Baltimore, MD - Aug. 31, 2025 - On Tuesday, July 29th, more than 25 young women gathered at the home of Yossi and Amian Kelemer for a thought-provoking Q&A session with Rabbi Daniel Rose, Rav of BJSZ, focused on the ethical and halachic challenges faced by Orthodox women working in healthcare.This event marked the second gathering of the Health Science Cohort, a new initiative of the WITS/Maalot Alumnae Association, and it was clear how much the women valued the chance to talk and learn together.The evening opened with a warm introduction by Dr. Moshay Cooper, a pediatrician, longtime WITS board member, and mentor for the cohort. Dr. Cooper set the tone by highlighting the importance of ongoing education and support for frum women navigating the complexities of healthcare fie...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Sunday during the Cabinet meeting that the IDF struck Hamas Armed Wing Spokesman Abu Obaida.
Netanyahu addressed the reports and stressed that the IDF hit whom he referred to as "the evil spokesman." According to the Prime Minister, "We still don't know the final result. I hope he's no longer with us, but I notice Hamas has no one to answer that question for it. So time will tell."
Netanyahu opened his remarks by addressing the recovery of Idan Shtivi and Ilan Weiss's bodies from Gaza, and classified it as a great achievement. He said that "These are days of great achievements, but also very challenging ones. In an IDF and Shin Bet operation, we managed to return two of our deceased hostages to Israel and bring them to a Jewis...
Baltimore, MD – Aug. 31, 2025 – BJL regrets to inform the community of the petira of Mrs. Chana Broner, a”h, wife of Rabbi Shaul Broner, and mother of Tamar (Yitzchok) Dvoretz, Sara (Michoel) Eisemann, and Michal Hochberg.The levayah will be held today, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025, at 9:30 AM at Hebrew Memorial Chapel in Detroit. [Click here to watch live.]The kevurah will take place in Eretz Yisrael.
Michal Hochberg will be sitting shiva Monday-Wednesday in Baltimore at 2809 Taney Rd, Baltimore, MD 21209 ,
Hours: 9:00am-12:00pm, 1:00-5:00pm, 7:00-9:00pm.
Starting Thursday, Michal and Sara will be sitting shiva at 26021 Marlowe Pl., Oak Park, MI 48237
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President Trump, in an interview with the Daily Caller, a conservative U.S. news site, that was published Saturday, said he believed three-way talks involving Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and himself would still happen.
After his separate meetings with Putin and Zelenskyy this month, Mr. Trump said he was arranging face-to-face talks between the Russian and Ukrainian leaders and then he might meet with the two if necessary. But in the Daily Caller interview, Trump expressed less confidence he will be able to arrange those bilateral talks between Zelenskyy and Putin.
"We got along. You saw it, we've had a good relationship over the years, very good, actually," Mr. Trump said of Putin. "That's wh...
New reports indicate that following an Israeli strike in Sana'a, Yemen, earlier this week, just four Houthi government ministers remain alive.
Reports indicated that among those killed in the Thursday operation were Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi and the Ministers of Economy, Industry and Investment; the Deputy Prime Minister for Defense and Security; the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Local Administration; and the Deputy Interior Minister.
The strike also killed the Houthi Prime Minister’s office director, the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, the Justice Minister Majahad, and the Minister of Youth and Sports.
According to additional reports, the Transportation Minister was also killed.
Houthi Defense Minister Mohammad Nasser Al-Aatfi was reportedly sev...
Nearly three and a half months after an IDF strike, the Hamas terrorist organization confirmed early Sunday morning the elimination of Mohammed Sinwar, a senior member of the organization and the brother of Yahya Sinwar, the head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The announcement came in the form of a statement accompanied by a photo showing Mohammed Sinwar alongside other senior terrorists killed during the war, labeled with the word “shaheeds.”
Sinwar was eliminated in mid-May during a joint IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) operation targeting an underground Hamas command and control center situated beneath the European Hospital in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza.
Seven months earlier, his older brother Yahya Sinwar was also eliminated.
While the IDF announced...
The IDF on Saturday night announced that the second hostage whose body was recently recovered is Idan Shtivi, who was kidnapped from the Tel Gama area.
"In a complex IDF operation conducted this week, and directed by the Hostages and Missing Persons Headquarters in the Intelligence Directorate, and the ISA, the body of the deceased hostage Idan Shtivi was recovered from the Gaza Strip, along with the body of the deceased hostage Ilan Weiss," the IDF confirmed.
Weiss, 55, was murdered on October 7th, 2023, as he ran to the weapons storage room in Kibbutz Be'eri, where he lived. The terrorists then took his body to the Gaza Strip.
"The complex rescue operation was carried out by IDF troops of the Southern Command, in coordination with the IDF Intelligence Directorate and other s...
Baltimore, MD - Aug. 29, 2025 - As reported by BJL, a groundbreaking interfaith summit took place this week in Julis, Israel, convened by the Chief Rabbinate and the Interior Ministry. The event brought together top religious leaders from across faiths — Jewish, Druze, Christian, and Muslim — in a powerful display of unity, peace, and mutual respect.
We are proud to share that two of our very own leaders, Maryland State Senator Dalya Attar and Maryland State Senator Shelley Hettleman, were present at this historic gathering. The Senators were invited by the Israeli Embassy to participate in the high-level meeting, representing not only their districts but also the broader values of respect, coexistence, and international partnership that our community holds dear.
Th...
Turkey announced Thursday that it has severed all economic and trade relations with Israel, in a move Ankara says is a response to the war in Gaza.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan stated that the measures include the suspension of all commercial exchanges and the closure of Turkish airspace to Israeli aircraft.
Fidan accused Israel of what he termed “massacres” against Palestinians in Gaza and charged that Israel is deliberately making the enclave uninhabitable. He further claimed that Israel is blocking humanitarian aid and warned that its policies endanger regional stability.
The minister said the decision reflects Ankara’s broader response to what it views as ongoing crimes in Gaza. He added that Turkey will continue to work with Qatar and Egypt in efforts to a...
Hamas’s military wing spokesperson, Abu Obeida, declared on Friday that Israeli hostages are being held alongside its fighters in combat zones under the same perilous conditions, as Israel intensifies preparations for a full-scale invasion of Gaza City.
“We will preserve the lives of the captives to the extent that we can,” the terror group said. “They will remain with our fighters in the places of confrontation, exposed to the same risks.”
Hamas added that for every hostage killed as a result of Israeli military action, it would publish the individual’s name, photograph, and proof of death.
The statement comes as the IDF prepares for a Gaza City offensive, having already initiated the initial phases of the operation. The city has been the focal ...
Baltimore, MD – Aug. 29, 2025 – 2:44PM - An accident has been reported at the corner of Old Court Road and Greenspring Avenue.Expect delays and use caution in the area.
Baltimore, MD – Aug. 29, 2025 – 2:01PM – Please be advised that due to road work, traffic patterns at the entrance/exit of TA have been slightly restructured. Extra caution will be required as you navigate the area.
Please drive carefully
Baltimore, MD – Aug. 29, 2025 – 1:28 PM – Due to construction in the area, Seven Mile Lane is once again closed between Old Court Road and Midfield Road until approximately 5:00 PM.BJL has been advised that this closure will remain in effect for the rest of the week.Please use alternate routes.
Baltimore, MD - Aug. 29, 2025 - Maryland is among 21 states and Washington, D.C., that are either already in or are at a “high risk” of a recession, according to a warning this week from the chief economist at the credit-rating agency that recently downgraded Maryland’s bond rating.
The U.S. economy as a whole is “on the edge of recession” as a result of such a large number of states trending downward, Moody’s Mark Zandi wrote on social media Sunday.
“Based on my assessment of various data, states making up nearly a third of U.S. GDP are either in or at high risk of recession, another third are just holding steady, and the remaining third are growing,” Zandi wrote.
Moody’s is one of the top three credit-rating agencies and the only o...
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לעילוי נשמת ידיד נפשי עוז ר' שלום יוסף בן הרב צבי ע"ה
A king must write a Torah that will always be with him.
והיתה עמו — It shall be with him, וקרא בו — and he shall read from it all the days of his life, so that he will learn to fear Hashem, his G-d, to observe all the words of this Torah… (דברים יז יט)
והיתה עמו — It [the Torah] shall be with him, is appropriately written in the feminine form, as the object being held is the תורה, which is feminine.
Yet, when the Torah directs the king to וקרא בו — to read from it [the Torah], it reverts to בו — 'him' in the masculine form, rather than the feminine בה — in her.
The great Tzaddik...
Jerusalem, Israel - Aug. 29, 2025 - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara, last night (Thursday, 28 August 2025), met with Sabine Taasa, who lost her husband and son in the 7 October massacre.Taasa updated Mrs. Netanyahu on the status of her children, who were at home and were also wounded, and on the rehabilitation process that she and her children are undergoing.As part of the global public diplomacy effort, a joint statement by the Prime Minister and Sabine Taasa will be distributed abroad today, in which a section of the atrocities video, that is very difficult to watch, and which was filmed by the security cameras in the Taasa family home in the moshav of Netiv Ha'asara, will be shown.Prime Minister Netanyahu and his wife thanked Sabine Taasa for joining the p...
