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Baltimore, MD - Sept. 11, 2025 - This past Sunday, the greater Ranchleigh community gathered for a beautiful and uplifting Hachnasas Sefer Torah.
The new Torah, commissioned by Dr. & Mrs. Moshe Silver in honor of their family and to mark Dr. Silver’s second siyum of Shas, was donated to Mercaz Torah U’Tefillah. A lively procession accompanied the Torah from the Silver home and down Baythorne Road to the shul, led by a chariot-style truck and children holding torches, with joyous music and dancing led by the renowned Dushinsky Zemiros Group of Eretz Yisroel.
The celebration culminated as the members of Kollel Zichron Yehoshua Heschel of Zidichov each holding Sifrei Torah from the shul, warmly welcomed the new Sefer Torah to its home.
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Baltimore, MD - Sept 8, 2025 - On Sunday night, hundreds from the Baltimore community, including rabbinic and community leaders, gathered at Talmudical Academy to pay tribute to Larry Katz, zatzal. Special Guest Speaker Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, Executive Vice President of Agudath Israel of America, spoke of Larry’s impact on the national scene, his dedication to the klal, and the respect and deference leading roshei yeshiva gave to his judgment on communal matters, particularly regarding accreditation of yeshivos. Due to their trust and appreciation for his unwavering honesty, he was called upon to help mediate situations beyond Baltimore’s confines.
R’ Yehuda Lefkovitz, longtime president of TA, spoke of Larry’s leadership in guiding TA through many challenges, ...
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Baltimore, MD - Sept. 11, 2025 - Explore the latest issue of Baltimore Jewish Home.
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Baltimore, MD - Sept. 9, 2025 - BGCubed welcomes all women and girls to an inspiring pre–Rosh Hashana evening with Rabbi Joey Haber. Admission is $10 per person, and everyone will receive this year’s new Shabbos zmanim magnets! Doors open at 6:45, and Rabbi Haber will begin promptly at 7:00 iyH. We look forward to sharing this meaningful evening together.
Jerusalem Corridor – Sept. 12, 2025 – At 1:08 p.m., Magen David Adom’s (MDA) 101 emergency dispatch received a report of two people injured in a stabbing incident at Kibbutz Tzova, located in the Jerusalem corridor.
MDA teams arrived quickly and began treating the victims. A 60-year-old man was found in serious condition with a stab wound to the chest, while a 23-year-old man sustained moderate injuries. Both were evacuated to hospital.
Senior EMT Ro’i Ben Shoham described finding the younger victim conscious but wounded in the parking lot, where he received immediate care including bandaging, bleeding control, and oxygen before being transported by a Mobile Intensive Care Unit. Security guards on site neutralized the attacker and handed him over to security force...
Police have arrested a suspect in the assassination of Charlie Kirk on a Utah college campus earlier this week – identified by sources as Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old Utah resident.
Kirk, a 31-year-old father of two, was sitting under a tent around 12:20 p.m. Wednesday, debating with students on hot-button current affairs issues, when a single shot rang out. Video from the scene shows him struck in the neck before he slumped out of his chair.
He had been invited to speak at Utah Valley University by the campus chapter of Turning Point USA, a national conservative student group he founded. "I think with a high-degree of certainty, we have him," President Donald Trump revealed on Fox & Friends Friday morning. He added that, "essentially, someone who knew him turned him...
Baltimore, MD – Sept. 11, 2025 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Yehoshua Hefter and Bracha Barber on their engagement!
Mazel Tov to Yossi & Tobi Hefter and Shua & Sarah Barber
יה"ר שיזכו לבנות בית נאמן בישראל. אמן!
Baltimore, MD – Sept. 11, 2025 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Elazar Burr (Baltimore) and Esther Chaya Grosberg (Waterbury/Baltimore) on their engagement!
יה"ר שיזכו לבנות בית נאמן בישראל. אמן!
On Monday, six civilians were murdered in the terror attack at the Ramot junction, and four soldiers fell in Gaza, may God avenge their blood. Ten families will now begin to recite Kaddish for their loved ones. In their memory, here are a few words about the Kaddish itself:
The Kaddish opens with the words: “May His great name be magnified and sanctified.” In his prayer, the mourner asks that God’s great name be magnified and sanctified. Further on, the words of the Kaddish describe a good and perfected world, asking for the presence of God to be increased in the world: “May He be blessed, praised, glorified, exalted, uplifted, honored, elevated, and lauded…”
Why is this what we ask for after precious souls have ascended to Heaven? Because every human...
Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, Dr. Yechiel Leiter, on Thursday, responded sharply to a public letter signed by 80 American Orthodox rabbis calling for “moral clarity” from Israel regarding alleged starvation in the Gaza Strip.
In a letter obtained by The Jerusalem Post, Leiter, whose son, Maj. Moshe Leiter, was killed in action in Gaza, accused the signatories of promoting misinformation and echoing anti-Israel narratives.
“Your statement not only reflects a severe unfamiliarity with the facts,” Leiter wrote, “but also relies on the lies of our worst enemies.”
Leiter cited Israeli intelligence estimates, also confirmed by UN monitoring sites, indicating that up to 90% of humanitarian aid to Gaza is seized or diverted by...
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced on Thursday to 27 years and three months in prison after a Supreme Court panel convicted him of plotting a coup.
The verdict was handed down hours after Brazil’s Supreme Court reached the majority three votes needed to convict Bolsonaro, AFP reported.
Judge Carmen Lucia became the third of five judges to find the 70-year-old conservative leader guilty of conspiring to seize power after his defeat in the October 2022 elections to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
"The law must apply equally to all," Lucia told the court, underscoring the case's immense significance. She voted to convict him on the charge of leading a "criminal organization," though her votes on the four other charges are still pending.
Brazili...
The United Nations Security Council on Thursday condemned Tuesday’s airstrike on Qatar's capital, Doha, which targeted Hamas’s leaders, but notably refrained from mentioning Israel in the statement, Reuters reports.
The joint statement, agreed upon by all 15 members of the Security Council including the US, highlighted the importance of de-escalation in the region. It expressed solidarity with Qatar, emphasizing the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
However, the statement did not directly reference Israel’s role in the attack, which allowed the US to back the statement as well.
The Security Council’s statement was drafted by Britain and France, who called for the release of hostages, including those murdered by Hamas, ...
US President Donald Trump was asked by a reporter on Thursday how Israel’s strike against Hamas leaders in Doha will affect the negotiations on a hostage deal.
"Hopefully it won't affect it at all. We want the hostages out and we want them out soon," Trump replied.
The Qatari government, which has acted as mediator between Israel and Hamas in the negotiations on a ceasefire and hostage deal, on Tuesday announced the immediate suspension of mediation efforts following the Israeli airstrike in Doha.
Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani sharply condemned what he termed the “treacherous Israeli attack” on the Qatari capital. He declared that Qatar “reserves the right” to respond to Israel, warning, &l...
Annapolis, MD - Sept. 11, 2025 - The U.S. Naval Academy is currently on lockdown, according to a spokesperson for Annapolis police.
"We cannot confirm an active threat, but are searching the area out of an abundance of caution," said Kortlan Jackson, a spokesperson for the police department.
In a statement, a spokesperson for the Naval Academy said: "Naval Support Activity Annapolis, in coordination with local law enforcement, is currently responding to reports of threats made to the Naval Academy. The base is on lockdown out of an abundance of caution. This is a developing situation and we will provide updates as they become available."
Video from SkyTeam 11 shows people running into a building at the Naval Academy with their hands in the air.
US President Donald Trump's team has begun tightening security around the President, following the murder of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
The report stated that a Pentagon ceremony to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, was moved to a more secure location as a result.
Additional measures will also be in place when Trump attends a baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees on Thursday evening at Yankee Stadium, according to the report.
Beyond this week's events, said the Wall Street Journal, Trump's team is having broader discussions about how to increase the President's security.
Earlier on Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the rifl...
Shots were fired at UMass Boston, prompting a large police response on campus Thursday afternoon, the Boston Police Department confirmed.
Shots were reported at 3:45 p.m. near 240 Morrissey Boulevard at the campus's location in Dorchester.
Sky 5 video showed students and campus employees evacuating a school building.
One officer was seen with a rifle from Sky5 as police officers swarmed the area.According to several UMass Boston alerts, the incident is a "public safety threat" and is in/near a residence hall in the school's East Building. The school is asking people to avoid the area as well as the Campus Center.
UMass Boston Police are responding to the scene, as well as Boston police officers.
It is unclear at this time whether anyone was injured in the incident.
On the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11th attacks, Fox News correspondent Eric Shawn reported live on Fox & Friends from Lower Manhattan, where survivors, families, first responders and public officials gathered to honor the nearly 3,000 lives lost.
During the segment, Shawn revealed he himself suffers from 9/11-related cancer.
"I have two different diagnoses under the World Trade Center Program," he revealed, referencing the federal program that provides monitoring and treatment for survivors, responders and others directly affected in New York, at the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
"It is hard to believe that it has been nearly a quarter of a century since that day, when radical Islamic terrorism attacked the very heart of our city and our country,...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Thursday with Fox News about his memories of pro-Israel conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated on Wednesday.
The Prime Minister remarked that he, his wife, and family are "heartbroken," and revealed that during Kirk's 2019 visit to Israel, his son had lunch with him.
"We're shattered, first as human beings, because a great human being has been taken from us. He was an extraordinary friend," the Prime Minister stated.
Netanyahu shared that Kirk wrote him a letter in May, reading, "One of my greatest joys as a Christian is advocating for Israel and forming alliances to defend Judeo-Christian civilization." He also noted that "a few weeks before the tragedy yesterday, I called him and I invited him to Israel, an...
