Baltimore, MD – June 5, 2025 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Mr. and Mrs. Shaya and Aliza Abramson on the birth of twins — a son and a daughter
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם ובתם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן
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Baltimore, MD - June 5, 2025 - Every Sunday morning for the past 18 months, Baltimoreans have marched in solidarity with the hostages held in Gaza, and with the hostages' families. The march in Baltimore is part of an international campaign to ensure that the plight of the hostages is not forgotten and to demand the hostages' immediate release.
The reprehensible attack that took place last Sunday was an attempt to cower, intimidate, and silence not only the marchers in Boulder, but all who pray for the release of the hostages—both worldwide and right here in Baltimore. We cannot, and will not, allow this to happen.
This Sunday, June 8 (marking 611 days in captivity), the entire community is urged to join the march and demonstrate to the media and to the general publi...
A wife who had been warned by her husband from secluding with a man he suspects may have immoral intentions, and then ignores her husband's wishes, may be forced by her husband to drink the 'bitter waters' to prove her innocence or face the horrific consequences if she committed adultery.
The husband must bring a meal-offering on her behalf before the test of the Sotah water. It consists of barley rather than the usual ingredient of meal-offerings, wheat. The departure from the norm is to symbolize her having acted like an animal who normally feeds on barley, so too her offering is the 'meal' of an animal.
We also omit the customary oil that is mixed into a meal-offering to signify her having done a dark deed, denying her the medium that produces light.
La...
Kia issued a recall of more than 80,000 top-selling vehicles.
Kia America, Inc. has announced a recall affecting 82,281 vehicles due to a software error that may cause parking lights to flicker, potentially increasing the risk of a crash, according to a notice from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
The recall affects the following model:
(2025) K5
The issue stems from a malfunction in the Power-net Domain Controller (PDC), which results in the vehicles failing to meet the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 108 for "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."
The NHTSA has identified the recall under the number 25V351000. Kia plans to address the problem by updating the PDC software, which can be done by a dealer or through an over-the...
Baltimore, MD – June 5, 2025 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov Shlomo and Ariella Chernitzky on the birth of a son.
Mazel Tov grandparents Mrs. Faigy Chernitzky and Rabbi and Mrs. Stephen and Ruth Baars
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן!
Baltimore, MD – June 5, 2025 - As a celebration for learning many daf of Gemora over the year, Yeshiva of Greater Washington’s seventh grade rebbi, Rabbi Binyamin Turoff, rewarded his class to a trip to Baltimore. Among their stops was STAR-K Kosher Certification.
Rabbi Sholom Tendler’s shiur was well-received and included what goes into certifying various industrial settings – the background and process, as well as interesting stories. To sweeten the deal, Rabbi Tendler treated the boys to two of the agency’s certified products, Rosendorff Bakery’s chocolate chip cookies and Pride of the Farm chocolate milk.
Rabbi Turoff commented, “It was a very eye-opening experience for the boys, to learn about what it takes, behind-the-scenes, to make ...
Baltimore, MD – June 5, 2025 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Eliezer & Meira Szajowitz on the birth of a son
Mazel tov to grandparents Yaakov & Chani Szajowitz and Matt & Jody Walles. Mazel Tov to great-grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Bill and Sue Berry and great grandmother Sara Szajowitz.
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן!
Baltimore, MD – June 5, 2025 – 8:35 AM An accident has occurred at the intersection of Stevenson Road and Hillside, causing significant traffic disruption.You cannot turn onto Stevenson from Hillside If you're coming down Stevenson to get to Bais Yaakov, the road is also blockedPlease seek alternate routes and expect delays in the area.
Baltimore, MD – June 5, 2025 – A routine diesel delivery gone wrong at Johns Hopkins Hospital escalated into a major environmental incident Wednesday, as a 2,000-gallon fuel spill made its way from East Baltimore to the Harbor East marina and into the Fells Point area, triggering a coordinated response from city, state, and federal agencies.
The initial incident occurred around 11:00 a.m., when Hopkins reported a 200-gallon contained diesel overflow caused by a third-party vendor overfilling two backup generator tanks. By 6:48 p.m., the spill was confirmed as uncontained and had ballooned to 2,000 gallons.
According to a statement from Johns Hopkins, they immediately notified the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) and continued to update authorities as the situation...
Jerusalem, Israel – June 5, 2025 – After more than 600 days of anguish, Israel has recovered the bodies of Judy and Gadi Haggai, z'l, H'yd, the beloved couple from Kibbutz Nir Oz, murdered and abducted by Hamas on October 7.
The recovery was carried out in a joint IDF and Shin Bet operation, made possible by intelligence from a captured terrorist. The couple’s deaths were confirmed in December 2023, but their bodies remained in Gaza until now.
The kibbutz, families, and national leaders expressed both sorrow and gratitude. “They went for a walk on that Black Sabbath morning and never returned,” Nir Oz said in a statement. The families thanked Israeli forces, the U.S. government, and the FBI for their roles in bringing their loved ones home for buri...
In a significant political development on Wednesday, Hagaon HaRav Moshe Hillel Hirsch, Shlita, said in a statement that he would ‘likely’ instruct the Degel Hatorah faction to leave the coalition ‘soon’ over the government’s failure to pass a law that would exempt a majority of eligible haredi men from IDF service.
According to the statement, MKs updated Rav Hirsch on Tuesday night that from a meeting with Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman MK Yuli Edelstein (Likud), who is responsible for advancing the bill, “It is clear that there is no progress at all on the subject of the [IDF] draft.
As such, the Rosh Yeshiva will likely order to leave the coalition in the near future.” According to a spokesperso...
The FBI discovered a weapons cache and Nazi paraphernalia inside a home in Washington state during a raid, authorities confirmed on Tuesday.
Derek Sanders, the sheriff of Thurston County, explained on Facebook that the US Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) contacted his office for help with executing a search warrant at an address in Lacey, Washington.
He explained that the warrant was related to an investigation into a violent robbery and the theft of military weaponry and armor.
The US Attorney’s Office statement said in a statement to the Associated Press that, “the search warrant related to an Army CID and FBI investigation into an assault Sunday at Joint Base Lewis-McCord, just north of Olympia.”
Suspects involved in 'Nazi W...
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a proclamation suspending the entry of foreign nationals seeking to study or participate in exchange programs at Harvard University, citing concerns for national security.
The measure specifically targets individuals seeking to enter the United States as nonimmigrants under F, M, or J visas for new Harvard students.
The proclamation directs the Secretary of State to consider revoking existing F, M, or J visas for current Harvard students who meet the criteria outlined in the directive. This action does not extend to foreign nationals attending other U.S. universities through the Student Exchange Visa Program (SEVP), and exemptions may be made for individuals whose entry is deemed to be in the national interest.
The White House statement acco...
Baltimore, MD - June 4, 2025 - Emergency Response Teams are assisting with an oil spill in Baltimore's harbor.
Officials say about 100 gallons of oil, from unknown origin, spilled in the harbor.
The red color in the water is coming from dye in the oil. The U.S. Coast Guard and a private contractor are also helping with cleanup.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered his administration to investigate former President Joe Biden’s use of an autopen to sign pardons and other documents, increasing the pressure on his predecessor as House Republicans also requested interviews with members of Biden’s inner circle.
An autopen is a mechanical device that is used to replicate a person’s authentic signature, and presidents have used them for decades. However, Trump has frequently suggested that some of Biden’s actions are invalid because his aides were usurping presidential authority to cover up what Trump claims is Biden’s cognitive decline.
“This conspiracy marks one of the most dangerous and concerning scandals in American history,” Trump wrote in a memo. “...
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the unsealing of several court documents in the lawsuit over Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s mistaken deportation to El Salvador, rejecting the Trump administration’s arguments that it would risk national security.
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis issued her order after media organizations, including The Associated Press, argued the public has a right to access court records under the First Amendment.
Filings unsealed so far offer little information that’s new or unknown publicly. Xinis described one document as “relatively boilerplate.” It was a request by the Trump administration to temporarily halt discovery, an early phase of a lawsuit where parties share evidence.
“It does not disclose any potentially privileged or...
The United Nations Security Council convened on Wednesday to vote on a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza - without conditioning it on the return of the hostages.
The proposal received the support of 14 member states. The United States vetoed the resolution, preventing its adoption.
“The United States has been clear we would not support any measure that fails to condemn Hamas and does not call for Hamas to disarm and leave Gaza,” Acting US Ambassador to the UN Dorothy Shea told the Council before the vote.
She added, “This resolution would undermine diplomatic efforts to reach a ceasefire that reflects the realities on the ground, and embolden Hamas.”
Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, harshly criticized the resolutio...
The Trump administration has launched a significant effort to strip Columbia University of its accreditation, citing the institution's alleged failure to adequately protect Jewish students from harassment, The New York Daily News reported on Wednesday.
According to the report, the US Education Department formally notified the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, Columbia's accrediting body, that the university was in breach of federal anti-discrimination statutes and consequently did not meet the commission's standards. This finding was issued on May 22.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon emphasized the government's stance, stating, "Just as the Department of Education has an obligation to uphold federal anti-discrimination law, university accreditor...
President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping order blocking travel to the United States from nearly 20 countries identified as high-risk for terrorism, visa abuse, and failure to share security information.
The new travel restrictions — announced under Executive Order 14161 — apply to nationals from 12 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Somalia, Libya, and Yemen, all deemed "very high risk" due to terrorist activity, weak or hostile governments, and high visa overstay rates.
Seven more countries, including Venezuela, Cuba, and Laos, face partial restrictions.
"President Trump is fulfilling his promise to protect Americans from dangerous foreign actors that want to come to our country and cause us harm," said White House Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson ...
In an emergency ruling, a Biden administration-appointed federal judge in Colorado halted the deportation of the wife and five children of Mohamed Soliman, the Egyptian national under federal investigation for the Boulder firebombing attack.
The temporary restraining order (TRO), issued by U.S. District Judge Gordon P. Gallagher, prevents federal immigration authorities from removing Soliman's wife, Hayem El Gamal, and the couple's five children from the country—at least for now.
"Defendants are temporarily restrained and enjoined from removing Hayem El Gamal and her five minor children from the State of Colorado or the United States," Gallagher wrote in the order.
The ruling will remain in effect until a scheduled hearing on June 13.
The order came after El G...
