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Flashback: Fred Trump Sr. Donates Land, Builds Synagogue in Brooklyn
by Shifra on July 20, 2020President Trump’s niece, Mary Trump, has called his father, Fred Trump Sr., a “sociopath.” Yeah, no. Here is the account from Rabbi Shmuel Wagner, now living in Israel, the son of Rabbi Yisroel Wagner, who, in 1956, met with Fred Trump. Note: “shul” is Yiddish for “synagogue.” Via Queens Jewish Link. ….Rabbi Yisroel Wagner survived the Holocaust and made his way to Bolivia, in South America, where he served as the rav of a Jewish community. In 1950, he and his wife moved to California and a few years later to New York, where he became a rabbi in a residential area of Brooklyn, near Brighton Beach. Fred Trump owned 31 buildings in the area, with many Jewish tenants….Reb Shmuel...
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13 Children of Fallen 9/11 Firefighters Join the NYFD
by Shifra on September 11, 2019It’s been eighteen years since the horror of 9/11. According to Jewish tradition, each Hebrew letter corresponds to a number, and one can calculate the numerical value of a word by adding the letters together. The Hebrew word for “life” is “chai,” and the numerical equivalent is 18. So it seems fitting that on the eighteenth anniversary of that day, a new generation of firefighters is ‘blossoming.’ Via NY Post. ….On the eve of the 18th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, the current FDNY Academy class, set to graduate in two weeks, includes 13 members — 12 men and one woman — whose firefighter fathers were murdered on 9/11, The Post has learned…. “I think it’s a...
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Muslim Medic Who Saved Israeli Girl’s Life Ten Years Ago Speaks At Her Wedding
by Shifra on July 15, 2019With all the negativity, finger-pointing and shouting lately, this is a great story about peaceful coexistence, hope, life, and love. Via Jerusalem Post. It is not unusual for a wedding to leave many of the guests in tears. However, a wedding in Israel last week did not leave a dry eye in the house for a very special reason. Muawiya Kabha, a Muslim paramedic in a response unit of United Hatzalah, made a special appearance at the wedding of Shahar Kugelmas and Nir David, and recounted to the guests present how in April 2009, he had arrived at the scene of a car crash to find Shahar dead…. “When I arrived there after two minutes, the doctor told me ‘this...
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NBC, CBS Edit Out Alex Trebek Saying *Prayer* Helps With His Cancer Battle
by Shifra on June 5, 2019Yes, God forbid (pun intended) that NBC and CBS should play the full Trebek quote. It might get people thinking about the power of prayer. And that, apparently, goes against their preferred “religion”…Leftism. Via NewsBusters. In an interview with People magazine out Wednesday, Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek credited the prayers of millions of his fans for helping him in his fight against stage-four pancreatic cancer, now in “near remission.” Yet, while ABC’s World News Tonight touted Trebek’s praise, the CBS Evening News ignored that part of Trebek’s comments and NBC Nightly News edited it out of the quotes read and video clips they aired…. …Trebek telling People magazine: “The doctors said that they hadn’t seen this kind of positive result...
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Image Of Soldier Placing Flag At Tomb Of Unknown Soldier During Storm Goes Viral
by Shifra on May 26, 2019On this Memorial Day weekend: May God bless everyone who protected our country and sacrificed everything so we may be free. Via Daily Mail. An image showing a soldier placing an American flag at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier during a severe thunderstorm at Arlington National Cemetery has gone viral. Each year, the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, which is named ‘The Old Guard,’ places flags at each grave in the Virginia cemetery ahead of Memorial Day weekend. However, severe weather blew in with heavy rain pouring down on the cemetery, along with gale-force winds on Thursday. As onlookers ran for cover, the soldiers carried on with their duty including one who stood out from the crowd. Determined to honor...
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ICYMI: Tammy Bruce At CPAC 2019
by Shifra on March 5, 2019A major H/T to two Tammy Army Members: Kimj7157 found the “Day 3 of CPAC” video. And DiGrace created the clipped highlights of Tammy’s presentation. Tammy on importance of our support of POTUS: Tammy on gun rights: Panel discussion with Tammy begins at the 35:00 mark:
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6th Grade Teacher Invited to College Graduation After ‘Predicting’ Student’s Success
by Shifra on May 30, 2018The power of a great teacher to influence lives… Brava Mrs. Judith Toensing! Via @CNN. This 6th-grade teacher once wrote "invite me to your Harvard graduation!" on a student's report card. More than 20 years later, the student did just that. https://t.co/PQow1tsuol pic.twitter.com/7xHN8BU1BK — CNN (@CNN) May 29, 2018
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Video: Sir Nicholas Winton, ‘British Schindler,’ Saved 669 Children From Holocaust
by Shifra on January 28, 2018Yesterday was International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and this video clip has been making the rounds on Twitter. Well worth the watch: Sir Nicolas Winston risked his life to save Jewish children during the Holocaust, years later the survivors gather just to say thank you, watch and you will cry #HolocaustMemorialDay pic.twitter.com/JrabiSgyrK — Yanki יענקי פרבר (@yankifarber) January 27, 2018 Holocaust ‘hero’ Sir Nicholas Winton dies aged 106
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“Freedom Is What You Do With What’s Been Done to You”
by Shifra on December 6, 2017Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you. ~Jean-Paul Sartre#Israel pic.twitter.com/OnPAOvnPhu — Zvi Lando (@zlando) November 20, 2016
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Israeli Disaster Relief Experts in Houston, Working With Church Group
by Shifra on September 6, 2017The MSM have been pushing the narrative that Americans are basically racists, and Trump voters are white supremacists. (Things got a bit confusing when Dr. Ben Carson was called a “Black White Nationalist,” but whatever…) However, as the events unfolding in Houston have shown, this narrative is patently false; all the communities came together to help those in need. And now, an Orthodox Jewish volunteer group of disaster experts from Israel is in Houston, working together with Pastor Becky Keenan from the Gulf Meadows Church. Via Algemeiner. A leading Israeli humanitarian organization that has worked with survivors of numerous natural disasters and terrorist attacks is on the ground in Houston helping residents cope with the damage wrought by Hurricane Harvey...
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Video: Reporter Recovers American Flag from Hurricane Harvey
by Shifra on August 28, 2017As Tammy says: *This* is who we are.
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Oklahoma Army Veteran Donates $2.25M Estate, 24 Homes To Be Built
by Tammy on July 2, 2017Nice. A hero being a hero. Via Fox News. An Army veteran who served his country in Vietnam and Saudi Arabia also contributed in a spectacular way to his adopted home state of Oklahoma. Sergeant 1st Class Stephen Florentz, who had retired from the U.S. Army and did in December, left $2.25 million from his estate to the Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity, FOX 25 News reported. The gift from Florentz means that about two dozen will be built. “It’s a life-changing experience for our families,” Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity CEO Ann Felton-Gilliland said. “Because most of them are living in apartment houses that are in unsafe areas, where their children aren’t able to ride their bicycles or even...
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Texas House of Representatives Unanimously Passes Pro-Israel, Anti-BDS Bill
by Shifra on April 21, 2017Whoever blesses Israel will be blessed. And whoever curses Israel will be cursed: “I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” – Genesis 12:3 God bless the State of Texas Via Jerusalem Post. In a groundbreaking legislative act to blunt economic warfare against Israel, the Texas House of Representatives unanimously passed on Thursday an anti-boycott bill that bars the state from engaging in business with companies that are involved in the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement targeting the Jewish state. The bill was passed 131-0 and the author of the legislation was Representative Phil King. Pro-Israel organizations welcomed the vote…. Christians United for Israel...
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WH Releases Official Portrait of First Lady Melania Trump
by Shifra on April 3, 2017Melania says she is “honored to serve in the role of First Lady.” And we are honored to have her as our FLOTUS. Via Harper’s Bazaar. Melania Trump’s first official portrait as First Lady of the United States has just been released. The photo, taken at the White House, features FLOTUS in a black blazer with a sequin-detailed scarf tied around her neck. She poses with her arms crossed, revealing two rings on her fingers. The image arrives over three months after her husband Donald Trump was inaugurated as president….
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President Trump: ‘When You Open Your Heart to Patriotism, There Is No Room for Prejudice’
by Tammy on January 20, 2017One of the many quotes from his speech today that highlights President Trump’s genuine understanding of the conservative ideal. Bravo. Via Free Beacon. President Donald Trump on Friday spoke about the importance of unity during his inauguration to become 45th president of the United States in Washington, D.C. He said that when the American people can open their hearts to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice. “At the bedrock of our politics will be a total allegiance to the United States of America, and through our loyalty to our country, we will rediscover our loyalty to each other,” he said. “When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.”