Reigniting a debate over who has the power to declare war, the Democratic-controlled House on Thursday approved a resolution asserting that President Donald Trump must seek approval from Congress before engaging in further military action against Iran. The war powers resolution is not binding on the president and would not require his signature. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi nonetheless insisted it “has real teeth” because “it is a statement of the Congress of the United States.” The measure will “protect American lives and values” by limiting Trump’s military actions, Pelosi said.

The New Jersey Office of Agudath Israel applauds New Jersey Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) for calling to significantly boost security funding in the federal budget. In separate statements, both Senator Menendez and Senator Booker called for a quadrupling of the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) from its current level of $90 to $360 million. In a statement, Senator Menendez made it clear that silence is not an option in the face of a disturbing number of attacks targeting the Jewish community. Senator Booker decried the attacks, saying that they “have no place in our country”. The federal NSGP grants are available to houses of worship, schools, community centers and other not-for-profit institutions at risk of being targeted for terrorist attack.

Attorney Advertising– NEW YORK– A class-action lawsuit recently filed accuses the makers of the popular heartburn medication Zantac of intentionally concealing risks. For more information, visit: www.bgandg.com/zantac.   The suit maintains that Zantac has been found to contain a carcinogenic chemical at 26,000 times the limit approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. In response, the team at Bronstein Gewirtz And Grossman is working tirelessly to alert consumers and to help consumers find out their rights. If you or a loved one have taken Zantac at any time between January 1, 2010 and the present, then you may be eligible for compensation.

Lawmakers expressed concern about foreign components in the nation’s election equipment, as the top executives of the three major voting manufacturers appeared before Congress on Thursday to try to provide assurances that their products are secure. Thursday’s hearing by the Committee on House Administration marked the first time the top executives of the nation’s three major voting manufacturers — Election Systems & Software, Dominion Voting Systems and Hart InterCivic — have appeared before Congress. Their appearance comes weeks before the start of primaries and amid heightened concerns of foreign interference in the presidential election. U.S. intelligence chiefs have warned that Russia, Iran and others remain interested in seeking to undermine U.S. elections.

El Al Airlines flight LY26 from Newark to Tel Aviv was forced to make an emergency landing in Halifax, Canada, late on Thursday night. The Boeing 777 was scheduled to depart Newark at 9:00PM Thursday night, and arrive in Israel just before 4:00AM, but the pilot declared a “Mayday” and a requested a diversion to Halifax Stanfield after reports of smoke in the cockpit. Spokesperson for the Halifax International Airport Authority, Tiffany Chase, said the pilot declared an emergency just after 11:00PM and landed safely. According to Channel 12 news, it was decided that the plane required a full technical inspection, leaving passengers stranded in Halifax as the airline does not fly on Shabbos.

President Donald Trump used his first campaign election rally of 2020 to argue that he served up “American justice” by ordering a drone strike to take out Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, while jeering Democratic leaders for questioning his decision to carry out the attack without first consulting Congress. Trump’s remarks on Thursday careened from mockery of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Adam Schiff, who heads the House Intelligence Committee, to a suggestion that he should have won the Nobel Prize, a preview of the sharp-edged reelection campaign that he will wage. The president made his comments shortly after the Democratic-controlled House approved a resolution asserting that Trump must seek approval from Congress before engaging in further military action against Iran.

Despite escalating pressure ahead of the 2020 presidential election, Facebook reaffirmed its freewheeling policy on political ads Thursday, saying it won’t ban them, won’t fact-check them and won’t limit how they can be targeted to specific groups of people. Instead, Facebook said it will offer users slightly more control over how many political ads they see and make its online library of political ads easier to use. These steps appear unlikely to assuage critics — including politicians, activists, tech competitors and some of the company’s own rank-and-file employees — who say that Facebook has too much power and that social media is warping democracy and undermining elections. And Facebook’s stance stands in contrast to what its rivals are doing.

 Starting up a kosher food business is hard. You have to rent a facility. Buy equipment. Get your products into retail. Secure kosher certification. There’s got to be a better way!    Enter Kosher Tank. Brought to you by the Kashruth Council of Canada – better known by their kosher symbol as “COR” – Kosher Tank invites start up food entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas to our sharks. Contestants can win free kitchen time at Kitchen 24 – a state of the art 30,000 square foot shared kitchen facility located in Toronto, along with COR kosher certification. They will also receive advice from the kosher sharks who have over 100 years of combined experience in the kosher food industry.

Britain is set to pass a major milestone on the road to Brexit Thursday, when the bill authorizing the country’s departure from the European Union receives final approval from the House of Commons. Lawmakers are set to vote on the Withdrawal Agreement Bill, and the comfortable majority won in last month’s election by Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives means it is certain to pass, despite the opposition of smaller parties. After passing through Parliament’s upper chamber, the House of Lords, the bill should become law in time for the U.K. to leave the EU on the scheduled date of Jan. 31. It will be the first nation to ever leave the bloc, which currently has 28 members. Thursday’s vote will be a major victory for Johnson. Before the Dec.

Rockland Chaverim volunteers once again went above and beyond the call of duty – literally getting themselves filthy as they did an incredible act of Chesed. Chaveirim received a call on their hotline that a pair of Tefillin had accidentally ended up in the garbage of a home, and were now inside the back of a garbage truck. Coordinator of Chaverim, Yossi Margareten sprung into action and immediately called the IWS Garbage Company, and explained them the situation. The company was very sympathetic, and had the truck stop its route and proceed to a trash-transferring facility. At that location, the entire truck of trash was dumped on the floor, and a team of 6 volunteers began their search. After two hours of working through mounds of smelly trash, the group located the pair of Tefillin.