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Baltimore, MD - Feb. 2, 2025 - Like the rays of sun shining brightly, the kol Torah bursts forth from Yeshiva Gedolah Ohr Hatorah each morning. From morning until night, the sounds of the Yeshiva and Kollel fill the Bais Medrash and elevate each Talmid and Yungerman to new heights.
Nestled in the heart of the Baltimore community at 3506 Bancroft Road, the Yeshiva currently is home to 60 bochurim and 15 Kollel Yungerleit. Under the leadership of Rabbi Dovid Hoffman and Rabbi Moshe Aharon Rosenbaum, Ohr Hatorah has become a steady address over the last twelve years for Bochurim and Yungerleit looking to find a makom Torah where they can develop a deep kesher with the Rebbeim, solidify their derech halimud and build a foundation for the future. Alongside the Roshei ...
US President Donald Trump spoke with reporters in the Oval Office on Monday afternoon about a variety of issues including Israel and the chances of the ceasefire holding.
Based on a previous statement about Israel's size, the President was asked if he would support the annexation of Judea and Samaria by Israel. While he did not answer the question directly, he said: "It certainly is a small country in terms of land." He demonstrated how small Israel is compared to the rest of the region using his pen.
"It's a pretty small piece of land, and it's amazing that they've been able to do what they've been able to do when you think about it. There's a lot of good, smart brainpower, but it is a very small piece of land," he added.
Trump was also asked about the cha...
Baltimore, MD – Feb. 3, 2025 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Ari and Aleah Poliakoff on the birth of a son.
Mazel tov to grandparents Abba Dovid & Laura Poliakoff and Dr. Brad & Joanne Morantz.Mazel Tov to great-grandparents Mrs. Hadassah (Rabbi Mendel, Z’L) Poliakoff and Joseph & Bubbles Jassinowsky
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן!
Baltimore, MD - Feb. 3, 2025 - A group of Baltimore / Owings Mills Jewish military veterans drove in vans to the National Museum of American Jewish Military History in Washington, D.C on Sunday, February 2, 2025. Approximately 40 veterans and supporters were in attendance at the museum. The trip was an opportunity for local military veterans to reflect on the significant contributions of Jewish Americans in military service throughout the nation’s history. Founded in 1958, the museum preserves and shares the stories of Jewish Americans who have served in the United States Armed Forces. The veterans explored exhibits detailing Jewish military history from the Revolutionary War to the present day. Through personal narratives, artifacts, and historical accounts, the museum highlights t...
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Baltimore, MD – Jan. 29, 2025 - BJL regrets to inform the community of the petira in Israel of Mrs. Rochel Eilberg, a’h, mother of Mrs. Yocheved (Eliyahu) Eskanazi and Deena Katz
Baltimore:Shiva in Baltimore is being observed at 3114 Marnat Road, Baltimore, MD , 21208Visiting times: Wed: 7-9 pm Thurs:11-1, 2-5, 7-9 Fri: 10-12 Motzaei Shabbos 7:30-9:30Sun. No hours Mon. 2-5, 7-9 Israel:Deena Katz will be sitting in Beit Tuvei Ha'ir, Room 454. 36 Malchei Yisroel, Yerushalayim
Bila HaMaves LaNetzach…
Mexico will send 10,000 National Guard troops to its northern border to help reduce the flow of fentanyl into the US, reinforce the border, and help improve security in its own territory, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said.
“For humanitarian reasons, we must help the United States address its fentanyl consumption crisis, which is leading to overdose deaths,” she said at her morning news conference Monday.
This comes as President Donald Trump and Sheinbaum earlier on Monday announced a deal to delay tariffs by a month after Mexico agreed to place the soldiers at the border.
Sheinbaum also noted that the US, for the first time, has agreed to work together to prevent high-powered weapons from entering Mexico.
“I believe this is a very important aspect of ...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday that he is acting administrator the US Agency for International Development, confirming the de-facto takeover of the humanitarian agency by the State Department.
The news came hours after Elon Musk, the world’s richest man charged with overhauling the federal government, said President Donald Trump had signed off on shutting the agency down.
Rubio said that the “functions of USAID” must align with US foreign policy and that it is “a completely unresponsive agency.”
Rubio said he is serving as acting administrator of USAID, but said he has “delegated the authority” to someone else with whom he is in touch. The acting USAID administrator had previously been Jason Gray – CNN has asked ...
Worries about President Donald Trump’s tariffs are sending U.S. stocks through sharp swings on Monday as financial markets worldwide drop on concerns about a potential trade war.
The S&P 500 was down 0.7% in midday trading following worse losses for stock markets across Asia and Europe. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 99 points, or 0.2%, as of 11 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 1% lower.
The U.S. stock market had been on track for a much worse loss itself, with the Dow down 665 points shortly after the start of trading, on worries about how much pain U.S. companies would feel because of the tariffs. Some of the sharpest losses hit Big Tech and other companies that could be hurt most by higher interest rates ...
President Donald Trump said he agreed to “immediately pause” tariffs on Mexico for a month after a “very friendly” conversation with the country’s president Claudia Sheinbaum.
“I just spoke with President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico. It was a very friendly conversation wherein she agreed to immediately supply 10,000 Mexican Soldiers on the Border separating Mexico and the United States,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“These soldiers will be specifically designated to stop the flow of fentanyl, and illegal migrants into our Country,” he wrote.
“We further agreed to immediately pause the anticipated tariffs for a one month period during which we will have negotiations headed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secret...
Baltimore, MD - Feb. 3, 2025 - Baltimore’s top financial watchdog has long advocated for ways to change how the city spends its money. Now, he’s emphatic that the city has vested too much power in its mayor.
“We’ve had this culture for now almost three generations of the mayor is just an absolute monarch,” City Comptroller Bill Henry told The Baltimore Sun.
Henry referred to Baltimore’s Board of Estimates, which handles the city’s fiscal policy. The mayor effectively controls three out of five votes on the board: his own and those of his two appointees — the city solicitor and director of public works. The two other BOE members are the comptroller and City Council president, both elected citywide.
While some say there are advantages to a &...
U.S. stocks fell sharply in early Monday trading, the first session of the new month, after President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on major trading partners.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite fell more than 1%.
Trump placed tariffs of 25% on imports from Canada and Mexico, and 10% on China over the weekend, causing concerns over how they will affect the global economy
Baltimore, MD – Feb. 3, 2025 – 8:10AM – A stalled vehicle at Greenspring & Smith is causing delays.
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Annapolis, MD - Feb. 2, 2025 - State Delegates Adrian Boafo, of Prince George’s County, and Marlon Amprey, of Baltimore City, called on the Maryland Public Service Commission to “impose an immediate and indefinite moratorium on [utility] rate increases” in a joint news release Friday.
The delegates, both Democrats, wrote a letter to the chairman of the commission, Frederick H. Hoover, saying the cost of utilities was untenable for Maryland families. The commission approved a three-year, $408 million rate hike in 2023, yet BGE asked for another $150 million in price increases months later, the letter noted.
“The magnitude of these price hikes can only be characterized as highly irregular, if not unprecedented,” the pair wrote, according to the release. &ldquo...
Baltimore, MD - Jan. 29, 2025 - The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration will be replacing a drainage inlet on southbound I-695 (Baltimore Beltway Outer Loop) at exit 19, I-795 (Northwest Expressway) in the Pikesville area of Baltimore County on Sunday, February 2, and Monday, February 3. This is emergency work that will require multiple lane closures. The work is expected to be complete by 1 p.m. Monday, February 3, weather permitting.
Beginning 4 p.m. Sunday, February 2, contractor crews will work overnight Sunday and Monday morning to remove and replace a damaged drainage inlet on the far right through lane of southbound I-695 (Beltway outer loop) at the I-795 interchange. This work will affect travel on southbound I-695 through m...
The Qatari Al-Araby Al-Jadeed news outlet corroborates an earlier report from Hamas’s Al-Aqsa TV channel that Jordan is seeking to deport Sbarro pizzeria bomber Ahlam Tamimi.
According to the outlet, Jordanian intelligence authorities informed Hamas earlier today that the terror group must either find a country willing to take in Tamimi by the end of the day, or she will be extradited to the United States, where she is wanted by the FBI for the murder of two US civilians in the 2001 Jerusalem pizzeria bombing.
Tamimi was sentenced to 16 life sentences by Israel for orchestrating the August 9, 2001, Sbarro pizzeria bombing, but was released in 2011 as part of a deal with Hamas for the release of captive IDF soldier Gilad Shalit.
The family of Israeli-American victim Malki Roth has ...
Baltimore, MD - Feb. 2, 2025 - Public health officials are warning that a “quad-demic” — a contagious combination of COVID-19, influenza, RSV and the nasty stomach bug norovirus — is putting pressure on Maryland emergency rooms and hospitals.
Several deaths have been caused by the high flu spread, state officials said.
Respiratory viruses are at high or very high levels across most of the country, according to the latest surveillance report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency said in an update Friday that nationally, wastewater surveillance shows viral activity is high for influenza A and moderate for RSV.
COVID-19 levels are low, but coupled with norovirus, offer a quadruple threat.
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The IDF's Rabbinical Corps has developed, in the course of the past months, in light of the fighting on a number of fronts, a number of revolutionary patents designed to assist the combatants in maintaining their faith, while in combat.
One of the significant developments created by the IDF Rabbinate is a Holy Ark for the Torah scroll, which, at the touch of a button, becomes a table for the scroll.
"As far as transporting a Torah scroll is concerned, an Ark is required because of the humidity that damages Torah scrolls", relates the Chief of Staff of the IDF Rabbinate, Col. Rabbi Shoham Orkabi.
"The ark that is used now is not comfortable to carry and is not waterproof, so the IDF's Rabbinical Corps developed a Torah carrier with straps on both sides. This carrier is very com...
Most of the terrorists released in a November 2023 prisoner swap deal with the Hamas terror group have returned to terror, a senior military source said Sunday afternoon.
According to data from Israel's defense echelon, at least two of the terrorists released in November 2023 have been eliminated in the IDF operation in Jenin, and dozens more have been arrested. The source said that around 82% of those released returned to terror.
The source also said that thus far, the IDF has scanned 800 structures and destroyed 80 explosives factories.
Earlier on Sunday, the IDF announced that the Bislach Brigade began operating on Saturday night in the village of Tammun in eastern Samaria as part of the Wall of Iron counterterrorism operation in the region.
The ground operation comes after air...
Chag Tu B’shvat
At first glance, Tu B’shvat, the Rosh Hashana for fruit trees,[1] seems to be of mere technical significance — a calendar marker for the yearly mitzvot that pertain to fruits.[2] Surprisingly, we treat Tu B’shvat as a minor holiday; we skip tachanun[3] and avoid fasting.[4] What are we celebrating?
It is also noteworthy that we celebrate only the new year of trees, as opposed to that of other plants or even tree saplings, whose year starts on a different date.[5] Why are trees more significant to us than other vegetation?
The answer lies in the special relationship between trees and man in general and the Jewish people in particular.
Our Relation to Trees
Man
Parshat Shoftim describes the relationship between trees and man whe...
