Baltimore, MD - Sept. 17, 2020 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Rabbi Eyal And Ayda Bendicoff on the birth of a daughter. Mazel Tov Grandparents Chaim and Lyn Bendicoff and Dr. Jerry and Elka Rottman יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בתם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן
Baltimore, MD - Sept. 17, 2020 - Shofar Blowing Listings for 2nd Day Rosh Hashana 5781 in Baltimore. For a larger, printable copy, click on the graphic below or click here to download. Please note: the 10:45 AM Tekios at Kol Torah is no longer pertinent due to space issues
Baltimore, MD - Sept. 17, 2020 - Hatzalah is excited to announce, that after many months of hard work, we now have a Rapid COVID19 Antigen Analyzer available for our community. Hatzalah's main goal is to keep our community safe and open.  Testing will be made available on a consistent base after Rosh Hashana to support the schools in their incredible work in staying open.  Tonight's testing site will be at the BNOS Yisroel parking lot from 7-8:30. Please fill out this lab slip on the computer and print it out and bring it with you along with this signed waiver form as well. Please also bring a pen, hand sanitizer, and tissues. We ask that all members of your car wear a mask when speaking with testing volunteers.  Tests available tonight with the ...
Baltimore, MD - Sept. 12, 2020 - Hayom is the title track and the latest single to be released from singer/songwriter/guitarist Yitzy Kaplowitz’s upcoming debut album. A number of years ago at a time when there were many tragedies happening in Eretz Yisrael I sat down at the piano and composed this song. It’s a heartfelt tefilah, a call for the RBS”O to bench us with shalom, true peace, the ultimate blessing. The events that occurred this year prompted me to release this song now. In my lifetime I can’t think of a time where the world seemed to be more upside down. Our yeshivas, and our shuls were forced to close. Our lives were upended, jobs and incomes were gone, we lost gedolim, family and friends. Yet this was all decreed last Rosh Hashanah. As I prepare to s...
September 17, 2020 Baltimore, MD - Sept. 17, 2020 - Bais Yaakov Notifies Parents of Today's Flawlessly Executed Security Lockdown Dear Parents and Staff, At 2:58 this afternoon, a series of loud sounds were heard somewhere behind the Smith Avenue High School property, by one of Bais Yaakov’s security officers while doing his rounds outdoors. It could have been fireworks, gunshots, possibly from a hunter, or construction. After immediately calling 911, the school initiated a “modified lockdown” to the entire Smith Avenue campus. Our guards secured the entrance/exit, not permitting anyone on or off the campus and had all students brought indoors for classes to proceed. The school's Director of Facilities, security guards, maintenance staff and management moni...
Baltimore, MD - Sept. 17, 2020 - The Baltimore County Health Department has written a letter to the Rabbanim regarding safe practices related to the coronavirus for the upcoming Yomim Tovim. For a larger, printable copy, click on the graphic below.
A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked controversial Postal Service changes that have slowed mail nationwide, calling them “a politically motivated attack on the efficiency of the Postal Service” before the November election. Judge Stanley Bastian in Yakima, Washington, said he was issuing a nationwide preliminary injunction sought by 14 states that sued the Trump administration and the U.S. Postal Service. Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more:  bit.ly/32HUBnJ Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens: bit.ly/34zdGuF The states challenged the Postal Service's so-called “leave mail behind” policy, by which trucks have been leaving postal facilities on time whether or not there is more mail to loa...
A 17-year-old boy who had worked for a Minnesota congressional candidate was shot and killed in an attack outside a gas station on Minneapolis' north side. A second person who also had worked for Republican Lacy Johnson was wounded in the attack Monday. Both police and Johnson, a businessman who is challenging Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, said the attack didn't appear to have anything to do with politics or the campaign. Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more:  bit.ly/32HUBnJ Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens: bit.ly/34zdGuF The teen was identified as Andre Conley. The man who was wounded was hospitalized and was expected to survive. Police say the two were approached...
28 Olim will celebrate their very first Rosh Hashanah in Israel as new citizens after landing at Ben Gurion Airport over the last 24 hours. The Olim were part of a Nefesh B’Nefesh Group Aliyah flight which arrived from New York as well as a number of Olim who touched down from Toronto, coordinated in cooperation with the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, The Jewish Agency for Israel, Keren Kayemeth Le’Israel and JNF-USA. These Olim - the last group to be welcomed in this Jewish New year - are closing a notable year for Aliyah. This summer alone, the organization fielded record-breaking interest in moving to Israel with a 150% increase in Aliyah applications.The new Olim, among them four families, hail from a wide variety of backgrounds and each will embark on their own unique...
The owners of a number of Tel Aviv bars have declared their businesses to be synagogues, in protest of government lockdown plans that on the one hand will prevent all bars and restaurants from operating during the closure, while on the other allow dozens to take part in prayers at houses of worship throughout the country. Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more:  bit.ly/32HUBnJ Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens: bit.ly/34zdGuF Channel 12 news reported on two Tel Aviv establishments, Kiton and Shishko, that have put up placards declaring them to be places of worship. The report notes that the two bars are currently treating the act as one of protest and satire and are not planning to rebel against government restri...
El Al raised NIS 505 million in a public offering of its shares this week. When the markets closed, company shares sold at a minimum price of 67.1 agurot per share. Eli Rozenberg, a 27-year-old New York-born yeshiva student who lives in Jerusalem, became the owner of the company after he placed the only bid at the public offering at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. Kanfei Nesharim, a company owned by Rozenberg, bought a controlling 42.85% of El Al's shares. The purchase was part of a $400 million rescue package formulated by the Israeli Finance Ministry to bail out El Al, which had fallen $2 billion in debt. "The results of the offering express investors' trust in the company's business plan and state assistance. For the money the state has invested, it will receive full cap...
Baltimore, MD - Sept. 17, 2020 - JEWELS Moves Into New Building!
We'll do all the things we need to do to make sure that those sanctions are enforced' Secretary of State Mike Pompeo insisted Wednesday the United States will enforce new "UN" sanctions on Iran starting next week, despite an overwhelming consensus that Washington is out of bounds. "The United States will do what it always does. It will do its share as part of its responsibilities to enable peace, this time in the Middle East," Pompeo told a joint news conference with British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab. Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more:  bit.ly/32HUBnJ Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens: bit.ly/34zdGuF “We'll do all the things we need to do to make sure that those sanctions are en...
US president 'did something no other president has done,' ex-US envoy to UN says Former US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley hailed Wednesday the landmark normalization deals signed between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain this week, asserting US President Donald Trump was able to make them happen due to his focus on Iran and Arab leaders’ “trust” in him. Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more:  bit.ly/32HUBnJ Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens: bit.ly/34zdGuF “This is no fluke; this is pretty remarkable and historic,” Haley told Fox News a day after the Abraham Accords were signed at the White House. The former diplomat distinguished b...
COVID-19 pandemic causes disruption in nursing homes as 'no real changes' made More than 20 percent deaths caused by Alzheimer’s disease and dementia spiked over the course of the summer in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently said. Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more:  bit.ly/32HUBnJ Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens: bit.ly/34zdGuF “There’s something wrong, there’s something going on and it needs to be sorted out,” chief of mortality statistics at the CDC Robert Anderson said as quoted by a Politico report on Wednesday. “This is highly unusual.” Excess deaths not attributed to the COVI...
Dear Friends, It has been but a few weeks since the sudden loss of our dear Nechy Zehnwirth, A’H. The pain is still real and the wounds are yet raw. Many people have been a great source of comfort and help to us in these past few weeks and we want to thank all of you – the many whom we know about and the countless others whom we don’t know about. Your assistance and your friendship have been a real source of support to us. We are grateful. Though Nechy’s years were much shorter than we would have liked, she affected and touched a multitude. Her ability to see the good in everyone made her a special person while her drive to help others even in the most difficult of circumstances - but always in an upbeat manner - made her a special friend. Our family has been look...
Less than 24 hours before start of lockdown, gov't mulls more restrictions Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu summoned Thursday a limited meeting of experts to deliberate imposing further restrictions on the public during the three-week lockdown period. According to outlet Ynet, these restrictions will come into effect on Monday and will mostly be work-related.Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more:  bit.ly/32HUBnJ Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens: bit.ly/34zdGuF Pandemic czar Prof. Ronni Gamzu was slated for a press briefing at 5:30 pm (Israel Summer Time) but postponed it to attend the meeting. The lockdown, which is set to come into effect Friday at 2 pm, was critici...
The Treasury Department named the two companies as Arch Consulting and Meamar Construction The US Treasury Department announced that it was slapping sanctions against two Lebanese-based companies for their alleged links to Islamist terrorist organization Hezbollah, Reuters reported on Thursday. Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more:  bit.ly/32HUBnJ Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens: bit.ly/34zdGuF The two businesses blacklisted by the department were named as Arch Consulting and Meamar Construction, and build on sanctions already imposed this month on two former government ministers, according to the outlet.  In addition, sanctions were also levied against Sultan Khalifah As’ad, who the ...
BALTIMORE — Maryland will begin the process of launching a new unemployment website on Wednesday. Ahead of the conversion to the new website, the BEACON site will go offline for four days. Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more:  bit.ly/32HUBnJ Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens: bit.ly/34zdGuF In order to prevent a delay in payments, Marylanders need to file their claims by Wednesday night at 5. Maryland's unemployment insurance website will go offline Wednesday to Sunday. If you can't file by the time, the Department of Labor will provide an extra six days to file the next week. Read more at WBALTV
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