Baltimore, MD - June 21, 2022 - Kesser Torah is proud to announce the release of a song and music video specifically created for its current campaign.  This inspiring song is soon to be on the lips of ohavei Torah worldwide.
Baltimore, MD - June 23, 2022: Dear Community Members, During the past couple of weeks the Pikesville Precinct experienced an increase of thefts from motor vehicles. Most of these thefts occurred in the McDonogh Township Community. Remember to please lock your vehicles and remove all valuables from your vehicle.  This includes vehicle keys, house keys, wallets and garage door openers. Keep your residences secured at all times.  Lock your windows, doors, and use your residential alarm system if available. The Pikesville Precinct Community Outreach Team offers free residential security surveys, where a uniformed officer will respond to your home and provide ideas to better secure your residence.  Officers from the Pikesville Precinct are actively patrolling your neighborho...
Webcast features chizuk and inspiration from Rabbi Sholom Lipskar, Mrs. Chani Juravel, and Rabbi Simcha Scholar Chai Lifeline presents “Remembering Surfside,” a special webcast marking the one-year anniversary of the tragic condo collapse in Surfside, Florida. The online program features Rabbi Sholom Lipskar, spiritual leader and founder of The Shul of Bal Harbour, giving his first-hand account of the community, and what turned out to be worldwide relief efforts following the collapse. Also featured is Mrs. Chani Juravel, LCSW, noted lecturer and therapist, offering words of insight and comfort, as well as an introduction by Rabbi Simcha Scholar, CEO of Chai Lifeline. Chai Lifeline’s crisis services team was and continues to be a constant presence in the Surfside commun...
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a marketing denial order to Juul, telling the company to remove its e-cigarettes from the U.S. marketplace — a decision that promises to shake up the vaping market. The decision applies to "all of their products currently marketed in the United States," the FDA said. Citing the FDA's review of Juul, which accounts for a large portion of the U.S. e-cigarette market, FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf stated, "We recognize these make up a significant part of the available products and many have played a disproportionate role in the rise in youth vaping." The decision comes nearly two years after Juul submitted its application to the FDA, hoping to continue selling its products. As news of the FDA's decision emerged, it ...
The following letter was received last night by Rabbi Eitan Ekstein, Director of Retorno, a center for treatment of addictions:"Shalom Rabbi Ekstein, My name is Shmuel Herbst and I serve as President of the Shalom Court in Jerusalem. Today I was privileged to visit Retorno for the fourth time with the judges of our criminal court.This time we were privileged to hear the amazing story of Tal Aviram, counseling coordinator at the recovery center. This was not our first meeting. In 2009 I served as prosecutor in the Jerusalem District Attorney's Office. I was the one who prosecuted Tal Aviram. I was the one who put him behind bars.His file always astonished me considering the special circumstances of his life. Tal was a gifted child who, due to a crisis, became addicted to gambling. He p...
The Supreme Court struck down a New York state law that made it difficult to obtain a handgun carry permit, marking the justices’ first major opinion on Second Amendment rights in more than a decade. The 6-3 decision to invalidate New York’s law throws into question the legality of similar restrictions in more than a half dozen other states that give licensing officials wide discretion over concealed carry permitting. The ruling broke along ideological lines, with the court’s six conservatives joining a majority opinion written by Justice Clarence Thomas. The court’s three liberals, in dissent, accused the conservative majority of failing to consider “the potentially deadly consequences of its decision.” The ruling comes after recent mass s...
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett intends to retire from political life and not run in the upcoming elections, Channel 12 political commentator Amit Segal reported. The report comes two days after Bennett and Alternate Prime Minister Yair Lapid announced the dissolution of the government. Bennett decided to dissolve the Knesset after a conversation with the Attorney General last Friday about the chaos that will be created if the Judea and Samaria regulations are not passed. "I am not willing to accept blackmail and threats. If I harm the state because of the non-approval of the Judea and Samaria regulations, I will go," Bennett said. Yair Lapid will become prime minister during the transition period as per the coalition agreement and will greet US President Joe Biden as Isra...
Baltimore, MD - June 22, 2022 - It was a magical night. On Thursday, June 16th, TA welcomed hundreds of donors, parents and guests to a spectacular Dessert Gala and Concert Under the Stars, featuring Abie Rotenberg and Baruch Levine. The extravagant evening was the culmination of weeks of excitement at TA during the “Hadran Aloch- A Life of Torah” campaign. Starting over Shavuos, TA Rebbeim, teachers, talmidim, alumni and parents united with passion in an unprecedented learning and chazara initiative, setting the foundation for “Hadran Aloch: A Life of Learning!” Every grade, from the Elementary school to Mesivta, reviewed their limudim from the entire year, and achieved amazing chazara goals, on both an individual and schoolwide level. The learning culminated wit...
The White House has been working on a “road map for normalization” between Israel and Saudi Arabia ahead of President Joe Biden’s visit to the Middle East next month, four US sources briefed on the issue told Barak Ravid of Axios on Wednesday. The White House last week held a briefing with think tank experts about Biden’s trip to the region and floated the theme of a “road map for normalization” without elaborating, the four sources said. Officials said during the briefing that there will not be an agreement before Biden's visit, but they are working on it and the President will discuss it with Israeli and Saudi leaders during the trip, the sources added. The White House thinks that any road map for normalization will take time and will...
Rasheed Morris pleaded guilty to murdering an Israeli man who was visiting Baltimore in 2021 for a family gathering. He will be sentenced on January 13, 2023. On Wednesday, in court, Morris pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the death of then 31-year-old Ephraim Gordon. Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby said Gordon could face life in prison, suspending all but 50 years. "The priority in this case, like all cases, is to deliver justice on behalf of the victim and their family," Mosby said. "Mr. Gordon visited our city under joyous circumstances only to have his life tragically and violently cut short. Today, his family can rest assured that another perpetrator of this heinous crime has pled guilty to first degree murder and will likely be sentenced to Life in prison, s...
As the anniversary of the tragic Surfside collapse approaches, Rabbi Moshe Matz, director of Agudath Israel of Florida, took part in a memorial event with Florida Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott. The event was held at The Shul of Bal Harbor and attended by community leaders, and first responders including Hatzalah, who were involved in the response to the collapse, as well as the mayors from the surrounding areas, and members of the Israeli consulate.   The senators thanked the community and the first responders for everything they did during the tragedy. Rabbi Matz addressed the group and noted, with appreciation, the support and leadership of Senators Rubio and Scott during that tragic time. He noted Senator Scott’s critical work in ensuring the Israeli Search and Re...
Baltimore, MD - June 22, 2022 - 6:40PM - A Flood Watch remains In effect until 11 PM this eEvening. Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
Washington, DC, June 22, 2022 — Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV), representing over 2,000 rabbis in matters of American public policy, today applauded a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upholding an Arkansas state law requiring businesses to affirm that they will not boycott the State of Israel in order to win public contracts. Arkansas is one of 35 states with similar "Anti-BDS" laws, and this marks the first time such a law was evaluated by a full Federal Court of Appeals. The State argued, in part, that firms making "discriminatory decisions on the basis of national origin" harm their own commercial soundness, making such a company an inferior partner. This language, explicitly characterizing boycotts of Israel as a form of racist bigotry, was incorpor...
Jerusalem, Israel - June 22, 2022 - The annual Shavuah Hasefer HaIvri or Hebrew Book Week has opened in Jerusalem's First Station. The popular event has for years attracted diverse large crowds of all ages each evening. Booksellers, publishers, and authors attend to share their work with an eager public. One author on Sunday evening was Leah Gottesman. Together with her husband Rabbi Dr. Menachem Gottesman, published a book in Hebrew, and in English entitled "Not at Risk: Education as a Work of Heart."  The Gottesman founded and lead Jerusalem's Mercaz L'Mida Dati Learning Center ('Meled') working to transform the lives of youth and restore families for over twenty years. Available on Amazon, "Not At Risk" is the story of Gottesman&#...
Baltimore, MD – June 22, 2022 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Yaakov and Sho Englander  on the birth of a son.Mazel Tov grandparents Rabbi Moshe and Sharon Englander.  יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן!
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