Animal rights group urges court to recognize Bronx Zoo elephant as a person

DIN is endorsing the idea that Elephants are humans ...

 the elephant is the symbol of the republican party, and if we could only get more elephants on board we have a chance of getting more votes ..

Happy the elephant was the center of attention in court Thursday when five state appellate judges debated whether the beloved Bronx Zoo mammal should be recognized as a person.

Steven Wise, president of the Nonhuman Rights Project, asked the New York State Appellate Division of the Supreme Court to grant Happy’s release to a sanctuary in Tennessee as the cold winter months approaches.

However, the judges were skeptical in granting “personhood” to the 49-year-old female Asian elephant.

“Isn’t all this better suited for the legislature to act on?” Justice Jeffrey Oing pointed out. “I’m not so sure we’re equipped to handle these kind of matters.”

Wise argued that if Happy was granted freedom by habeas corpus, then that would automatically make her a legal person.

The group compared Happy’s living condition in the Bronx Zoo to “solitary confinement.” She’s lived alone in the zoo for 14 years.

The elephant is being relocated to an “elephant barn” without windows until May 2021, according to United Press International.

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DO VACCINATIONS HAVE A ROLE IN THE SHIDDUCH PROCESS?

DEAR MRS. ROSE, 

 Our daughter has recently started dating. She just went out with a very fine boy, and the first two dates seemed to go very well. On the third date the boy told her that he has never taken ANY vaccinations. He and his family are not anti-vaxxers, they just do not vaccinate. Our daughter was naturally taken aback. This information did not come out in our research. Then again, it’s not a question we even thought we had to address. We are a mainstream family and this concept does not enter our thought process. He did mention to her that he was told to reveal this information by the third date. When she asked him how did the other girls he dated react, he said, they dropped him like a ‘hot potato.’ Now this must have been going on for quite some time, as he is in shidduchim about two years. Why wasn’t this brought up before the shidduch started? What’s the point of him dating if he will be dropped? We are dropping him like a “hot potato” as well. Wouldn’t he be better off being transparent? Have you ever had a scenario like this? By the way he did mention to her that when he meets the right girl, he would consider getting all his vaccinations. Don’t know what he is thinking, he will not have a chance in our community to get that far. What is your take on this? Never Thought I’d Encounter This…. 

DEAR NEVER THOUGHT……., 

Yikes! I never thought I’d encounter this question either! Firstly, I must give this young man credit that he brought it up. He could just as well have kept it to himself, given that it isn’t an illness nor a condition. These days we have been very busy and open about vaccinations. I’m sure there were plenty of people years ago that didn’t vaccinate, and just didn’t talk about it. He knew he had a situation, he asked when to present it and was told to reveal it by the third date. He was just following protocol, as the premise is that there are some people that really won’t mind. So, we give life a chance!! Since he did say that maybe for the right girl he would consider getting vaccinated, why don’t you tell him to get vaccinated and then you can continue dating him. It may take a few months before he catches up with all his shots, but the wait may be worthwhile. Then we will surely know that the right time wasn’t when the shidduch started. For the rest of Klal Yisrael out there, just add another question to your shidduch info list. Does the family vaccinate? B’Hatzlocho Chana Rose P.S. Dor Yeshorim before the first P.S.S. By the way this is a true scenario that happened this week!!!! Email your questions for Chana Rose to Editor@thefjj.com

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Hawley Exposes BOMBSHELL Allegations from Whistleblower — Zuckerberg Is STUNNED

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Dick Blumenthal the Lying senator Complains that Facebook is Not Censoring Breitbart News

 "The Dick" Bloomenthal  a senator of Connecticut, who lied about his service  in the Army asked the two nerds that are running the world, why they are not censoring a legitimate news outlet, Breitbart News.

During a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee about tech censorship, Sen. Dick Blumenthal (D-CT) attacked the CEOs of Twitter and Facebook for not censoring enough conservative content, saying that the platforms had only taken “baby steps” to tackling “incendiary misinformation.”

“According to the internal records that are on record now, leaked by NBC News, Facebook has removed fact checks and forgiven infractions for conservative pages and pundits such as Breitbart, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and Gateway Pundit, based on a fear of accusations of bias,” said Blumenthal.

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Pompeo: Products from Judea and Samaria are 'Made in Israel'

 

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Thursday during his visit at the Psagot winery that the US will allow products from Judea and Samaria to be labeled "Made in Israel."

Pompeo landed at noon in the Psagot community in Mateh Binyamin, where the world-famous local Psagot Winery in located.

This is the first official visit of such a senior American representative to a Jewish community across the Green Line.

Activists from the far-left organization Peace Now were waiting for Pompeo, protesting against his visit by chanting "Israel, Palestine, two states for two peoples."

In advance of his visit, the Regavim organization hung signs welcoming him:

"Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, Welcome and Thank You, the People of Israel."

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Rebbitzin of Young Sadigere Rebbe Can't take the Fighting and Leaves Her House

 

The newly crowned little rebbele, decided that he wants to fight his mother and his siblings to hold on to millions of shekel in real estate.

הכסף יענה את הכל 

His young wife of two years could not take this anymore, she couldn't watch them torturing her mother-in-law the widow and so she fled the home... 

the rebbe was very upset and stayed in his home the entire shabbos.

Right after shabbas the rebbe decided to run after his wife and bring her back to Bnei-Brak.

 The truth is that the brothers were very close to an agreement ..

The supposed agreement was  that the youngest brother would be called Sadegere Rebbe as per the "Cruel" will, 

The oldest brother would hold on to the building in Yerushalyim and be called "Rebbe of Hoisyatin" 

The brother in London would hold on to his building in London and be called the Rebbe of "Mafshimshil Sadigere" 

But the "lover of peace" Harav Hagoel Hatzaddik Elimelech Shapiro is against this compromise since it flies in the face of the "cruel" will that the previous rebbe set up that gives all the buildings to the youngest and that all brothers have to bow down to this 24 year-old. 

Rabbi Shapiro cannot live with the fact that the late Sadigere Rebbe made a huge mistake and wrote a very bizarre will that only caused rift and machlokas in a chassidus that was peaceful.

So as of this writing they continue to harass the widow of the late Sadigere rebbe, robbing her and torturing her to force her to give up her home and hand it to her child while still alive and kicking! 

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Schools shutdown again: Chaos should move parents to demand better system

 

New York City public schools close as of today, with no sign of when or even if they’ll reopen this year — or even of what might determine it. Parents can, should and will blame the woeful incompetence of Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza, as well as the conniving of the United Federation of Teachers.

Back when he was getting the UFT’s assent to any reopening at all, de Blasio bound himself to an absurd benchmark for a total shutdown: a 3 percent seven-day rolling citywide average of positive virus tests.

This is utterly unscientific and arbitrary: Testing says little about what’s happening with serious virus cases, and next to nothing about what’s going on in New York’s schools — where kids and staff alike are seeing far lower positive test rates.

Anyway, even the World Health Organization doesn’t call for school closures unless the area’s positive rate hits 5 percent.

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Wayne County GOP members rescind votes to certify election, claim Dems 'bullied' them

 

The two Republicans on Michigan’s Wayne County Board of Canvassers claimed in signed affidavits Wednesday that they were bullied into siding with Democrats and have now rescinded their votes to certify.

The two Republicans -- Monica Palmer and William C. Hartmann -- were involved in a brief deadlock in the county’s election certification process Tuesday before initially voting to certify.

Wayne County, which includes Detroit, is Michigan's most populous county, with more than 1.7 million residents.

Both Republicans say they were called racists and subjected to threats for raising concerns about ballots that Democrats said were from predominately Black communities, Jenna Ellis, a lawyer for the Trump 2020 Campaign, told Fox News on Tuesday.

Hartmann said in the affidavit that he observed about 71% of Detroit's 134 Absent Voter Counting Boards "were left unbalanced and many unexplained."

He said he voiced his concerns and said if the votes did not match, there should have been some kind of explanation. Powell said she spotted the same discrepancy. 

“I voted not to certify, and I still believe this vote should not be certified. Until these questions are addressed, I remain opposed to certification of the Wayne County results,” Hartmann said in his affidavit, according to JustTheNews, which was first to report on their decision to rescind.

Palmer said in her affidavit that she faced “accusations of racism” and threats to her family.

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"We will recognize BDS as the cancer it is " ...Pompeo

 

PM Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke Thursday during the latter's visit to Israel.

Prime Minister Netanyahu praised the Trump administration for its promotion of Middle East peace initiatives.

"The peace process with Arab states has succeeded only in the merit of the great efforts expended by the Trump administration," Netanyahu said.

Mike Pompeo discussed the impact of Trump's policies on the Middle East. "I remember the stories saying that if we moved the embassy there would be war - instead there was peace."

"The peace that we achieved is Historic," he said, and mentioned "recognizing the reality of Jerusalem as the rightful capital of Israel," noting it is "crazy that the US hadn't done this for decades".

He also said "I'm proud of the 3 Abraham Accords, and confident there will be more."

Pompeo declared that the United States will officially view the global anti-BDS campaign against Israel as anti-Semitic and stop support for such for such groups.

"We want to recognize the BDS movement for the cancer that it is", he added.

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Germany the Country That Annihilated 3/4 of the Jewish People Censures Israel

Dumb M'ASS with Abbas 

Maas didn’t spell out what unilateral measures he was concerned about. But on Monday, his office criticized Israel’s public call for tenders to build settlements in eastern Jerusalem.

By Associated Press

Germany’s foreign minister warned Tuesday against unilateral steps that could hurt Mideast peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians following the change in administration in the United States.

President Donald Trump has strongly backed Israel during his four-year term, declaring Jerusalem the Jewish state’s capital, tolerating Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories and pushing Arab countries to normalize relations with Israel.

“Creating facts unilaterally won’t help us in this already difficult situation,” Germany’s top diplomat, Heiko Maas, told reporters after meeting with his Palestinian counterpart in Berlin. “But no doors should be slammed shut either, in view of developments in the United States.”

Maas didn’t spell out what unilateral measures he was concerned about. But on Monday, his office criticized Israel’s public call for tenders to build settlements in eastern Jerusalem as a “step that sends the wrong signal at the wrong time.”

Maas noted that U.S. president-elect Joe Biden agrees with Germany’s position that a negotiated two-state solution should be the basis for peace talks between the parties.

The Palestinian foreign minister, Riyad al-Maliki, said he sees in Biden’s election “a window of opportunity, and we want to take advantage of that window of opportunity in order really just to open a new page.”

Al-Maliki added that “we suffered tremendously, as Palestine, from Trump’s policies.”

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J Street Endorses Vicious Anti-Semite Anti-White Candidate for Senate in Georgia

 

J Street is proud to endorse @ReverendWarnock in the Georgia Senate runoff! pic.twitter.com/liIUhAXRj5

— J Street (@jstreetdotorg) November 18, 2020

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Watch How All Networks Mimic the Very Exact Way Of Telling a Story ..... Crazy

 

Sinclair's Soldiers in Trump's War on Media

This is Extremely Dangerous to Our Democracy pic.twitter.com/2zGtrO46Ly

— ivan (@ivan8848) November 4, 2019

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Raw Apples Not Kosher?

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com

Recently, a family member purchased apples from Costco.  The label on it states in small lettering that there is a coating on it which may very well be halachically problematic.  Echoing the words of Rabbi Akiva, we can warn readers –  “Sheli, veshelachem – shellac.”

It is a problem that dates back to the 1980’s.  At the time, the Agudah tried fighting it at the state level, but, unfortunately, they lost.  New York State law allows apple producers to coat apples with shellac.

After apples are picked off the trees, growers often wash them to remove bugs, dirt and leaf litter. Most of the apple’s natural wax is washed away dulling the apple’s appearance.  A coat of edible synthetic wax is used to replace it to make up for it. Mostly, this is either shellac or carnauba wax.  They help to both seal in the moisture and extend the shelf life of the fruit.

But where does shellac come from? 

 It comes from a beetle known as Kerria Lacca.

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Jack Dorsey CEO of Twitter suggests That Trump Will be Booted From Twitter come January.

 

Jack Dorsey said Tuesday that Donald Trump's tweets will no longer be protected once he's out of office and suggested he could be booted from the platform come January.

'We do have a policy around public interest where for global leaders we do make exceptions in terms of whether – if a tweet violates our terms of service, we leave it up,' Dorsey said in explaining a policy that differs between normal users and the president.

'So, if an account becomes – is not a world leader anymore, that particular policy goes away,' he said while being questioned at a Senate Judiciary hearing on social media transparency on Tuesday.

Dorsey explained during his line of question with Democratic Senator Mazie Hirono that world leaders' tweets are left up, even if they violate Twitter's terms of service, but that the sharing capabilities are limited.

'Will he still get to use your platforms to spread disinformation?' Hirono asked.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who was also called to answer questions related to Big Tech's handling of information, revealed his website also has somewhat of a different handling of accounts for politicians when compared to the general public.

'In terms of President Trump and moving forward, there are a small number of policies where we have exceptions for politicians under the principle that people should be able to hear what their elected officials are saying – and candidates for office,' he said.

Zuckerberg, unlike Dorsey, however, said that there are no exceptions to their rules for world leaders or other politicians.

The Facebook boss also came under fire from senators for dodging questions. 

Many times, Zuckerberg responded to senators by saying he either could not recall a particular instance or would have to get back to the members of the panel regarding a specific inquiry.

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Driver crashes through storefront window in Queens in road-rage attack ... Watch it Happen!

 

An enraged motorist plowed into a rival — and straight through the front window of a Queens bakery — in a road-rage attack on Monday, video obtained by the Post shows.

The events unfolded around 2 p.m. at 41-21 Kissena Boulevard in Flushing when two men driving a BMW had a dispute with the driver and passenger of a white Audi with New Jersey plates that was double parked there, cops said.

Video shows the foursome throwing punches in the street with one of them even striking another repeatedly with a bat.

At one point, one of the men returns to his car and begins to drive away but the man with the bat follows him and strikes his car.

The driver then appears to floor his vehicle and strike the man with the bat from behind, before crashing through the bakery window, leaving pedestrians on the sidewalk with minor injuries, cops said. The pedestrians were treated at area hospitals, cops said.

Driver Jie Zou, 24, was charged with assault and reckless endangerment, according to cops. Jonathan Zhang, 35, was charged with assault, cops said.

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn Takes on Dictator Cuomo in US Supreme Court

New York’s dictatorial Gov. Andrew Cuomo may have finally met his match. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, led by Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, is asking the US Supreme Court to strike down Cuomo’s Oct. 6 executive order virtually shutting down houses of worship in areas of Brooklyn and Queens. This, even as the governor allowed supposedly essential businesses like pet stores and big-box retailers to remain open.

Cuomo insists he is battling COVID-19. The diocese counters that the governor is making a value judgment that going to Target is essential, but taking communion isn’t. The diocese is right: For devout Catholics already suffering social isolation during the lockdown, finding church doors closed is soul-crushing.

Before Cuomo’s executive ­order, churches were already following safety precautions, ­including roping off every other pew, requiring masks and urging social distancing. The executive order disregarded that and capped attendance at 10 people for all churches, even massive ones with the capacity to fit 1,200 or more souls.

Where’s the science here?

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Guy Tears the Palestinian Flag Away From Meah Shearim Animals and Draws His gun When they try To Retrieve It

 

Every Rosh Chodosh, a group of Meah Shearim rats march down the streets of Yerushalayim and carry Palestinian flags shouting their allegiance to Abbas ..

Well they didn't count on an outraged pedestrian, who ripped the flag from one of these rodents... and when the rat ran after him to grab it back, they guy calmly drew his gun  ...

that stopped the rat in his tracks ... and it turned into a scared mouse.

But then chaos erupted.. as many got involved and began to remove the flat "beeber" hats from them and threw the hats in oncoming traffic... 

police broke it up and the guy with the gun disappeared ..

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Belzer Rebbe's Motorcade drives thru Intersections Causing absolute Chaos

As you know, the Belzer Rebbe is a very "BIG" Rebbe, and requires a motorcade wherever he goes ...

Last Thursday, he decided on a whim to go to Teveryeh and someone recorded the reckless driving of his entourage..and sent it to the media... 

What's interesting is that last month I saw Netanyahu's motorcade which consisted of 3 ..... only 3 cars ...

Well I know.... I know ...Netanyahu is not a "big" rebbe!

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Newly Appointed Sadigerer Rebbe Wants to Throw Out His Mother From Her Apartment

 

Those of you who follow Sadegerer politics, know that the late Sadegera Rebbe wrote a will which appointed his youngest son as his successor...

What the late Rebbe didn't count on was that once the little "rebbele" tasted some power he would covet his father's home too...

One problem, his mother, relatively still young, lives there ..so in the last few weeks .. his followers broke into her home many times  making her life a living nightmare ..and harassing her trying get her out ..

So she hired a lawyer to fight her own son .. to get him to stop 

As Chassidim say ...."Ess vert lebidik"

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Ger Chassidus: 'We'll kill you if you come here again'

 

                                                                            

The schism in the Ger Chassidus is becoming ever more entrenched. A young man who entered the main synagogue of the Chassidus in Jerusalem on Monday was apparently severely beaten by several of those present, resulting in his hospitalization.

Sources with the Chassidus related that the young man had attempted to create a provocation, entering the building with a canister of tear gas. However, the young man himself protested that nothing of the sort occurred, and that he was attacked simply because he numbers among those who have joined the breakaway Chassidic group founded by the Gerrer Rebbe’s cousin, Rabbi Shaul Alter. He admitted having tear gas in his possession, but said that the canister was in his pocket and that he had not intended to remove it.

In an interview he granted to the Haredim 10 media channel, he related: “I come to see the Gerrer Rebbe regularly, and have been doing so for years, in order to ask his advice on various issues. Yesterday, I came to ask him a question about my daughter, who is under sedation in hospital.”

He described how he attempted to enter the synagogue, but was told by some of those present that he should leave, without being told why. When he insisted on entering, he was attacked.

“I called the police, and they said they were on their way. They kept attacking me, and then one of the leaders of the ‘terrorists’ there arrived and then they threw me on the ground and kept hitting and kicking me. Then one of them said, ‘Grab his belongings,’ and they took my yarmulke, my hat, and my tear gas. I always carry tear gas with me,” he explained, “ever since I was once almost lynched in east Jerusalem.”

He added that, “They also took my glasses, my cell phone, and everything else I had with me. Then a security guard arrived, and he took me outside. I asked him to bring me my belongings, but they told me, ‘Forget it – you’re not coming in here again – we’ll kill you if you do.’”

When the police arrived, he added, “They drove away my attackers. I now have a broken nose, and wounds all over my body.”

מי כעמך ישראל 

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