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“We saved this money for a rainy day. But, there’s a mabul happening!”
These are the words that Reuven Wolf, renowned philanthropist shared at a Keren Olam HaTorah event.
The emergency fundraising campaign initiated by the leading gedolim of Eretz Yisroel and Jewish philanthropists worldwide, Keren Olam HaTorah has marked this day to launch their unprecedented fundraising mission. After Israeli government budget cuts left yeshivos and kollelim with a $107 million deficit, over 50,000 bochurim and avreichim face an uncertain future. And that’s why Keren Olam HaTorah was created.
Our gedolim's tireless efforts have already garnered an astounding $84 million in pledges, but we still face a shortfall of $23 million. This Wednesday, July 24th, our gedolim a...
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Baltimore, MD - July 18, 2024 - The Sylvia Rosenblatt Hebrew UnSchool at Moses Montefiore Anshe Emunah is dedicated to fostering spiritual growth and a love of Judaism in children of all ages and from all backgrounds. Please reach out to discuss if we can help contribute to your child’s Jewish education. The early bird special lasts until the end of this week. Come on over and find out what all the excitement is about.
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Baltimore, MD – July 21, 2024 - It is with regret that Baltimore Jewish Life (BJL) informs the community of the petira of Sara Cohen, a’h, mother of Estie (Chaim) Kahn, Leah Klein, Mordy Cohen, and Aryeh Cohen.
Shiva in Baltimore will be observed from noon on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, through Friday at 4:00PM at 2325 Blackberry Road, Baltimore, MD, 21209Visiting times: 10:00AM-12:30PM, 1:00PM-6:00PM and 7:00Pm to 10:00PM. Friday 10:00AM -4:00PM
Bila HaMaves LaNetzach…
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In an unprecedented move, the gedolim of Eretz Yisroel have launched Keren Olam HaTorah, the largest fundraising campaign in Jewish history. This monumental effort comes in response to devastating budget cuts by the Israeli government which have left yeshivos and kollelim facing a staggering $107 million deficit.
As of April 1, Israel’s Supreme Court froze all funding for bochurim and yungerleit between the ages of 18-26, affecting over 50,000 bochurim and avreichim across more than 1,500 institutions.
BOCHURIM AND AVREICHIM ARE STARVING
The effect of these cuts was immediately felt. Yeshivos are rationing food, electricity, and the air conditioning, leaving bochurim hungry and sweltering in the Israeli heat. Kollelim have been forced to close down and thousands of avreichim...
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Fast of Shiva Asar B’Tammuz, Tuesday, July 23, 2024- Baltimore Zmanim: Fast Begins: Lemachmirim 4:20AM, Lemaykilim: 4:45AM Fast Ends: 9:10PM
Baltimore, MD - July 22, 2024 - Although the Three Weeks and the other two fasts are a period of mourning and introspection, Zechariah the Navi tells us (Zechariah 8:19) that eventually, the four fasts of Klal Yisroel will be a source of joy and gladness – if we but embark upon the goal of loving both truth and shalom. These two themes are central to Torah life. Rabbi Chaninah tells us (Shabbos 55a) that Hashem’s seal is truth. Shalom is also one of the names of Hashem, in addition to being a central theme of our daily Tefilos. If we learn to love these ideals – the fasts will be turned around.
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US President Joe Biden is expected to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday at the White House, a US official said on Monday night.
In addition, reported Channel 12 News, a meeting is being coordinated between Biden and families of hostages with US citizenship.
Netanyahu, who landed in Washington earlier on Monday ahead of his speech to Congress, was originally scheduled to meet Biden on Tuesday, but the meeting was postponed in the wake of Biden’s COVID-19 diagnosis.
A person familiar with Biden’s schedule said on Sunday that the meeting will take place as planned, despite Biden’s withdrawal from the presidential race.
Earlier, an aide to US Vice President Kamala Harris said she would meet Netanyahu this week at the White Ho...
In Memory of Rav Shmuel Yaakov Weinberg, zt'l, written on the Occasion of His Fifth Yahrzeit:
From a Mechutan's Perspective
by Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
I first met Rav Yaakov Weinberg long before he was the famous Rav Yaakov. I was a boy of 15, and he was a few years older. I had come from Baltimore to Mesivta Rabbi Chaim Berlin in New York for a year of high school, and Rav Hutner, the Rosh Hayeshiva, had assigned the young Yaakov Weinberg to be my mentor for a short while. Neither of us had any idea, of course, that many years later, he would become the husband of Chana Ruderman and ultimately the Rosh Hayeshiva of Ner Israel in Baltimore, and that I would become rabbi in Atlanta. And of course, the thought that some day our children would be married to one another, an...
Baltimore, MD - July 22, 2024 - On October 8th, the day following the October 7th massacre in Israel, Dr. Darren Klugman posted anti-Palestinian comments on social media. He was subsequently suspended, and Johns Hopkins President stated: “Johns Hopkins Medicine and Johns Hopkins University are committed to providing a safe and inclusive environment for working, learning and patient care for every member of our community and all those we serve,“ he wrote. “Statements that explicitly threaten or extol violence against groups or individuals on the basis of national origin, race or religion violate our policies and do not represent our values.”Dr. Klugman deleted his posts and publicly apologized. Today is July 21st, and Dr. Klugman is still suspended. Ever ...
Baltimore, MD - July 22, 2o24 - Dear Friends,
Thank you to all who attended the trial today. Your unwavering support is a genuine comfort in such difficult times.
A special thank you to Yitzy Schleifer and Shomrim for being there today.
Baltimore is watching. The judge, law enforcement, and community are watching.
How will the Jewish community respond when one of our own is taken senselessly?
We must show we won't tolerate crime. Stand with us tomorrow, starting at 9:00am, to send a powerful message of unity and determination. Tomorrow is the final day of this trial.
Location : Courtroom 225
Elijah E. Cummings Courthouse, 111 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD 21202
Rides and Parking Info:
Rides are available each morning to court and at 4pm from court. Must reser...
Baltimore, MD – July 21, 2024 - It is with regret that Baltimore Jewish Life (BJL) informs the community of the petira of Yosef Hershel Efron, z’l, father of Menashe Efron.
The levayah will be held in Kansas City, MO.
Shiva details forthcomng
Bila HaMaves LaNetzach…
Baltimore, MD - July 20, 2024 - In Baltimore City, 106 people have been killed in 2024.
The city is on pace yet again to see less than 300 homicides.
Some are optimistic the number could even be less than 200.
One community is hoping their number stays at zero.
"We're the largest community in Baltimore City with zero homicides," said Doc Cheatham.
Doc Cheatham is president of the Matthew Henson community in the Western district.
He says they've reduced their own homicide rate without any help from the city.
"So, we created our own crime plan and no one in Baltimore City has a bigger community and lower crime than we do," he said.
Mayor Brandon Scott credits the city's Group Violence Reduction Strategy for the drop in homicides.
"The residents of Baltimore shou...
Big Lots is closing three Maryland stores, including one in Baltimore County.
The store in Reisterstown, at the Reisterstown Shopping Center near Cherry Hill Road, will close soon, according to the company's website.
Other Baltimore-area Big Lots stores are not affected, according to the site.
Two stores in Laurel and in southern Maryland are also closing.
Big Lots said earlier this month it may have to close up to 4
The gunman in the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump is believed to have flown a drone around the Pennsylvania rally site ahead of time in an apparent attempt to scope out the site before the event, a law enforcement official said Saturday.
The drone has been recovered by the FBI, which is leading the investigation into last Saturday's shooting at the rally by 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks.
Crooks fired multiple rounds from the roof of a building adjacent to the Butler Farm Show grounds, where Trump was speaking, before being fatally shot by a Secret Service counter sniper. The existence of the device and its use at some point before the shooting could help explain why Crooks knew to fire from the point.
This aerial photo of the Butler Farm Show...
Israeli Olympians taking part in Paris 2024 have received death threats, hate message and vitriol online over the last few days, Israeli and foreign media reported on Saturday.
Walla reported that, over the weekend, Israeli athletes received online messages written in poor Hebrew. Many also received calls from foreign numbers. On Thursday and Friday, 15 athletes and their teams received identical death threats via email, warning them they would be killed if they arrived in France, Walla reported.
The anonymous email said that the sender intended to harm “any Israeli presence at the Olympics” and said that if any Israeli delegates attended, they would be harmed. The email threatened to repeat the action of Munich 1972 and told the athletes to &ld...
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has warned that if the Biden administration imposes sanctions on Israeli government ministers, Israel will respond by "completely dismantling the Palestinian Authority, including all its institutions and economy."
In response to recent reports that the Biden administration is considering imposing sanctions on Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Minister Ben-Gvir issued a strong statement on Saturday condemning the potential move. The administration’s reported frustration with the Israeli government's policy of expanding Jewish settlements in the West Bank and the ministers' support for such actions has led to discussions of escalating measures against them.
According to Israeli journalist Barak Ravid, who ci...
The Washington Post on Friday came under fire over a post on X which appeared to be critical of the parents of an IDF soldier who is being held by Hamas in Gaza.
The newspaper had shared a link to an article on Ronen and Orna Neutra, the parents of hostage Omer Neutra, who spoke at the Republican National Convention this week.
In the text accompanying the link, The Post wrote, “Omer Neutra has been missing since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. When his parents speak publicly, they don’t talk about Israel’s assault on Gaza that has killed over 38,000 Palestinians according to local officials. Experts have warned of looming famine.”
The post was later deleted and the newspaper wrote, “A previous post referencing the below story was unacc...
The Biden administration is weighing sanctions against Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, head of the Religious Zionism party, and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who heads Otzma Yehudit, Axios reported.
The Axios report quoted three US officials, who said that the US government sees the two ministers as responsible for the unrest and security situation in Judea and Samaria.
The report comes ahead of the expected meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden, which is scheduled for early next week.
On Monday evening, the US Treasury Department announced that it would remove Aviad Shlomo Sarid, a resident of Revava in Samaria, from the list of sanctions that were mistakenly imposed on him.
The sanctions were imp...
The Yemeni Armed Forces responded Saturday to Israel's attack on Houthi military targets near the Al Hudaydah Port, following hundreds of Houthi attacks on Eilat and the Red Sea.
"The Israeli enemy has launched a brutal aggression against Hodeidah Governorate, targeting with several raids the power station that supplies the coastal city of Hodeidah with electricity," the Yemeni Armed Forces said. "It also has targeted the Hodeidah port and fuel tanks, all of which are civilian targets."
"The Yemeni Armed Forces confirm that they will respond to this blatant aggression and that, with the help of Allah Almighty, they will not hesitate to strike the vital targets of the Israeli enemy, while confirming what was stated in their previous statement regarding considering the occup...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this evening (Saturday, 20 July 2024):“From the beginning of the war, I made it clear that Israel will act against all those who attack us.This is why earlier today, I asked the Israeli cabinet to back my decision to strike against the Houthi targets in Yemen. The port that was targeted is not an innocent port. It’s used as their entry point for weapons that are supplied by Iran to its Houthi terrorist proxies. The Houthis have used those weapons to attack Israel, to attack Arab states in the region, to attack many others.
This strike comes in direct response to the killer drone attack yesterday that killed one person and injured several others, a hundred yards from the US Consulate in Tel Aviv. ...
Baltimore, MD - July 19, 2024 - In a world often dominated by noise and visual stimuli, there exists a unique and profound gathering that exemplifies the power of connection beyond conventional senses. The DeafBlind Shabbaton, hosted by the Macks Jewish Connection Network, an agency of The Associated, took place once again in 2024, marking a milestone in fostering community, spirituality, and inclusivity for Jewish individuals who are DeafBlind.
The essence of the Shabbaton lies in its inclusivity. People who are DeafBlind come together in a celebration of their shared identity and experiences. Hosted in a venue designed to accommodate diverse sensory needs, the event ensures that everyone can fully participate in religious and communal activities.
At the heart of the Shabbaton is ...
