Meeting comes amid military offensive by Libyan commander to take capital Tripoli; UN health agency says fighting has killed 121 people in 10 days

Rio de Janeiro – Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro clarified his remarks in which he insinuated on Thursday that the Nazi’s can be “forgiven” for the atrocities of the Holocaust, but not forgotten. On Saturday night, Israel’s Ambassador to Brazil Yossi Shelly posted a response to Facebook from Bolsonaro on the matter. “To the people of [...]


PROGRAM:
11:35 Adrian Garbacz opens program
14:20 Yechiel Eisenstadt – Dinner Chaiman
21:40 The Rosh Hayshiva Shlita
38:18 Yaakov Young – Young Leadership Award presentation
42:55 Binyomin Greenstein – Alumnus of the Year Award presentation
47:30 Meilich Rubin – Kesser Shem tov Award presentation
50:45 Harav Chaim Boruch Rubin presents award
55:35 Mendy Horowicz – Harav Nosson Tzvi Memorial Award presintation
1:00:30 Mendy Horowicz responds
1:05:08 Yechiel Eisenstadt introduces Ralph Herzka
1:07:04 Ralph Herzka – Campaign Chairman
1:13:54 Jordan Slone – Guest of Honor presentation
1:18:25 Jordan Slone responds
1:23:49 Ralph Herzka thanks Co-chairman Shlomo Yehuda Rechnitz

High-tech reconstruction of egg could change the way some Jews eat matzah on the first night of Passover

Berlin – Some 600 people have been evacuated from their homes in the old city of Frankfurt so specialists could remove a World War II-era bomb that was discovered in the Main River. The German news agency dpa reported the bomb was defused, as planned, underwater on Sunday, which led to a loud detonation and [...]

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slammed President Donald Trump, who shared a grim video featuring Rep. Ilhan Omar’s controversial 9/11 remarks alongside footage of the Twin Towers being attacked.
“Members of Congress have a duty to respond to the President’s explicit attack today,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted Friday. “@IlhanMN’s life is in danger. For our colleagues to be silent is to be complicit in the outright, dangerous targeting of a member of Congress. We must speak out.”
She also shared an image of the words of “First they came … ,” the famous poem by German theologian Martin Niemöller that was inspired by the tragedies of the Holocaust.
The poem reads:
“First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—

Court rules mother not responsible for her actions in killing the child in February in Eilat, will receive psychiatric treatment

 WhatsApp Facebook, And Instagram Are Down For Users Around The WorldFacebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are down.
All three social media platforms, including Facebook Messenger, were not loading as of early Sunday morning.
Downdetector.com, a site that monitors site outages, shows Facebook has been down since 6:30AM ET in much of the world, with thousands of reported outages concentrated in northeastern U.S., Europe and the Philippines.

New York – Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are down. All three social media platforms, including Facebook Messenger, were not loading as of early Sunday morning. Downdetector.com, a site that monitors site outages, shows Facebook has been down since 6:30 a.m. in much of the world, with thousands of reported outages concentrated in northeastern U.S., Europe [...]

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro attempted to curb criticism over his comments that the Holocaust could be forgiven Saturday, saying that his words were being misinterpreted.
Bolsonaro on Thursday told a group of evangelical pastors in Rio de Janiero that “We can forgive, but we cannot forget. That quote is mine. Those that forget their past are sentenced not to have a future.”
In a clarification posted by Israel’s ambassador to Brazil Yossi Shelley late Saturday, Bolsonaro blamed “those who want to push me away from my Jewish friends,” for taking his speech out of context.

Danny Faure issues call to action in first-ever live speech from submersible 400 feet below the waves of the Indian Ocean

Organizers say Israelis decided not to attend business congress; decision comes after local lawmakers oppose visit, stress support for 'cause of the brotherly Palestinian people'

President Trump tweeted on Saturday night that his administration has the legal right to send undocumented immigrants to sanctuary cities and demanded it happen.
“Just out: The USA has the absolute legal right to have apprehended illegal immigrants transferred to Sanctuary Cities,” he wrote. “We hereby demand that they be taken care of at the highest level, especially by the State of California, which is well known or its poor management & high taxes!”
White House spokesman Hogan Gidley on Saturday told Fox News shortly before the announcement that the administration was working with DHS and ICE to try to send undocumented immigrants to sanctuary cities.

New Right leaders, fresh from narrow election loss, avoid celebratory gathering; PM praises Beresheet moon mission, vows to back a second try: 'We don't give up'

One of Europe’s leading Orthodox rabbis on Friday called on Jewish parents to ensure that their children are properly vaccinated with the Passover holiday approaching, as a measles outbreak among Orthodox Jewish communities in New York showed no signs of abating.
“It is well known how dangerous measles is and the need to ensure all vaccinations are up to date,” Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt — the president of the Conference of European Rabbis — said in a statement.
Goldschmidt noted as the Jewish community prepared “for Pesach … they need to be aware that they may be exposing themselves and their families to the disease and to take the necessary precautions.”

PM calls court's decision not to take up investigation a 'correction of injustice,' says it'll change how Jewish state treated internationally

The Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance Center and Israel’s president both rebuffed Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro for comments on the Holocaust on Saturday.
“We can forgive, but we cannot forget. That quote is mine. Those that forget their past are sentenced not to have a future,” Bolsonaro had said on Friday, talking about the Holocaust, according to AP.
The Yad Vashem memorial issued an official statement on Saturday, voicing their disagreement. “It is not in anyone’s position to determine who and if Holocaust crimes can be forgiven,” the statement said.

Rides from city center will help attendees reach contest venue, as public transportation is generally unavailable from sundown Friday to nightfall on Saturday

Vida Movahed, the 'Girl of Enghelab Street,' said to be on pardon list by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei

Avigdor Liberman, seen as the linchpin for Netanyahu to be able to build a government, is asking a steep price, making him the toughest nut crack in negotiations

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