to claim my reward, a Slurpee!”Platt relates that his CEO used this personal story to show that hard work, indeed, should be rewarded. The CEO went on to say how everyone in the company ...
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July 12, 2024 at 9:35 am
The Torah refers to an account recorded in 'the Book of Wars of G-d; "את והב — The gift of בסופה — [the Sea] of Reeds and the rivers of Arnon; the outpouring of the rivers when it veered to dwell at Ar, and leaned against the borders of Moab. And from there to the well — it is the well of which G-d said to Moshe. 'Assemble the people and I shall give them water.' Then Israel sang this song; "Come up, O well! Call out to it!"
This miracle, which is equated in its greatness to the splitting of the Sea of Reeds is described in both the Midrash and the Talmud. From a composite of both sources, we can gather the following. (ברכות נה רש"י בשם התנחומא)
There was a deep and very narrow gorge between two high mountains. The route of ...
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July 11, 2024 at 10:42 pm
Baltimore, MD - July 11, 2024 - FBI Baltimore issued a warning about the increase in armed robberies at banks and ATMs in Maryland.
At least 21 bank and ATM customers have been victimized by these crimes in the first week of July, according to FBI Baltimore.
A majority of the crimes have taken place in Anne Arundel and Prince George’s Counties.
The FBI and other local law enforcement partners are investigating a surge of armed robberies, known as “jugging” crimes, at financial institutions in Maryland.
“Jugging” refers to a crime where a suspect, or group of suspects, targets customers believed to have large amounts of cash. The suspects either rob customers while in the parking lot of a bank, credit union or ATM or follow them to their next location...
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July 11, 2024 at 10:26 pm
The entire congregation of the children of Israel arrived at the desert of Zin in the first month, and the people settled in Kadesh. Miriam died there and was buried there …The whole congregation saw that Aaron had expired, and the entire house of Israel wept for Aaron for thirty days (Bamidbar 20:1,29)
It was the close of a generation. We read of the passing of Miriam and Aharon, the sister and brother of Moshe Rabbeinu and, in many respects, the partner-leaders of the Jewish nation. In addition to this necessary piece of historical information, Rashi explains that the passing of Miriam contains an important message. Why is the passage relating Miriam’s death juxtaposed with the passage of the Red Cow? To teach you that just as sacrifices bring atonement, so the d...
