An alarming morbidity scenario will be presented to the ministers on Tuesday's meeting, report says As Israel’s corona cabinet meeting is slated to convene Tuesday at 1 pm, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will push to extend the nationwide lockdown for another two weeks. According to outlet Maariv, the premier held talks Monday with Health Ministry officials and head of the National Security Council Meir Ben Shabbat as all sides agreed that an extension beyond January 21 was required due to rising morbidity figures. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens Replying to criti...
Gaza militants fire two projectiles fired toward city of Ashdod, no alert triggered The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) attacked Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in overnight strikes, the army said on Monday. According to the press statement, the IDF pilots targeted the sites used by Hamas to develop its tunnel infrastructure. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens The attack came in response to an earlier rocket attack from the restive coastal enclave toward the Israeli city of Ashdod. The projectiles did not set off a red alert and, according to reports in Israeli media, landed in the s...
Pro-gun rights group set to rally in Richmond, Virginia, as tensions in nation seething The US Capitol was closed off temporarily on Monday due to fire breaking out nearby just two weeks following the deadly riots that took place in the area, news agency Reuters reported. “There is no threat to the public,” the Secret Service said in a tweet. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens The shutdown of the Capitol was ordered due to extra caution, the US Capitol Police said in a statement. As President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration looms, concerns over additional riots o...
MK Yitzhak Pindrus (United Torah Judaism) spoke with 103 FM Radio about the lockdown and school closures. In an interview, Pindrus told 103 FM that, Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky said both last week and this week that schools should close. However, he added that parents still have an obligation to teach their children Torah. "If a few neighbors get together and learn Torah together, that's a good and healthy thin," he added. "But I think that schools should not open." However, he emphasized that the lockdown is being kept. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens Would be...
French-Jewish MP Meyer Habib calls on Paris mayor to take back award to PA chairman following killing of French-Israel woman. French-Jewish MP Meyer Habib called on the mayor of Paris to rescind an award which she gave to Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas following the murder of Esther Horgan, a'h, H'yd,  earlier this month. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo presented Abbas with the Grand Medaille de Vermeil de la Ville de Paris medal on September 15, 2015. The move made Abbas an honorary citizen of the French capital. MP Habib spoke ...
Company that developed autonomous warehouse robot lavishes entrepreneur's mention Elon Musk, founder of Tesla, entrepreneur, and, dubbed last week the world’s wealthiest man, gave a boost to an Israeli startup company when he commented last week on a video clip showcasing its robots. “The robot future is coming,” he tweeted, referring to a warehouse logistics robot, named SqUID, of BionicHIVE firm from Kibbutz Sha’ar HaNegev. The clip, which shows a robot climbing aisles and picking boxes all by itself, garnered more than 1.9 million views. Read more at i24
'The PA will also ask the European Union to send observers to monitor the elections,' he added The Palestinian Authority (PA) will officially ask Israel to to allow residents of East Jerusalem to participate in the Palestinian general elections this spring, PA Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said on Monday. Shtayyeh said the PA would file an official request with Israel to allow East Jerusalem residents to vote and run in the elections. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens "Israel has declared that it remains committed to the agreements signed with the Palestinians," said Shta...
'We call for the construction in East Jerusalem and elsewhere in the West Bank to cease immediately' The UK on Monday said it was "seriously concerned" by the Israeli government's decision to build nearly 800 housing units in West Bank settlements, asking it to end the project "immediately." Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens "The UK is seriously concerned by the Government of Israel's decision to approve the construction of 780 new settlement units across the Occupied Palestinian Territories," a Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office spokesperson said. "Settlements...
Move comes after Israeli authorities roll out mandatory quarantine for Israelis arriving from UAE The United Arab Emirates has suspended the visa waiver agreement with Israel, initially set to come into effect in February, until July 1, 2021, Israel's Foreign Ministry announced Monday. According to its press release, the move was justified by public health concerns and efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens Until July 2021, Israelis looking to travel to the UAE will have to obtain entry visas, unless notified otherwise. The same...
Israel's total cumulative number of infections throughout pandemic climbs over 550,000 Israel registered 5,616 new COVID-19 coronavirus infections on Sunday, Health Ministry reported Monday morning. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens According to the latest figures from health authorities, 9.1 percent of the 63,516 tests conducted in the past 24 hours returned positive. The country's death toll is now at 4,005 -- an increase of 26 against the figure published Sunday morning. The number of active infections in Israel stands at 80,436, with almost 2,000 patients currently in h...
Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert, was sanguine about the timeline for new coronavirus vaccine approvals, saying on Sunday that the clearance of new AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson shots is likely “weeks away.” “I would imagine within a period of a week or so, or at the most a couple of weeks, they’re going to be getting their data together and showing it to the [Food and Drug Administration],” he said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens “They’re going to have to get ...
A 78-year-old man who has been blind in both eyes for 10 years has regained his sight after receiving the first implant of an artificial cornea developed by Israeli startup CorNeat, the company announced Monday. The CorNeat KPro implant is designed to replace deformed, scarred or opacified corneas, and it integrates with the eye wall with no reliance on donor tissue. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens Professor Irit Bahar, head of the Ophthalmology Department at Rabin Medical Center (formerly Beilinson Hospital) in Petah Tikva, performed the procedure. Once the bandages were removed, the...
Baltimore, MD – Jan. 18, 2021 - It is with regret that BaltimoreJewishLife.com informs the community of the petira Gila Slanger, a’h, daughter of Rebetzin Chana Slanger (Rav Zvi Dov Slanger, ZT’L), sister of Rabbi Yosef Slanger, Rebbetzin Miri Cohen (732-966-6503), and Shoshana Slanger. Shiva through Sunday morning, Jan 24, by phone only: 410-484-9153 No Minyanim Bila HaMaves LaNetzach…
“It is with a deep sense of sadness that we learned of the passing of Sheldon Adelson and express the condolences of the International Committee for Har Hazeisim (ICHH) to Dr. Miriam Adelson and the entire family,” said Menachem and Avrohom Lubinsky, the co-chair of the ICHH. “As one of the most distinguished and most prominent Jewish philanthropist and activist of our generation, the Adelson’s will go down in history as heroes for Jewish and Israeli causes. The list of their support is endless and unprecedented.” The late Mr. Adelson was buried on Friday on Har Hazeisim in a section that includes the late Prime Minister Menachem Begin and his wife Aliza, Jewish resistance fighters Moshe Barzani and Meir Feinstein (who blew themselves up rather than face a Br...
Budapest, January 18, 2021 – Association of Jewish Communities of Hungary (EMIH) commemorated last night the 76th anniversary of the liberation of the Budapest ghetto with a special 76-hour online broadcast. The program, which began at 7 PM Sunday evening, includes survivor’s recollections, thought-provoking conversations, and videos of public figures, artists and celebrities discussing their connection to Judaism. Documentaries and popular feature films on the subject will be aired over the course of the 76 hours. The Jewish community holds its candle lighting ceremony each year to commemorate the liberation at the Budapest Ghetto Memorial Wall on Dohány Street.  With current restrictions on large gatherings, however, this year the outdoor ceremony could not take ...
Baltimore, MD - Jan. 18, 2021 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Ayala and Reuven Schnitzer on the birth of a daughter. Mazel Tov grandparents Rabbi and Mrs. Dovid Katz and Mr. & Mrs. Eli Schnitzer יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בתם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן
The U.S. Capitol was put on lockdown on Monday morning due to an "external security threat" as the West Front of the Capitol, where the inauguration is slated to happen Wednesday, was evacuated.  Washington D.C. Fire and EMS confirmed that there was a fire at a homeless camp at the 100 Block of H St SE, which was extinguished. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens Those inside the Capitol were told to stay away from external windows and doors but were permitted to continue to move around inside the buildings, according to Fox News' Rich Edson. "Due to an external security threat u...
Baltimore, MD – Jan. 18, 2021 - It is with regret that BaltimoreJewishLife.com informs the community of the petira of Mrs. Charlotte Schulman, a’h, mother of  of Steven (Joanne) Schulman and Linda (Jim) Greenspan.  Shiva via Zoom through morning of Jan. 22 via Zoom:  9:30 am - 11:00 am, 3:00 pm -   4:30 pm,  7:30 pm -   9:00 pm Bila HaMaves LaNetzach… Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7746384255?pwd=dWJ2eWZLdGpkTldRZ1Z1NktSc2Z0Zz09 Meeting ID: 774 638 4255 Passcode: 395 One tap mobile +13017158592,,7746384255#,,,,*395# US (Washington D.C) +19292056099,,7746384255#,,,,*395# US (New York) Dial by your location         +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)         +1 929 205 6099...
Chazal describe the Jewish people as a miracle. Our foremothers, for instance, were physically incapable, the Midrash informs us, of bearing children. Yet, despite the laws of nature, they did. Jewish history, no less, testifies to the miraculous existence of Klal Yisrael. Despite the vicissitudes of our history, our repeated scatterings and exiles, and the insane but ever-present desire of some to wipe us out, we have persevered, and persevere, as a people.  The alpha-point of our peoplehood is in our ancestors’ exodus from Egypt, their leaving behind of their servitude to men for the holy calling of servitude to Hashem. And in this week’s parshah, we read of the preparation for doing that, which includes the first Pesach sacrifice and, perplexingly, the placing of...
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