Orlando Double Booking Nightmare Continues; People Finding Out Two Days Before Pesach

 STORY SENT TO YWN: “I am a family with 6 children and literally just pulled into my rented house driveway 15 minutes ago in Orlando (after a 19 hour drive) and our boxes which were delivered by a truck, were in a pile outside — and another family was living inside the house!”

 STORY SENT TO YWN: “We just drove 20 hrs and got here and we’re shocked to find out our house was “double booked. We have been in contact with the company for weeks and they did not mention a thing. We literally pulled in and asked for the house code and we’re told I’m sorry your reservation no longer exists. This is truly a disaster for us.”

 STORY SENT TO YWN: “My children flew in from Israel to be in Orlando and we booked tickets to be with her. We haven’t seen them in a year and half. Our home was confirmed, airlines tickets car rental food was ordered. Two weeks later our villa was cancelled saying credit card invalid. There was already a charge put through….”

 STORY SENT TO YWN: “I got scammed. Booked in January, just got cancelled today. Booked via VRBO, property #8123377ha, Host name Kevin Henry, Booked January 6th, Canceled March 23rd.”

 STORY SENT TO YWN: “I booked a house on Airbnb. When I heard about the double booking, I told my cousin who was there already to check and to make sure the house empty. When he got to the house some was there already for month. I tried to contact the host but they did not answer my messages. I called airbnb and they credit me back, but in the mean time 

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‘Shtisel’ Receives a Record 16 Israeli TV Academy Awards Nominations

 

Israel’s popular television drama “Shtisel” earned a record 16 nominations for the 2021 Israeli TV Academy Awards.

The Israel Film and Television Academy announced the full list of nominations on Monday. “Shtisel” was nominated in the categories of Best Drama Series, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Lead Actor for Dov Glickman, and Best Lead Actress for both Shira Haas and Netta Riskin, among others.

Season 3 of “Shtisel” will premiere on Netflix on March 25. In February, Haas became the first Israeli TV actress ever nominated for a Golden Globe, for her starring role in the show.

The Israeli television awards features 45 categories. The series “Rehearsals” received 15 nominations, while “Tehran,” “Lock Hour” and Yes TV‘s critically acclaimed new drama series “The Chef” all earned 12 nominations, followed by “Coupe Main” with 10 nominations.

The awards ceremony will be broadcast on Kan 11’s Facebook page on April 11.

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Whistleblower Michael Kraus a Nursing home administrator gets visit from health inspector after calling Cuomo order 'ridiculous'

 A New York nursing home was visited by the state's Department of Health days after Fox News reported on the administrator's alleged early warning about the impact of Gov. Cuomo's executive order.

The visit, according to Kraus, started at around 9 a.m. ET Tuesday and stretched at least past 3 p.m. ET. It's unclear why exactly the visit occurred, but Kraus said the health department asked about a resident possibly running away.

"So far it seems to be just a coincidence and not retaliation," he told Fox News via text. "They didn't find any problems."

Last week, Fox News aired a story with Kraus describing his remarks during a conference call with other directors, state officials and hospital leaders.

"I said that's ridiculous," he said, recalling his reaction to the March 25 order. "We can't be doing this. It's just not right to the residents."

He added that he vocalized his concerns during phone conversations but stopped bringing it up afer he was shot down.

"I did vocalize it," he said. "And then once it was shot down, I never spoke again."

Cuomo's order has landed him in hot water as critics argued that it put nursing home residents' lives in danger.

Kraus told Fox News that the department had made three coronavirus-related visits to his facility, in addition to Tuesday's.

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Cruz swats reporter's request for him to wear a mask

 

REPORTER: “Would you mind putting on a mask for us?”

CRUZ: “Yeah, when I’m talking to the TV camera, I’m not going to wear a mask. All of us have been immunized.”

REPORTER: “It’d make us feel better.”

CRUZ: “You’re welcome to step away if you’d like.” pic.twitter.com/0d0rvz0OAJ

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) March 25, 2021

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Netanyahu has a lock on the premiership

By  Yifat Erlich

 After four separate attempts, it's safe to say that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cannot be deposed by his political rivals. He'll be sticking around for as long as he wants the job. The left-wing camp's struggle to replace him began with the boisterous raising of blue and white and then black flags and ended with the white flag of surrender.

When those vying for the crown came from the Right, Netanyahu was left the central actor in the arena. Many on the Right, myself included, thought that Netanyahu, despite his special talents and incredible contribution to the state, had become a burden to the Right and the reason for the political instability. Many believed the time had come to pass the torch to a younger leader from the nationalist camp, someone who hadn't had any indictments filed against them and who had the ability to heal the rifts in Israeli society. New Hope leader Gideon Sa'ar tried and failed to replace Netanyahu from within the Likud and then tried from the outside. Yamina leader Naftali Bennett joined in these attempts. Both of them did exceptionally well in the polls but crashed on Election Day. They both should be thankful Netanyahu is the leader that earned the most public trust and should cease and desist in their attempts to succeed him in office.

A very good leader, someone on Netanyahu's scale, can only become excellent if they are wise enough to train the next generation of leaders. For over a decade, Netanyahu has tried to dwarf and push out anyone who shows leadership promise. It was in this way that Yisrael Beytenu head Avigdor Lieberman, Telem head Moshe Ya'alon, Kulanu leader Moshe Kahlon, Sa'ar, Bennett and his fellow party member Ayelet Shaked, all of whom came from the Likud and whose ideology matches that of the Likud, were pushed out. They all could have stayed in Likud had Netanyahu wanted them to. Now with one more term in office ahead of him, the time has come for Netanyahu to conduct himself differently. It will be difficult to bring Sa'ar back to the Likud. He needlessly went on television and signed a contract saying he would not join a Netanyahu-led government. Sa'ar has a few options. He can remain loyal to his contract and warm the benches over on the opposition, he can break his word and follow in Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz's footsteps, or he can retire from political life once and for all. In my opinion, he will opt for the latter. Once Sa'ar is out of the picture, some New Party representatives will find themselves connecting to a right-wing coalition headed by Netanyahu.

Yamina's leaders, on the other hand, can and should be brought back into the Likud. Like it or not, Yamina is a second-rate Likud, just as New Hope is a third-rate version. Bennet must admit his dreams of serving as prime minister will only be realized as part of a wider and more established movement such as the Likud. Netanyahu would be wise to open the door to Yamina party heads instead of dwarfing their leadership, while at the same time bringing his potential successors in the Likud into the party leadership. That same developing leadership will be able to lead the State of Israel when the time comes, in precisely another four years. Don't you dare call us to the ballot box one minute sooner.

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Absentee ballots hold key to elections as Likud holds 30-seat lead, Ra'am drops to 4

 

With nearly four million votes counted by 6 a.m. Thursday, the political map is beginning to stabilize. Meretz goes up to six seats; Yamina holds linchpin position.

The Central Election Committee on Thursday began counting the double envelopes holding hundreds of thousands of votes that could be worth as many as 12 seats.

As of 8:40  a.m., 93.4% of the votes cast in the March 23 elections have been counted. The results so far are as follows:

These results give the right-wing bloc 52 mandates and the Center-Left bloc 56 seats. Yamina and Ra'am hold the key to the elections, as they can side with either bloc.

Voter turnout in this year's election was particularly low, with only 67.2% – the lowest in the last four election campaigns.

Central Election Committee head Orly Adas said the final results are likely to come in on Friday.

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Jewish Quarter in Warsaw 1939.....4 months later all hell broke loose

The amateur film, filmed by the American tourist Benjamin Gasul during his visit to Europe in spring 1939. Benjamin Gasul visited Warsaw in early May 1939, and filmed in one of the streets in the old Jewish quarter in Warsaw, about four months before the German attack on Poland on September 1, 1939.

Benjamin Gasul was born into a Jewish family in Riga in 1898, and emmigrated to USA. in 1910's.

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Police Try Matza for Very First Time

 

די פאליס טעסט מצה pic.twitter.com/A25FeHCzB4

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Teen suffers severe burns after iPhone charger allegedly catches fire on bed

 

High-tech turned to high hell for a teenage girl whose iPhone charger allegedly burst into flames while in her bed, leaving her with severe facial burns. 

Amie Hall, 17, was nodding off early Thursday morning when she noticed a bright orange blaze radiating from her duvet. 

“So 2 a.m. this morning I was lying down as you do on my phone. Plugged in my charger and it set alight,” wrote Hall — who lives with her parents in Birmingham, England — on Facebook. 

“My bed cover/duvet set on fire and also caught my face. This isn’t even a cheap charger, it’s an Apple charger.”

According to Jam Press, Hall jumped out of bed, narrowly evading the flames. Despite her quick escape, she did suffer a nasty burn on her right cheek. 

“I ran out of my room and shouted [for] my mum, and luckily, she managed to put out the fire without the need to call the fire brigade,” Hall said in a statement. 

“The burn was very sore, but I know it could have been more serious. The flames just caught me as it burnt through my duvet.”

Hall is now advising others against charging their phones in bed overnight. 

“Please don’t go to bed and leave your phone charging overnight,” the teen warned on Facebook, captioning grisly images of the fire’s damage to her face and bedding. 

“If I was asleep, this could have been a lot worse and this could have set my whole family home up with all my family in,” she added. 

“Please be aware that this can happen to anyone and could be a lot worse. It’s dangerous. Please share.”

It’s unclear whether Hall’s charging system — reportedly consisting of an Apple cord and non-brand wall adapter — or faulty wiring in her family’s home may have caused the blaze. 

However, a spokeswoman for Apple released a statement in the wake of the incident, saying: “Apple takes customer safety very seriously, is in touch with the customer and looking into the matter.”

The company has also published tips on safe charging practices, noting that restoring a phone’s battery in poorly ventilated spaces or where moisture is present could create a fire hazard. 

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