Rabbi Yonah Sklare is a Rosh Kollel in Baltimore, MD as well as Magid Shiur at Congregation Shomrei Emunah. His refreshingly creative approach to learning as well as his captivating presentation style, have attracted a diverse and beloved following. He lectures at numerous local institutions, including Women’s Institute of Torah Seminary, as well as out of town and online. Rabbi Sklare received semichah and his PhD in Talmudic Law from Ner Israel Rabbinical College. He can be reached at rabbisklare@gmail.com.
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Jerusalem, Israel - Sept. 10, 2024 - Jerusalem's real estate market is known for being competitive, with prices often out of reach for many who dream of living in the city. However, a new opportunity is emerging in Katamonim —one of Jerusalem’s oldest neighborhoods— that promises to offer spacious, high-standard apartments within a warm community, and at significantly lower prices than other American neighborhoods in the city.
The project, spearheaded by the Berger Group and marketed by brothers Meir and Chanan Sand, represents a unique approach to community living in Jerusalem. "We wanted to create a community where people can live near their friends and family, enjoy all the amenities they need, and still pay much less than other areas in the city," says M...
The Shiur is dedicated le’iluy nishmas the soldier Ori Danino, H'yd, who was murdered in the Gaza tunnels and was buried in Yerushalayim on 28th Menachem Av, 5784
Baltimore, MD - Sept. 16, 2024:
ט"ו אלול will mark the first Yahrtzeit of Harav Calman Weinreb, ZT'L.
There will be דברי זכרון tomorrow evening, 15 Elul, Sept. 17, 2024 at 8:30PM in the Ner Yisroel Mechina Beis Medrash.
Speakers will be Moreinu Rosh Hayeshiva, shlit"a, Harav Simcha Cook and Rabbi Avrohom Moshe Weinreb.
– To view via livestream, please click here.
– A recording will be posted to the Yeshiva website when available.
Baltimore, MD – Sept. 16, 2024 – In Baltimore on Sunday for an Adirei HaTorah event, HaRav HaGaon Yerucham Olshin, shlita, Rosh Yeshiva at BMG, stopped off at Yeshivas Ner Yisroel and after greeting the Rosh HaYeshiva, Moreinu HaRav Aharon Feldman, shlita, said a shiur on Mesechta Nedarim which the Yeshiva is learning this zman.
Jerusalem, Israel - Sept. 16, 2024 - A new musical, David the Servant King, tells the story through the eyes of David’s mother, Nitzevet, through song and dialogue, David’s journey from young shepherd boy to King of Israel.
The script, music, and lyrics for “David the Servant King” were written by Shlomit Koffler Weinreb. She was known in Baltimore as Shalomis and was in the Baltimore-based women’s band, Ayelet HaShachar. “I first conceived of the idea for writing the musical in 2017 but had no idea how to turn my dream into reality. It wasn’t until after I made aliyah in 2021 that everything started to come together and it was clear that Hashem was blessing the project, step by step,” shared co...
Ryan Wesley Routh, the suspect who pointed a rifle with a scope into former US President Donald Trump’s golf club on Sunday, did not have a line of sight of the former President when he was caught by agents, Secret Service acting Director Ronald Rowe Jr. said in a news conference on Monday.
Routh was on the public side of the golf course fence, Rowe said, as quoted by CNN.
“As former President Trump was moving through the fifth fairway, across the course and out of sight of the sixth green, the agent, who was visually sweeping the area of the sixth green, saw the subject armed with what he perceived to be a rifle and immediately discharged his firearm,” he said.
Rowe continued, “The subject who did not have line of sight to the former President fled the scen...
Baltimore, MD - Sept. 16, 2024 - Baltimore Shomrim members have been thoroughly reviewing camera footage from this morning's incidents and are actively working with City Wide Detectives. During the review, Shomrim uncovered a previously unreported third attempted robbery in the Greenspring area. In this case, two suspects exited the same vehicle involved in the earlier incidents and approached an elderly individual, demanding valuables. Upon realizing the person had nothing to give, they quickly returned to the car and fled the scene. Fortunately, no one was harmed in any of the incidents. This is a strong reminder to avoid resisting or fighting back in such situations.
Baltimore, MD - Sept. 16, 2024:
Dear Shomrei Family:
At approximately 6:00 am this morning, an armed robbery occurred outside our shul. An individual who was parking his car on Greenspring Avenue to attend Shacharis in our shul was held up at gunpoint by three masked men who quickly drove away. They took his phone and wallet. Thank G-D, the man was unharmed, but was shaken up.
Members of Shomrim were on the scene at once, the police were called immediately, and within several minutes they arrived, sending multiple officers. From what we were told, this appears to be a crime of opportunity, but we urge everyone to be cautious and vigilant and pay careful attention to your surroundings at all times.
We are working closely with law enforcement to provide them...
Baltimore, MD - Sept. 16, 2024 - This morning, September 16, 2024 around 6:00 a.m., two related street robberies occurred.
One was in the area of 6200 block of Greenspring Avenue and the other was in the area of the 6300 block of Green Meadow Parkway. In both cases the suspects were African American males.
The Baltimore City Police Department is investigating. They will increase patrols to the area.
Tips:
Be aware of your surroundings
Report any suspicious subjects or conditions to 911
Cell phones:
Require password to power off (if applicable)
Make sure security features are on, such as Find my iPhone
If victimized, try to get good descriptions of suspects or vehicles
Always remember: Safety First!
David J. Folderauer
Director ...
The FBI said Monday that the suspect in the second assassination attempt of former President Trump was the subject of a 2019 tip to the FBI.
The new information was revealed during a Monday afternoon presser by Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey B Veltri.
“Following up on the tip, the alleged complainant was interviewed and … did not verify providing the initial information. The FBI passed that information to local law enforcement in Honolulu,” Veltri said.
Veltri said the Martin County Sheriff's Office took custody of the suspect, 58-year-old Ryan Routh, and he was transported back to Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office,” Veltri said.
“Our FBI agents then attempted to interview him, and he invoked his right to an attorney,” Veltri said.
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David Rubenstein, the Jewish co-founder and co-chairman of the Carlyle Group and owner of the Baltimore Orioles, has committed to donate $1.5 million to the Jewish Museum of Maryland, the cultural institution, which is part of the Baltimore Jewish Federation, announced on Thursday.
“Happy to support the Jewish Museum of Maryland,” Rubenstein wrote on social media. “Through modern and compelling exhibits, more people will learn from and be inspired by Maryland’s Jewish history.”
The museum stated that the new David M. Rubenstein Exhibition Arcade will form “the epicenter of the museum’s front of house, a central public space that branches out into galleries, an audio/video production studio and a library.”
The gift “will ens...
Baltimore, MD - Sept. 16, 2024 - If you or someone you know is unable to attend shul to hear the shofar, please email BaltimoreShofar+Shomea@gmail.com with your name, phone number, and address.
Additionally, if you are available to blow shofar for someone who cannot make it to shul, please email BaltimoreShofar+Tokea@gmail.com with your name, address, and area of availability.
This initiative is dedicated in loving memory of HaRav Moshe Shlomo ben Yosef Eliezer Juravel, zt'l, who worked tirelessly to ensure the shofar was heard by all those in need.
Baltimore, MD – Sept. 16, 2024 - As missionaries continue to visit homes in our community, today in Dumbarton as well as other neighborhoods, please be advised of this and share this information with members of your household.
Baltimore, Md - Sept. 16, 2024 - Baltimore City has settled another opioid lawsuit and this time it's with Johnson & Johnson.
The details of the settlement weren't disclosed.
This news comes a week after the city settled with the Walgreens Pharamacy and Teva Pharmaceuticals.
Teva will pay the city $80 million and the full terms of the Walgreens agreement will be made public on October 3.
The city will put $5 million of the funds toward promoting the "988" suicide/crisis hotline, $3 million toward the Penn North Recovery Center, and $2 million toward BMore Power, as agreed on in the settlement.
Teva will make an initial payment of $35 million by the end of the year, and the rest by July 1, 2025.
Baltimore sued "Big Pharma" - multiple major manufacturers a...
Baltimore, MD - Sept. 15, 2024 - When close to 70 almanas (widows) of all ages, stages, and backgrounds get together to share a weekend, you would think the mood would be sad or morose. On the contrary, this past Labor Day weekend, August 30-September 1, the atmosphere was uplifting, upbeat, and inspiring at the Third Annual Nismach Labor Day Weekend Shabbaton.
The Shabbaton is the highlight of the year for the members of Nismach, a group formed for Orthodox Jewish widows in 2016 by Stephanie Savir-Perlman of Silver Spring. Its activities are patterned after those of Samchainu, the New York-based international support community for presently 2700+ almanas. In 2019, Nismach expanded to include widows from Baltimore. The group is sponsored by Yad Yehuda of Greater Washington. ...
Unknown vandals have been defacing siddurim, Jewish prayer books, at the Western Wall in recent months. Over the last week, the vandals have written messages calling for the destruction of the State of Israel, Ynet reported.
One message read, "The land of Israel is holy, the people of Israel are holy, the State of Israel must be erased." Another stated, "The Devil's state will be erased for eternity."
At least dozens of prayer books have been subject to similar vandalism, as well as the tearing out of pages such as those containing the prayers for the wellfare of the State of Israel and the soldiers of the IDF.
Rabbi Levi Nahum, the leader of the Libyan Jewish community in Jerusalem, said that a large number of the 70 siddurim he brought to the Western Wall for public use...
Baltimore, MD – Sept. 16, 2024 – 9:26AM - Marnat Road, between Szold and Sanzo/Clarks Lane, is closed to continuing road work
Baltimore, MD – Sept. 16, 2024 – 6:48 AM – Approximately 20 minutes ago, an armed robbery took place in front of Shomrei Emunah on Greenspring Avenue. Three suspects, wearing black masks and armed with guns, fled the scene in a dark-colored vehicle.
