Baltimore, MD - June 29, 2024 - Get a tax credit to help pay off your student loans.
On Monday, you can apply for Maryland's student loan debt relief tax credit.
You qualify if you have racked up at least $20,000 in student loan debt, and have at least $5,000 left to pay off.
You also have to live in Maryland for the 2024 tax year.
While applications start Monday, you have until mid-September to apply.
The state is ultimately providing $18 million in tax credits as part of this year's program. The deadline is Sept. 15 to apply.
More information on the programis here.
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Baltimore, MD – June 24, 2024 - It is with regret that Baltimore Jewish Life (BJL) informs the community of the petira of Jonathan Kaplowitz, z'l, brother of Dr. Yitzy Kaplowitz (917-842-7398).
Dr. Kaplowitz will sit Shiva at 290 Dolphin Dr. Woodmere, NY, 11598, through 10:00AM Friday morning, June 28, 2024.He will return to Baltimore and sit from 3:00-5:00PM on Friday afternoon followed by Mincha.Maariv Motzei Shabbos 9:30pm with hours until 12:30am. Shacharis Sunday Morning will be at 8:00am after which the shiva will concludeBila HaMaves LaNetzach…
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Baltimore, MD – June 25, 2024 - It is with regret that Baltimore Jewish Life (BJL) informs the community of the petira of Mrs. Toba Rabinowitz, a’h, sister of Batsheva (Shevy) (Tzvi/Howie) Friedman (917.783.5770).
Shiva will be observed through Monday morning, July 1, 2024 at 420 13th St., Lakewood, NJ 08701Shacharis: 8:00AMMincha: 1:45PMMaariv: 9:30PM
Bila HaMaves LaNetzach…
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Baltimore, MD - June 26, 2024 - Women of the Baltimore community are invited to join a special gathering this Monday, July 1, at 8:00PM at Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion to commemorate the Shloshim of Goli Balakhani, a”h, an inspiration to so many.
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Baltimore, MD – June 26, 2024 - It is with regret that Baltimore Jewish Life (BJL) informs the community of the petira of Dorothy Urszuy, a’h, mother of Ruth (David, z'l) Carlin, Bonnie (Herb) Ayala, Sandy (Dov, z'l) Klein, Aaron (Devorah) Urszuy, and Pinchas (Raizel) Urszuy and sister of Keve (Tina) Zians, and Sam (Sandy) ZiansShiva will be observed through Wednesday, July 3, at 6304 Wallis Ave, Baltimore, MD, 21215Shiva Visiting Hours
Friday from 8:00 a.m. until around 5:00 p.m, Motzei Shabbos 10:00 p.m. to midnight, Sunday through Tuesday 8:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m
Minyanim:Mincha Erev Shabbos - 3:00PMMaariv Motzaei Shabbos: 9:30PM
Shacharis: 7:00AM
Mincha/Maariv: 8:20PM
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The White House is seeking roughly $4 billion in additional emergency funding from Congress for costs related to the collapse and repair of the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore and to respond to other disasters that have occurred around the U.S. in recent months.
That money is part of a new emergency request from President Joe Biden’s administration that essentially re-ups a broader, $56 billion ask from last October that Congress virtually ignored. Now, the Democratic administration is asking for that same pot of money again, but with billions added to deal with the bridge reconstruction and related costs.
More specifically, the Biden administration wants an additional $3.1 billion for the Department of Transportation, which would go toward rebuilding Key Bridge wit...
Baltimore, MD - June 29, 2024 - A federal judge has denied former Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby's request to travel out-of state for a paid speaking engagement while on home detention.
Last month judge Lydia Kay Griggsby sentenced Mosby to three years of supervised probation, with one year of home monitoring, except for when working.
A jury convicted Mosby of two counts of perjury, and one count of making false statements on a home mortgage application.
Her public defender on Thursday asked Griggsby to approve July trip to New Orleans for the Essence Festival of Culture, which they describe as "one of the largest and most influential African-Americanfestivals in the country."
Mosby's defense team claims the trip would help supply her a steady income...
President Joe Biden is expected to discuss the future of his re-election campaign with family at Camp David on Sunday, following a nationally televised debate Thursday that left many fellow Democrats worried about his ability to beat former President Donald Trump in November, according to five people familiar with the matter.
Biden’s trip was planned before Thursday’s debate. He and first lady Jill Biden are scheduled to join their children and grandchildren there late Saturday.
So far, the party’s top leaders have offered public support for Biden, including in tweets posted by former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. Senior congressional Democrats, including Reps. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, Jim Clyburn of South Carolina...
Fmr. IDF Personnel Directorate Chief Major General (Res.) Moti Almoz commented in an interview with the Israeli Meet the Press on the ongoing war in Gaza.
"This is a war against terror and therefore one must understand that we will be in Gaza for at least the next decade. We will hear that there are brigade-level operations underway in various cities from time to time. There is no other way - this is not a job for one year, nor two or three."
He sees no signs of de-escalation in the north in the near future either. "In this region, agreements don't last long. Against terrorism, we have not found the solution that is not force."
"In Lebanon, we tried everything else - now what will guarantee the security of northern Israel?"
Almoz also criticized: "I think the Disengageme...
Clearly, the most significant part of this week's parsha is the episode of the spies who were sent to Eretz Yisrael. As a result of their negative report, B'nei Yisrael were forced to postpone their entry into Eretz Yisrael for almost thirty-nine years. Although the report of the ten spies was, on the whole, a negative one, the pesukim seem to show an apparent progression of the gravity of the spies' arguments. We know what they said and we know how they were gruesomely punished but it is important to understand what it was that they said which warranted such retribution.
When the spies die a horrible death for their sins, the pasuk (14:37) reads, "vayamusu ha'anashim motzi'ei dibas ha'aretz ra'ah..." The men who had slander...
Recent Event Drew Over 170 Participants Including Representatives of Prominent Kashrus Agencies
More than 120 OU Kosher Rabbinic Coordinators (RCs) and Rabbinic Field Representatives (RFRs) and over 50 rabbanim from international kashrus organizations recently convened at the Delta Hotel in Iselin, New Jersey, for OU Kosher’s 30th Kashrus Conference, an annual highlight that celebrates OU Kosher team members stationed worldwide in Israel, Europe, North and South and America, and the Far East.
As the world’s largest and most recognized international kosher certification agency, OU Kosher certifies over 1 million products produced in more than 14,000 plants in 110 countries, and two-thirds of all kosher food in the United States.
Under the guidance of RCs based at Orthodox Uni...
The 188th Israeli Air Force (IAF) Pilots Course Graduation Ceremony took place at the “Ovda” Air Force Base on Thursday, during which graduates of the course received their flight wing insignias and were awarded officer ranks.
36 combat aircrew will join the ranks of the IAF starting on Thursday, will constitute the operational and strategic spearhead of the IDF and will lead the IAF’s missions in the upcoming years.
The ceremony was held in the presence of the Chief of the General Staff, LTG Herzi Halevi, the Commanding Officer of the Israeli Air Force, Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar, other commanders and the families of the graduates. Fernando Marman, who was rescued from the Gaza Strip about four months ago in Operation "Golden Hand", in which the IAF took part, and who maintai...
The Biden administration is expected to soon release 500-pound bombs that were part of a weapons shipment to Israel put on hold in April over US concerns about the IDF’s military operation in Rafah, one US and one Israeli official told Barak Ravid of Axios on Thursday.
About 1,700 500-lb. bombs are expected to be delivered after Israel's operation in Rafah ends, which is expected to happen in two weeks, an Israeli official told Ravid.
At the same time, US and Israeli officials say the Biden administration is still reviewing another part of the shipment that includes 1,800 2,000-pound bombs.
In early May, Axios reported that President Joe Biden decided to put on hold a weapons shipment that was supposed to be sent to Israel.
The White House later conf...
Baltimore, MD - June 28, 2024 -Read the Current Issue of Baltimore Jewish Home Click on the graphic below:
The Supreme Court on Friday limited the Justice Department’s ability to use an Enron-era obstruction of justice statute to prosecute some people who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
The court said a Pennsylvania man who entered the Capitol building during the riot may have been improperly charged under a statute enacted in 2002 that makes it a crime to impede certain government proceedings.
The decision is expected to ripple through lower courts and could upend hundreds of other Jan. 6 cases. That may include the election-interference case brought against former President Donald Trump by special counsel Jack Smith.
Congress enacted the 2002 law in response to the Enron accounting scandal and allegations that the energy company’s ...
