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June 21, 2021 at 6:36 pm
Baltimore, MD - June 21, 2021 - 6:33PM - A tree is down on the Quarry side of Greenspring Ave at The Quarry
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June 21, 2021 at 3:40 pm
Fines for those traveling to so-called "banned" countries will reportedly be several thousand shekels
Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz said on Monday that authorities were working with the transport ministry to expand testing for the coronavirus at Ben-Gurion airport after an influx of passengers on Friday overwhelmed staff and thousands of people were allowed into the country without being tested.
He said the ministry is demanding more staff be hired to conduct testing and for the airport to reserve more room for the screenings.
"The queues are already shorter, but that is not enough. We need to shorten them better, and especially prepare for the rush expected at the airport during the summer months," he said.
He added that "very high" financial penalties will be imposed on anyone ...
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June 21, 2021 at 3:36 pm
Israel's Health Ministry announced that there have been 88 new cases of coronavirus so far as of 5 p.m. Monday, the highest daily number seen in months.
The figure is nearly double the 48 cases recorded on Sunday.
The last time more than 80 cases were recorded in a single day was April 29, when 94 cases were identified, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
The final daily figure is likely to be even higher.
The city of Binyamina remains the epicenter of this resumption of the epidemic, with 43 confirmed cases, making it the first city to be marked "yellow" or medium risk in months.
There are 38 cases in Jerusalem, 36 in Modi'in, and 16 cases in Tel Aviv, with all other places in the country having 15 or fewer cases.
There are a total of 387 cases ...
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June 21, 2021 at 3:25 pm
PCS, a division of Agudath Israel, will be hosting Deena Nahari, PCC, for a free seminar for seminary graduates and women on Wednesday June 23, at 8:00 PM EDT. The seminar will address questions that those entering the workforce may have such as:
How can I utilize my talents and strengths to help support my family?
What will I be good at?
How can I make sure that I don’t get stuck at a boring, dead-end job?
Do I really need a degree?
How can I find a position with long term salary growth?
The session will be followed by a question and answer session.
In person: PCS, 1771 Madison Ave. Lakewood NJ 08701.
Virtual: For link/teleconference number email: nj@nj.pcsjobs.org.
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June 21, 2021 at 3:04 pm
Severe thunderstorms could create hazardous conditions Monday afternoon and evening in parts of Maryland.
"A line of strong to severe thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts is expected to sweep east across our region this afternoon into this evening," the National Weather Service said in a special weather statement Monday, June 21.
"Damaging wind gusts are the primary threat, although large hail and an isolated tornado are also possible," officials said.
Here is the time line for potential storms:
The initial line of storms may enter western Maryland between 1 and 4 p.m.
It will move east across west central Maryland between 3 and 5 p.m.
The line should reach the Baltimore and Washington metro areas and southern Maryland between 5 and 8 p.m.
"All times are cu...
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June 21, 2021 at 12:21 pm
A food festival in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that was supposed to take place over the weekend was cancelled in the wake of outrage after it disinvited an Israeli food truck after experiencing anti-Semitic threats.
The “Taste of Home” festival was slated to take place on Sunday, June 20. It was organized by Eat Up the Borders and Sunflower Philly. It was to feature international foods as a pro-immigrant statement, including Israeli food from the Israeli Moshava food truck.
The event was cancelled on Sunday less than 24 hours after organizers made the announcement that the Moshava food truck had been barred from the festival.
In an Instagram statement announcing the event's cancellation Sunflower Philly wrote, “Due to the ongoing situation with one of our even...
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June 21, 2021 at 11:12 am
Baltimore, MD - June 21, 2021 - Today and tomorrow are Amazon Prime Day. When taking advantage of the deals, please make the purchase using Amazon Smile to help support our local chesed organizations! When you make a purchase go to smile.amazon.com and select your charity of choice (contact your charity directly if you cannot find them). Amazon will donate 0.5% of eligible purchases to your favorite charitable organization—no fees, no extra cost. Deals and Chesed make everyone Smile!
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June 21, 2021 at 11:07 am
Baltimore, MD - June 5, 2021 - Starting Sunday June 6th, the following changes will be in effect for Covid testing.
1. ALL testing will take place at STAR-K location, 122 Slade Ave. Baltimore, MD, 21208.
2. Anyone testing for travel, school, work, camp or any other non-symptomatic reason, will be tested INSIDE Suite 101 (first door on left). If you are not feeling well or have any covid symptoms, do NOT come inside; pull into a parking space and call 443-228-6004 ext. 2. Someone will come out to your car.
3. New testing times are as follows:
Mornings:
Sun: 10am-12pm
M-F: 930-11:30am
Evenings:
S-TH: 7:00pm-8:15pm
Motzoei Shabbos: 10-10:30pm
All tests including rapid PCR and serology (antibodies) are available during all testing times....
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June 21, 2021 at 11:06 am
Baltimore, MD - June 15, 2021 :
Celebrate 94th Anniversary of Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe's Liberation from Prison.
Downtown at Tzemach Tzedek Shul, 2120 East Fairmont Ave.
Tuesday evening June 22, 6-8pm, prompt
Light refreshments, couvert $10, Armed security
Limited restrooms, rides available.
Info/RSVP: Toby 410-764-6570 Yehudit 443-386-8226
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June 21, 2021 at 9:30 am
Following the tragedy at Meron, EMT received new defibrillator and medical kit and used them to save a life in Beitar Illit on Sunday
Beitar Illit - On Sunday night in Beitar Illit, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Shlomo Caap was in the local synagogue attending a lecture when his communications device alerted him to a nearby medical emergency. A block away, right across from Shlomo’s apartment building, a 60-year-old man with no severe medical background suddenly collapsed in his apartment. A family member quickly called United Hatzalah’s Dispatch and Command Center as the man’s son-.in-law began attempting chest compressions with the guidance of the dispatcher on the line.
Shlomo quickly left his lecture and ran up a block with his vest and medical bag in hand, as...
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June 21, 2021 at 8:44 am
A federal judge said Friday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention can’t enforce its rules for coronavirus-era sailing against cruise ships in Florida starting July 18.
The decision was hailed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) — who filed suit against the public health agency in April — as a “major victory.”
“The CDC has been wrong all along, and they knew it,” DeSantis said in a statement, alleging that the agency was trying to “sink” the industry. “Today, we are securing this victory for Florida families, for the cruise industry, and for every state that wants to preserve its rights in the face of unprecedented federal overreach.”
Under the 124-page ruling from U....
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June 21, 2021 at 8:40 am
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis edged former President Trump in a weekend presidential straw poll conducted at the annual Western Conservative Summit in Denver.
Mr. DeSantis received 74.12% support in response to a poll asking conference attendees to “vote for all candidates you approve of for President in 2024,” followed by Mr. Trump, who garnered 71.43% support, according to results issued Saturday.
The survey of 371 respondents released at the end of the two-day summit offered an unscientific but intriguing glimpse at how conservative voters are leaning well ahead of the 2024 presidential race.
Coming in third behind the two Florida Republicans was Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, who received 42.86% support, followed by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo with 39.3...
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June 21, 2021 at 8:34 am
Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday issued a warning to the Hamas terrorist group in his address at a state ceremony in Jerusalem commemorating Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers who perished during the 2014 Gaza War.
“Our enemies should know the rules, and they should know that our patience is running thin,” Bennett said. “Those living in communities adjacent to the Gaza Strip are not second-class citizens. The residents of Sderot, Ashkelon and Kfar Aza are entitled to live in peace and security,” Bennett said, referring to both the rocket attacks and the continued incendiary balloons launched on southern Israel from the Hamas-controlled coastal enclave.
“Our rivalry is not with the Gaza population. We have no intention to harm th...
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June 21, 2021 at 8:30 am
In the dimly lit war room of the Romanian frigate Regina Maria, glowing radar screens illuminate a cheat sheet for identifying Russian vessels.
The ship’s commander points to the newest warships, Grigorovich and Sviyazhsk, that have appeared on the horizon since Russia seized Crimea in 2014 and began to expand its Black Sea fleet. Romanian Cmdr. Alexandru Gobjila then points to older vessels, armed with the latest technology and weaponry, including supersonic Kalibr cruise missiles capable of reaching 1,600 miles into Europe.
The Russian Black Sea navy now numbers over 200 large ships, all in a body of water twice the size of the Great Lakes.
Vladimir Putin’s power projection in the region is designed to secure unfettered warm water access through a war o...
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June 21, 2021 at 8:27 am
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that the Biden administration is preparing another round of sanctions against Russia over the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
Why it matters: The news of a potential new sanctions package comes days after President Biden warned Vladimir Putin during their summit in Geneva that if Navalny died in prison the consequences for Russia would be “devastating.”
The state of play: The Biden administration has already sanctioned Russia twice this past Spring.
In March, the administration announced sanctions against 7 senior Russian officials over the poisoning and jailing of Navalny.
Then in April, it followed up with e...
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June 21, 2021 at 8:25 am
Tzfat Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu called Sunday not to purchase agricultural produce from Israeli Arabs in the aftermath of the violent riots in which a number of Jews were killed by Israeli Arabs during the Guardian Of The Walls campaign. In response, MK Musi Raz (Meretz) called on the Attorney-General to investigate the rabbi on counts of racial incitement.
Rabbi Eliyahu had called on his followers to purchase only from Jews, stating that “we are after continued fighting against the Arab enemy who wishes to eradicate us, shooting at innocent people indiscriminately. We have seen that even within the country there are those who wish to kill us and not just in Gaza.
“Thousands of Israeli Arabs threw stones at women and children because they are Jewish. We saw petrol bomb...
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June 21, 2021 at 8:23 am
After Palestinian leaders refused to accept the vaccines sent by Israel over the weekend, claiming that they were close to expiration date, three other countries have reportedly asked Israel to send them the vaccines, according to the Haaretz newspaper. If an agreement is reached it will mirror the terms of the agreement with the Palestinians whereby Israel would be repaid from future vaccine shipments to these countries. The deal would need the approval of Pfizer.
The Palestinians have not abandoned the possibility of a deal with Israel altogether but are seeking to receive vaccines which do not expire until the end of July. Israel had sent the original shipment of 100,000 vaccines out of a possible 1,000,000 to Ramallah in exchange for a part of the PA’s shipment expected lat...
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June 21, 2021 at 8:23 am
Gov. Larry Hogan calls it, "another major milestone," this Father's Day as Maryland emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Maryland Department of Health reports that were no additional deaths from COVID-19 since Saturday, the first time there has been no daily increase in the state's death rate since Oct. 18, 2020.
Officials report 42 new cases first daily increase under 50 since Mar. 23, 2020.
The 7-day positivity rate was .72% on Sunday, a new record low.
Hospitalizations declined by three since Saturday, to 150. That's the lowest total since March 27, 2020.
As of Sunday, 72.9% of adults have received at least one dose of vaccine, and about 3.25 million people are fully vaccinated. That's about 53% of the state's total population.
WBAL...
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June 21, 2021 at 8:22 am
There has been endless discussion and speculation regarding entry rules to Israel for students for the upcoming school year. Claims have varied widely; with some stating that all students will be allowed into the country. Other rumors have suggested that only vaccinated students will be allowed to enter Israel.
Today, the Igud of Foreign Yeshivos & Seminaries, headed by the indefatigable Rabbi Nechemia Malinowitz, issued a letter regarding this fraught topic. In the missive, the Igud offers preliminary guidance to institution heads.
Though not final, the Igud advises that vaccination or recovery from Covid will apparently be a requirement for students to receive visas for the upcoming school year. Recovered Covid patients will be required to present positive PCR tests&...
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June 21, 2021 at 12:20 am
Baltimore, MD - June 20, 2021 - This past Thursday evening, close to 70 girls gathered at Milk and Honey Bistro for an evening of appreciation to all the dedicated staff and volunteers of Menucha.
The girls all had one thing in common: using their time wisely to care for a child with special needs while providing the families a well needed break.
The event emcee was Bella Herman, the director of Sunday Funday. She started off by thanking everyone for all they do for the children and their families.
She then introduced Mrs. Rivky Danziger, a Menucha parent.
Mrs. Danziger spoke about the challenges of having a child with special needs and the impact it has on the family. She then thanked the girls for providing such a positive place for her daughter to spend time, givin...
