Israel to seek US aid in selecting replacement for outgoing ICJ Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, who aided PA efforts to prosecute Israelis. Israel will ask the Biden administration to continue the US' cooperating in an effort to prevent the moves made against the Jewish State by the International Criminal Court in The Hague. 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 Israel Hayom newspaper reported that the first move that Jerusalem will seek to work on jointly with the new administration is to coordinate the selection of the next chief prosecutor of the tribunal in the coming we...
High schooler Elie Kligman, dreams of being the first Orthodox Jewish MLB player, and he will never play on Shabbat. Few Jews have succeeded in the world of professional sports. Among Orthodox Jews, the number is nearly zero, due to the requirement to play on Shabbat. One teenager from Nevada is hoping to change that, Elie Kligman, a high school senior from Las Vegas, is hoping to become the first Orthodox Major League Baseball player, Chabad.org reported. “My dream has always been to be a Major Leaguer. I never thought of anything else—baseball has always been what I’ve wanted to do," Kligman said. Kligman, 18, has played baseball his entire life as an infielder and a pitcher, and is considered one of the best players in the state of Nevada. He was one of...
Snow is in the forecast for the next workweek in Maryland. 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 11 Weather Meteorologist Tony Pann said precipitation will likely start late in the day Monday, likely after 5 p.m. with mostly snow in Western and central Maryland. Accumulation of 1-3 inches of snow is possible before Tuesday morning north and west of Interstate 95. We could see a mix of sleet and freezing rain Monday night into Tuesday morning. Gubernatorial spokesman Mike Ricci tweeted Saturday evening that counties along the Pennsylvania border will be anti-icing with brine Saturday night and ...
Due to the continued spike in Corona infections, drastic flight restrictions are being deliberated by Israel’s cabinet at this hour. Currently being considered is a ban on foreign airlines from landing in Israel, beginning January 26. If approved, this restriction is expected to remain in place for 1-2 weeks. It goes without saying that if foreign airliners cannot arrive in Israel, outbound flights will be cancelled, as well. 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 El Al is expected to continue flying under this proposal. However, tight restrictions are being eyed, which would limit permissio...
What Rav Noach Taught Us About a Global PandemicFrom the onset of this global pandemic, to the unprecedented worldwide effort to find a vaccine, the Corona virus has made global thinking more real and pressing than ever. For those that had the privilege to study under Rav Noach Weinberg zt”l, founder and Rosh HaYeshiva of Aish HaTorah, the notion of thinking big—indeed, thinking globally—was an ever present theme. In fact, more than a theme, it was a demand. Think. Think Big. Avraham looked out at the world and drew conclusions that were dramatically different from the way anyone had ever thought up until that time. Pioneer? Revolutionary? Visionary? Avraham was all of those, and more. One could say that Avraham was the genesis of those terms. In his person, he was th...
In his last weeks in office, former President Donald Trump considered moving to replace the acting attorney general with another official ready to pursue unsubstantiated claims of election fraud, and he pushed the Justice Department to ask the Supreme Court to invalidate President Biden’s victory, people familiar with the matter said. Those efforts failed due to pushback from his own appointees in the Justice Department, who refused to file what they viewed as a legally baseless lawsuit in the Supreme Court. Later, other senior department officials threatened to resign en masse should Mr. Trump fire then-acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, according to several people familiar with the discussions. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, birt...
A donation from one of the UK’s leading Jewish businessman and a grant from a Jewish foundation have secured a much-treasured collection of Hebrew texts at the University of Oxford’s prestigious Bodleian Library. A statement from the university on Friday said that the curatorship of the texts had been “safeguarded by a joint endowment from Sir Victor Blank the former chairman of Lloyds bank, and the educational and academic charity, the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe.” Hebrew books were among the original endowment of the Bodleian Library, and among the first to be listed in the library’s earliest catalogue in 1605. Highlights include a fragment of Maimonides’ autograph draft of the Mishneh Torah from the Cairo Genizah; illuminated manuscripts o...
Larry King, who quizzed thousands of world leaders, politicians and entertainers for CNN and other news outlets in a career spanning more than six decades, has died aged 87, his media company said in a statement on Saturday. King had been hospitalized in Los Angeles with a COVID-19 infection, according to several media reports. He died at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Ora Media, a television production company founded by King, said in a post on Twitter. “For 63 years and across the platforms of radio, television and digital media, Larry‘s many thousands of interviews, awards, and global acclaim stand as a testament to his unique and lasting talent as a broadcaster,” it said. Millions watched King interview world leaders, entertain...
Baltimore, Md - Jan. 20, 2021 - Tov Pizza is pleased to announce that as of this weekend, Baltimore City is permitting Tov Pizza to have in-door seating at 25 % of our capacity. Hours: Motzaei Shabbos: 7pm  to 10:00pm, Sunday - Thurs 11:30AM - 7:45PMPhone: 410-358-5238 order on-line Tovpizzamenu.com Please follow rules of social distancing and wear a mask.
Students at Fordham University are appealing a December court ruling that allowed the school to ban the anti-Zionist group Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) on campus — seeking to take the case to the highest court in New York. “We believe in the students’ right to organize for Palestinian rights and will support them every step of the way,” said Radhika Sainath, senior staff attorney at Palestine Legal, which petitioned the New York Court of Appeals on Friday along with other groups. 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 In 2015, Fordham’s SJP chapter was deni...
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said on Saturday the kingdom was optimistic that it would have “excellent relations” with the new US administration of President Joe Biden and that it would continue to talk with Washington regarding the Iran nuclear deal. “I am optimistic. Saudi Arabia has built solid, historical relations where it worked with different administrations. We will continue to do that as well with President Biden,” Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said in an interview with Arabiya TV. 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 pledged on the electio...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida’s daily COVID-19 death toll hit 277 Friday, tying the state record for resident and non-resident deaths from the disease. Florida reported 13,719 new coronavirus cases on Friday and another 272 new resident deaths linked to COVID-19. The state has now reported 1,627,603 cases since the pandemic began. The death toll tied the state record set Aug. 11, as the disease reached its summer peak. 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 Palm Beach County: 811 additional cases and 17 more deaths. The county now has 101,019 confirmed cases and 2,113 deaths, includ...
Over and over, Trump was betrayed by his inability to hold in check his own ego needs for the good of the nation Many years ago, my friend David Luchins, a Touro professor of political science and former aide to Senator Daniel Moynihan, pointed out to me that the Republican Party was consistently hampered in national elections by the fact that many of its "natural" voters had given up on the political process and no longer voted. It was the genius of Donald Trump, argues historian Victor Davis Hanson in his incisive The Case for Trump, to bring those voters back into electoral politics. By doing so, Trump managed to swing Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania into his column in 2016. During the battle for the 2016 Republican nomination, I thought that Trump was the only Republican who co...
The president's top coronavirus adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, met Friday with a group of Baltimore ministers to ask for their help in getting minority communities vaccinated against the coronavirus. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, repeatedly acknowledged a long history of mistrust of medicine and research among the Black community. "We need your help," Fauci said. As part of the Biden administration's plan to increase the rate of vaccination in Black and brown communities, Fauci tried to persuade the ministers to make their churches centers of reliable information about the COVID-19 vaccine. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on Whats...
Yemen's Houthi rebels deny links with blast reportedly heard over Saudi capital early Saturday Saudi Arabia intercepted a "hostile target" over Riyadh on Saturday, the kingdom's state media report. 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 state-run Al Ekhbariya channel, the Saudi-led coalition against the Yemeni Houthi rebels  "intercepted and destroyed a hostile air target going towards" the Saudi capital. The statement did not specify what type of munition or aircraft was downed and did not point at any parties as responsible. AFP report...
Zarif says Iran willing to work with US on oil, Gulf security, even though deems its presence as destabilizing Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif ruled out on Saturday any cooperation with the United States on Israel. 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 In his interview for the Etmad newspaper, as cited by Reuters, Zarif had the following message for Washington: "We will not cooperate with you on the issue of Israel and we will disagree with you." He also rejected allowing any "interference" in Iran's domestic affairs coming from the US. On the opposite si...
EU foreign policy chief condemns mass arrests as Navalny's allies pledge new demonstrations next weekend The Russian police made at least 3,068 arrests during Saturday's mass protests across the country, OVD Info watchdog reports, including dozens of journalists and over 100 adolescents. 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 From the Far East to Moscow, thousands took to the streets in Russian cities to protest the detention of Alexei Navalny, an anti-corruption activist detained last week after returning from Germany, where he was recovering from a poisoning attack bla...
Baltimore will not outsource its water meter operations, city leaders announced Friday afternoon. In October, former Mayor Jack Young announced the city's Department of Public Works would outsource meter reading and maintenance to a private company, Itron, and lay off 68 city meter operations employees. On Friday, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, City Administrator Chris Shorter and Acting DPW Director Matthew Garbark the city will not outsource meter shop operations. "The city is not moving forward with the Itron contract and they will not be laid off," Scott said. "Our meter shop workers are a part of our Baltimore family. They have my support as mayor, especially in this time of transition when we recognize the change in technology and change in scope of their work." The m...
With 76,783 active infections in the country, 1,171 Israelis in serious condition, 335 on ventilators Israel added 7,316 new COVID-19 coronavirus infections on Friday, the Health Ministry reported Saturday afternoon. According to the latest figures, 8.8 percent of the 85,739 tests conducted in the previous day had returned positive. 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 update puts Israel's death toll throughout the pandemic at 4,326 -- an increase of 81 against the figure reported on Friday morning. The current number of active infections stands at 76,783, with at least 1,...
New measures said likely to come into effect within 24 hours, affect even those who received two vaccine jabs Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is looking to suspend most outbound flights from the Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, Israeli media reported on Saturday. According to Channel 12, the prime minister is looking to cut the number of Israelis returning from abroad for fear of new highly infections coronavirus strains. 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 Action will reportedly be taken within the coming 24 hours, with even those who have already received two vac...
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