Itai Mor, 44, killed while taking out trash after fight with neighbor; 'He was the kind of person everyone wanted to be with. Sweet man.' Itai Mor, 44, was killed Wednesday night in Ashdod, apparently following a dispute between neighbors over parking in their apartment building's yard, reports Israel Hayom. According to suspicions, the argument between the two began earlier that day, hours before the murder. The police investigation indicates that in the evening, Mor went down from his apartment on Eshkol Street in the city's A quarter to the courtyard of the building in order to throw out garbage. A few minutes later, Mor's wife heard screams, and when she opened the door she found her husband lying bleeding on the steps at the entrance to the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided House voted Thursday to prevent a government shutdown after an eleventh-hour deal brought conservatives aboard. But the GOP-written measure faced gloomy prospects in the Senate, and it remained unclear whether lawmakers would be able to find a way to keep federal offices open past a Friday night deadline. The House voted by a near party-line 230-197 vote to approve the legislation, which would keep agency doors open and hundreds of thousands of federal employees at work through Feb. 16. The measure is designed to give White House and congressional bargainers more time to work through disputes on immigration and the budget that they’ve tangled over for months. House passage was assured after the House Freedom Caucus reached an accord with House Spea...
 Baltimore, MD - Jan. 19, 2018 - Bo 5778 - Locust, Consuming our Handiwork - 2nd Aliyah Click here to listen
Every word, every letter in the Torah is used for a specific reason and purpose.  We are reminded of this concept often through the teachings of Chazal where they will derive significant meanings from a word missing a letter, which it would customarily have (chaser), or a word having an “extra” letter  - one which it normally would not have  (maleh).  The Gemarah goes even further and teaches us that Hashem told Moshe Rabeinu that not only were nekudos important but that one day, a great man named Rebbi Akiva will learn halachos out of the “crowns” written on top of the letters in the Torah (Menachos 29b).  This idea is driven home quite clearly in Parshas Bo. In this Parsha, we are deep into the maccos brought upon Pharoh for his stubborn ...
Before Makkas Borod, Moshe Rabbeinu announced that anything living that is left outside in the field will be destroyed by the hail. This is the seventh plague. Six previous plagues have been predicted and fulfilled exactly as predicted. But we find that there are two groups of people—those who feared Hashem and followed Moshe’s instructions to gather their property into the field, and those who simply ignored it and went on with life as if nothing was going to happen. How could they be indifferent to what they knew was going to happen? One must realize that the chariots that were later used by Pharaoh to pursue Klal Yisroel were drawn by the horses of these very same yorei dvar Hashem! It seems that when they want to save their money, they fear Hashem. When they are losing the...
Just off a year in which the city recorded 343 murders, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh on Friday fired Police Commissioner Kevin Davis. Pugh is naming Deputy Commissioner Darryl DeSousa, a 30-year veteran of the department, as interim commissioner. The permanent appointment is pending City Council approval. Davis, the former Anne Arundel County police chief, was promoted from within Baltimore police leadership by then-Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake in the summer of 2015, three months after police were criticized for the response to the 2015 riots. “As I have made clear, reducing violence and restoring the confidence of our citizens in their police officers is my highest priority,” Pugh said in a statement. “The fact is, we are not achieving the pace of progress that ou...
BALTIMORE — Mayor Catherine Pugh has fired Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis.
If anyone wants to write in memories of Mrs Drabkin for the family to read, please email memoriesofmrsdrabkin@gmail.comBaltimore, MD – Jan. 15, 2018 -  It is with deep sadness that BaltimoreJewishLife.com (BJL) informs the community of the petirah of Mrs. Chaiya Drabkin, a’h. Levaya will take place Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018 at Levinson's at 12:00 PMKevurah at Agudath Israel Cemetery - RosedaleShiva will be observed at 6302 Pimlico Road Baltimore, MD 21209Shacharis 7:30 AMMincha/Maariv: 4:50 PMVisiting Hours: After Shacharis through 12 PM....2:00 PM - 6:00 PM....8:00 PM - 10:30 PMMotzaei Shabbos 7:00 - 10:30 PMPlease respect the family and adhere to these times for visiting Bila HaMaves LaNetzach…
Elkton and Baltimore, Md. – (January 18, 2018) – The boards of Union Hospital of Cecil County and LifeBridge Health today announced that they have approved a letter of intent for Union Hospital and its affiliates to join the LifeBridge Health system. “LifeBridge Health is the ideal partner for Union Hospital as both organizations are focused on improving the health of people in our communities. As Union Hospital becomes part of LifeBridge Health, we will enhance access to high-quality care and health services for Cecil County residents, as well as patients throughout the state and region,” says Rich Szumel, M.D., president and chief executive officer of Union Hospital. He adds, “In this time of great change in health care, Union Hospital has been looking to ...
Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon reportedly attacked the House investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election as an attempt to delegitimize President Trump’s election during his testimony on Tuesday. Rep. Tom Rooney, one of the top Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee, told Politico that Bannon made the remark during his ten-plus hour testimony before the committee. The former Trump strategist blasted the committee’s investigation as an attempt to “decertify the last election,” according to Rooney. Read more at The Hill.
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on Tuesday called out President Trump for his “unrelenting attacks” on the press in an op-ed for The Washington Post, saying he’s aiding dictators worldwide by putting the crosshairs on journalists. “Whether Trump knows it or not,” McCain wrote, his constant cry of “fake news” directed at “reporters and news outlets whose coverage he disagrees with” is being used by repressive regimes to crack down on the media. Referencing a report by the Committee to Protect Journalists, McCain noted that 21 instances of journalists being charged for “fake news” were recorded in 2017. “The phrase ‘fake news’—granted legitimacy by an American president—is being used by au...
The low-cost airline will now allow passengers to bring carry-ons on flights to and from Israel. Previous policy had excluded only Israel. Ireland's low-cost airline Ryanair has reversed its policy forcing passengers flying to and from Israel to pay for check-in bags after detractors accused the company of singling out Israelis. According to the new policy, all customers on Ryanair flights to and from Israeli airports will be permitted to bring two free carry-on bags (one wheelie and one small) to the gate, subject to airport security permitting them to do so. Earlier this week, Ryanair announced a change in its baggage policy in an attempt to free up space in its airplanes overhead bins. According to the new guidelines, passengers without priority boarding would be forced to sto...
Netanyahu visits Mumbai Chabad house rocked by 2008 terror attack with 11-year-old survivor. 'Nobody can defeat the Jewish People.' Rabbi Yisrael Kozlovsky, the Chabad emissary in Mumbai, recounted Prime Minister Netanyahu's emotional visit to the Mumbai Chabad house Moshe Holtzberg, a survivor of a bloody 2008 at the site that killed his parents Rabbi Gavriel and Rivki Holtzberg. Moshe Holtzberg was two years old when Pakistani terrorists stormed the Chabad House on November 26, 2008, murdering six people, including Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg, who ran the Jewish center. He now lives in Israel with his grandparents. On Tuesday, Moshe made his first visit to Mumbai since the tragedy. Samuel held his hand as the pair, along with Moshe's grandfather, bat...
בבקשה מכולם!התפללו לרפואת לוחם הימ"משי בן רחלשנפצע קשה במהלך הפעילות בג'נין אמש, כנגד רוצחיו של הרב רזיאל שבח הי"ד.נקדיש פרק תהילים לרפואתו השלמה בקרוב🙏🏻א  שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת: מִמַּעֲמַקִּים קְרָאתִיךָ  יְהוָה.ב  אֲדֹנָי, שִׁמְעָה בְקוֹלִי: תִּהְיֶינָה אָזְנֶיךָ, קַשֻּׁבוֹת-לְקוֹל, תַּחֲנוּנָי.ג  אִם-עֲו‍ֹנוֹת תִּשְׁמָר-יָהּ-אֲדֹנָי, מִי יַעֲמֹד.ד  כִּי-עִמְּךָ הַסְּלִיחָה-לְמַעַן, תִּוָּרֵא.ה  קִוִּ...
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Believe me Rebbi, I only care about my child’s Yiddishkeit, and if he doesn’t go on the right path then I prefer that he should just die already. - spoken to Harav Aaron Leib Shteinman A father approached the Gadol HaDor known for his wisdom, insight, deep sensitivity and understanding.  The father was fervent in his faith and love for the Jewish people, so much so that he was adamant that if his child did not follow the “right” path he would sooner see him dead.  Wouldn’t the great Rav, recognizing the father’s love of Torah and Hashem, praise the father for this level of piety? No. Rather than see in the father’s judgment something akin to Abraham’s sacrifice of his beloved son in Akedat Yitzchak, the Gadol saw only a bitter, ...
Rav Yaakov Yakir of Israel’s Familism Movement, which was set up to preserve the integrity of the family unit, is fighting attempts to reintroduce the Parents and Their Children Bill which was blocked two year ago. The earlier bill proposed to strike out items of Israel’s Legal Capacity and Guardianship Law (1962) which define parents as children’s legal guardians. The new version of the bill does the same by replacing the legal word “guardianship” in the above law with the non-legal term “parental responsibility.” He warned that this “basically says that the child has his own independent legal rights, and the parents are supposed to implement those rights.” If the bill passes, the Supreme Court could allow a child to sue his parents...
Baltimore, MD, Jan. 18, 2018 — The Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV), the largest rabbinic public policy organization in America, today announced a petition drive to preserve traditional standards for prayer at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, and to prevent changes at the Holy Site for political reasons. The petition comes in the aftermath of the latest round of Israel Supreme Court hearings on the suit by liberal Jewish groups demanding a larger space at the Western Wall, in which justices questioned whether the groups' demands were exaggerated or unreasonable. "We must make a statement, and we were encouraged by leading Rabbinic scholars and community activists to launch this effort," said Rabbi Pesach Lerner, President of the CJV. "Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President of the Uni...
Pres. Obama attacked press freedom for years. No wonder guys like Jeff Flake loath Trump. He called their bluff. Suddenly Republicans have all the power. For the first time in decades, they could actually do what voters have consistently asked for. But they don’t want to, mostly because their donors don’t want them to.
Two U.S. Representatives from Hawaii have requested a panel hearing to discuss whether the state should remain in charge of sending emergency incoming missile alerts, following a false alarm sent out to people in the state on Saturday. Reps. Tulsi Gabbard (D) and Colleen Hanabusa (D) requested that the House Armed Services Committee holds a hearing in a letter sent Tuesday, suggesting that Hawaii’s Emergency Management Agency should retain control of disasters other than incoming missiles, which is a national security issue. Read more at The Hill.
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