Today, Shomer Shabbos Councilman Isaac “Yitzy” Schleifer was appointed Chair of the Public Safety Committee of the Baltimore City Council by Council President Brandon Scott. Schleifer, who represents Baltimore City’s 5th Council District (spanning the city’s northwest corner), has served as a member of the Public Safety Committee since being elected to the Council in 2016.

Democrats hoping that Wednesday night’s first presidential debate of the 2020 campaign would be clarifying probably came away disappointed. There were no major stumbles but few standout moments as 10 candidates vied for the nation’s attention.

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Get ready for the most intense show you’ve ever seen on Kosher.com. Who will fizzle out, and who will SKILL’IT?!
Four chefs face off in a nail-biting, white-knuckle contest. Each round brings a new challenge, and the contestants must use all their skill to create a dish that will beat the others and impress the judges, who are among the best of kosher chefs in the industry.

Over the past few night, the Deal, NJ, community has been hit by a rash of vehicle thefts.
In the attached video, the viewer can see a male suspect in a black mask with a grey hoodie and white gloves.
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The harrowing photo of a drowned toddler and her father along the Rio Grande has illustrated the risks migrants are willing to take to reach the U.S. in the face of increasingly hardline Trump administration policies aimed at keeping them out.
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A witness who dropped stunning testimony at the war crimes trial of a decorated Navy SEAL by telling the court he had killed an Islamic State captive in Iraq in 2017 — not his accused platoon chief — could now face charges of perjury, according to the Navy.
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Yet another city in Israel is sponsoring Chilul Shabbos R”L, as Modi’in is now offering bus service to the beach on Shabbos.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company is evaluating how it should handle “deepfake” videos created with artificial intelligence and high-tech tools to yield false but realistic clips.
In an interview at the Aspen Ideas Festival Ideas Festival in Colorado on Wednesday, Zuckerberg said it might make sense to treat such videos differently from other misinformation such as false news.

Leaks. Pointed accusations. A top official’s resignation. And above all, increasingly dire conditions for migrants – those who make it across the border and those who fail, as captured in the searing images of a father clutching his child, both drowned , on the banks of the Rio Grande.
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