After months of consideration, former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday he will not run for governor, NBC reports. “No, I am not going to be running for governor of New York state,” De Blasio said in a video tweeted Tuesday morning from his block in Brooklyn. “But I am going to devote every fiber of my being to fight inequality in the state of New York.” The former mayor said he would share more news in coming days about his plans. For months, De Blasio had done nothing to tamp down the “will he or won’t he” speculation, filing paperwork to lay the groundwork for a campaign and telling supporters he was strongly considering a run – but also steadfastly refusing to answer questions about whether he was actually in, or...
Pages come from the only existing copy of a ca. 1492 edition of "Arba'ah Turim", one of history's most important works of Jewish law The National Library of Israel (NLI) has acquired 90 singular pages from the earliest period of Hebrew printing. The pages come from the only known copy of a late 15th century edition of Rabbi Yaakov ben Asher's "Arba'ah Turim", a seminal codification of Jewish law. Yehoshua Soncino, a leading figure in the early Hebrew printing industry, published the edition in Italy around 1492. No complete copies of it have survived, and the pages acquired by the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem are not found in any other collection in the world, public or private. Prior to the acquisition, the NLI already held 59 pages from the book. Works pu...
The Religious Freedom Institute (RFI) will host today's launch event for the National Committee for Religious Freedom (NCRF), chaired by Ambassador Sam Brownback. The event will be livestreamed on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 12pm EST on RFI’s website, YouTube channel, and Facebook page.  NCRF is a non-partisan, non-profit organization established to defend religious freedom for all Americans and all their religious communities by supporting political candidates at the local, state, and national levels—regardless of party affiliation—who support the free exercise of religion. Rabbi Menken was invited to be a founding member of the advisory board of this important new effort. Others on the board include Jeff Ballabon, Founder and Director of the...
Brooklyn, NY - Jan. 17, 2022 -  Mrs. Chana Freedman, a'h, mother of Baltimore's late Rabbi Mendel Freedman, zt"l,  passed away this morning in New York. She passed away on Tu BShvat, her 101st birthday.The levaya will be held in New York on Tuesday, Jan. 18 @ 11AM.Click here to watch the Livestream
Last fall, one of the towns with camps that draws thousands of kids to the Catskills each summer imposed its first restrictions on them, confining new camps to two areas and setting rules about their capacity, fencing and even cabin occupancy. Wawarsing now faces a federal discrimination lawsuit charging that those requirements would place illegal burdens on the town’s predominantly Orthodox Jewish camps, Record Online reports. The eight Orthodox camps and one school that sued say the new rules would prevent them from expanding or making improvements without triggering a set of impossible constraints. Several camp representatives and attorneys had warned of litigation and urged leaders of the Ulster County town to table the proposed restrictions at two public hearings in ...
Israel’s ever-changing coronavirus travel policies during the spread of the Omicron variant have wreaked havoc on Israelis, Jewish Americans and the Diaspora alike. Jerusalem barred travel from Dec. 22 to Jan. 7 to and from several “red countries,” including the United States, despite America’s open borders. Some exceptions were made for humanitarian cases, such as traveling for funerals, physical or mental-health emergencies, and parents traveling to their child’s wedding. When travel recently reopened and the United States was removed from Israel’s “red list,” Israeli bureaucracy did not immediately catch up with the changes and transmit them to ground personnel worldwide, who were still struggling to process prior changes. Israel’s...
The brother of a Lancashire man who took four people hostage at a Reform temple in the US before being shot dead has demanded answers about how he was allowed to travel, the Manchester Evening News reports. Malik Faisal Akram, 44, from Blackburn, held four hostages at the Congregation Beth Israel temple in Colleyville, Texas, US. All of the hostages were released without being injured, but Akram was shot and killed by the FBI a short time later. Two teenagers have since been detained in south Manchester by officers from Counter Terror Policing North West in connection with the hostage attack. Speaking to Sky News, Akram’s brother, Gulbar demanded more information about how the incident had been allowed to unfold. “He’s known to police. Got a criminal record....
Hundreds of people in Maryland no longer require hospital care for COVID-19, but some doctors are saying we need to still be on guard. As of Monday, there are 3,062 people being treated for COVID-19 in Maryland hospitals. Although that may still be a high number, the recent data is showing a slight downward trend. From Saturday through Monday, the state reported more than 300 people no longer needed hospital care. "Across the entire (University of Maryland Medical System), we have seen a decline on the total number of hospitalizations due to COVID-19 infections. Over the course of the past week or so and that's not just the total number of patients hospitalized. We're also seeing a decline in the past few days in the number of new admissions due to COVID-19," said Dr. Gregory...
A fire displaced more than 20 residents of a Reisterstown apartment building, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department. Fire officials said firefighters were called around 8:17 p.m. Monday to the unit block of Brookebury Drive, where there were heavy fire conditions at an apartment building. Fire officials said there were no injuries. The Red Cross is assisting those displaced. The fire is under investigation.
Baltimore, MD - Jan. 18, 2022 - In today's TI food distribution, please be aware that the hamburger buns are not Yoshon.
Baltimore, MD - Jan. 17, 2022 - Due to the inclement weather we have extended our sale through Tuesday, Jan. 18. We are open at Rabbi Taub's shul at 3509 Clarks Lane on Monday: 11AM-10PM and Tuesday: 11AM-4PMIt's our first time in Baltimore and we look forward to greeting you.
The Jewish community “must be ready” and stay “vigilant and strong” to respond to any anti-Semitic incidents, emphasized Michael Masters, CEO and national director of the Secure Community Network, the security arm of the organized Jewish community. “We are just 2 percent of the U.S. population, but 58 percent of religiously motivated hate crimes are against Jews,” he said. “Anti-Semitism is real, and we are determined to fight it. We must commit to action.” “We can never let our guard down,” he stated. Masters made his remarks during a press briefing on Sunday afternoon, a day after the attack on Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas. According to authorities, Malik Faisal Akram, a 44-year-old British man, took four pe...
Chief executives from multiple airlines are warning that implementing 5g could cause serious disruptions to their service and potentially result in thousands of travelers becoming stranded, Fox News reports. This is due to a recent finding by the FAA that 5g could cause interference with certain airplane instruments. In a letter obtained and viewed by Fox Business, CEOs from Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta, FedEx, Jetblue, Southwest, United Airlines and others wrote that “immediate action to address 5G interference with (the) National Aviation System” was needed. “We are writing with urgency to request that 5G be implemented everywhere in the country except within the approximate 2 miles of airport runways at affected airports as defined by the FAA o...
A Duke University professor has demanded his fellow Muslims confront their own “increasing anti-Semitism” in the wake of the Texas synagogue hostage situation — pointing to a trope once used by Rep. Ilhan Omar as an example of an “alarming internal problem,” the NY Post reports. Professor Abdullah Antepli, a founder of the Muslim Leadership Initiative, said the 10-hour hostage nightmare at a Texas Reform synagogue forces the need for his community to have “morally required tough conversations.” “HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM!” Antepli tweeted Sunday. “Without ands and buts, without any further denial, dismissal and or trivializing of the issues… we need to honestly discuss the increasing anti-Semitism within vario...
FLOWER MOUND, Texas – Hours after being taken hostage by an armed stranger at the temple he leads, Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker feared that the situation was deteriorating. The captor’s demands weren’t being satisfied. Terror was mounting among the rabbi and two remaining hostages. Glimpsing an opportunity, Cytron-Walker sprang into action. “I made sure that the two gentlemen who were still with me, that they were ready to go,” the rabbi recounted in an interview with CBS. “The exit wasn’t too far away. I told them to go. I threw a chair at the gunman, and I headed for the door. “And all three of us were able to get out without even a shot being fired.” A more complete picture emerged Monday of what unfolded inside the Texas temple w...
Beginning Tuesday, January 18, 2022, the Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) will move to bi-weekly collections for recycling, using an alternating Week A and B cycle system for curbside collection services: Northeast and Northwest (north of North Avenue) neighborhoods will be on Week A of the alternating schedule, which will start on January 18 - 21. Their following collection will be the week of February 1 - 4. Southeast and Southwest (south of North Avenue) will be on Week B of the alternating schedule, which will start on January 25 - 28. Their following collection will be the week of February 8 – 11. Click here for Baltimore City Department of Public Works trash & recycling updates Use Online Map to Confirm Your Recycling Colle...
Baltimore, MD – Jan. 17, 2022 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Chaim Krausz (Queens) and Malky Weinreb (Baltimore) on their engagement. Mazel Tov Moti & Ronit Krausz and Nechemiah & Shulamis Weinreb יה"ר שיזכו לבנות בית נאמן בישראל. אמן!The families invite the community to a Vort this evening, Mon., Jan. 17 at Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion from 6:30-9PM
Baltimore, MD Jan. 17, 2022 — With the wind chill predicted to fall into the teens, Health Commissioner Letitia Dzirasa today issued a Code Blue Extreme Cold declaration for Baltimore City beginning Monday evening, January 17 through Tuesday morning, January 18.  “With dangerously cold temperatures expected in Baltimore, I am issuing the Code Blue Extreme Cold declaration for Monday night through Tuesday morning. I encourage residents to stay indoors, especially those most vulnerable to cold,” said Baltimore City Health Commissioner Letitia Dzirasa. “Extreme low temperatures can be life-threatening especially for our most vulnerable populations. Please be sure to check on neighbors who you think may be at risk to ensure that they have heat and power, and ...
Throughout the coming week, temperatures are expected to be lower than seasonal average, and there may be snow in Jerusalem as well, forecasters said. Monday will be sunny or partly cloudy, but unusually cold throughout Israel, reaching single digits in Jerusalem, Tzfat, and Mitzpeh Ramon. Monday night will see temperatures dropping to zero Celsius in some areas of Israel, including in the south.
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