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לְהַעֲלוֹת נֵר תָּמִיד
In the Mishkan, the charge was not merely to keep the lamp lit, but לְהַעֲלוֹת נֵר — to tend the flame so it would rise and shine with strength and clarity. A living light requires care and constancy.
Shearith Israel stands in that tradition. Built on Torah and sustained by devoted members, our light continues to grow through vibrant tefillah, limud haTorah, and communal dedication.
This year’s campaign honors those who embody that mission.
Rabbi and Mrs. Ben Zion Malin are recognized for years of devoted service, with Rabbi Malin faithfully ensuring that our minyanim ran seamlessly day after day.
Mr. and Mrs. Shmuel Leshnoff are honored for Shmuel’s outstanding young leadership on behalf of our community and ma...
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Baltimore, MD – Feb, 2026 - Are you nervous about Kashering for Pesach; unsure you will get it done properly? Are you afraid the water will ruin your cabinets and create a mess in your kitchen? Are you moving into a new house and need the kitchen kashered; stress-free? Click here: https://t.ly/UknmP For the last seven years, The Kashering Konnection, has been servicing the Baltimore and DC communities. Coordinated through Star-K Kashrus Administrator Rabbi Sholom Tendler, experienced, professional Mashgichim are available to come to your home and ensure an easy, mess-free and 100% properly-done Kashering of your kitchen and appliances. From ovens to stoves, counters to sinks, The Kashering Konnection can help you prepare for Pesach in an easy and affordable w...
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Baltimore, MD – Feb. 23, 2026 – BJL regrets to inform the community of the petira of Dorothy Hettleman, a’h, wife of the late Eugene Hettleman, z’l, mother of Stuart Hettleman, Bruce Hettleman, Leslie Silverberg, Karen Katz, and the late Mark Hettleman, z’l.The Levayah will be held 10:00 AM Tuesday morning, Feb. 24, 2026 at Levinson'sThe Kevurah will take United Hebrew Cemetery, 3901 Washington Blvd, Halethorpe, MD 21227.
Shiva will be observed at 6300 Red Cedar Place, Apt 209, Baltimore, MD 21209. (Heather Ridge Apartments) Code for complex is 1234, code for front door of building is 209111. Please park in Visitor Spots ONLYMinyanim: Shacharis: Wednesday through Monday: 8:00am Mincha/Maariv: 5:40pm Mincha Erev Shabbos: 3:...
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Baltimore, MD - Feb. 22, 2026 - Every single day at Tashbar begins with a smile and a child who feels he belongs. With over 60 boys in our school, in small, warm classes, our boys daven, learn, build, create, and lead. Every day brings a breakthrough. Every day builds confidence. Every day reveals new strengths. They feel capable. Trusted. Connected — to Torah, to their teachers, and to themselves. This is what happens when education is personal and joyful. Your partnership helps ensure that the smiles, breakthroughs, and meaningful moments that define Tashbar continue—again and again, Every Single Day.
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Baltimore, MD - Feb. 26, 2026 - Yeshivas Toras Simcha Middle school students and their rebeeim enjoyed a short break from their studies. The basketball game was part of several fun activities during the week preceding Purim. Other activities included a special night seder at the Park Heights Agudah, a talent show, and more..... and yes, the students won the game!
Mortgage rates fell below 6% this week for the first time in more than three years, welcome news for waves of house hunters heading into the busy spring home-buying season.
The average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage was 5.98% this week, the lowest level since September 2022 and a slight decline from last week, Freddie Mac said Thursday.
Mortgage rates briefly topped 7% in January last year, but they have fallen steadily over the past several months. Cooling inflation and economic uncertainty have helped bring them down, and the Federal Reserve’s three interest-rate cuts in the second half of 2025 also added to the momentum.
Lenders, real-estate agents and economists say this week’s drop below 6% could mark an important psychological threshold that wi...
Baltimore, MD - Feb. 26, 2026 — Today, Mayor Brandon M. Scott, in partnership with the Restitution Advisory Board (RAB), Baltimore City Mayor's Office of Overdose Response (BCMOOR) and the Mayor’s Office of Recovery Programs (MORP), announced the selection of 11 community-based organizations as the first recipients of the Opioid Restitution Fund (ORF) community grants.
“Today’s announcement is a historic and meaningful step toward the healthier, safer Baltimore our residents deserve,” said Mayor Brandon M. Scott. “With this funding, these 11 organizations will expand accessibility to treatment and care, through mobile services that reach neighborhoods with the greatest need. They will invest in the full array of low-barrier harm reducti...
Detroit, MI – Feb. 25, 2026 – A Monday night flight from Israel bound for JFK Airport was diverted to Detroit due to severe weather in New York, leaving approximately 150 Jewish passengers stranded overnight without access to kosher food.
Upon learning of the diversion, Daniel Greenbaum, owner of Metropolitan Dry Cleaners, coordinated an emergency effort to provide food and assistance to the passengers.
“As soon as I heard about the flight, I knew something had to be done,” Greenbaum said. “Knowing that so many Jews would arrive without access to kosher food was a serious concern. As a community, we step up for one another.”
Greenbaum contacted Brian and Rivka Jacobs, owners of Jerusalem Pizza—the only kosher pizza establishment in Detroit&mdash...
Glen Avenue Neighborhood Association Honors Chaverim of Baltimore at Annual Meeting
Baltimore, MD – Feb. 25, 2026 (BJL) This evening, the Glen Avenue Neighborhood Association held its annual meeting at the JCC, where Chaverim of Baltimore was presented with a community service award in recognition of its ongoing dedication to the greater Baltimore area.
The award was given in appreciation of Chaverim’s wide-ranging community involvement, spanning countless calls for assistance — from jump-starting stranded vehicles and removing fallen trees blocking major roadways, to more unusual acts of kindness, such as helping a homeowner locate a piece of lost jewelry that had gone missing in a pile of leaves while raking.
The award was accepted on behalf of Chaverim by its ...
Baltimore, MD - Feb. 25, 2026 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Yitz Topper and Michali Simon on their engagement.
Mazel tov to the Topper and Simon Families.
Drive through any Israeli city and you’ll find streets named for rabbis and religious leaders, alongside politicians, biblical figures, poets, and friends of Israel - essentially anyone who has shaped the Jewish story. Only recently, however, have a handful of Israeli cities - including Rishon Lezion, Gedera, Dimona, Beitar Illit, and Kfar Saba - begun naming streets for one of the most influential Jewish leaders of the twentieth century: Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
For decades he guided Israeli leaders, inspired soldiers and citizens alike, and transformed Jewish identity around the world. His portrait hangs in gas stations, army bases, and tefillin stands across the country - symbols of a movement that has become part of Israel’s spiritual landsc...
Washington, D.C. - Feb. 25, 2026 - President Donald Trump on Tuesday hailed the first year of his presidency as a “turnaround for the ages,” touting his policies and assailing Democrats in the longest State of the Union speech by any president.
Trump sought to use the address to project a sense of a strong and growing country, bashing President Joe Biden and saying the country is “bigger, better, richer and stronger than ever before.”
But in a sign of extraordinary partisan tensions, many Democratic lawmakers, including both of Maryland’s senators and several members of its House delegation, boycotted the speech in protest of Trump’s policies. Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Rep. April McClain Delaney (D-6th) attended an alternative rally on the Nation...
Baltimore, MD - Feb. 25, 2026 - Rabbi Yoni Sonnenblick of Congregation Ohel Torah Leads the Invocation at Monday Night’s Baltimore City Council Meeting
In memory of my beloved mother, whose yahrtzeit is 8 Adar. May her neshama have an aliyah
The parshiyos we are reading now and in the coming few weeks are sometimes difficult to relate to. What does the clothing of the kohein gadol in this parshah, or the details of the mishkan and korbonos in the other parshiyos, have to do with our situation? What should we learn from them? Rabbi Mordechai Miller in his Sabbath Shiurim has a beautiful dvar Torah on this parsha, which deals with our own lives and with Purim as well. Rabbi Miller’s prose is beautiful, and I have included some of it here, so it is not all mine.
A main subject of the parsha is the ceremonial garments of the kohein gadol, which were royal in their splendor (l’chavod u’l’...
Baltimore, MD - Feb. 24, 2026 - This morning, I met with the Director of Baltimore City Department of Transportation regarding the alarming number of traffic signals currently out across Baltimore City.
DOT operates with a $236 million budget and more than 1,000 employees, yet maintains only a skeleton crew dedicated to traffic signal maintenance. At a time when the agency prioritized hiring additional ticketing and enforcement personnel, it is clear that resources were misallocated.
What we urgently need is more maintenance staff focused on keeping our infrastructure operational.
The frequency and prolonged duration of traffic light outages across our city are not inconveniences; they are public safety emergencies. When signals are down at major intersect...
