The Trump administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on four judges at the International Criminal Court over what it called the court’s “illegitimate actions” targeting the United States and Israel.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the sanctions in a statement, saying they target Solomy Balungi Bossa of Uganda, Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza of Peru, Reine Adelaide Sophie Alapini Gansou of Benin and Beti Hohler of Slovenia.
Two of the sanctioned judges authorized the arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant which the court issued last November. The others authorized an ICC investigation into abuses by US personnel in Afghanistan.
“As ICC judges, these four individuals have act...
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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...
Baltimore, MD - June 5, 2025 - Multiple Maryland and Baltimore City agencies are responding to a 2,000-gallon fuel spill that began Wednesday in Harbor East, officials said.
What happened?
Officials said Johns Hopkins Hospital reported just after 11 a.m. Wednesday that its crews contained a 200-gallon diesel spill at its East Baltimore facility.
About two hours later, Baltimore City fire received a 911 call about a diesel fuel spill in a Harbor East marina. Multiple agencies "stood up a coordinated response" an hour thereafter.
Shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday, Hopkins said the spill was uncontained and had reached 2,000 gallons.
In a statement released Wednesday night, a Hopkins representative said:
"Earlier today, during routine fuel delivery by a third-party vendor, two diesel tank...
The IDF is preparing to issue over 50,000 draft notices to haredi yeshiva students as early as July, according to an official statement released Thursday evening by the Attorney General’s office. The statement came while a demonstration against the Attorney General and judiciary's interference in government policies is being held. The government is working on a draft law at present that will draft haredi young men in stages without resorting to punitive measures.
The announcement followed a meeting held at the Attorney General's office, which included the head of the IDF’s Manpower Directorate, legal advisors, and military representatives.
During the meeting, it was revealed that the IDF will soon present a comprehensive enforcement plan targeting haredi yeshiva stu...
A federal judge in Maryland is ordering the Trump Administration to reinstate hundreds of millions in AmeriCorps funding, and to bring back more than 700 workers who lost their job as result.
In April the organization was directed to immediately cease operations because the federal government determined they "no longer effectuate agency priorities."
The feds instructed Americorps to tell affected members they were being let go for "compelling personal circumstances due to the agency’s termination of the grant and program closure."
As result roughly $396.5 million in funding for 1,031 AmeriCorps programs were halted, impacting 32,465 AmeriCorps participants.
While the government first sought to transfer participants most impacted to other programs, those plans never came to fruiti...
Baltimore, MD – June 5, 2025 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Michal and Shua Leff on the birth of Chaya Tova.
Mazel Tov grandparents Aiton & Deborah Marizan and Sandi & Ira Leff.Mazel Tov to the great-grandparents Rafi Marizan and Nancy Marizan and Mrs. Elaine Taragin.
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם ובתם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן
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
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. “...
