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October 14, 2021 at 9:05 am
A Danish man suspected of a bow-and-arrow attack in a small Norwegian town that killed five people is a Muslim convert who was previously flagged as having been radicalized, police said Thursday. Norway’s national security agency said the suspect’s actions “currently appear to be an act of terrorism.”
The man is suspected of having shot at people in a number of locations in the town of Kongsberg on Wednesday evening. Several of the victims were in a supermarket, police said.
“There earlier had been worries of the man having been radicalized,” Police chief Ole B. Saeverud said during a news conference. He added that there were “complicated assessments related to the motive, and it will take time before this is clarified.” He didn’t ela...
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October 14, 2021 at 9:01 am
Baltimore, MD – Oct. 14, 2021 - It is with regret that BaltimoreJewishLife.com informs the community of the petira of Zolton Katz, z’l, father of Paula Minsk, Dr. Ahava Cohen and Dr. Garry R. Katz.
The levayah will take place graveside today at 2:00PM at Montefiore Cemetery, Springfield Gardens, NY.
Shiva will be observed outdoors at 2802 Hanson Ave., Baltimore, MD, 21209 from 3-5 pm.
Masks are strongly requested.
Paula may be called any time from 8:00 am to 9:00 pm at home (410) 358-1256 or cell (410) 608-9776.
Bila HaMaves LaNetzach…
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October 13, 2021 at 11:53 pm
U.S. consumers will spend more to heat their homes this winter than last year due to surging energy prices, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projected in its winter outlook on Wednesday.
Energy prices have risen sharply worldwide, causing power crunches in large economies like China and India. The United States has, so far, not seen that same effect, even though the prices of fuels ranging from natural gas to heating oil and propane have risen notably and will hit household finances as the weather turns colder.
Propane Oil to Rise the Most: 54%
“The main reason wholesale prices of natural gas, crude oil, and petroleum products have risen is that fuel demand has increased from recent lows faster than supply, in part, because of economic recovery after the first...
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October 13, 2021 at 11:50 pm
A D.C. Council member who made national headlines in 2018 after suggesting that Jewish financiers control the weather is now running for mayor in the district.
Ward 8 Council member Trayon White Sr., a Democrat, is throwing his hat in the ring to possibly unseat Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser, who has not yet announced whether she intends to seek another term.
“He has a tremendous amount of support coming his way because he is willing to speak out for and advocate for those who need the leadership the most,” an adviser for White told local media Wednesday.
Trayon White sparked a firestorm in March of 2018 after he filmed himself driving through downtown Washington as snowflakes fell on his windshield and ranted about “climate manipulation.”
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October 13, 2021 at 11:28 pm
Baltimore, MD – Oct. 13, 2021 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Esther & Mordechai Cahn on the birth of a son.
Mazel Tov grandparents Chalavna & Malky Meth
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן!
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October 13, 2021 at 4:46 pm
The White House is expected to announce a billion-dollar government purchase that will increase the availability of COVID-19 at-home tests on Wednesday.
The Biden administration will purchase another $1 billion of at-home tests for COVID-19. This purchase will contribute to the quadrupling of the market to 200 million COVID-19 tests per month in December, a White House official told Politico.
“There will not just be more tests on the market, but we expect much more affordable tests on the market,” the White House official said.
In addition to producing more at-home COVID-19 tests, the administration is working to bolster the number of pharmacies offering free testing to 20,000 locations. The White House’s goal is 30,000 COVID-19 testing sites offering fr...
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October 13, 2021 at 4:44 pm
Baltimore, MD – Oct. 13, 2021 - It is with regret that BaltimoreJewishLife.com informs the community of the petira of Danielle Roskes, a'h, wife of Saul Roskes (410-580-2918), mother of Erik Roskes (410-343-9187), Jon Roskes (646-660-1656), and Sandy Roskes (202-641-3177).
The levaya will take place this Friday, October 15, at 1:00 pm at Sol Levinsons.
Kevura will follow at the Beth Tfiloh Cemetery on Windsor Mill Road.
Shiva will be observe at 2511 Hal Circle, outside (weather permitting), through Thursday morning. Shiva will take place via Zoom in the evenings. Please see schedule below.
Minyanim will take place outdoors (weather permitting).Friday: Mincha 5:00 pm Sunday: Shacharis 8:30 am Monday-Thursday: Shacharis 7:00 am S...
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October 13, 2021 at 4:05 pm
Jerusaelm, Israel - Oct. 13, 2021 - On a bright, sunny, and frigid December day in 1987, our family rode the Metro from suburban Maryland to downtown Washington, DC. With our new baby in tow, wrapped in a snowsuit for her first outing, we stood with a quarter of a million people on the National Mall. There were many speakers, but we could hardly hear them over the loud chants of "Let my people go." Three million Soviet Jews were being denied their freedom by the openly antisemitic Soviet regime. This rally was meant to demonstrate to the visiting Premier Mikhail Gorbachev that the Jews in his country who were being oppregssed had the support of the American people.
In the early 1970s, Pamela Braun Cohen became an activist in the Soviet Jewry movement and rose to positions of leaders...
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October 13, 2021 at 3:45 pm
Speaking from the Knesset plenum on Wednesday, far-right Religious Zionism MK Bezalel Smotrich said David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister, should have “finished the job” and kicked all Arabs out of the country when it was founded.
During comments on a contentious immigration bill proposed by the opposition, Smotrich shouted about the need to maintain Israel as a Jewish and Democratic state. “Yes, Jewish, with a Jewish majority,” he called out. “With security for the citizens of the State of Israel.”
Smotrich was heckled by several Arab Knesset members and retorted: “I’m not speaking to you, anti-Zionists, terror supporters, enemies,” he said. “You’re here by mistake, it’s a mistake that Ben-Gurion did...
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October 13, 2021 at 3:41 pm
Health officials are urging food manufacturers and services to take drastic action against America’s insatiable appetite for salt.
The Food and Drug Administration has asked food-producing companies to slash the amount of salt in their products by at least 12%, giving businesses 2½ years to hit the mark, according to a statement made Wednesday.
“What we’d like to see is the food industry gradually lower the sodium content,” Acting FDA Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock told NBC News, targeting conventionally purchased foods and groceries — namely, processed and prepackaged foods, such as condiments, snacks and frozen dinners, as well as dishes from chain restaurants.
They hope the new guidance will reduce rates of heart disease — the No. 1 ca...
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October 13, 2021 at 3:34 pm
Around 250 Palestinian prisoners, detained for crimes affiliated with Islamic Jihad, will begin a hunger strike on Wednesday.
The Palestinian Prisoners Club, as reported by The Times of Israel (ToI), announced that they are protesting Israel’s new policies toward Palestinian detainees.
The new practices include breaking up groups of Islamic Jihad prisoners, moving some to other prisons or solitary confinement, and postponing family visits, ToI reported.
Following the escape of six Palestinian inmates from Gilboa prison in early September, Israeli wardens took several measures to reduce chances of another jailbreak.
“There is only one demand: return the situation to the way it was before [the escape],” Prisoners Club director Qaddura Fares said in a...
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October 13, 2021 at 3:30 pm
Norway Police also said a number of people were injured during the attacks in the town of Kongsberg.
A suspect has been arrested while crime scenes are being investigated in several locations, they said.
"The man has been apprehended ... from the information we now have, this person carried out these actions alone," police chief Oeyvind Aas told reporters.
"Several people have been injured and several are dead," Aas said.
He declined to comment on the number of casualties.
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October 13, 2021 at 3:26 pm
Baltimore, MD – Oct. 13, 2021 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Ross and Dina Mailman on the birth of a daughter.
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בתם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן!
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October 13, 2021 at 1:36 pm
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday is set to hear the federal government’s bid to reinstate Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence for his role in the 2013 attack that killed three people and wounded more than 260 others.
Despite President Joe Biden’s stated goal to eliminate capital punishment at the federal level, his administration opted to carry out an appeal — initially launched by the Justice Department under his predecessor Donald Trump — of a lower court ruling overturning Tsarnaev’s death sentence.
No federal inmates had been executed for 17 years before Trump oversaw 13 executions in the last six months of his term.
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October 13, 2021 at 1:33 pm
Who is the wise person? He who sees the future.
- Talmud
“Hashem said to Avram, ‘Go for yourself from your land...to the land that I will show you...’” (Bereishit 12:1) When God sends Avram to the land that “… I will show you…” who among us would have faulted Avram for asking, “What land? What path should I take?” Who among us would have taken issue if he had wanted to know, “When shall I arrive?”
If any one of us received such an instruction, we would more likely ask, “What should I pack?” than simply obey God’s command.
But Avram asked for and received no instruction. Ramban observes that Avram was never told of his ultimate destination, and so he wandered from place to pla...
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October 13, 2021 at 1:31 pm
Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., on Tuesday asserted that her Twitter account had been hacked and “erased,” but Twitter told media outlets that her account had not been compromised.
A tweet from Waters’ official congressional account was sent out late Tuesday morning reading: “I have been hacked and my Twitter account has been erased. I know who has done this. I will take care of this. M Waters.”
The tweet itself seemed to confirm that her account had not been erased. Waters also has a personal account, and although no tweets have been sent on it since June 29, it too remained active.
Twitter told Business Insider: “At this time, we’ve identified no signs of account compromise.”
“We can’t comment on the t...
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October 13, 2021 at 11:51 am
Baltimore, MD – Oct. 2021 - Every Shabbos table offers every Jewish family an incredible opportunity by which they can share their joy for Shabbos, for Yiddishkeit and for HaShem with their children. Unfortunately, our schedules are hectic and many people don’t have the time to prepare themselves to utilize the Shabbos table to its fullest. Therefore, we at ACHIM created TableTalk as a pre-packaged talking points pamphlet which is attractive, fun and has something for everyone. Limited copies are distributed to many shuls on a weekly basis but they are snatched up very quickly. Get yours ASAP or click on the graphic below and print your own.What’s in it and what’s all the excitement about?TableTalk features:• Weekly halachic dilemma creating l...
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October 13, 2021 at 11:29 am
Walgreens, the second-largest pharmacy chain in the United States with nearly 9,000 outlets, will close five stores in San Francisco due to what the company called “organized retail crime.”
CNN has reported that San Francisco has experienced a surge of crime as the COVID-19 outbreak has subsided and tourism has begun to return.
“Organized retail crime continues to be a challenge facing retailers across San Francisco, and we are not immune to that,” said Walgreens spokesperson Phil Caruso, according to SF Gate. “Retail theft across our San Francisco stores has continued to increase in the past few months to five times our chain average.
“During this time to help combat this issue, we increased our investments in security measures in stor...
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October 13, 2021 at 11:25 am
Another surge in consumer prices in September sent inflation to 5.4% from a year ago, matching the highest such rate since 2008 as tangled global supply lines continue to create havoc.
Consumer prices rose 0.4% in September from August as supply chain disruptions kept many goods scarce. The costs of new cars, food, gas, and restaurant meals all jumped.
The annual increase in the consumer price index matched readings in June and July as the highest in 13 years, the Labor Department said Wednesday. Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, core inflation rose 0.2% in September and 4% compared with a year ago. Core prices hit a three-decade high of 4.5% in June.
