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Philadelphia Fire: Lighter, Tree Started Fire That Killed 12 In Fairmount
Fire investigators on Tuesday said a holiday tree ignited by a lighter caused a deadly rowhome fire in Fairmount last week that killed 12 people, including eight children. “We believe with certainty – so 99 to 100% confidence – that the first item ignited in this blaze was a [holiday] tree,” Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel said. […]
Sen. Manchin Says Scrapping Filibuster Won’t Make Senate ‘Better’ In New Biden Blow
Moderate Sen. Joe Manchin insisted again Tuesday that he does not support getting rid of the Senate’s legislative filibuster, undercutting President Biden hours before he is expected to call for changes to chamber rules in order to ease the passage of two sweeping election reform bills. “We need some good rule changes to make the place work […]
Faulty Fire Doors Were Flagged Six Times Before Deadly Bronx Blaze, Report Says
City inspectors previously repeatedly cited The Bronx high-rise where 17 people died in a fire for failing to maintain its self-closing apartment doors — a key defense against rapidly spreading blazes. Fire Commissioner Dan Nigro singled out malfunctioning self-closing doors during a Monday press conference as a key reason smoke from the flames quickly engulfed much of […]
Israel shortens Covid quarantine period to seven days
The decision will take effect at midnight between Wednesday and Thursday The Health Ministry Director-General announced on Tuesday that the Covid quarantine period will be shortened to seven days instead of 10. Those who tested positive for Covid will be able to leave isolation after the seventh day, provided they did not experience symptoms in the last […]
BDE: R’ Yisroel Meir Vogel, z’l [Baltimore Shiva Update as of Tuesday, Jan. 11]
Baltimore, MD – Jan. 10, 2022 – It is with regret that BaltimoreJewishLife.com informs the community of the petira of R’ Yisroel Meir Vogel, z’l, son of Mrs. Etta (R’ Yechezkal, z’l) Vogel, father of Yitzchok Aaron Vogel, Binyomin Moshe Vogel, Sorah Yehudis Ben Zeev, Yaakov Ezra Vogel, Yosef Shneur Vogel, Avraham Gedalyah Vogel, Yechezkel […]
Israeli Soldier, 19, Moderately Wounded In Suspected Car-ramming Attack
Driver arrested by security forces after colliding with nearby guardrail; passenger also detained A 19-year-old Israeli soldier was moderately wounded on Tuesday night in a suspected car-ramming attack near the West Bank settlement of Halamish, the army said. Magen David Adom (MDA) paramedics treated the victim at the scene of the crash, which occurred on […]
Isolation For COVID Patients In Israel To Be Reduced To 7 Days
Health Ministry Director-General has decided to shorten the period of isolation which is required of coronavirus patients from 10 days to seven. The patients must be asymptomatic for the last three days for them to leave isolation after the seventh day. In recent weeks, the Health Ministry has conducted a test among about 80 verified […]
Parshas Beshalach – Not a Time for Tefilla
After having left Mitzrayim triumphant and full of joy, the Jews find themselves hemmed in at Yam Suf, terrified of the approaching Egyptians. The pesukim record that their first response was to daven to Hashem.[1] The very next pasuk, though, tells us that they turned to Moshe and complained, “Were there not enough graves in […]
U.S. Man Recovering After 'Breakthrough' Pig-Heart Transplant
A U.S. man with terminal heart disease was implanted with a genetically modified pig heart in a first-of-its-kind surgery, and three days later the patient is doing well, his doctors reported on Monday. The surgery, performed by a team at the University of Maryland Medicine, is among the first to demonstrate the feasibility of a […]
