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Sunday, September 11, 2016

Mars ...Stunning Photos ....by the Curiosty Mars rover!

This stunning landscape, taken by the Curiosity Mars rover, shows the rim of Gale Crater visible in the distance, through the dusty haze in this view of a sloping hillside on Mount Sharp
This stunning landscape, taken by the Curiosity Mars rover, shows the rim of Gale Crater visible in the distance, through the dusty haze in this view of a sloping hillside on Mount Sharp
NASA says the Martian buttes and mesas rising above the surface are eroded remnants of ancient sandstone that originated when winds deposited sand after lower Mount Sharp had formed. 
NASA says the Martian buttes and mesas rising above the surface are eroded remnants of ancient sandstone that originated when winds deposited sand after lower Mount Sharp had formed. 
Layered rock on Mars pictured by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, which has been on the Red Planet since August 2012
Layered rock on Mars pictured by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, which has been on the Red Planet since August 2012



These images reveal in stunning detail the hills, plateaus and rock faces of the Red Planet. 

Taken by the mast camera on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover and released today, the stunning pictures are from the 'Murray Buttes' region on our neighbouring planet. 

Likening the scenes to areas of the US desert, Curiosity Project Scientist Ashwin Vasavada, from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, said: 'Curiosity's science team has been just thrilled to go on this road trip through a bit of the American desert Southwest on Mars.' 

 The rover team plans to assemble several large, color mosaics from images taken in the area, where the rover has spent the last month. The buttes and mesas were formed from eroded remnants of ancient sandstone, which originated when winds deposited sand after Martian mountain lower Mount Sharp was formed.

 Vasavada said: 'Studying these buttes up close has given us a better understanding of ancient sand dunes that formed and were buried, chemically changed by groundwater, exhumed and eroded to form the landscape that we see today.' Curiosity, which landed near Mount Sharp back in 2012, is set to continue its mission further south and higher up the mountain. 

It has already discovered evidence that ancient lakes on the Red Planet offered conditions that would have been favorable for microbes if Mars has ever hosted life.

R' Issar Zalman Meltzer's Eulogy on R' Avraham Yitzchok Kook z"l


ר' איסר זלמן מלצר בהספדו על הרב קוק: גדולה מיתתן של צדיקים יותר משריפת בית אלוקינו - נשבר עמוד השדרה של כלל ישראל'

R' Issar Zalman Meltzer z"l was the father-in-law of R' Aron Kotler  z"l the founder of Lakewood.
 R' Issar Zalman eulogized R' Avraham Yitzchok Kook z"l stating that the pain to Klall Yisroel "when a Tzaddik dies, is much greater than the destruction of the Bais Hamikdash" and he added that the "spine of Klall Yisroel was now broken"

I wonder how many of R' Issar Zalman's bones would be broken if he had made a statement like that today???
Hmmmmm????

Friday, September 9, 2016

I'm not just saying 'no' to Hillary Clinton

Naomi Ragen
Yes, I’m voting for Donald Trump. And I’m proud of it.

If anyone had told me two years ago that I’d be making that statement, I would have done a Jon Stewart eye roll and stare. What? The guy from reality TV? The “You’re fired” guy with the funny hair and New York accent? That guy?!

But things have happened in the last few years that have made me —and many pro-Israel Americans in both countries—decide that this is not only our best but our only choice.
First of all, there is President Barack Hussein Obama. 

As columnist Charles Krauthammer said in the 2012 videoDaylight: The Story of Obama and Israel: “This president has done more to delegitimize and undermine Israel’s position in the world than any other president.”

Even without Obama’s toxic embrace, Hillary Clinton’s own history is damning. As she bragged to her online followers: “As Secretary of State, Hillary led the international negotiations that paved the way for the Iran deal.” Multiple outlets reported in March that Iran had test-fired two ballistic missiles bearing the phrase “Israel must be wiped out.” Clinton, conveniently no longer secretary of state, uselessly suggested sanctions. Of course, Obama did nothing. Are you surprised? Was she surprised?

I continue to wonder why American Jews—who often declare, “Never again!”— don’t seem to grasp the enormity of Clinton’s responsibility for the creation of this existential threat to six of the world’s remaining 16 million Jews. She and her fans, many of them American Jews, still believe Jewish votes are her due and expect them to sweep her into the White House, where she can carry on where Obama has left off.

How can I be sure Donald Trump will be better for Israel?

 I can’t. But at least he gives me hope. I fully admit that, as an American who lives in Israel, I personally loathe and distrust Hillary Clinton. Among my many reasons is her willingness to sell arms to Israel’s enemies: As reported by theInternational Business Times, during Clinton’s tenure, the State Department approved $165 billion worth of commercial arms sales, some of it over Israel’s vociferous objections. This includes the 2011 sale of $29 billion worth of advanced fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. This ramp-up has continued after her departure and may have multiple causes, but most worryingly, “…governments and corporations involved in the arms deals approved by Clinton’s State Department have delivered between $54 million and $141 million to the Clinton Foundation,” the IBT says.
Israel doesn’t have a slush fund to compete with either Saudi Arabia or Qatar. Whatever you say about Trump, he isn’t in this for either wealth or fame, both of which he has in abundant supply.

Most of all, when I look at these two candidates I see a clear choice between a successful entrepreneur and a corrupt politician; a family man honest about his failings and a hypocrite involved in a sham marriage. A person with a vision (agree with it or not) for America, and someone willing to endanger her entire country’s national security with a private email server simply to hide the truth about her words, actions and beliefs. Moreover, the cynical manipulation of the Democratic National Committee to gain unfair advantage over her opponent reveals an endemic propensity for deceit. She would have won fair and square. But that’s just not her way.

Even if you don’t believe everything in the anti-Clinton exposé by Peter Schweizer, Clinton Cash, there are just too many coincidences: “Who else in American politics would be so audacious as to have one spouse accept money from foreign governments and businesses while the other charted American foreign policy?” Schweizer asks. Until the Clintons can come up with a convincing counter-narrative — which they haven’t so far — and given their conduct in amassing great wealth since leaving the White House “broke” in 2001, every American should shudder at the possibility of their returning to power.

Trump, on the other hand, has given me no reason to believe he is in this fight for the money. He did little serious fundraising in the primaries. I believe that Donald Trump is sincere in the vision he has for America, and that he will do his best to achieve it.
Some people find that vision appalling. But I have a different take.

Take border walls. As an Israeli whose family almost died in the 2002 Passover massacre in Netanya, a direct result of the disastrous Oslo “peace accords” pushed by Bill Clinton, I can testify to the wonderful power of walls. When we began building ours in 2003 — over universal condemnation — our casualties from suicide bombings, from a peak of 220 dead in 2002 and 142 in 2003, dwindled until in 2015 there were… none.

Radical Islamists have taken the worst in their religion and made it their creed, infecting some of their coreligionists with an ideology that turns them into rabid killers. This virulent ideology can strike at anyone, any time. What is wrong, then, with advocating a careful vetting of all those from affected areas? Likewise, what is wrong with stopping the illegal arrival en masse of Mexican criminals who are not vetted at all?

Clinton’s promise to continue Obama’s mass amnesty plans, along with her even vaguer plans to “protect our borders,” is simply irresponsible. Given power, she will do to America what Angela Merkel has done to Europe, destroying its people’s peace and security and leaving them helpless to barbarous daily attacks by a mass of people who appreciate neither generosity nor kindness.

Would I have preferred that another candidate — one with better hair, a more neutral accent and no reality TV on his resumé — espouse Trump’s agenda? You bet! But as it is, as an adult, I have no choice but to deal with reality. And the reality I see is that Trump is the best bet in this particular election for those who love both Israel and America.

Thursday, September 8, 2016

Black Lady charged in 1983 necktie murder of 92-year-old Jewish Purple Heart World War I veteran

http://wivb.com/2016/09/07/cold-case-murder-investigation-leads-to-arrest-of-librarian/
Edmund Schreiber
Authorities in upstate New York believe they have solved the 33-year-old necktie murder of a 92-year-old Jewish World War I veteran who was awarded the Purple Heart.
Fingerprints and DNA evidence link Saundra Adams a black lady, to the slaying of Edmund Schreiber, found strangled with eight of his own neckties in Buffalo in 1983,according to the Buffalo News.
http://wivb.com/2016/09/07/cold-case-murder-investigation-leads-to-arrest-of-librarian/
Saundra Adams
The 50-year-old Adams, 17 at the time of the killing, was charged with two counts of second-degree murder. An unknown accomplice was also involved, prosecutors say.
"Mr. Schreiber survived World War I, but he did not survive those who, during the night of June 23, 1983, invaded his home, attacked him, and took his life," acting Erie County District Attorney Michael Flaherty Jr. said, WIVB reported.
Schreiber and his wife lived in the same house for more than five decades as they raised a family, the Buffalo News reported. His wife passed away five years before the slaying, according to the newspaper.
The war hero weighed just 100 pounds at the time of the murder and could not do much to defend himself, according to the paper. His killers tied his hands and savagely wrapped his neckties around his throat.

Clinton wears earpiece so that her aids can whisper answers to difficult questions



Was Hillary Wearing an Earpiece During Last Night's Presidential Forum?
While Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump each generated headlines about comments made Wednesday night at a candidates’ forum, the buzz Thursday morning was more about a report claiming Clinton relied on a “micro” earbud as she fielded questions about national security — a claim her campaign vigorously denied. 


The website True Pundit quoted unnamed New York police sources saying Clinton was wearing an “inductive earpiece” during the NBC forum hosted by Matt Lauer. 
The website described the unit as the kind of tech used by stage actors in need of prompting to recite forgotten lines.

“NYPD sources involved with the NBC forum’s security detail confirm Clinton was wearing an ‘inductive earpiece,” the same technology employed by almost all lead Broadway actors to receive forgotten lines and stealth off-stage cues from directors. The flesh-colored earbud is easily concealed. There are no wires running directly to the ear like you see with the units employed by Secret Service protection detail personnel,” claimed the article.
The story also drew almost a thousand comments over on The Donald subreddit, with one user commenting, “Either she admits a health issue and says she’s deaf or she admits to cheating.”

“I commented earlier during the Town Hall saying her responses seemed a little slower than normal. Now it all makes sense,” responded another.
Another user remarked that Hillary appeared to be uttering broken sentences such as “I think that’s an ex—- actly right way to proceed.”
This is not the first time Clinton has faced charges that she was wearing an earpiece during a crucial event – similar claims were made after her appearance in front of the House Select Benghazi Hearing in October last year.
Hillary Earpiece

Two senior campaign aides, though, told Fox News the report is absolutely not true.


LOHUD Turns Tragic Yeshiva Bochur death into political story

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Lohud, the Rockland "anti-Frum" newspaper in Rockland, turned a tragic car crash into a political story .....

Two Yeshiva boys were talking to each other innocently in the parking lot of the Yeshiva Tiferet Tora 996 Route 202, when an off duty police officer passed another car on a "no passing" zone, lost control and barreled thru the parking lot  smashing into the boys ...

Lohud:
"Both young man were standing on the edge (Din Emphasis) of driveway at 996 Haverstraw Road when a 2016 Lexus driven by Peekskill Police Officer Jonathan Mosquera of Suffern drove up behind a 2008 Honda driven by Tzvi Hakakian, 19, of Monsey"

FACT:
They were not standing at the "edge of the driveway" according to Hatzalah, they were IN the driveway!
not that it makes a difference .... the car barreled into the "driveway"!

Lohud:
"The property had been operating with a temporary certificate of occupancy after opening in violation of town zoning and building codes. A 2015 critical state report on the Building Department operations cites the school for lacking permits and operating in violation of safety regulations.
Yeshivat Tiferet Tora also has been hit with fines by the Rockland Board of Health."
In 2013, the Rockland Board of Health fined Arash and Sara Hakakian and Neal J. Klatzko, owners, 996 Haverstraw Road, $900 for operating a rooming house without a permit and for failure to get proper permits for a sewer system."

Fact:
What does this crash have anything to do with the fact that "the property had been operating with a temporary certificate of occupancy"? 
and if the had a permanent C of O ...would the crazy cop not have barreled into the innocent boys??

There is no end to the hatred that Lohud has against the religious community! Take a tragic story and shamelessly turn it into a hate campaign to give fodder to the anti-Semites!


And now a word to to my readers!
The Rosh Yeshiva of this school prohibited the boys from having any phones, be they kosher or otherwise!

The boys in the Yeshivah took at least 10 minutes to find a bystander to phone Hatzalah!

According to a memeber of Hatzalah that I spoke to, "in this case, it would not have made a difference." 
So?????
Parents .... insist that your child, 10 and above, carry a phone ..... absolutely! 



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Yeshiva Bochur Killed on Route 202 in Monsey by Car











Tragedy has struck the Monsey, NY, community, as Marco Tawil z”l, a 17-year-old yeshiva bochur, has been killed in an accident on Route 202.

At about 11:45 p.m., two bochurim were standing at the side of the road when a vehicle careened into them.
Marco succumbed to his wounds, while the second bochur, 19-year-old David Maldanado, was seriously injured.
Marco was a resident of Argentina.
The tragic accident took place in front of Yeshivat Tiferet Torah on Haverstraw Road, northwest of the Wesley Hills community, in Suffern, down the road from Spook Rock Road. Both bochurim were talmidim of the yeshiva.
One of the vehicles was turning into the yeshiva driveway, while the other was coming at a high speed in the opposite direction. They collided, and one of the cars jumped the side of the road due to the force of the crash and rolled down an embankment, coming to a rest amidst trees and shrubbery.
Police Officer Jonathan Mosquera of Suffern was driving one of the vehicles. He is believed to have been off duty at the time.
The injured bochur was taken in serious condition to Westchester Trauma Center in Valhala. All are asked to daven for David Yosef ben Leah l’refuah sheleimah.
Tiferet Torah, where the accident took place, is a yeshiva for Sephardic bochurim led by its rosh yeshiva, Rav Nissan Hakakian, who is also the rov of the Sephardic Congregation of South Monsey. Maggidei shiur include Rav Chaim Schabes, Rav Binyamin Ehrman, Rav David Weisberger, and Rav Moshe Nadoff.
Boruch Dayan Ha’emes.

Shimen Liebowitz and Aharon Goldberg Satmar Chassidim Charged with Attempted Murder

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Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and William J. Bratton, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), announced the filing of a federal criminal complaint charging Shimen Liebowitz and Aharon Goldberg with conspiring to kidnap and murder an individual in order to obtain a religious divorce for that individual’s wife.
Goldberg (left) , Liebowitz (Right)
LIEBOWITZ and GOLDBERG were arrested yesterday in Central Valley, New York, while meeting to plan the kidnapping and murder.  They will be presented later today before Magistrate Judge Debra Freeman in federal court in Manhattan.
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said:  “The defendants are charged with a chilling plot to kidnap and murder the intended victim.  Over a period of months, the Complaint alleges, they met repeatedly to plan the kidnapping and to pay more than $55,000 to an individual they believed would carry it out.  Thanks to the exemplary work of our partners at the FBI and NYPD, Liebowitz and Goldberg are now in custody FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge William F. Sweeney Jr. said:  “As if the plan to kidnap the victim and force him to divorce his wife in this alleged conspiracy wasn’t bad enough, the plotters allegedly decided halfway through the arrangement to go a step further and add murder to the list of their planned crimes.  Our country protects freedom of religious beliefs and practices, but no one is allowed to plot a kidnapping and murder regardless of their motivation.”
According to the allegations in the Complaint unsealed today in Manhattan federal court:
According to Jewish religious law as observed in certain communities, in order to effect a divorce, a husband must provide his wife with a document known as a “get.”  A woman whose husband will not consent to a divorce is known as an “agunah.”  In the absence of the husband’s issuing a get, an agunah may be released from her marriage only through the husband’s death.
In early July, an individual (the “CS”) contacted the FBI and reported that the CS had been recruited by LIEBOWITZ and GOLDBERG to kidnap a particular individual (the “Intended Victim”) in order to force the Intended Victim to issue a get to his wife.  Like the CS, GOLDBERG and LIEBOWITZ are orthodox Jews.  LIEBOWITZ is a member of the Satmar community in Kiryas Joel, New York (a village in Orange County, New York), and GOLDBERG is an Israel-based rabbi who also maintains a position of prominence in Kiryas Joel.
The CS provided the FBI with information about a conversation he had with LIEBOWITZ and GOLDBERG on or about July 6 or July 7.  During the meeting, which was recorded, the CS feigned interest in participating in the kidnapping.  He, GOLDBERG, and LIEBOWITZ discussed how such a kidnapping might be carried out, including the possibility of luring the Intended Victim to Pennsylvania in order to kidnap him, torture him, and force him to give the get.  The CS, GOLDBERG, and LIEBOWITZ also discussed the possibility of kidnapping the Intended Victim in Ukraine, where the Intended Victim planned to travel in late September to celebrate the Jewish New Year.
GOLDBERG and LIEBOWITZ agreed to advance the CS $25,000 to assist in efforts to plan the kidnapping.  According to the CS, within days of this initial meeting, an envelope containing approximately $25,000 cash was delivered to the CS.
On or about August 9, 2016, the CS met with LIEBOWITZ and GOLDBERG in Kiryas Joel, New York.  During this meeting, the CS, GOLDBERG, and LIEBOWITZ discussed additional details of the kidnapping plan, including logistics and the cost associated with a plan to kidnap the Intended Victim overseas.  This conversation was also recorded.
On August 12, 2016, the CS again met with LIEBOWITZ and GOLDBERG, at which time they provided the CS with an additional payment of over $20,000 for use in making arrangements for the kidnapping.  In this meeting, which was also recorded, the CS, GOLDBERG and LIEBOWITZ further discussed their plan to kidnap the Intended Victim in the United States and to obtain the get from him in this country.
Subsequent to the August 12, 2016, meeting, the CS had additional conversations with GOLDBERG, in which GOLDBERG discussed his desire not merely to kidnap the Intended Victim, but also to kill him.
On August 25, 2016, the CS met LIEBOWITZ in Central Valley, New York.  During the meeting, LIEBOWITZ paid the CS an additional sum of about $12,000 to carry out the kidnapping.  Also during the meeting, the CS spoke by phone with GOLDBERG, who was still in Israel, about the kidnapping plan, which the CS and GOLDBERG referred to in code as a “wedding,” as well as GOLDBERG’s desire that the CS kill the Intended Victim.  This conversation was also recorded.
On or about September 2, 2016, the CS had another recorded conversation with LIEBOWITZ, during which LIEBOWITZ indicated his understanding that the Intended Victim would be murdered as part of the plan.
LIEBOWITZ, 25, of Monroe, New York, and GOLDBERG, 55, of Bnei Brak, Israel, are charged with one count each of conspiracy to commit kidnapping, which carries a maximum potential sentence of life in prison, and one count each of conspiracy to commit murder for hire, which carries a maximum potential sentence of 10 years in prison. The maximum potential sentences in this case are prescribed by Congress and are provided here for informational purposes only, as any sentencing of the defendants will be determined by the judge.

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

A tour bus in Uman, Ukraine was taken hostage by criminals who demanded money from the organizers of the trip.

Uman

So who do you call, when your are in trouble??????
Ghost busters?????

Guess who bailed them out??????
Shomrim?
Guess again!
Satmar Bikur Choilim?
Naaaa .... one more try...
Ukrainian police? 
You mean the Ukrainian anti-Semitic barbarians ????

The Zionists!!!!!! Yup ..... the Zionists !!

A tour bus in Uman, Ukraine was taken hostage by criminals who demanded money from the Ukrainian driver for the trip.

Thinking they had been kidnapped, the tourists called Israeli representatives, who dealt with the matter and worked to direct the bus to the airport.

Towards this purpose, a representative of the of Israel's anti-terror division residing in the Ukraine got involved - as did a division of Israeli police.

The foreign ministry is continuing to check the matter. Officials are saying that the situation involved a "misunderstanding."

From passenger testimonies, it appears that a group of criminals stopped the bus on its way to the airport, demanding money. 
They commandeered the bus for several hours - until things were sorted out.
It has been suggested that the tour company itself staged the whole incident

The unwarranted uproar over railway work on Shabbat

In general, Shabbat is officially kept in the State of Israel. The police estimated that closure of the Ayalon Highway on a weekday would endanger lives.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Q: How come last week we heard in the media about representatives of the Haredi community fighting for the honor of Shabbat, which was publicly trampled upon with the construction work done on the Tel Aviv railway, while the representatives of the National Religious community were silent? Is Shabbat not worth fighting for?

A: There is great importance in the State of Israel officially observing Shabbat, and indeed, state-run institutions generally do observe Shabbat. This is something that should not be taken for granted. I have heard from Jews who immigrated from the former Soviet Union, that in their eyes, the State of Israel is considered to be very religious, mainly because all the state-run institutions are closed on Shabbat. They also point out the central role holidays play in public life, and the observance of kashrut in all state-run institutions, the vast majority of stores and restaurants, and almost all hotels.
Nevertheless, the fact that the majority of the Jews do not observe Shabbat according to Jewish law is extremely painful and distressing, and it is a mitzvah for every person to do whatever they can to bring Jews closer to the mitzvoth of Shabbat. To do so, we must clarify the sacred value of Shabbat, and even those people who do keep Shabbat should try harder to observe it in the best and most superb way – through ‘oneg‘ Shabbat, Torah study, prayer, festive meals and rest – and the more successful we are, the more Jews will wish to keep Shabbat.

Apparently, those who touched-off the “war” on Shabbat, believed that by doing so they would strengthen the national status of Shabbat in the country. However, to do so there was no need to initiate personal attacks on the Minister of Transportation and arouse debate between the Haredim and the secular over the national character of Shabbat, because strengthening the status of Shabbat in official government frameworks can also be achieved by means of respectable dialogue.

Charedim look to Trump as a pro-Israel, traditionalist tough guy

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American Jews are likely to vote for Hillary Clinton in November, but American Jewry’s fastest-growing community is likely to go the other way.
A solid majority of Charedi Orthodox Jews will vote for Donald Trump, say experts and Republican operatives in the Charedi enclave of Borough Park, Brooklyn. While poll data isn’t available on the fervently Orthodox vote, observers say the Charedim are attracted by Trump’s hawkish foreign policy, pugnacious personality and image as a successful businessman.
It doesn’t hurt that he’s a man.

“When you’re fighting a war, you want someone who’s tough, who’s going to be on your side,” said Heshy Friedman, a business consultant in Borough Park who founded the group Jewish Democrats for Trump. “I don’t think he means things literally. You need somebody who borderlines on going crazy.”

The Charedi community in New York City and in the state has supported Democrats in the past. Both Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have courted the Charedi vote by ensuring social services for the poor and promising not to intrude in communal affairs. Borough Park’s state assemblyman, Dov Hikind, is a conservative Democrat.

Shan & Toad Online Retailer Offers Full Refunds on Items Unless You Live In These 5 Chareidi Towns in the USA



The return policy for Shan and Toad, an online children’s clothing store, is pretty standard until you reach the asterisk.
The store offers full refunds on items not on sale for shoppers who are “dissatisfied” with his or her purchases, unless you live in Brooklyn, NY, Monsey, NY, Monroe, NY, Lakewood, NJ or Passaic, NJ