Baltimore, MD - Dec. 11,  2019 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Elana and Mordechai Gardyn on the birth of a son. Mazel Tov grandparents Shimon & Tzirel Zylberminc and Shimmy & Devorah Gardyn. יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday that would effectively allow the government to interpret Judaism as both a race or nationality and a religion under federal law so that the Education Department can take direct action against what he views as anti-Semitism on college campuses. Trump, joined by lawmakers and administration officials in addition to New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, said the order "makes clear" that Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 would "apply to institutions that traffic in anti-Semitic hate." Pointing to past bipartisan efforts to pass similar legislation, Trump said that "they didn't get it done," adding, "This year, there's no roadblock." The interpretation would allow the Education D...
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A 20-year-old Yeshiva bachur from the United States who was studying in The Mir, passed away Wednesday in a fatal car accident. The accident occured at approximately 6:20 PM on the Begin Highway near Ramot. Israel Police reports that the accident was between a private vehicle and a tractor trailer. United Hatzalah arrived at the scene to find 2 victims in critical condition. Both victims were transferred to Shaarei Tzedek hospital in traumatic arrest. Shortly thereafter, Shaarei Tzedek reported that one of the victims had passed away. The other occupant of the vehicle was also from the United States.
WARM SOULS GUNNED DOWN IN COLD BLOOD Jersey City, drenched in a river of tears Leah Minda Ferencz and her husband, Moshe Dovid, owned and operated a small kosher grocery in Jersey City. It was where Leah Minda, a 33-year-old mother of 3 young children, worked every day with a warm smile. It was where Leah Minda was gunned down in cold blood. JC Kosher was the Ferencz family’s livelihood. It was where the life of the wife and mother of the Ferencz family was suddenly snuffed out. Yesterday, JC Kosher was a sign of a newborn Jewish community coming to life. Today, its Mezuzah speckled in blood, JC Kosher is sadly blanketed in the dark shroud of Anti-Jewish hate. Shulem Deutch was a  24-year-old young man who walked into JC Kosher to do some shopping. The Mitzvah of Kosher is a...
New election, which comes after no party was able to form a government, provides a lifeline for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu TEL AVIV—Israel will hold a third election in less than a year after lawmakers missed a deadline to find a consensus candidate to form a government, prolonging months of political stalemate at a time when the country faces threats ranging from Iran to militants in Gaza to an uncertain economy. The third election, to be held in March after no party was able to form a government following inconclusive votes in April and September, provides a lifeline for the country’s right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the country’s longest-serving leader. He is now better placed to fight corruption charges while in office a...
NEW YORK (VINnews) — During the course of a press conference about the Jersey City shootings attended by the mayors of Jersey City and New York City, a senior member of the Chasidic community, Rabbi David Niederman, the executive director of UJO (United Jewish Organizations),  thanked the mayor of Jersey City for deploying “all that he had” in order to halt the bloodshed. However he then broke down while describing the “hundreds of bullets” which were shot at an innocent young man standing in the JC kosher store. New York mayor Bill De Blasio was deeply moved by the scene and came over to comfort the grief-stricken rabbi.
JERSEY CITY (VINnews) — The levayos for both of the Jewish murder victims in the deadly Jersey City shooting attack will be held Wednesday night. The funeral of 24-year-old Moshe Hersh Deutsch will be held at 8:00PM at the Satmar Bais Medrash on Rodney Street in Williamsburg. The funeral of 33-year-old Mrs Leah Mindel Ferencz will be held at 127 Martin Luther King Blvd in Jersey City at 8:00PM. Both the Jewish victims were among the 3 civilians that were killed inside The JC Kosher Supermarket. The third civilian has been identified as Miguel Jason Rodriguez. Rodriguez had been working at the grocery store in Jersey City for more than a year to provide for his family, which includes a wife and an 11-year old daughter.
A man considered the last remaining survivor of Roman Jews who were deported from Italy’s capital to Nazi death camps during World War II died on Sunday at the age of 91. Piero Terracina was 15 when he and his family went into hiding in 1943 after escaping the roundup of Jews in Rome by German occupying troops. A few months later, as his family celebrated Passover in April 1944, he was arrested and deported to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp with his family, where his parents, three siblings and other relatives perished, The Associated Press reported. On Jan. 19, 1945, Terracina and other Auschwitz prisoners were forced to march by Nazi officers, but during the trek, German troops fled to escape approaching Russian soldiers. Terracina and his fellow inmates, freezing in ...
JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (WABC) -- A multi-agency investigation is underway and communities are in mourning after four people -- a police officer and three civilians -- were killed in a wild shootout and standoff that ended in a Jewish grocery store in Jersey City Tuesday afternoon.The two suspects were also killed.Latest Developments: Device found in back of stolen U-Haul was operable pipe bomb The suspects are identified as David Anderson and Francine Graham, believed to be members of the Black Israelites The incident is being investigated as a case of domestic terrorism Authorities believe the Jewish grocery store was targeted The victims found dead inside the supermarket were identified as 24-year-old Moshe Deutsh, 49-year-old Miguel Douglas, and 32-year-old Mindy Ferenz The o...
Baltimore, MD – Dec. 2019 - Every Shabbos table offers every Jewish family an incredible opportunity by which they can share their joy for Shabbos, for Yiddishkeit and for HaShem with their children. Unfortunately, our schedules are hectic and many people don’t have the time to prepare themselves to utilize the Shabbos table to its fullest. Therefore, we at ACHIM created TableTalk as a pre-packaged talking points pamphlet which is attractive, fun and has something for everyone. Limited copies are distributed to many shuls on a weekly basis but they are snatched up very quickly. Get yours ASAP or click on the graphic below and print your own.What’s in it and what’s all the excitement about?TableTalk features•    Weekly halachic dilemma creating li...
WASHINGTON (VINnews) — President Trump tweeted a link to Ami Magazine’s website on Wednesday. Ami Magazine wrote an article called “The Exclusive Ami Magazine Poll, What Orthodox Jews really think about President Trump.” The poll showed overwhelming support in the Orthodox Jewish community for the president. President Trump acknowledged the support by tweeting a link to the article. The support from the Orthodox Jewish community comes amid reports that President Trump will sign an executive ...
Money, power, position.  The fervent desire for and pursuit of these things has defined much of human history.  Our lust and need of these things, lays at the foundation of our behavior as individuals and nations.  The pursuit of these things has sometimes resulted in the best of what the world offers, and, more often, the worst.  Men who have lusted for these things have built transcontinental railways; they have built libraries, museums and hospitals.  They have also destroyed countless lives.  The pursuit of these things seems to exemplify our greatest strengths when, in fact, they often betray our greatest frailties.  So often, the fire that burns within us, driving our lust for money or power or position, is the emotion that cries out “me, me...
An apparent road rage incident led to a white box truck having two of its tires shot at on I-83 Tuesday afternoon, Baltimore police said. Officials said they received a call at 12 p.m. for a white box truck on I-83 that had been shot. A preliminary investigation suggests a road rage-type incident occurred near the Dunkin' Donuts on Reisterstown Road in northwest Baltimore. Police said a silver pickup truck followed the box truck onto I-83. The driver of the box truck told police that someone in the pickup truck began shooting at his box truck between Northern Parkway and Coldspring Lane. A front and rear tire of the box truck were shot out, police said. No injuries were reported. No arrests have been made.
Baltimore City schools will begin classes before Labor Day next year. School Commissioners approved the 2020-21 calendar at their regular meeting, deciding to start school on Monday, August 31. The last day of classes is scheduled for Friday, June 11, 2021 with five days built in for inclement weather, allowing for the school year to end as late as June 18. In 2016 Governor Larry Hogan issued an executive order mandating a post-Labor Day school start, but lawmakers overrode it allowing local school boards to decide when to start classes.
Gov. Larry Hogan Wednesday outlined a slew of proposed funding and legislation to further assist Baltimore City officials in curbing violent crime. At a press conference in Annapolis, Hogan announced millions in support to local, state and federal prosecutors, and harsher penalties for repeat violent offenders. Hogan would fund 25 new positions in Attorney General Brian Frosh's office and $21 million to the Baltimore Police Department and State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby's office. He said the state is also working with U.S. Attorney Robert K. Hur to task new federal prosecutors with focusing on violent crime in Baltimore. Hogan also directed 500 state, federal and local officers to back up city police and asked state law enforcement agencies to maintain a more vis...
Chai Lifeline is heartbroken to inform you that one of the victims of yesterday's horrific attack in Jersey City was our own dedicated Bike4Chai and Achim B'yachad - Chai Lifeline volunteer, Moshe Hersh Deutch, Z'L,  HY”D. Our thoughts and tefilos are with all those impacted by this senseless act of violence. Project Chai, our crisis intervention, trauma and bereavement department, is currently on the scene working closely with the local community. We encourage anyone in need to contact our 24-hour crisis hotline at 855-3-CRISIS or email crisis@chailifeline.org. Professional counselors are on standby to offer assistance in English and Yiddish.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is considering announcing at the Knesset plenum Wednesday that he intends to waive immunity if a unity government emerges in the final hours before the dissolution of the 22nd Knesset. Netanyahu may declare that he is giving up immunity only to reveal that the Blue and White Party refuses unity at all costs. Over the last few hours, the prime minister has held consultations with senior Likud officials, and even with his lawyers. At the end of the meetings, he will decide whether to waive the immunity. Earlier, the Knesset approved a bill to dissolve the 22nd Knesset and to hold elections for the 23rd Knesset on March 2, 2020. Blue and White chairman MK Benny Gantz on Wednesday afternoon accused Prime Minister Netanyahu of seeking to force third electio...
NEW YORK (UJO Williamsburg) The community is saddened and is mourning the loss of two innocent, people, the most-special of our community. Mindel Ferencz may she rest in peace, was a pioneer. She and her husband were of the very first to relocate from Williamsburg, due to the sky-rocketing prices of housing, to settle in Jersey City. They did not do it for themselves, but to pave the way for a new community that lives harmoniously with their neighbors. She was a caring and nurturing mother for her five children, and at the same time helped her husband who ran the first kosher grocery in the area, to ensure that the community’s families have were to shop and feed their children. A life of selflessness, and dedication to others, full of love, was cut short by vicious hate-filled murd...
NEW YORK – (NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo) “My heart breaks for the police officer and the three victims killed in yesterday’s attack on a kosher market in Jersey City. “We now know that this disgusting act of violence was a deliberate attack on the Jewish community in Jersey City. Out of an abundance of caution, I am directing State Police to increase patrols and security around synagogues and Jewish establishments while New Jersey law enforcement further investigates this horrific act. “Anti-Semitism and violence against the Jewish community are on the rise both in our state and across the nation. We must stand united, be vigilant and stamp out this vile disease of hate wherever we see it. New York is a proud home to the Jewish community and we will continue to rej...
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