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Hundreds Expected at Hachnasas Sefer Torah Ceremony on Fallstaff Road, Sunday, November 24th at 12 Noon
Baltimore, MD – Misaskim of Maryland is proud to announce the completion of a new Sefer Torah, dedicated to honoring the extraordinary dedication of rabbanim, community leaders, doctors, and medical professionals who guided and supported the community throughout the COVID pandemic.
This milestone represents the culmination of years of effort and the generous contributions of countless donors who turned the vision of a communal Sefer Torah into reality. The project was spearheaded by local askanim in collaboration with Misaskim, an organization renowned for its compassionate work supporting those in need. (As previously reported on Baltimore Jewish Life, you can learn more about t...
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I am begging you, please help save my daughter
My name is Yitzchak, and I am writing to you as a broken and worried father. Our dear Avigayil, less than a year old now, was born with a small, heartwarming smile, but now she’s fighting a severe illness—cutaneous lymphoma. The word “cancer” is still too heavy for us to assimilate, and the fear is unrelenting.
A few years ago, my wife Tehillah and I went through a terrible time when our eldest daughter was fighting for her life after a severe accident. Somehow, we managed to get through it, but now we’re facing another painful battle, and we lose entire nights to worry.
For our baby Avigayil to overcome this illness, she urgently needs costly biological treatment. We need your help. I am reaching out from the ...
Baltimore, MD – Nov. 23, 2024 BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Rabbi Menachem Zehnwirth & Rivkah Benoliel on their engagement!
יה"ר שיזכו לבנות בית נאמן בישראל. אמן!
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Baltimore, MD- Nov. 21, 2024 - Yeshivas Ohr Yechezkel, WITS, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a student population of over 100 Talmidim in its Mesivta and Yeshiva Gedola, is committed to providing the serious student with an excellent Yeshiva education combined with an uncompromising General Studies program, set in a warm, nurturing environment.WITS is committed to transmitting our time-honored Mesorah to the contemporary Talmid.· We instill within our Talmidim the ideal that Torah learning and Mussar are lifelong pursuits.· We promote the spiritual growth and personal development of each Talmid.· The education...
Montreal, Canada – Nov. 24, 2024 – Chaos erupted on the streets of Montreal on Friday as anti-Israel and anti-NATO protests descended into violence, leaving a trail of destruction across Canada’s second-largest city. Demonstrators smashed windows, set vehicles ablaze, and clashed with police, escalating tensions in the heart of downtown. Among the incendiary acts, an effigy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set on fire.
Earlier in the day, footage emerged of protestors dressed in Palestinian regalia chanting disturbing rhetoric, including calls for "a final solution," accompanied by Nazi salutes. These actions have drawn widespread condemnation and reignited debates about hate speech and the boundaries of protest.
The unrest reflects heightened tensions a...
President-elect Trump selected billionaire investor Scott Bessent to lead the Treasury Department on Friday as the former president continues to call for an increase in tariffs and major shifts in the country’s global trade operations.
Bessent raked in profits as the founder of hedge fund Key Square Group, and he helped finance Trump’s second campaign after decades of supporting Democratic presidential candidates.
“As a lifelong Champion of Main Street America and American Industry, Scott will support my Policies that will drive U.S. Competitiveness, and stop unfair Trade imbalances, work to create an Economy that places Growth at the forefront, especially through our coming World Energy Dominance,” Trump wrote in his announcement.
Democrat turned Trump supporter...
Pam Bondi, whom President-elect Donald Trump has tapped to be his attorney general, said last year that campus protesters who express support for Hamas should face FBI questioning.
Trump named Bondi, who served as Florida attorney general from 2011 to 2019, on Thursday. The nomination came after his first pick, the scandal-plagued former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, withdrew following meetings with Republican senators, who apparently made clear that allegations of sexual predation and drug use , which he has denied, would bury him.
Bondi’s confirmation process is expected to face fewer hurdles.
On Friday, Jewish Insider uncovered an interview Bondi gave Newsmax, the conservative news outlet, last year about the spike in anti-Israel protests on American campuses fol...
The Wall Street Journal on Thursday published an editorial warning that the International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant could negatively impact all democracies.
"This legal assault isn’t only against Israel," the editorial began. "The precedent will harm the ability of all democracies to defend themselves against terror groups or states."
WSJ also noted that potentially, the White House may have been able to prevent the arrest warrants from being issued in the first place: In June, the US House passed a bipartisan bill sanctioning the ICC. However, on instructions from US President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer held up San...
Incoming White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt told Walla on Saturday that President-elect Donald Trump plans to implement tougher sanctions on Iran, take a hard stance on terrorism, and reinforce support for Israel.
“President Trump will be America’s negotiator-in-chief and will prioritize bringing innocent hostages back home,” she said.
Israeli families of hostages and officials advocating for their release are closely monitoring US President-elect Donald Trump’s moves, hoping he can succeed where President Joe Biden has thus far failed: convincing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the war in Gaza in exchange for the hostages held by Hamas.
With fewer than two months until Trump’s inauguration, a deal to secure bot...
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that the country would abide by the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant for his Israeli counterpart Netanyahu and Israel's former defense minister Yoav Gallant and will arrest the two should they enter the country, he told reporters on Thursday at a press conference.
"It's really important that everyone abide by international law. This is something we've been calling for since the beginning of the conflict," he said. "We are one of the founding members of the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice. As Canadians, we will abide by all the regulations and rulings of the international court."
US President Joe Biden rejected the ICC's decision to issue the warra...
Please continue to daven for Noam Avraham Ben Atara Shlomit
A message from Rabbi Moshe Taragin:
Alon Shvut, Gush Etzion - Nov. 22, 2024 - ”Hashem delivered a complete state of beracha to Avraham only after he acquired land in Israel.. Which could only be accomplished after the akeidah sacrificeוה' בירך את אברהם בכל Our people have made too many akeidot to return to our landPlease have my son Noam Avraham in mind when you read this pasuk this Shabbat and ask Hashem to give him Birchat Avraham Also if you sing the zemirah Kah Echsof Friday night - Please think of him when you say קה אכסוף נעם שבת משוך נועם יראתך פתח להם נועם ורצון My Noam Avraham is extremely נעים ב...
The 2024 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade may be an attractive target for both foreign and domestic terroristic violence, according to a joint threat assessment obtained by ABC News.
Among the most significant threats facing the nation’s largest Thanksgiving celebration “stems from lone offenders and small groups of individuals seeking to commit acts of violence,” according to the report put out by multiple law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and New York Police Department.
There is not a “specific, actionable threat,” but the document raises a particular concern about vehicle ramming, which “has become a recurring tactic employed by threat actors” looking to target crowded pedestrian areas. The NYPD will have sanitation trucks and ot...
Baltimore, MD – Nov. 22, 2024 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Akiva & Yael Strum on the birth of a son.
Mazel Tov grandparents Michelle & Tali Strum.
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן!
Judge Juan Merchan on Friday granted President-elect Donald Trump's request to file a motion to dismiss the charges in New York v. Trump and removed the sentencing date for the president-elect from the schedule.
Merchan said Trump attorneys have until December 2 to file their motion for dismissal. Merchan said Bragg has until December 9 to respond.
Merchan also confirmed the stay in sentencing for Trump, which was requested by both Trump and Bragg attorneys. The sentencing was scheduled for Nov. 26, but on Friday, Merchan said that date "is adjourned."
In a letter to Merchan on Wednesday, Trump defense attorney and now-nominee for Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche demanded the case against President-elect Donald Trump be tossed.
"On November ...
Avraham purchased the lot and then buried his beloved life-partner, Sarah. But this was no ordinary field in the city of Hebron; this was the Me’aras HaMachpeyla, the cave in which our patriarchs and matriarchs would be laid to rest alongside Adam and Chava.
“And so, the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, facing Mamre, was established (as Abraham’s possession). [This included] the field and the cave that was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, which were within its entire border around (Bereishis 23:17).”
The phrase “was established” is the translation of the Hebrew word, va’yakam. This word can also be translated as “stood up” or “was elevated.” Rashi explains: the field of Ep...
