Baltimore, MD - Jan. 21, 2021 - Following coordination between the three organizations, the Sunday Basketball Association (SBA), Sunday Baseball League (SBL), and Junior Football League (JFL) jointly announce the following: As a year like no other continues, we continue to be faced with the challenge of whether and/or how to conduct our leagues.  We all were hoping by now to have more clarity. However, while the end of the pandemic is finally in sight, it still remains difficult to anticipate what will be in the coming months.  Accordingly, the following details pertain to the current and upcoming seasons of each league. SBA:  There will be no SBA this season due to the inability to conduct our program safely in indoor gyms during the pandemic, and we look forward to conti...
Health Ministry retorts will not accept a 'situation where patients are used as a tool in negotiations' Six public hospitals told Magen David Adom (MDA, Israel’s national emergency services) Thursday that starting January 24 they will not receive patients via ambulances who are not in a life-threatening state -- including COVID-19 patients. 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 hospital directors, due to the economic blow dealt during the coronavirus crisis, they have reached a situation wherein they lack the funds to pay for employees’ salaries, whi...
Israel had established liaison offices in Morocco in the 1990s during a short-lived diplomatic opening. Israel and Morocco on Thursday signed an aviation agreement that will see direct flights launch between the two countries.  The development comes after Israel and Gulf states, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, signed similar cooperation agreements late last year. 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 first direct commercial flight headed from Tel Aviv to Rabat took place in December, marking the normalization agreement between the two countries under which Washington also recogn...
New administration plans to compel masks in airports and in public transportation such as intercity buses In addition to requiring a test before they fly, travelers to the US will need to quarantine upon arrival, US President Joe Biden said Thursday as he announced a raft of measures aimed at containing the spread of Covid-19, according to AFP. 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 Biden intends to sign 10 executive orders later in the day relating to the coronavirus crisis, including a redirection of disaster funds to aid reopen schools across the nation, news agency Reuters&nbs...
Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby's office on Thursday asked the city inspector general to reach a conclusion on an investigation into her work-related travel and financial disclosures. "Believing that your investigation would be expeditious, this office has denied several media inquiries, which would have refuted allegations of wrongdoing on the part of the state’s attorney months ago," wrote Erin Murphy, chief counsel to the state's attorney's office. 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 investigation was opened six months ago at Mosby's own reque...
Maryland saw over 41,500 new unemployment claims filed for the week of Jan. 16. There were 41,596 new unemployment claims filed in Maryland for the week of Jan. 16. That's up from 31,513 the week prior. 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 Maryland Department of Labor reports unemployment claims by type: Regular or pandemic related assistance (PUA and PEUC). There were 28,918 regular claims and 12,678 PUA and PEUC claims. The DOL said there was an average of 2,592 new unemployment claims per week in Maryland between Dec. 28, 2019, and March 7. Read more at WBALTV
A Spanish version of the White House website appeared online Wednesday after President Joe Biden took the oath of office. Spanish language content on the site was added in 2001, during the administration of former President George W. Bush. During the administration of former President Barack Obama, content grew on the page titled “La Casa Blanca.” That all changed when former President Donald Trump took office in 2017. Although the Trump administration at one point said it would restore Spanish language content, the official White House website remained English-only. 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 ...
Baltimore, MD – Jan. 21, 2021 - It is with regret that BaltimoreJewishLife.com informs the community of the petira Mrs. Hilda Gershbaum, a’h,  sister of Shachne (Sidney) Ely. Shiva by phone only 410-764-8407 between 11AM-1:30PM and 6:30PM-8:30PM through Tuesday morning, Jan. 26. Bila HaMaves LaNetzach…
"There is no public health reason for school boards to be keeping students out of schools," Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said. "None." MARYLAND — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said there is consensus among health experts and leaders at the federal level that schools should be reopening. "There is no public health reason for school boards to be keeping students out of schools," Hogan said at a news conference Thursday, Jan. 21. "None." President Joe Biden made reopening schools one of his top priorities for his first 100 days in office, Hogan said. 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 number of people viewing Trump’s final speech as president far overshadowed Joe Biden’s inaugural address in online viewers among some of the establishment media outlets like ABC News and CBS News. An apples-to-apples comparison of YouTube videos of Trump’s remarks at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday morning versus Biden’s shows the difference. As of this writing, ABC’s coverage of the 45th president’s speech garnered over 265,000 views, while for Biden just over 73,000 clicked in. 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 same was true for C...
The Biden administration on Wednesday unfroze $27.4 billion in government funding that former President Trump locked up before leaving office. Last Thursday, Trump used a budgetary legal provision calling on Congress to rescind funds from 73 programs that were fully funded in December’s $2.3 trillion omnibus spending bill. Trump signed the bill into law but complained about many of its provisions. 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 budget law allows the president to freeze relevant funds in the program for up to 45 days while Congress considers whe...
The National Archives and Records Administration officially launched a website for former President Trump’s Presidential Library. The site was launched on Wednesday shortly after President Biden’s inauguration, and features the archived websites of the Trump White House and other sites such as former first lady Melania Trump’s Be Best Initiative. 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 Also included are online resources to provide research information on Trump’s presidency, as well as information on the archived social media accounts of the former adminis...
The World Health Organization (WHO) is reportedly in the final stages of reviewing three coronavirus vaccines for international emergency distribution. Reuters reported Wednesday that an internal document obtained by the newswire indicated that the WHO could in the coming weeks or months give the green light to the inoculations developed by Moderna, AstraZeneca and China’s Sinopharm and Sinovac. The WHO has already approved the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. 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 Reuters, Mariangela Simao, WHO assistant director-general for...
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed raising taxes on the wealthy to a combined level of 14.7%, which would be the highest state-and-local tax rate in the nation. The tax increase would raise $1.5 billion for the state, Cuomo said Tuesday in an address unveiling his 2022 budget proposal. 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 move would be part of a three-pronged approach — raising revenue, cutting expenses and borrowing — to cover the state’s historic budget shortfall due to Covid-19, Cuomo said. Read more at CNBC.
The national social security agency released a document showing growing gov't welfare programs The standard of living in Israel has declined for the first time in more than 20 years as the coronavirus crisis has taken its economic toll in 2020, a poverty report by Bituah Leumi, Israel’s national social security agency, showed on Thursday. 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 Hebrew media, the standard of living dropped by 4.4 percent, a figure last registered during the Second Intifada crisis in 2001. However, without government financial relief plans, such a...
House Speaker seeks Senate readiness 'for trial of Trump's role in instigating an insurrection on the Capitol' US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she will test the waters with Democrat lawmakers about the Senate’s readiness to launch an impeachment trial on former US President Donald Trump’s alleged role in the deadly riots at Capitol Hill, news agency Reuters reported. 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 “I’ll be talking with the managers as to when the Senate will be ready for the trial of the then-president of the United States for ...
Facebook has no plan in place to lift an indefinite suspension on former President Donald Trump’s Facebook account even though he’s left office, NBC News reported. Citing unnamed sources, the news outlet reported the ban will continue, with no current plan to lift it. 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 social network on Jan. 7 suspended Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the aftermath of the violent invasion of the U.S. Capitol by a mob of his supporters, which disrupted the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory. Read more ...
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