This morning (Sunday), families of hostages and members of the October Council protst movement launched a nationwide protest dubbed the "Day of Disruption," calling for a halt to daily life and the economy to pressure the government into securing the release of hostages and ending the ongoing war.
Demonstrations are taking place at around 400 locations across Israel, including outside the homes of ministers and Knesset members. Major roads have been blocked, including Route 1 toward Jerusalem and the Ra’anana Junction. Hundreds of vehicles have also left from Latrun in a convoy in an attempt to stop the war.
Noam Peri, whose father Chaim was killed in Hamas captivity, criticized the government’s inaction: "My father could have come home in a deal, but 'po...
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Baltimore, MD – Aug. 12, 2025 - BJL deeply regrets to inform the community of Mr. Eli Wolf, z’l, father of Ben Wolf, Leigh Wolf, Kelly (Chaim) Yudkowsky, Josh (Ahuva) Wolf and brother of Mr. David Wolf.BALTIMORE: Mr. David Wolf is currently observing Shiva through Monday morning at 3220 Fallstaff Road, Baltimore, MD 21215. Baltimore Minyanim: Shacharis: Friday, Monday - 7:15 am Shacharis: Sunday - 8:15 am Mincha Erev Shabbos: 5:00PMMaariv Motzaei Shabbos:8:45PMMincha/Maariv: Sunday 6:20 pm BALTIMORE FROM MONDAY: Mrs. Kelly Yudkowsky will return to Baltimore on Monday. Visiting @ 6220 Benhurst 21209:Monday- 4 pm- 9:30 pm Tuesday- 9:30 am- 9:30 pm. *********************************************************Shiva will take place through Wednesday...
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Baltimore, MD – Aug. 15, 2025 – BJL deeply regrets to inform the community of the petira of Mrs. Eva Kahn, a''h, mother of Chaim (Esther) Kahn, Yehudis (Binyamin) Benjamin and Mayer (Chaya) Kahn.The levaya will take place at Chesed Shel Emes in Oak Park, MI, on Sunday, August 17, at 3:30 PM.Shiva will be observed in Michigan at 16365 Lincoln, Southfield, Michigan 48076.Chaim and Mayer will return to Baltimore to sit shiva beginning Tuesday morning at 10:30AM at 2325 Blackberry Rd., Baltimore, MD 21209 from August 19–22.Minyanim:Shacharis: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 7:30AMMincha/Maariv: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 7:40PM:
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Jerusalem, Israel - Aug. 16, 2025 – Rabbi Berel Wein, z'l, world-renowned Jewish historian, author, yeshiva founder, and towering Talmid Chacham, was niftar on Shabbos in Israel at the age of 91.Click here to watch a rebroadcast of the levayah
A gifted orator and scholar, Rabbi Wein left a lasting imprint on generations through thousands of recorded shiurim and lectures on Torah and Jewish history, first on cassette tapes and CDs, later reaching global audiences online.
Born in Chicago, he led Congregation Bais Torah and established Yeshiva Shaarei Torah in Monsey, New York, before settling in Jerusalem in 1997, where he served as mara d’asra of Beit Knesset Hanassi. Rabbi Wein also reshaped kosher supervision across North America during his leadership of the OU’s ...
The Orthodox Union joins with Klal Yisrael in mourning the loss of Rabbi Berel Wein, zt”l.
Rabbi Wein was a uniquely impactful Rav whose work, perspective, and voice profoundly influenced generations of Orthodox Jewry. Rabbi Wein would often note that when he received semicha to become a rabbi, Orthodoxy was in such a state of decline that a professional career in the Orthodox rabbinate was considered a pipe dream. Nevertheless, after a brief stint as a lawyer, Rabbi Wein embarked on a multi-faceted career as a rabbi and educator in America and Israel that spanned six decades and contributed significantly to Orthodoxy’s rebirth.
In 1964, at the age of 30, Rabbi Wein became the rabbi of Beth Israel Congregation in Miami Beach, and at 38 he became the executive Vice Presi...
The US State Department is halting all visitor visas for individuals from Gaza while it conducts "a full and thorough review of the process and procedures used to issue a small number of temporary medical-humanitarian visas in recent days," it said on Saturday.
The department said "a small number" of temporary medical-humanitarian visas had been issued in recent days but did not provide a figure.
The US issued more than 3,800 B1/B2 visitor visas, which permit foreigners to seek medical treatment in the United States, to holders of the Palestinian Authority travel document, according to an analysis of monthly figures provided on the department's website. That figure includes 640 visas issued in May.
The State Department's move to stop visitor visas for people from Gaza comes af...
Baltimore, MD - Aug. 16, 2025 - The Baltimore City Department of Transportation (BCDOT) would like to advise motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians of the tentatively scheduled weekday lane and road closures for the following activities in the downtown area. Motorists are encouraged to download the Waze.com app for live detour navigation. All activities are weather permitting and times are approximate. BCDOT is not responsible for providing status updates and this list may not be comprehensive of all roadwork in the downtown area.
Downtown lane and road closures scheduled for the week of August 18-22, 2025 include:
Guilford Avenue lane closure (full time) between Preston and Biddle Streets now in effect through late August (BGE pipeline p...
Baltimore, MD - Aug. 16, 2025 – In a continuing effort to combat the opioid crisis, Baltimore County Public Library has partnered with the County’s Department of Health and Human Services to make naloxone available at every library branch.
Naloxone, a safe and proven medication, can quickly reverse the effects of an opioid overdose, including heroin and fentanyl. By installing naloxone receptacles across its system, the library is working to ensure that this lifesaving resource is accessible to all.
“As a trusted community institution, Baltimore County Public Library is committed to meeting people where they are and providing resources that can truly save lives,” said Sonia Alcántara-Antoine, CEO of Baltimore County Public Library. “By partnering with...
The Prime Minister's Office on Saturday evening clarified that the government’s policy regarding negotiations with Hamas is to pursue a comprehensive deal only, not partial agreements.
"We will agree to a deal in which all hostages are released in one go and in accordance with our terms for ending the war," the Prime Minister’s office said in a statement.
The stated conditions include: dismantling Hamas' weapons, demilitarizing the Gaza Strip, Israeli control over the security perimeter, and the establishment of an alternative governing entity in Gaza that is neither Hamas nor the Palestinian Authority, and that will live peacefully with Israel.
This clarification follows an interview given by Topaz Luk, a senior advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in whi...
President Donald Trump said he will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Monday afternoon to discuss an agreement "which would end the war" between Russia and Ukraine.
The Truth Social post came about half a day after Mr. Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska. Mr. Trump said the meeting with Putin "went very well." He also said the meeting was followed by a "late night phone call" with Zelenskyy and other European leaders, including Mark Rutte, the secretary general of NATO. The call took place around 2:40 a.m. ET.
"It was determined by all that the best way to end the horrific war between Russia and Ukraine is to go directly to a Peace Agreement, which would end the war, and not a mere Ceasefire Agreem...
Baltimore, MD – Aug. 15, 2025 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Aryeh & Racheli Friedman on the birth of a son
Mazel Tov to grandparents Howard & Chaya Friedman and Jonathan & Anne Levitt.
Mazel Tov to great-grandmother Mrs. Judy Friedman.
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן!
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AP) — President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin shook hands warmly at the start of their Alaska summit on Friday before heading into hours of discussions that could reshape the war in Ukraine and relations between Moscow and Washington.
The leaders greeted each other on the tarmac at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, where officials erected a special stage, with a large “Alaska 2025” sign flanked by parked fighter jets and red carpets. Uniformed military members stood at attention nearby. B-2s and F-22s — military aircraft designed to oppose Russia during the Cold War — were flying over to mark the moment.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the previously planned one-on...
In 2015, a quiet street in Jerusalem was named for Moshe (Miklós) Krausz, a man whose extraordinary heroism during the Holocaust had gone largely unrecognized for decades. A Hungarian Jew and leader of the Palestine Office of the World Zionist Movement in Budapest, Krausz orchestrated one of the largest rescue operations of the Holocaust - saving at least 40,000 Jews, with some estimates as high as 100,000.
To appreciate the scale of his achievement, consider that Oskar Schindler - whose name is universally known - rescued 1,200 Jews. Yet Krausz’s story remained in the shadows. When he died in Jerusalem in 1986, it was in obscurity and without public acknowledgment of his heroism.
When the Nazis invaded Hungary in March 1944 and began deporting Jews to concentration camps, M...
Even as an adult, I still find myself mesmerized by the weekly morning garbage pickup — the rumble of the truck, the excessively loud beeping of the backup alarm system, the collectors hopping off the back, the swift lift and toss of the garbage into the hopper, and the satisfying crush as the packer swallows the garbage into its interior.I’ve always admired garbage collectors — not because I’d want to be one, but precisely because I wouldn’t. Who would want to be a garbage collector? It’s hard, messy work. They ride the back of a truck in all weather, hauling away everyone else’s waste. Yet, despite the stigma, we all know how indispensable they are to modern society. Their work is absolutely essential for maintaining public health, environmental ...
Baltimore, MD - Aug. 15, 2025 - Investigators from the Baltimore County Police Department's Fire Investigation Division consulted a lightning strike report that confirmed that a strike occurred directly at the latitude and longitude of 1803 Rambling Ridge Lane before Thursday's fire.
The fire ignited shortly after the National Weather Service issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Baltimore County at 3:33 p.m.
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ORIGINAL STORY (Aug. 14): More than 15 people are displaced following a three-alarm fire at the Twin Ridge Apartments in Pikesville.
"We know we have upwards of at least 15 residents, I can't say if they're adults or children at this time, that are displaced. So we'll be working with the apartment management as well as Red Cross to get them ass...
Baltimore, MD - Aug. 15, 2025 - COVID-19 hospitalizations in Maryland are up 123% over the last two weeks, the most hospitalizations in a month since April. While the state has typically seen a surge in COVID-19 cases during summer, this one is coming later than usual.
According to data from Maryland Department of Health Vital Statistics Administration, newly reported cases of COVID-19 in Maryland are up 50% within the last two weeks, with 2,089 cases from July 29 to Aug. 12 compared to 1,427 cases between July 15 and July 29.
Maryland had 67 COVID-19 hospitalizations within the past two weeks, up 37 from the previous two-week period. Last year, COVID cases were at their peak of the summer spike by this time in August, with 5,000 cases within some two-week periods.
Andrew Pekosz, ...
Baltimore, MD - Aug. 15, 2025 - Two illegal aliens are facing charges after assaulting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, and resisting arrest by Federal law enforcement.
Adolfo Nimrod Hernandez-Ramos, 42, a Honduran citizen and national, and Tony Marcos Ferreira-Dos Santos, 30, a Brazilian citizen and national, are charged with assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, and interfering with federal officers in separate incidents. Both men are unlawfully in the United States.
On June 6, ICE officers found that Hernandez-Ramos had entered the U.S. without inspection, in violation of federal law.
Officers conducted surveillance in the area of Hernandez-Ramos' Catonsville home, and ICE officers saw him his home and enter a vehicle.
ICE officers followed Hernande...
Jerusalem, Israel - Aug. 15, 2025 - On Thursday evening, the Friends of Zion Museum hosted an uplifting and inspiring program led by Indigenous and Jewish leaders, drawing a warm crowd in the heart of the city at the end of a very hot day. The event was organized by Ateret Shmuel, Executive Director of Indigenous Bridges, a nonprofit, non-partisan international organization dedicated to advancing Indigenous communities worldwide.
Opening remarks were by Jerusalem's former Deputy Mayor Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, who highlighted the city’s biblical and historical roots, calling David HaMelech’s choice of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital a clear sign of the Jewish people’s indigenous rights.
The evening’s main program featured Chief Joseph and Dr. Laralyn...
