Following last month’s dramatic High Court ruling, the military has begun gathering the income tax data of young Charedi men, the Kan public broadcaster reports.
According to the report, the Israel Defense Forces intends to first send draft notices to employed Charedi men as it works to comply with the attorney general’s order to start conscripting 3,000 members of the community.
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Baltimore, MD – June 30, 2024 - It is with regret that Baltimore Jewish Life (BJL) informs the community of the petira of the Zidichover Rebbe of Chicago, Moreinu Harav Yehoshua Heschel Eichenstein, z’l, father of HaRav Yissocher Dov Eichenstein.HaRav Yissocher Dov Eichenstein has returned to Chicago and will be sitting Shiva at 6342 N. Troy, Chicago, Il,. 60659through Sunday morning (not Monday as originally announced). Minyanim:
Shacharis: 7am and 8am.
Mincha: 7pm.
Maariv: 10pm. Official Shiva visiting hours: 10am-1:30pm
4-7pm
8-10pm For those coming in special and wanting to visit outside of these hours, please be in touch with R' Shaul Edelman to coordinate. The Rav can be called on his cell between 7-8pm. Bila HaM...
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Baltimore, MD – June 30, 2024 - It is with deep regret and sorrow that Baltimore Jewish Life (BJL) informs the community of the sudden and tragic petira of Adina (Aryeh) Zahavi, a’h, mother of nine, daughter of Barry & Susie Openden and sister of Yossi (Yona) Openden and Dahlia (Daniel) Steinherz.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392314Adina and her husband Aryeh heroically saved all of their children from a fire that broke out in their home in the middle of the night.
One of the children is still in the hospital with burns. Please keep
מיכאל בן עדינה בתשבע in your teffilos.
The Levayah will take place at 10:15AM (Israel) (3:15AM Baltimore) on Monday, July 1, 2024 at Beit Kneset Ashkenazi -Kochav YaakovShiva will be o...
Vice President Kamala Harris’ allies are privately discussing what her candidacy would look like if President Joe Biden dropped out of the race for the White House and how they could help her, following Biden’s disastrous debate performance Thursday, according to people familiar with the matter.
These conversations have been held over phone calls and text messages between some people who raised money for the vice president during her failed 2020 Democratic primary campaign against Biden and other contenders, said the people, who were granted anonymity in order to speak freely about private conversations.
Key issues include whether Harris would control the massive Biden-Harris campaign war chest managed by Biden’s team if the presi...
Baltimore, MD - July 3, 2024 - As heat index values of around 100 to 105 are expected, Baltimore City's Health Commissioner has declared a Code Red Extreme Heat Alert from Thursday, July 4th, through Shabbos, July 6th.
Vandals defaced 176 gravestones at a Jewish cemetery in Cincinnati on Tuesday morning, the Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati (JCGC) and the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati reported.
US President Joe Biden reacted to the incident on X, calling the act of vandalism "despicable" and "vile."
"I condemn these acts and commit my Administration to support investigators in holding those responsible accountable ...
Israel transferred 435 million shekels ($116 million) of withheld tax revenue to the Palestinian Authority, the first such transfer since April, the Israeli and Palestinian finance ministries said on Wednesday.
Israel collects tax on goods that pass through Israel into the West Bank on behalf of the Palestinian Authority and transfers the revenue to Ramallah under a longstanding arrangement between the two sides.
Since the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has withheld sums earmarked for administration expenses in Gaza. Israel also deducts funds for electricity, water and costs to treat Palestinians in Israeli hospitals.
Even after these deductions, Palestinian officials say the amount is far below taxes collected each mont...
Jerusalem, Israel - July 3, 2024 - Pursuant to the directive of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and following its prior approval to import 98,400 foreign workers, the committee of directors general on foreign workers, chaired by Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Director General Yossi Shelley, decided today (Wednesday, 3 July 2024), to import 14,300 workers as follows:
* A quota of 2,750 foreign workers for nursing institutions under the supervision of the Health Ministry
* A quota of 1,550 workers for nursing institutions under the supervision of the Welfare and Social Affairs Ministry
* A quota of 5,000 foreign workers for the transportation infrastructure sub-sector
* A quota of 5,000 workers for the renovation contractor sub-sector
The quotas, which were approved fol...
Jerusalem, Israel - July 3, 2024 - President Isaac Herzog this evening, Wednesday, addressed the annual American Independence Day Reception hosted by the United States Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew and his wife Dr. Schwartz. The event was held for the first time at the Ambassador’s Residence in Jerusalem.
In his address, President Herzog began by speaking on the terror attack in Carmiel earlier today: “I want to firstly express my grief and my condolences with the latest victims of terror following the attack in Carmiel this morning. My heart goes out to the family of Sergeant Aleksandr Iakiminskyi, and my thoughts and prayers to the wounded.”
He added, “Of course, we do not forget for a moment our hostages – including American citizens – bei...
US President Joe Biden threatened Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to scale back his response toward Iran’s massive missile and drone attacks in April, according to a New York Times report Tuesday.
“Let me be crystal clear,” President Biden told Prime Minister Netanyahu that night from the Situation Room, where he received updates in real-time on the US-coordinated international response that successfully shot down 99% of the estimated 300 weapons launched from Iranian territory toward Israel.
“If you launch a big attack on Iran, you’re on your own.”
Iran’s attack was a response to the assassination of several Iranian generals, including the top commander in Syria, by an airstrike in Damascus a few weeks prior, an...
Israel is studying the latest Hamas response to a three-phase proposal to secure the release of the remaining 120 hostages in Gaza, the Mossad said in an unusual statement on Wednesday night.
“The hostages deal mediators have conveyed to the negotiating team Hamas's remarks on the outline of the hostages deal."
“Israel is evaluating the remarks and will convey its reply to the mediators,” it said.
A Hamas source said on Wednesday that the group exchanged "some ideas" with mediators on how to end the war in Gaza.
The hostage deal has been mediated by Qatar and Egypt, with the support of the United States. US President Joe Biden, however, has personally taken the diplomatic lead on the hostage deal, unveiling the latest proposal from the White House on Ma...
The parent of Saks Fifth Avenue sealed a $2.65 billion deal to buy rival Neiman Marcus, according to people familiar with the matter, creating a powerhouse in luxury retailing that seeks to hang onto wealthy shoppers—all with a little help from Amazon.com AMZN -1.21%decrease; red down pointing triangle.
The boards of both companies have approved the transaction and an announcement could come as soon as this evening, the people said.
The department-store chains had been negotiating for months and had explored a combination several times over the years. Both have struggled as some consumers spent less on pricey goods and fashion brands opened their own flagship stores.
The combined company would have about $10 billion in annual sales, the people said...
Baltimore, MD – July 3, 2024:
Baltimore City:
The Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) reminds residents that DPW offices and sanitation yards will be closed on Thursday, July 4, 2024, in observance of Independence Day. This closure will impact weekly trash and recycling collections, with the makeup day scheduled for Shabbos, July 6, 2024.
Baltimore County:
Trash, recycling, and yard material collections will not occur on July 4th, and will shift one day later: Thursday collections to Friday, and Friday collections to Shabbos.
For Shabbos pickups, please remember to take all containers to the street before Shabbos.
The terms of Israel's two Chief Rabbis, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau and Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yizhak Yosef, expired on Monday. For the first time in its history, and since the institution of the Chief Rabbi was formed in 1921, Israel does not currently have chief rabbis.
The expiration date passed amidst an ongoing legal and political saga with no end in sight.
Israeli law states that new chief rabbis must be elected at least 21 days before the end of their tenure. The Religious Affairs Ministry, however, failed to hold the election on time due to disagreements over the makeup of the statutory 150-member election body, which is responsible for electing both chief rabbis and the 15-member Chief Rabbinical Council.
The 70 elected officials include mayors...
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The al-Quds Brigades, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad's militant wing, is escalating their psychological warfare concerning the Israeli hostages that they have been holding since October 7th.
The terror organization claimed in a statement that several Israeli hostages attempted to commit suicide due to their frustration with the neglect of their matter by the Israeli government and the change in attitude towards them by the operatives who guard them.
The organization noted that the conditions of the Israeli hostages have been made worse in response to the supposed killing of civilians in Nuseirat by the IDF (during the hostage rescue operation), the "torture" of security prisoners in Israel, and the worsening of their conditions.
According to the al-Quds Brigades, the treatment of th...
Jerusalem, Israel - July 3, 2024 - On Wednesday, July 3, 2024, Israeli Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana announced for the first time in the history of US–Israel relations the establishment of the Knesset–House Parliamentary Friendship Group. The friendship group is to promote the common interests of both countries and legislatures, foster the exchange of knowledge and expertise, and cooperate in a variety of areas.
The Knesset Speaker granted a letter of appointment to two Knesset Members Boaz Bismuth (Likud) from the coalition and Idan Roll (Yesh Atid) from the opposition, to serve as the co-chairmen for the Israel parliamentarians.
US Chair of the House–Knesset Parliamentary Friendship Group Congressman David Kustoff was in Jerusalem, Israel...
A joint Shin Bet and IDF commission on Wednesday announced that “The First Tyre Disaster” in 1982 was the result of a Lebanese terrorist suicide-bomber, with the explosion killing around 75 Israeli members of the security forces and 15 Lebanese detainees at Israel’s headquarters in the city.
More specifically, the commission led by IDF Maj.-Gen (res.) Amir Abulafia and senior Shin Bet Division Chief “S,” found that either Hezbollah or Amal, which now are a united movement but at the time had some separate aspects, and with coordination with Iran, caused the explosion using a minimum of 50 kilograms of explosives plus some additional gas explosives to collapse the multi-story building.
The timing of the commission’s announcement could be significant as ...
Today’s corporations must not only make the right decisions, but also ensure that they look right in the eyes of stakeholders. Shareholders and consumers expect businesses to demonstrate “social responsibility” beyond the bottom line. So you might imagine that a family-owned firm whose owners once cavorted with Hitler would make special efforts to avoid even the least appearance of antisemitism in any corner of its corporate empire. This makes the decision of JAB-owned Pret a Manger to back out of an expansion deal in Israel all the more questionable.
While most Americans have never heard of JAB (Joh. A. Benckiser) Holding Company of Luxembourg, many of its brands are household names: Krispy Kreme, Panera Breads, Caribou Coffee, Einstein Bros. Bagels,...
President Biden told a key ally this week that he is aware he may be forced to withdraw from the presidential race if he cannot salvage the public's opinion of his mental capacity in the coming days, the New York Times reported Wednesday.
The ally told NYT that Biden is focused on ensuring that his upcoming interview with George Stephanopoulos at ABC News, as well as campaign stops in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, must go flawlessly.
"He knows if he has two more events like that, we’re in a different place," the ally told the Times.
White House spokesman Andrew Bates flatly denied the report in a statement on Twitter.
"That claim is absolutely false. If the New York Times had provided us with more than 7 minutes to comment we would have told them so," Bates wrote.
Biden is fa...
