Baltimore, MD — Nov. 19, 2024 – DoubleTree by Hilton Baltimore North - Pikesville is proud to announce its new partnership with Y Events and Catering as their in-house kosher caterer. This collaboration brings one of Baltimore’s preferred culinary artists and event planners into the hotel’s enhanced offerings for guests and event planners looking for exquisite and personalized affordable kosher events.
Y Events & Catering is renowned for its commitment to quality and creativity, providing exceptional kosher catering services for more than a decade. Having led the menu development, managed event programming, and Pesach program experiences for many years, Y Events and Catering has always been known for their fresh ingredients and delectable combinations. Th...
Jerusalem, Israel - Nov. 19, 2024 - Planning an event in Israel with a war raging north and south, with soldiers injured and dying is not a simple accomplishment.
However, the 3rd Jerusalem Business Conference, organized by Lesley Kaplan with AACI at the Nefesh B'Nefesh Campus, was held in Jerusalem, Israel on Monday, November 18, 2024, with a full and satisfactory attendance.
As stated by media consultant Linda Lovitch who trains diplomats and business people in presentations, "Yes world, we are still doing business in the throes of war?! ...You bet, and networking and learning how to grow our business. That's how we roll in Israel." The first presenter in the morning was the Former Minister of Science & Technology and Member of the Knesset ...
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Baltimore, MD - Nov. 2024 - Chai Lifeline, the Jewish community’s leading children’s health and crisis support network, will recognize the extraordinary contributions of Dr. David J. Hackam, Pediatric Surgeon-in-Chief and Co-Director at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, with the Maimonides Medical Achievement Award at its National Gala on December 17, 2024, at Pier Sixty in New York City. The evening’s theme, “Shining Together,” celebrates the remarkable dedication of individuals like Dr. Hackam, whose work brings hope and healing to countless families facing serious medical challenges.
Dr. Hackam is globally recognized for his pioneering work in pediatric surgery, specifically for his groundbreaking research on necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)—a de...
US Senate Majority Leader-Elect John Thune stated that the Senate and the US would adopt a more pro-Israel policy when President-Elect Donald Trump and the Republican Senate Majority come into office in January.
"It's been over 13 months now since Hamas terrorists waged war against Israel, and for the past year-plus, Democrats have struggled to support our ally Israel, and it has literally fractured the Democratic Party," Thune said. "For example, we are expecting, tomorrow, Senator [Bernie] Sanders to offer a resolution denying lethal aid to Israel."
"The refusal to have our ally's back and the hesitation to call out antisemitism in our own country has consequences. It enables bad behavior and bad actors around the world, and it encourages others to abandon Israel in their tim...
Baltimore, MD – Nov. 19, 2024 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Binyamin & Nechama Wach on the birth of a son.
Mazel Tov to grandparents Shimshon and Donna Wach. Mazel tov to Zaide Yechiel Sochet, great grandmother Sybil Barer and great grandfather Victor Goldberg
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן!
New York prosecutors said Tuesday they’ll oppose any effort to dismiss President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money conviction as his sentencing looms, but they expressed some openness to delaying the case until after his impending second term.
In a court filing Tuesday, the Manhattan district attorney’s office said Trump’s forthcoming presidency isn’t grounds for dropping a case that was already tried. But “given the need to balance competing constitutional interests,” prosecutors said, “consideration must be given” to potentially freezing the case until after he’s out of office.
Trump was convicted in May of falsifying business records to cover up a scheme to influence the 2016 election by paying hush money [...] Trump ...
Baltimore, MD – Nov. 19, 2024 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Nathaniel Shabtai & Leah Goldberg on their engagement!
Mazel Tov to Menashe & Naomi Shabtai
יה"ר שיזכו לבנות בית נאמן בישראל. אמן!
To Get Up and Keep Going
Eden Dawi is the older sister of Ro’i Dawi, who was killed last year together with ten other soldiers when their armored personnel carrier was struck by an anti-tank missile.
Ro’i fell during the weeks in which we read about the trials of Avraham Avinu: his self-sacrifice, travels and Akeidat Yitzchak. In this week’s parasha, Chayei Sarah, we read about the first funeral in the Torah when Avraham Avinu buries Sarah Imeinu in Me’arat Hamachpela.
The verse says: “…Avraham came to mourn for Sarah and to bewail her.” This is followed by the words: “Then Avraham rose from beside his dead”—in other words, after the funeral, the eulogies, and the weeping, Avraham gets up and returns to his active life: He pur...
Washington, D.C. - Nov. 19, 2024 - On his way out of office, President Joe Biden is trying to keep his promise to pay for a new Francis Scott Key Bridge.
In a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday, Biden asked for nearly $100 billion in emergency relief funding, including the rebuild of the collapsed bridge “at 100 percent Federal cost share.”
“The Congress has previously responded on a bipartisan basis to support communities in the wake of natural disasters,” Biden wrote. “It is our sworn duty now to deliver the necessary resources to ensure that everyone in communities reeling from Hurricanes Helene and Milton — and those still recovering from previous disasters — have the Federal resources they need and deserve.”
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Washington, DC - Nov. 19, 2024 - Donald Trump is expected to nominate veteran Wall Street financier Howard Lutnick to lead the Commerce Department, according to people familiar with the matter, elevating one of the financial world’s most vocal supporters of the president-elect to a crucial position overseeing the incoming administration’s economic agenda.
Lutnick, chief executive of the financial-services firm Cantor Fitzgerald, in recent months has become a close Trump ally and had been a top contender to lead the Treasury Department. As the co-chair of the president-elect’s transition team, Lutnick has spent much of his time at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s private Florida club, poring over shortlists of candidates for positions in the admini...
Annapolis, MD - Nov. 19, 2024 - Gov. Wes Moore’s administration has hired one of the world’s largest consulting and technology firms to help prepare for the cascading effects President-elect Donald Trump’s new administration could have on the state.
The short-term contract with Accenture — which did not go through the state’s typical procurement process and will cost $190,000 — aims to examine how Trump’s platform and campaign proposals might impact all kinds of programs and funding. It will offer risk assessments with options for how the state could respond, according to a copy of the agreement obtained by The Baltimore Sun.
Much is at stake for Maryland under the new administration, from major infrastructure projects to the state’s ...
In a precedent-setting decision, the Jerusalem District Court has ordered the Palestinian Authority to pay approximately 46 million shekel ($12.3 million) in compensation to three siblings whose family members were killed in the 2001 Sbarro restaurant bombing in Jerusalem. The ruling marks the first implementation of a new Israeli law mandating punitive damages for terror victims.
Sixteen people were killed in the Sbarro attack, including five members of the Schijveschuurder family: Mordechai, 43; Tzira, 41; Ra'aya, 14; Yitzhak, 4; and Hemda, 2 (two parents and three minors). Two other daughters were injured in the attack. Three brothers who were not with the family at the time identified the bodies.
Judge Arnon Darel split the proceedings, addressing the murder of the thr...
The US on Tuesday imposed sanctions on six senior Hamas officials, the US Treasury Department said, in further action against the terrorist organization as Washington has sought to achieve a ceasefire and the release of hostages in Gaza.
The Treasury Department said in a statement the sanctions targeted the group's representatives abroad, a senior member of the Hamas military wing, and those involved in supporting fundraising efforts for the group and weapons smuggling into Gaza.
“Hamas continues to rely on key officials who seemingly maintain legitimate, public-facing roles within the group, yet who facilitate their terrorist activities, represent their interests abroad, and coordinate the transfer of money and goods into Gaza,” Treasury's Acting Under Se...
Baltimore, MD – Nov. 19, 2024 - Baltimore Bikur Cholim continues to serve the community with an impressive array of services. In the past 12 months alone, these have included:
Approximately 12,000 meal deliveries to local hospitals
Over 3,000 meals to patients and their families at home
470 pieces of medical equipment loaned from their Gmach
Over 14,000 visits to patients in hospitals or at home
2,000 rides to medical appointments
Six fully stocked apartments for out-of-town patients and their families
Five Bikur Cholim Kosher Hospitality Rooms in hospitals
The newest Kosher Hospitality Room, active since before Rosh Hashanah, is located at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital.
Last night, Union Memorial hosted an official ribbon-cutting cer...
Donald Trump's sentencing for 34 criminal charges in the state of New York was abruptly adjourned by the court Tuesday without explanation, giving the presiding judge additional time to weigh how to proceed.
The delayed sentencing came on the same day that District Attorney Alvin Bragg was slated to file a recommendation to Judge Juan Merchan on how to proceed.
Trump was convicted in May by a Manhattan jury on 34 counts of falsifying business records, stemming from a case about payments made [...], which could have landed him a maximum sentence of up to four years in prison.
But the presidential race — and Trump’s victory — had thrown the timeline for court proceedings into a fog of uncertainty.
The presiding judge in the New York case, Ju...
Those who wear a kippah need to be extra attentive to be more attentiveBerlin, Germany - Nov. 19, 2024 - (JPost) Berlin Police Chief Barbara Slowik has advised Jews to exercise caution in certain areas of the city due to rising antisemitism, particularly following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel. She noted increased tensions in neighborhoods with predominantly Arab-descended residents, where antisemitism is more openly expressed. Since the attack, Berlin police have initiated over 6,200 investigations related to antisemitism, including hate speech, property damage, and propaganda offenses. Slowik acknowledged the community's concerns and emphasized the importance of vigilance in public spaces.
The United States has removed its remaining aircraft carrier in the Middle East, a report said on Monday, concluding its surge deployment amid tensions between Israel and Iran.
USS Abraham Lincoln, one of 11 aircraft carriers of the U.S. Navy, has left the Middle East and entered the Seventh Fleet's area of operations, which covers the Western Pacific Ocean and the Eastern Indian Ocean, according to the U.S. Naval Institute's USNI News.
The "flattop" has been operating in the Middle East since late August, when the Pentagon retasked it from its scheduled Seventh Fleet's deployment. Its sister ship, USS Theodore Roosevelt, was also in the region for a surge deployment from mid-July to mid-September.
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Alon Shvut, Gush Etzion – Nov. 19, 2024 – The family of Rabbi Moshe Taragin, a beloved and regular Parasha contributor to Baltimore Jewish Life (BJL), has called upon the community for heartfelt tefilos for his son, נעם אברהם בן עטרה שלומית, who sustained serious injuries in Lebanon.
According to updates from the family, Noam Avraham was critically wounded and underwent emergency surgery after a piece of shrapnel perforated his lung and shattered his ribs. Baruch Hashem, the immediate threat was addressed during the surgery, and all shrapnel was successfully removed. Additionally, his leg suffered superficial shrapnel wounds.
Noam Avraham remains sedated, with plans to wake him in the coming days, b’ezras Hashem. The road to recovery is expected to ...
This week's piece is dedicated to the refu'ah of my nephew wounded in Lebanon - Noam Avraham ben Atara Shlomit. May Hashem grant him and all the other chayalim a complete and speedy recovery. In our previous pieces, we have delved into the profound and transformative power of Torah and mitzvot in our lives. They safeguard our health and foster our personal and spiritual growth, inspiring us to reach a higher spiritual plane.
Sustaining True Life
Rebbe Akiva saw Torah learning as not just critical but essential. In response to those who questioned his teaching Torah in violation of a Roman decree, Rebbe Akiva compared our need for Torah to a fish’s dependency on water (Berachot 61b). Torah is not just an enhancer of life but a condition for it. Though we can surviv...
