A Delta plane taking off from Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., Sept. 1, 2017. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Paul Sorvino lashes out, flight attendants sue Delta, how to keep your pets warm and safe

Cold Weather Tips for Pet Owners 

Here are some tips from Baltimore Humane Society for Baltimore pet owners to keep their pets safe from the dangerous weather.

  1. Bring your pets in. If it is too cold for you, it is too cold for your pet to stay outside for long periods of time. If you have outdoor cats or care for feral cats, check out this site on how to make a kitty enclosure.
  2. Dogs with short coats should wear a jacket. Breeds that do not have an undercoat can get cold quickly.
  3. Keep off of road salt. Not only is it toxic if your pet ingests it, it can be very irritating and even painful to their paw pads.
  4. Wipe your pet’s paws off with a lukewarm wash rag to remove any melting salt so they do not ingest it when they groom themselves.
  5. Consider applying a barrier to your pet’s paws like petroleum jelly to protect their paws while out on a walk.
  6. Keep your pet’s coat appropriately groomed. A healthy coat will work most efficiently in keeping warmth on the body and cold away.
  7. Anti-freeze is extremely poisonous and also tempting to pets due to its sweet taste.  If you have it in your garage make sure it is kept up high in a leak proof container.
  8. Pets exposed to cold temperatures for long periods of time can experience hypothermia. Signs of hypothermia include low body temperature, low heart rate, low respiration (breathing), violent shivering, and their gums may turn pale or blue. If you believe your pet is experiencing hypothermia, warm them slowly to avoid shock, and get them to a full service vet immediately.
  9. Less time outside may mean a bored pet. Increase your animal’s indoor enrichment.
  10. Cuddle up. Cold weather is the perfect time to spend snuggling and playing with your pet.

Hannah and Ari Weiss
Hannah and Ari Weiss (Courtesy of Camp Ramah Darom)

Camp scholarship fund

A Jewish camp has created a scholarship fund in memory of a family who died in a plane crash in Costa Rica. Camp Ramah Darom, a Conservative summer camp in Clayton, Ga., established a fund in memory of the Weiss family on Tuesday. The Weisses, of Belleair, Fla., — Mitchell and Leslie, both physicians; their daughter, Hannah, 19, and son, Ari, 16 — were killed Sunday when the small plane in which they were passengers went down in the Central American nation’s northwest shortly after takeoff. Another eight people died in the crash, including a Jewish family of five from Scarsdale, N.Y. Hannah and Ari Weiss attended Camp Ramah Darom for 10 years. Leslie Weiss and her sisters also attended Ramah camps as children. The Weiss Family Scholarship Fund was created at the request of relatives of the Weiss family. It will be used “to enable other campers to experience the magic of Ramah,” the camp website said. Camp Ramah Darom’s director, Geoff Menkowitz, told JTA on Tuesday that the Weiss children left big impressions on the camp. “They were really stars, the two of them, just shining bright. It’s a huge loss that we are all reeling from and heartbroken from right now,” he said.

Read: Camp establishes scholarship in memory of family killed in Costa Rica plane crash

Mira Sorvino’s dad threatens Harvey Weinstein’s life

Actor Paul Sorvino lashed out on Tuesday after he was asked how he felt about allegations that Harvey Weinstein sexually harassed his daughter Mira Sorvino, according to Time. “He’s going to go to jail. Oh yeah. That son of a bitch,” Sorvino told TMZ. “Good for him if he goes, because if not, he has to meet me. And I will kill the mother—-r. Real simple. …If I had known it, he would not be walking. He’d be in a wheelchair.” “The Goodfellas” actor was unaware of the alleged harassment until Mira was interviewed by the New Yorker, reports CBS News. In Mira Sorvino’s disclosure to the New Yorker last October, the actress accused Harvey Weinstein of making her uncomfortable at the Toronto International Film Festival in Sept. 1995, massaging her shoulders and “chasing” her around. Some week later, Weinstein allegedly showed up to her door after midnight, leaving only after Mira said a male friend was on the way. She remained concerned that the episode affected her career. In a December interview, director Peter Jackson said he was told to blacklist Mira Sorvino and Ashley Judd in casting for The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings films. “I recall Miramax [Weinstein’s studio] telling us they were a nightmare to work with and we should avoid them at all costs. This was probably in 1998,” Jackson said of the actresses. “I realize that this was very likely the Miramax smear campaign in full swing.” Mira Sorvino tweeted that she “burst out crying” after reading the interview with Jackson.

Read: Harvey Weinstein Was Accused of Harassing Paul Sorvino’s Daughter. Now Sorvino Is Threatening to Kill Him

Neshama Carlebach
Neshama Carlebach at the Union for Reform Judaism’s biennial in San Diego, Dec. 14, 2013. (URJ)

Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach allegations

Neshama Carlebach, daughter of the late Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, in her first public comments since the start of the #MeToo movement said she is angry with her father over allegations of sexual misconduct but that he was more than just his faults. Carlebach in a blog post published Tuesday on The Times of Israel website also stated publicly for the first time that as a child she was sexually molested by “a trusted friend of my father’s, also a rabbi, a fixture in my home,” whom she did not name. “My sisters, I hear you. I cry with you. I walk with you,” Carlebach wrote. “I will stand with you until that day when the world commits to healing and wholeness for all, for the countless women who have suffered the evils of sexual harassment and assault.” The post follows new allegations of sexual misconduct against her charismatic father. Carlebach chose not to comment on an extensive article on allegations against her father that appeared on The Times of Israel website last month. After Shlomo Carlebach’s death 23 years ago, several women came forward with allegations of sexual impropriety against him. Since the start of the #MeToo movement, more women reportedly have shared their stories. Some synagogues also have begun to consider stopping the use of Carlebach melodies during prayer services, often called “Carlebach services,” The Times of Israel reported. Carlebach acknowledged the duality of her father’s legacy. “I’ve watched the music of my father heal someone’s life in front of my very eyes,” she wrote, “and I’ve read of how that very same music has triggered deep pain for others.” Carlebach recently announced that she will marry social justice activist Rabbi Menachem Creditor.

Read: Neshama Carlebach Responds to Allegations of Sexual Misconduct Against Her Father

Neo-Nazi has several Jewish relatives

A neo-Nazi who co-runs the white supremacist website Daily Stormer and said Jewish children “deserve to die” has Jewish relatives on both sides of his family. Andrew “Weev” Auernheimer’s mother, Alyse, confirmed to Newsweek magazine in an article published Wednesday that her son comes from a “large, mixed race family” with Native American heritage, and that he has Jewish lineage “on both sides of his family.” His Jewish heritage was first reported by Gawker in 2012 when he volunteered the information to a reporter, but this is the first time a family member has confirmed his background. Auernheimer, who runs the technical side of the Daily Stormer, with its more well-known editor Andrew Anglin, is believed to be in Ukraine, where he has lived since serving jail time in the United States on a computer hacking charge. He has been estranged from his mother for over a decade, she told Newsweek. Auernheimer, 32, on the podcast Radical Agenda last month said Jews were to blame for the Daily Stormer website losing its dot-com status, causing it to jump from domain to domain in recent months. “If you don’t let us dissent peacefully, then our only option is to murder you. To kill your children. To kill your whole families,” he said in an interview. “There is only one thing absent free speech that we can do to express our dissent and that’s to slaughter you like dogs, and you’re gonna have it coming and your children will deserve to die.” Podcast host Christopher Cantwell, who is under house arrest in Virginia on two felony charges for allegedly using tear gas and pepper spray at the Charlottesville rally in August, tried to walk back the statements, saying that killing Jews “is certainly an undesirable option I’ll state for the FBI agents and prosecutors who are listening to this show.” –JTA

Flight attendants sue Delta for anti-Jewish attitudes

Four current and former flight attendants have filed a federal lawsuit against Delta Air Lines alleging that the company’s management has “an anti-Jewish, Hebrew and ethnic Israeli attitude.” The suit was filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in New York’s Westchester County. The plaintiffs worked on the airline’s New York-Tel Aviv route. Two are Jewish and two say there were disciplined or subjected to a hostile work environment for their association with Jewish flight attendants and passengers, attorney Brian Mildenberg said in a statement issued Tuesday. In the suit, the plaintiffs allege that Delta management “through words and deeds, operate under an express assumption that ethnic Jews and Israelis, as employees and passengers, cannot be trusted, are aggressive and inappropriate, and engage in what are deemed to be ‘strange’ behaviors by conducting prayers on the flight and requiring special dietary accommodations (kosher meals).” The lawsuit also claims that Delta has punished Jewish and other flight attendants, including with suspension or termination, for legally sharing their companion travel passes with Jewish individuals who fly to Tel Aviv “solely on the basis of their Jewish and Israel ethnicity and ancestry,” It also says Delta has punished them for being Jewish or for their association with Jews and Israelis, “and has either restricted their employment rights, denied them promotions, or subjected them to harassment and abuse, for pretextual reasons.” Delta responded in a statement that it “strongly condemns the allegations of discrimination described in this suit and will defend itself vigorously against them. As a global airline that brings people across the world together every day, Delta values diversity in all aspects of its business and has zero tolerance for discrimination.” Delta’s New York-Tel Aviv line was discontinued after the 9/11 attack in 2001 and reinstated in 2008. The airline also has a direct flight to Tel Aviv from Atlanta.

Read: Flight attendants sue Delta Air Lines for anti-Jewish, anti-Israeli attitude

Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr playing a concert at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas, Nov. 13, 2016. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Ringo Starr to play Israel

Ringo Starr will perform this summer in Israel more than 50 years after the nation’s government stopped the Beatles from performing there. The upcoming tour for the ex-Beatle drummer’s group Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band includes a June 23 concert in Tel Aviv. Other stops on the tour, which was announced in November, include France, the Netherlands, Germany, Finland, Denmark, Czech Republic, Austria, Spain, Luxembourg, Monaco and Italy. In 1966, the Israeli government said the band could negatively influence the country’s youth. Israel later apologized for the decision. Fellow former Beatle Paul McCartney performed in the Jewish state in 2008. New Zealand pop singer Lorde several days ago canceled a concert in Tel Aviv following pressure from pro-Palestinian fans.—JTA

 

 

Waterfront Partnership expands to Fells Point

The Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore will now be a regular presence in Fells Point, with staff working to beautify, market and patrol the neighborhood under an agreement reached with local businesses. New services to assist Fells Point will include more regular maintenance, beautification projects, uniformed safety patrols and guides, as well as increased marketing support. The nonprofit says it will also prioritize Broadway Square as a “center of activity” and better maintain Thames Street Park, and the neighborhood will have “a dedicated management team and staff specifically servicing the Fells Point district,” according to a release. The expansion comes roughly half a year after the Baltimore City Council approved a bill extending the city’s so-called Waterfront Management District to include Fells Point, affording it the same perks enjoyed by Harbor East, Harbor Point and the Inner Harbor. Business owners in the Fells Point commercial district agreed in a vote to pay additional fees for the Waterfront Partnership’s services.

Read: Waterfront Partnership Expands to Fells Point with Safety Patrols, ‘Beautification,’ Marketing

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